Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology
The Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology provides you with a background in the biological and technical sciences in preparation for employment or advanced study. The degree program will prepare you for study beyond the baccalaureate, such as graduate school, medicine, dentistry, veterinary, pharmacy, or allied health.
General Requirements for Graduation
- Completed institutional program requirements
- Completed 30 credit hours of 200 level or higher
- Completed 15 credit hours of the concentration
- Completion of the capstone course (BIOL L452)
- Completed 30 credit hours at the 300-400 level
- Minimum overall GPA of 2.3
- C or better in all biology courses taken for the major (see below)
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 in the biology courses taken for the major
- Minimum GPA of 2.0 in the core requirements (see below)
- Completed 124 credit hours
First Year Seminar (2 cr)
- U100 First Year Seminar (2 cr)
General Education Requirements (30 cr)
- W131 Elementary Composition I (3 cr)
- Any second level writing course (3 cr)
- S121 Public Speaking (3 cr)
- Computer Literacy (0-3 cr)* (as needed),
( credit and non-credit options available) - Mathematics (3 cr) 100 level or higher,
excluding M110, M123 and T courses
Behavioral and Social Sciences (9 cr)
- Must be taken from at least two of the following disciplines:
American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
Humanities and Fine Arts (9 cr)
- Must be taken from at least two of the following disciplines:
English (excluding W131 and W132), Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Folklore, History, Speech and Theatre (excluding S121), Music, Philosophy, Religion
Degree Requirements (92 cr)
Natural Science & Mathematics Requirements (36-41 cr)
- Calculus, Math M215 (5 cr) or Math M119 (3 cr)
- Statistics, Math K300 (3 cr)
- Bioinformatics, T201 (3 cr)
- General Chemistry I & II, C105/125 and C106/126 (10 cr)
- Organic Chemistry I & II, C341/342 and C343/344 (10 cr)
- General Physics I and II, P201 and P202 (10 cr)
Biotechnology Concentration Core Requirements (31-32 cr)
- L107 Biological Concepts (5 cr)
- L315 Cell Biology (4 cr)
- L314 Genetics (4 cr)
- C483 Biological Chemistry (3 cr)
- T101 Introduction to Biotechnology (2 cr)
- OLS 331 Occupational Safety and Health (Purdue) (3 cr)
- T105 Basic Laboratory Techniques (2 cr)
- T305 Advanced Biotechnology Laboratory (2 cr)
- L452 Capstone (0-1 cr)
- L498 Internship (Individual Study) (6 cr)*
*Requires approval of the Biotechnology Faculty Committee
Biotechnology Electives (15-21 cr)
- L211 Molecular Biology (3 cr)
- L213 Molecular Biology Laboratory (2 cr)
- M310 Microbiology (3 cr)
- M315 Microbiology Laboratory (2 cr)
- C390 Special Topics in Chemistry (1-5 cr)
- L391 Special Topics in Biology (1-3 cr)*
- C483 Biological Chemistry (3 cr)
*Requires approval of the Biotechnology Faculty Committee
Electives (0-10)
- Additional courses to total 124 credits if needed after completing all other requirements.
