Students pursuing the M.S. degree in Biology and Biotechnology must successfully complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of course and thesis work per the distribution requirement below. Students are expected to register for BB 501 Seminar, a zero credit course, each semester that they are enrolled in the program. All courses must be at the 500 or 4000 level and no more than 9 credits may be at the 4000 level. An approved list is provided in the department’s graduate handbook.
Students must assemble an Advisory Committee of three or more faculty members of which a majority must be Biology and Biotechnology program faculty members. The Advisory Committee must review and approve each M.S. student’s program of study and thesis research. Students must successfully complete a thesis including a written thesis and oral defense.
Credit Requirement
Course work at the 500 or 4000 level
15 Credits Selected From the Following BB or Related Courses:
BBT Graduate Courses:
BB-Related Graduate Courses:
For 4000 level course descriptions please see the Undergraduate Catalog.
BBT Undergraduate Courses (2 credits)
BB 4801/BCB 4001 Bioinformatics **
BB/CH 4190 Regulation of Gene Expression
BB 4260 Synthetic Biology
BB 4050 Cancer Biology
BB/CH 4170 Experimental Genetic Engineering **
BB 4900 Advanced Topics in Biology and Biotechnology (can take multiple offerings, but not count the same offering twice (graduate and undergraduate)
Related Undergraduate Courses (2 credits)
BCB 4002 / CS 4802 Biovisualization
BCB 4003/CS 4803. Biological and Biomedical Database Mining
BCB 4004/MA 4603 Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
CH 4110. Protein Structure and Function
CH 4120. Lipids and Biomembrane Functions
CH 4130. Nucleic Acids and Bioinformation
CH 4140. Metabolism and Disease
CH 4150. Enzymology and Protein Characterization Laboratory**
CH 4160 Membrane Biophysics
BME 4828 Biomaterial - Tissue Interactions BME 4831 Drug Delivery
BME 4814 Biomaterials