Students will receive training in effective oral communication skills and will be exposed to concepts of ethics and ethical behavior. Each student will then pick a topic in biotechnology and examine the ethical ramifications associated with it. Each student will present his/her case study in a seminar for the rest of the class. Students will have the opportunity to practice and fine tune their presentations, which will be followed by a brief class discussion and analyses of the delivery and the content of the presentation.

Provides work experiences with private companies, governmental agencies, or research laboratories working in biotechnology. A report and presentation are required upon completion of the internship.

Laboratory instruction in the methods for manipulation of plants, microbes, and animals for biotechnological purposes.

Biotechnological approaches that either control insect pests of crops and vectors of human disease or optimize beneficial aspects of insects used for food, environmental, and medical purposes. Innovative technological approaches involving insects can be part of solutions to food insecurity, human diseases, and environmental bioremediation.

Applied aspects of biochemistry and molecular biology in various fields, with emphasis on the use of recombinant DNA methods and protein engineering.

Independent research in biotechnology under direction of individual faculty members. Research pre-proposal and a final report are required.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats.

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data. Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry.