Students pursuing skills-based M.S. degree in Biotechnology must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. Students must successfully complete 15 credit hours of BB courses, 9 credit hours of skills-based courses and 6 credit hours of elective courses. All courses must be at the 500 or 4000 level and no more than 9 credits may be at the 4000 level. A maximum of 6 credits of BB598 can be counted towards the skills based course requirement. Lists of courses approved to count towards these requirements are provided below. Additional courses require approval of the graduate coordinator.
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
Electives (approved by Advisory Committee)
Electives may include any BB course or related course listed above, or any Elective Graduate course listed below. Selection of other courses to fulfill the elective requirement requires petition to the graduate coordinator.
Skills Based Courses
Skills based Graduate courses:
For 4000 level course descriptions please see the Undergraduate Catalog.
Skills based Undergraduate courses (2 credits)
BB 4801/BCB 4001 Bioinformatics **
BB/CH 4170 Experimental Genetic Engineering **
CH 4150. Enzymology and Protein Characterization Laboratory**