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Biotechnology Degree – A20100
Course Sequence
| FALL SEMESTER (First Year) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO 111 * General Biology I | 4 | |||
| BPM 110 Bioprocess Practices | 5 | |||
| BPM 111 Bioprocess Measurements | 4 | |||
| PTC 110 Industrial Environment | 3 | |||
| Total Hours for Semester | 16 | |||
| SPRING SEMESTER (First Year) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
| BPM 112 Upstream Bioprocessing | 5 | |||
| CHM 131** Introduction to Chemistry AND CHM 131A** Introduction to Chemistry Lab OR CHM 151* General Chemistry I | 4 | |||
| ENG 110 Freshman Composition OR ENG 111* Writing and Inquiry | 3 | |||
| ENG 112 * Writing/Research in the Disc OR ENG 116 Technical Report Writing | 3 | |||
| Total Hours for Semester | 15 | |||
| SUMMER SEMESTER (First Year) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
| BIO 275*** Microbiology | 4 | |||
| BPM 113 Downstream Bioprocessing | 4 | |||
| Total Hours for Semester | 8 | |||
| FALL SEMESTER (Second Year) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
| BTC 181 Basic Lab Techniques | 4 | |||
| Other Major Hours | 3 | |||
| Mathematics Elective (MAT 110, MAT 121, MAT 143*, MAT 152*, MAT 171*, MAT 263*, MAT 271*) | 3-4 | |||
| Social/Behavioral Science Elective ( ECO 151 **, ECO 251 *, ECO 252 *, HIS 111 *, HIS 112 *, HIS 131 *, HIS 132 *, POL 120 *, PSY 118 , PSY 150 *, SOC 210 *, SOC 213 **, SOC 220 **) | 3 | |||
| Total Hours for Semester | 14-15 | |||
| SPRING SEMESTER (Second Year) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
| Humanities/Fine Arts Elective ( ART 111 *, ART 114 *, ART 115 *, DRA 111 ** , DRA 112 **,ENG 231 *, ENG 232 *, HUM 115 **, HUM 120 ***, HUM 122 **, MUS 110 *, MUS 112 *, PHI 215 *, PHI 240 *) | 3 | |||
| Elective Hours | 12 | |||
| Total Hours for Semester | 15 | |||
| Other Major Hours: (Select a minimum of 4 credits) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
| BTC 285 Cell Culture | 4 | |||
| MAT 172* Precalculus Trigonometry | 4 | |||
| WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I | 1 | |||
| WBL 112 Work-Based Learning I | 2 | |||
| WBL 113 Work-Based Learning I | 3 | |||
| WBL 115 Work-Based Learning Seminar I | 1 | |||
| WBL 121 Work-Based Learning II | 1 | |||
| WBL 122 Work-Based Learning II | 2 | |||
| WBL 123 Work-Based Learning II | 3 | |||
| WBL 125 Work-Based Learning Seminar II | 1 | |||
| WBL 131 Work-Based Learning III | 1 | |||
| Elective Hours: (Select a minimum of 12 credits) | ||||
| Course | Credits | |||
| ACA 122 *** College Transfer Success | 1 | |||
| BIO 140 ** Environmental Biology | 3 | |||
| BIO 140A ** Environmental Biology Lab | 1 | |||
| BIO 163 *** Basic Anatomy & Physiology | 5 | |||
| BTC 150 Bioethics | 3 | |||
| BUS 110 *** Introduction to Business | 3 | |||
| BUS 115 *** Business Law I | 3 | |||
| BUS 270 Professional Development | 3 | |||
| CHM 132 ** Organic and Biochemistry | 4 | |||
| CHM 152 * General Chemistry II | 4 | |||
| CIS 110 ** Introduction to Computers | 3 | |||
| CIS 115 ** Intro. to Prog. & Logic | 3 | |||
| CSC 121 Python Programming | 3 | |||
| CSC 151*** JAVA Programming | 3 | |||
| PHY 110* Conceptual Physics | 3 | |||
| PHY 151 * College Physics I | 4 | |||
| SPA 111 ** Elementary Spanish I | 3 | |||
| TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 68-69 | ||||
| [Note: Students planning to attend a four‐year university may be advised to take the BIO 111 in lieu of BIO 110, and the Chemistry sequence of CHM 151 and CHM 152 in lieu of CHM 131/131A and CHM 132 for transferability purposes.] | ||||
| Curriculum Program of Study Sequence Key | ||||
| * Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) Courses | ||||
| ** General Education Courses | ||||
| *** Premajor/Elective Courses | ||||
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