{"id":805,"date":"2021-07-03T03:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T03:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/master-of-microbial-biotechnology\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2024-01-23T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T20:20:30","slug":"agricultural-biotechnology-concentration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/master-of-microbial-biotechnology\/prospective-students\/curriculum\/agricultural-biotechnology-concentration\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural Biotechnology Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>The agricultural biotechnology concentration is for students interested in the application of biotechnology for specific agricultural uses. Coursework for this track focuses on fundamentals and concepts in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Agricultural biotechnology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant biotechnology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant pathology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended Elective Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Biotechnology (BIT) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>BIT 571&nbsp;&#8211; RNA Interference and Model Organisms&nbsp;(2 credits; offered fall only &#8211;&nbsp;<em>prerequisite: BIT 510<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIT 574 &#8211; Plant Genetic Engineering (2 credits; offered fall only &#8211;&nbsp;<em>prerequisite: BIT 510<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-3\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-3\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-3\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Crop Science (CS) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-3\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-3\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>CS 541 &#8211; Plant Breeding Methods (3 credits; offered fall only;&nbsp;<em>prerequisite: ST 511, corequisite: ST 512<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CS 714 &#8211; Crop Physiology: Plant Response to Environment (3 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-5\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-5\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-5\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Food Science (FS) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-5\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-5\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>FS 520 &#8211; Pre-harvest Food Safety (3 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FS 530 &#8211; Post-harvest Food Safety (3 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FS 540 &#8211; Food Safety and Public Health (3 credits; offered spring only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FS 553 &#8211; Food Laws and Regulations (3 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FS 554 &#8211; Lactaction, Milk, and Nutrition (3 credits; offered spring only &#8211;&nbsp;<em>alternate EVEN years<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-7\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-7\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-7\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Genetics (GN) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-7\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-7\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>GN 521 &#8211;&nbsp;Molecular Genetics (3 credits; offered fall and spring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GN 701 &#8211; Molecular Genetics (3 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GN 720 &#8211; Molecular Biology in Plant Breeding (3 credits; offered spring only &#8211;&nbsp;<em>alternate years; prerequisite: GN 701<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GN 735 &#8211;&nbsp;Functional Genomics (3 credits; offered spring only;&nbsp;<em>prerequisite: GN 701<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-11\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-11\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-11\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-11\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-11\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-11\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>BUS 554 &#8211; Project Management (3 credit hours; offered fall and spring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MBA 576 &#8211; Technology Evaluation and Commercialization Concepts (4 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MBA 586 &#8211; Legal and Marketing Dynamics in Pharmaceutical&nbsp;and Biotechnology (3 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-13\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-13\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-13\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-13\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Microbiology (MB) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-13\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-13\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>MB 520 &#8211; Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations (2 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MB 532 &#8211; Soil Microbiology (4 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MB 555 &#8211; Microbial Biotechnology (3 credits; offered spring only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-15\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-15\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-15\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-15\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Plant Pathology (PP) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-15\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-15\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>PP 501 &#8211; Biology of Plant Pathogens (3 credits; offered fall only;<em>&nbsp;prerequisite: an introductory microbiology course<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PP 707 &#8211; Plant Microbe Interactions (3 credits; offered spring only;&nbsp;<em>prerequisite: PP 501<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PP 727 &#8211; Ecology of Soil Ecosystems (3 credits; offered fall only &#8211;&nbsp;<em>alternate ODD years; prerequisite: an introductory microbiology course, or instructor permission<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-17\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-17\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-17\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-17\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Statistics (ST) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-17\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-17\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>ST 511 &#8211; Experimental Statistics in the Biological Sciences I (3 credits; offered in fall and spring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ST 512&nbsp;&#8211; Experimental Statistics in the Biological Sciences II (3 credits; offered in fall and spring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ST 513 &#8211; Statistics for Management I (3 credits; offered fall only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-19\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-19\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-19\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-19\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\"><strong>Toxicology (TOX) courses<\/strong><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-19\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-19\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-padded-list\">\n<li>TOX 725 &#8211; 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