Biotechnology B.S.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 111	Introductory Biology I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 112	Introductory Biology II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 314	Genetics	4	Fall.
BIOL 320	Cell and Molecular Biology	4	Spring.
BIOT 270W	Introduction to Biotechnology	4	Fall.
BIOT 370	Techniques in Biotechnology	4	Spring.
BIOT 406-410	Biotechnology Internship Experience	6-10	Fall, Spring.

Note: A minimum of 6 credits is required for the internship experience (BIOT 406-410). Additional internships taken during different semesters do not count toward the major but count as general electives towards the 120 credits needed for graduation.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4	Spring, Summer.
CHEM 205W	Organic Chemistry I	4	Fall.
CHEM 206W	Organic Chemistry II	4	Spring.
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
BIOL 240	Biostatistics and Experimental Design	4	As needed.
MATH 209	Precalculus Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
MATH 212	Calculus I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CSCI 157	Introduction to Algorithmic Thinking in Python	4	Fall, Spring.
	-Or-
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Spring, Fall, Summer.

Science Electives

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 330	Developmental Biology of Animals	4	As needed.
BIOL 348	Microbiology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 429	Medical Microbiology	4	As needed.
BIOL 431	Immunology	3	As needed.
CHEM 404W	Analytical Chemistry	4	Spring (even years).
	-Or-
CHEM 416W	Environmental Analytical Chemistry	4	Spring (odd years).
CHEM 422	Biochemistry Laboratory	3	Spring.
CHEM 425	Advanced Organic Chemistry	4	Fall (odd years).
CSCI 209	Discrete Structures Using Python	4	Fall, Spring.
DATA 245	Principles of Data Science	4	Fall, Spring.
PHYS 309	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology	4	Fall (even years).

Technology Liberal Arts Elective

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 334	Steamships and Cyberspace: Technology, Culture, Society	4	Alternate years.
HIST 108	History of Science and Medicine	4	Annually.
PHIL 207	Technology and the Future of Humanity	3	Spring.
PHIL 320	Philosophy of Science	3	Spring (even years).

Total Credit Hours: 69-76