Biotechnology

Specializing in Biotechnology prepares you to enter the work force in industrial, biomedical or environmental applications of biotechnology. Those in the biotechnology field can apply modern DNA and protein techniques to identify those responsible for violent crimes or develop the pharmaceuticals and diagnostic tests of the future. You will be trained in biological laboratories and develop the techniques used in laboratory settings of hospitals, universities, pharmaceutical companies and federal or state forensic laboratories. Recent graduates in biotechnology have interned at state police laboratories and are employed at both government and private research facilities.

Employment Opportunities:

  • Apply modern techniques of DNA analysis
  • Experimental design and data analysis
  • Develop laboratory applications for hospitals, universities, private biotechnological or pharmaceutical companies, federal, or state forensic laboratories

Four-year plan of study: