Biotechnology Four Year Track

Year 1 - Biotechnology (General Curriculum)
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
IST 101 Fund. of Communication 4 IST 131 AM II: Differential Calculus 4
IST 111 Living Systems 4 IST 241 Intro. to DNA Cloning 3
IST 120 Connections I 2 IST 212 Energy 3
IST 130 AM I: Statistics 4 General Education (Social Science) 3
IST 160 Instrumentation I 3 General Education (Art) 3
UNI 101 New Student Seminar 1    
Total 18 Total 16


Year 2 - Biotechnology (General Curriculum)
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
IST 230 AM III: Integral Calculus and Series 4 IST 201 Advanced Communications 4
IST 342 Bioscience Research Methods 2 IST 220 Connections II 2
CHM 211 Principles of Chemistry I 3 IST 231 AM IV: Differential Eq. & Linear Algebra 4
CHM 217 Chemistry Lab 2 CHM 212 Principles of Chemistry II 3
General Education (Language) 3 CHM 218 Chemistry Lab 2
General Education (Social Science) 3 General Education (Language) 3
Total 17 Total 18


Year 3 - Biotechnology Track
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
IST 340 Issues in DNA Technology 3 IST 341 Issues in Human Genetics 3
IST 440 Integrated Genetic Systems 4 IST 343 Genomic Cloning and Cytogenetics 4
CHM 327 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 5 IST 443 Protein Biotechnology 3
IST 301 Public Service 1 General Education (Social Science) 3
General Education (Language) 3 General Education (Language) 3
Total 16 Total 16


Year 4 - Biotechnology Track
Fall Semester Hours Spring Semester Hours
IST 490 Senior Project I 3 IST 491 Senior Project II 3
IST 444 Bioinformatics (or other elective) 3 BSC 420 Plant Physiology (or other elective) 3
BSC 322 Cell Biology (or other elective) 4 CHM 365 Introduction to Biochemistry 3
IST 442 Bioethics (or other elective) 3 IST 445 DNA Forensics (or other elective) 3
General Education (Literature) 3 General Education (Humanities) 3
Total 16 Total 15