Biotechnology
Patricia Gwirtz, Ph.D., Graduate Advisor
Research and Education
Building-103
817-735-2079
E-mail: gwirtzp@hsc.unt.edu
Graduate and Adjunct Graduate Faculty: All members of the graduate and adjunct graduate faculty are included in Biotechnology. Science advancements are moving at a record pace. New and exciting approaches have led to our greater understanding of health and disease. Keeping pace with these breakthroughs will require an education and highly trained workforce. The biotechnology degree program is designed to train individuals for careers in industry and research by providing the tools and experience needed for highly technical positions offered in emerging biotechnology companies and research institutions. Students will take integrated biomedical sciences courses that provide the breadth and depth needed to understand complex biomedical problems. All students are required to train in molecular, cellular, physiological and pharmacological techniques and to complete an internship practicum in a research or industrial laboratory that forms the basis of the laboratory internship practicum report.
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Typical Curriculum | |||
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BIOS 5210 |
Biostatistics I (School of Public Health course) | 3 SCH | |
| BMSC 5600 | Integrative Biomedical Sciences I: Principles of Biochemistry | 4 SCH | |
| BMSC 5610 | Integrative Biomedical Sciences II: Molecular Cell Biology | 4 SCH | |
| BMSC 5700 | Integrative Biomedical Sciences III: Physiology |
3 SCH | |
| BMSC 5705 | Integrative Biomedical Sciences IV: Pharmacology | 2 SCH | |
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BMSC 5710 |
Integrative Biomedical Sciences V: Immunology and Microbiology |
3 SCH | |
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BMSC 5920 |
Laboratory Internship Practicum |
14 SCH | |
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BMSC 5935 |
Introduction to Faculty Research Programs |
2 SCH | |
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BMSC 5650 |
Lab Rotations |
2 SCH | |
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BMSC 5960 |
Biomedical Ethics |
1 SCH | |
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BMSC 5965 |
Introduction to Industry Practice |
1 SCH | |
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BMSC 5540 |
Introduction to Lab Techniques |
2 SCH | |
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CGEN 6030 |
Methods in Molecular Biology |
4 SCH | |
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TOTAL |
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46-48 SCH | |
Laboratory Internship Practicum
Once the major professor is
chosen, the student will complete a Laboratory Internship Practicum (BMSC 5920)
in the major professor's laboratory. During this time, the student will learn
how to perform all of the duties expected of a laboratory technician. These may
include working under researchers on their projects, doing the student's own
research project, purchasing supplies and equipment, repairing and maintaining
equipment, etc. The student is expected to keep a laboratory notebook during
this experience. At the end of the practicum, the student will write a report
detailing the activities of the internship. The student's advisory committee
must approve this report together with the laboratory notebook. The student must
make a formal presentation to the advisory committee and defend the work at this
time. A copy of the report must be submitted within the appropriate deadlines
for graduation (see the Academic
Calendar.)
This page last updated Mar 11, 2008
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