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Biotechnology

Biotechnology brings living organisms and advanced biological techniques together to create products that provide innovative and sustainable technologies.

  • Biotechnology is a rapidly expanding field of science that began over thirty years ago with the discovery of recombinant DNA.
  • Students study a specific balance of various areas that includes chemical, biological and mathematical sciences.
  • Students acquire key skills and specialize in industrial or medical biotechnology.
Examples of biotechnology in action:
   Products from natural materials
   Alternative fuel production
   Improvements to food
   Medicines and vaccines
    Development of diagnostics

 

Studying biotechnology

Biotechnology can be studied in two ways:

  • As a major study area within the Bachelor of Science or,
  • As a specialized tagged degree Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)
Biotechnology major

Level one

Cell biology
Chemistry

Level two

Biochemistry
Recombinant DNA technology

Level three

Food and industrial microbiology
Medical microbiology
Environmental microbiology
Medical aspects of cell biology
Laboratory and workplace management
Molecular biology and biotechnology
Biotechnology in action research project

 

Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) topic areas

Level one

Cell biology
Human biology
Chemistry
Fundamentals of biotechnology
Statistics or mathematics

Level two

Microbiology
Instrumental analysis
Cellular metabolism
Recombinant DNA technology
Microbial cell function
Instrumental analysis
Design of molecules and macromolecules

Level three

Medical


Biochemistry
Medical microbiology
Bioactive chemistry
Laboratory and workplace management
Molecular biology and biotechnology

Industrial


Bioactive chemistry
Food and industrial microbiology
Environmental microbiology
Laboratory and workplace management
Molecular biology and biotechnology

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