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Industrial Biotechnology Concentration

The industrial biotechnology concentration is for students interested in the use of biological resources (i.e., micro and macro-organisms) for producing and processing materials, chemicals, and energy. Coursework for this track focuses on fundamentals and concepts in:

  • Principles of bioprocessing
  • Bioenergy
  • Bioremediation
  • Bioengineering

Recommended Elective Courses

  • BCH 553 – Biochemistry of Gene Expression (3 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BAE 525 – Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocessing (3 credits; offered in spring only)
  • BAE 528 – Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes (3 credits; offered in fall only)
  • BBS – Upstream Biomanufacturing Lab (2 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BEC 515 – Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization Techniques (2 credits; offered in fall only)
  • BEC 532 – Biological Processing Science (2 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BEC 536 – Introduction to Downstream Process Development (2 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BEC 575 – Global Regulatory Affairs for Medical Products (3 credits; offered fall and spring) 
  • BEC 577 – Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis (3 credits; offered spring only)
  • BEC 580 – cGMP Fermentation Operations (2 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BEC 583 – Tissue Engineering Technologies (2 credits; offered fall only; prerequisite: BIT 566 or instructor permission)
  • BEC 585 – cGMP Downstream Operations (2 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BIT 563 – Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms (2 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • BIT 564 – Protein Purification (2 credits; offered spring only – alternate even years)
  • BIT 566 – Animal Cell Culture Techniques (2 credits; offered spring only)
  • BIT 572 – Proteomics (3 credits; offered spring only)
  • BIT 574 – Plant Genetic Engineering (2 credits; offered fall only – prerequisite: BIT 510
  • GN 513 – Advanced Genetics (3 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • GN 521 – Molecular Genetics (3 credits; offered fall and spring)
  • GN 701 – Molecular Genetics (3 credits; offered fall only)
  • GN 730 – Functional Genetics and Physiology (3 credits; offered spring only – alternate years)
  • GN 735 – Functional Genomics (3 credits; offered spring only; prerequisite: GN 701)
  • BUS 554 – Project Management (3 credit hours; offered fall and spring)
  • MBA 576 – Technology Evaluation and Commercialization Concepts (4 credits; offered fall only)
  • MBA 586 – Legal and Marketing Dynamics in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology (3 credits; offered fall only)
  • MB 520 – Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations (2 credits; offered fall only)
  • MB 555 – Microbial Biotechnology (3 credits; offered spring only)
  • ST 511 – Experimental Statistics in the Biological Sciences (3 credits; offered in fall and spring)
  • ST 513 – Statistics for Management I (3 credits; offered fall only)
  • TOX 725 – Pesticide Chemistry (1 credit; offered spring only; taught during first five weeks of semester)
  • TOX 727 – Pesticide Behavior and Fate in the Environment (2 credits; offered spring only; taught during last ten weeks of semester)