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Biotechnology Courses

Register for classes using WebAdvisor. Review the Class Schedule for class dates and times. Course descriptions are available in the Catalog. All students are encouraged to meet with a counselor to review academic program requirements and/or have questions answered.

Did You Know…?

Dr. Ron Quinta received an Excellence in Leadership Award from the CCCAOE, the Association for Occupational Education for creating and operating the Learning Alliance for Bioscience (LAB) Program.

A sampling of courses for this discipline includes (not a complete list):

Skip list of courses.

  • BIOT-100 Biotechnology and Society
  • BIOT-102 Chemical Safety and Hygiene
  • BIOT-104A HPLC
  • BIOT-104D Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • BIOT-105 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
  • BIOT-106A Introduction to Bio-Manufacturing Instruments and Measurements
  • BIOT-106B Current Lab Methods in Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry and Standard Operating Procedures
  • BIOT-106M Math Applications in Biotechnology
  • BIOT-110A1 Introduction to DNA Techniques
  • BIOT-110A2 PCR I and DNA Sequencing
  • BIOT-110A3 Protein Isolation and Assays
  • BIOT-111A Genomic and cDNA Library Construction and Analysis
  • BIOT-111B PCR Primer Design and Optimization and Reverse Transcription
  • BIOT-112 Introduction to Bioinformatics
  • BIOT-113 GMP/GLP
  • BIOT/BIOL-114 Introduction to Plant Biology
  • BIOT/BIOL-114B Applications in Plant and Food Biotechnology
  • BIOT-115A Mammalian Cell Culture Techniques
  • BIOT-115B Bioreactor Cell Culture Techniques
  • BIOT-116 Biotech Summer Institute
  • BIOT-117 Immunology
  • BIOT-119 Clean Room Techniques
  • BIOT-120 Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • BIOT-121 Biotechnology Careers
  • BIOT-122 Introduction to Nanotechnology
  • BIOT-123 Writing SOPs
  • BIOT/CS-131 Computing Concepts in Biotechnology
  • BIOT/CS-132 DNA Computing
  • BIOT/CS-133 SAS Programming
  • CHEM-109 Introduction to Biochemistry for Health Science and Biotechnology

Student Learning Outcomes in Bio-Manufacturing

Upon successful completion of the courses in this discipline, the student will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:

  • Develop a results-oriented resume highlighting transferable skills relevant to bio-manufacturing positions.
  • Demonstrate effective interviewing skills to obtain employment in the biotech industry.
  • Understand and apply techniques to conduct a self-directed job search.
  • Apply scientific method and good experimental design in scientific experiments.
  • Understand and demonstrate lab safety procedures.
  • Maintain a lab notebook; describe correct SOPs, GLPs, and other documentation required in a biotech lab.
  • Demonstrate standard lab techniques such as pipetting and measurements (mass/ volume).
  • Demonstrate proper use of lab equipment such as pH meters, spectrophotometers, chromatographic systems, electrophoresis apparatus, compound microscope, and other equipment.