Courses You’ll Take

These are typical course sequences designed to show what your course of study might look like for our Associate degree program in Biotechnology. Please see the Course Catalog for full program requirements and course descriptions.

Biotechnology (AS) – 64 credits

Cumulative Credits
General Education courses: 22 credits
Technical Course Electives: 6 credits
Technical Core courses: 36 credits
Total credits: 64

SEMESTER 1 (17 credits)

BI110 Molecular Biology/Biotechnology I (3 credits)
BI112 Good Lab Practices (1 credit)
BI113 Scientific Communication Seminar (3 credits)
EN129/130 College Composition 1 (3 credits)
MA120 College Algebra and Trigonometry (3 credits)
TS103 General Chemistry (4 credits)

SEMESTER 2 (17 credits)

BI114 Molecular Biology/Biotechnology II (4 credits)
BI214/BI215 Electives (3 credits)
CT250 Fundamentals in Python (4 credits)
MA270 Statistics (3 credits)
TS104 Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry II (3 credits)

SEMESTER 3 (14 credits)

BI210 Chemistry Manufacturing and Control (CMC)/Biotechnology III (4 credits)
BI211 Success in Biotechnology Seminar (1 credits)
BI212 Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)
BI214 /BI215 Electives (3 credits)
BI216 Data Analytics for Biotechnology III (3 credits)

SEMESTER 4 (13 credits)

BI218 Microbiology (3 credits)
BI220 Genetics and Proteomics in Health and Disease (3 credits)
BI221 Internship/Project (4 credits)
EN140 College Composition 2 (3 credits)
EN320 Technical Communication (3 credits)

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