Advanced Technical Certificate Plan

 

Prerequisites :

A student must hold a baccalaureate or associates degree that includes 1½ years of biology and one year of chemistry (including one semester of organic chemistry) and department approval to be admitted to the program. Proficiency in oral/written English and in use of computers is required (to be tested separately if requested by the Department Chair or course instructor).

FIRST YEAR	HOURS
Semester I
	Lec Hrs	Lab	Credit
+BITC 1311 Introduction to Biotechnology	3	4	3
+ BITC 2441 Molecular Biology Techniques	3	4	4
BITC 1240 Quality Assurance for the Biosciences	2	0	2
BITC 2350 Bioinformatics	3	0	3
TOTAL HOURS	9	8	11
Semester II
+BITC 1402 Biotechnology Lab Methods/Techniques	3	4	4
+BITC 2411 Biotechnology Lab Instrumentation	3	4	4
+BIOL 2421 Microbiology	3	4	4
TOTAL HOURS	9	12	12
Semester III
+ BITC 2431 Cell Culture Techniques 1 OR BITC 1491 Special Topics (Introduction to Biomanufacturing)	3	4	4
#BITC 2487 Internship Biological Technology/ Technician II	1	0	4
TOTAL HOURS	4	4	8
GRAND TOTAL	23	24	32

1 Students may take this course at any time after BITC 1311