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Biotechnology
Science Lab

BIOTECHNOLOGY 

Biotechnologists use living cells & materials to create a variety of products to benefit society.  They alter genetic information in animals & plants to improve them in some way that benefits people. The science of biotechnology involves the integration of such advanced disciplines as biochemistry, genetics, chemical engineering, process engineering, & computer science. Concerns of the discipline include agriculture, antibiotics, applied immunology, development of pharmaceutical therapies, diagnostic tests, food production, genomics, & recombinant gene techniques. Similar disciplines include: Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, & Biomanufacturing.

Biotechnology Courses:

Refer to catalog pages 132-134

(PDF pages 134-136)

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