What is biotechnology?
Biotechnology is one of the newest and fastest-growing scientific fields. Exploring topics like biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics, biotechnology seeks to apply biological processes to technologies that can help improve our lives and planet. This cutting-edge field is changing the world in a variety of ways, from reducing the spread of infectious disease through genetics to cutting greenhouse gas emissions with biofuels.
Why study biotechnology at Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ Manchester?
The biotechnology minor introduces students to the field of biotechnology in a five-course sequence that explores bioethics and the central content areas of biology and biotechnology, with a focus on modern genetics and laboratory techniques. Through skills-based training in state-of-the-art labs, biotechnology minors add a valuable credential to their major that indicates a substantial additional skill set in the laboratory-focused and forward-looking field of biotechnology.Â
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Curriculum & Requirements
The Minor in Biotechnology will introduce students to the field of biotechnology in a five-course sequence that will provide substantial education and training in bioethics, as well as the central content areas of biology and biotechnology, with a focus on modern genetics and laboratory techniques. Students adding the biotechnology minor will be adding a valuable credential to their major, indicating a substantial additional skill set in the laboratory-focused and forward-looking field of biotechnology.
To ensure a course counts toward the minor, it is required that students consult the minor coordinator, before enrolling in the course.
Students must complete five courses (20-21 credits, depending on the courses chosen). The minimum acceptable grade in these courses is a C-, and the average grade for these courses must be a C or better. Transfer course approval for the minor is limited to, at most, two relevant courses successfully completed at another accredited institution, subject to syllabi review and approval. Courses for non-majors will not count towards the minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| µþ±õ°¿°ÕÌý501 | Ethical Issues in Biology | 4 |
| ³Ò·¡±·Ìý604 | Principles of Genetics 1, 3 | 4 |
| Biotechnology lab techniques course 1, 2 | 4-5 | |
| Select one of the following: | 8 | |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý411 &²¹³¾±è;Ìýµþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý412 | Introductory Biology: Molecular and Cellular and Introductory Biology: Evolution, Biodiversity and Ecology | |
´Ç°ùÌýµþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý413 &²¹³¾±è;Ìýµþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý414 | Principles of Biology I and Principles of Biology II | |
| Total Credits | 20-21 | |
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Biotechnology majors-level course.
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µþ²Ñ³§Ìý503 General Microbiology/µþ²Ñ³§Ìý504 General Microbiology Laboratory may be an additional pre-requisite course.
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Students in majors with 3+ course overlap (e.g., Neuropsychology) will need a different course than ³Ò·¡±·Ìý604 Principles of Genetics within the Biotechnology major. µþ²Ñ³§Ìý503 General Microbiology/µþ²Ñ³§Ìý504 General Microbiology Laboratory is a recommended alternative.