Overall Requirements for a Master’s in Biotechnology & Bioinformatics:

A. Master’s in Biotechnology & Bioinformatics degree, distributed as:

    a.  Foundation Courses                        9 credits

    b.  Core Courses                             12 credits

    c.  Elective Courses                         15 credits

     Total credits for Master’s Degree =         36 credits

B. Foundation Courses (All courses are 3 credits each.):

  1. BTC 505 Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology
  2. BTC 510 Principles of Immunology
  3. BTC 515 Advanced Biochemistry

C. Core Courses (All courses are 3 credits each.):

  1. BTC 520 Bioethics and Biosafety in Biotechnology
  2. BTC 525 Introduction to Bioinformatics
  3. BTC 530 Methods in Biostatistics
  4. BTC 535 Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory

D. Elective Courses (15 credits required. All courses are 3 credits each except where noted):

  1. BTC 540 Protein Bioinformatics
  2. BTC 545 Plant Biotechnology
  3. BTC 550 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
  4. BTC 555 Molecular Phylogenetics
  5. BTC 560 Vaccine Development
  6. BTC 565 Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
  7. BTC 570 Diagnostics and Screening
  8. BTC 575 Computer-Aided Drug Design
  9. BTC 580 Introduction to Programming for Bioinformatics
  10. BTC 585 Genomics
  11. BTC 590 Master’s Thesis (6 credits)