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Master of Science in Biotechnology Management (MSBM)
Biotechnology, in the broadest sense, involves the use of living organisms or cell processes to make useful products. The major thrust of the biotechnology industry has been in area of drug development, human and animal nutrition, agricultural chemicals and environmental protection.
Biotechnology applications are now reaching into industries such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, clinical medicine, diagnostic medicine, home health care, forensics, paternity testing, food preparation, and ranching. This new program will provide students with hands-on experience in this emerging high-tech area and prepare them to work in area industries, or to go on to medical, professional or academic programs. Biotechnology is concerned with many areas but the primary course work for this program will be centered around cellular chemistry, heredity and genetics. This will be expanded into areas such as biochemistry, antibodies, gene expression, protein synthesis and recovery, amino-acid and DNA sequencing, gene manipulation and modification, PCR technology and molecular genetics.
Objectives:
The biotechnology major is well suited for careers in business development, marketing, and finance in biotech and pharmaceutical companies. The comprehensive understanding of the industry's unique business and technical issues also supports careers in life-science driven consulting, banking, and venture capital. Students are advised to complement their industry education with a functional major such as marketing, finance, or management and strategy.
Specifically, CSBU MSBM program is designed to provide students the opportunity:
- To have a comprehensive training in the state-of -the-art techniques and methodologies used in biotechnology
- To think independently and solve problems
- To prepare for further graduate studies
- To prepare for supervisory level positions in the biotechnology industry
Graduation Requirements
A minimum of 36 units is required, from each of the following categories, Basic courses, Electives, Area of Concentration and Master’s Project. Students must also makeup for any background deficiencies by taking additional courses even if 400A level courses may be used as elective units. A grade of “B-“ or better must be earned in all basic courses and area of concentration, and a grade of “C-“ must be earned for all elective courses. GPA 3.0 or better is required, and students must be in good standings - clear financial, library and other school records - with the university. After fulfilling the requirements stated above, the student may file a petition for graduation and if approved, may graduate.
MSBM Background Preparation
Students admitted in to the MSBM degree program are required to have the following background preparation. A student with any deficiency is required to clear it by either (1) taking the course at other schools and earning a grade of at least C or higher or (2) taking and passing a proficiency before attempting to enroll in graduate level courses.
1.) BIOLOGY SUBJECTS:
MSBM 500 Protein Engineering
MSBM 501 Molecular Biology
2.) TECHNOLOGY SUBJECTS:
MSBM 506 Principles and Practice of Biotechnology
MSBM 504 Biotechnology Operations
MSBM Curriculum
A minimum of 36 semester units of graduate study are required for the MSBM program. Students must complete 12 credit hours in basic courses, 12 credit hours in area of concentration, 10 credit hours in faculty mentored research, and 2 credit hours in seminar for a total of 36 credit hours. The curricular order and a brief description of courses are specified below. The student must meet prerequisite requirements when taking any of the following courses.
1.) Basic Courses (12.0 credits)
A student must take the following four courses to complete the required graduate course requirement. These four courses cannot be used to meet concentration course work requirements.
MSBM501 Molecular Biology
MSBM502 Biotechnology I—Genetic Engineering
MSBM520 Advanced Cell Biology
MSBM512 Biotechnology II—Protein Structure & Function
2.) Area of Concentration (12.0 credits)
In addition to the four required graduate courses in section 1.), a student must select an area of concentration area. This is to ensure the students competence in a selected area. As new courses are also offered between publications of school catalogs, the students are advised to refer of the "Concentration area course tables" published with each release of the semester class schedule to select courses for meeting the concentration area requirements.
Area A. Biotechnology Management
Required Courses:
MSBM571 Techniques in Biotechnology I
MSBM572 Techniques in Biotechnology II
MSBM503 Business of Biotechnology: Fundamentals
MSBM504 Biotechnology Operations
3.) Faculty Mentored Master Thesis Research (10 credits)
An independent research project that is designed by the student with assistance from the Thesis advisor and acceptable to the Thesis committee.
Master's Thesis Project:
MSBM600 Thesis Proposal
MSBM600 Master Thesis
Publication: Each Master of Biotechnology graduate is encouraged to publish their research papers either online in the public domain or through professional journals and periodicals worldwide.
4.) Seminars (2.0 credits)
MSBM591 Seminar I
MSBM592 Seminar II
MSBM TOTAL REQUIREMENT (36 CREDITS)
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