Biology - Biotechnology Track, BS
Introduction
The Biotechnology Track will allow students to master skills used within areas such as biotechnology, medicine, agriculture, and response to climate change. Students in this track will practice employable laboratory and research skills. Example employers for this track include biotechnology companies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospital laboratories, pharmaceutical research labs, and food science labs.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Major
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General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
- CU Denver General Graduation Requirements
- CU Denver Core Curriculum
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduation Requirements
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Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 BIOL credit hours.
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours in ancillary coursework.
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000- level and above) BIOL credit hours.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the major and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to major requirements.
- Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper division (3000-level and above) BIOL credit hours with CU Denver faculty and at least 6 credits must be at 4000-level or higher.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- All upper division biology courses applied to the undergraduate biology major must be completed within 10 years of graduation.
- Undergraduate students may count up to six credit hours of independent study or internship (any combination of BIOL 3840 Independent Study, BIOL 3939 Internship, BIOL 4840 Independent Study, BIOL 4880 Directed Research) toward the upper-division Biology electives requirement in the major.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the following required biology courses: | 20 | |
| Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2030 | Honors Organisms to Ecosystems (Gen Bio) | |
| Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2031 | Honors Organisms to Ecosystems Lab (Gen Bio) | |
| Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2040 | Honors Molecules to Cells (Gen Bio) | |
| Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | ||
or BIOL 2041 | Honors Molecules to Cells Lab (Gen Bio) | |
| Introduction to Molecular Biology | ||
| General Cell Biology | ||
| Introduction to Biotechnology | ||
| Molecular Biology Laboratory | ||
| Choose at least one lab class from the following list: | 2-3 | |
| Cell Biology Laboratory | ||
| General Microbiology Lab | ||
| Biochemistry Lab | ||
| Complete the following required ancillary classes: | 8 | |
| General Chemistry I | ||
or CHEM 2081 | Honors General Chemistry I | |
| General Chemistry Laboratory I | ||
or CHEM 2039 | Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
or CHEM 2088 | Honors General Chemistry I Laboratory | |
| General Chemistry II | ||
or CHEM 2091 | Honors General Chemistry II Lecture | |
| General Chemistry Laboratory II | ||
or CHEM 2069 | Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
or CHEM 2098 | Honors General Chemistry II Laboratory | |
| Choose one biochemistry class from this list (Organic Chemistry I is a prereq): | 3-4 | |
| Biochemistry | ||
| General Biochemistry II | ||
| Choose one quantitative class from this list: | 3-4 | |
| Biostatistics | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Fundamentals of Computational Innovation | ||
| Choose one writing intensive class from this list: | 3 | |
| Technical Writing (also satisfies CLAS Communicative Skills requirement) | ||
| Writing in the Sciences (also satisfies CLAS Communicative Skills requirement) | ||
| Argumentation and Logic (also satisfies CLAS Humanities requirement) | ||
| Proposal and Grant Writing (also satisfies CLAS Humanities requirement) | ||
| Rhetorics of Medicine & Health | ||
| Choose at least two upper division BIOL 4000 level classes from this list, must be from UCD faculty: | 6 | |
| Virology | ||
| Cell Biology of Disease | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Topics in Molecular Biology | ||
| Human Genetics | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Genomics and Bioinformatics | ||
| Plant Structure and Development | ||
| Applied Microbial Ecology | ||
| Mechanisms of Human Pathology | ||
| Cell Signaling | ||
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Endocrinology | ||
| Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases | ||
| Biochemistry of Metabolic Disease | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Regulation and Cancer | ||
| Choose at least two from the following list that have not already been used anywhere above(be sure to reach 36 credits in BIOL): | ||
| Internship, Directed Research, or Independent Study is highly recommended | ||
| Biology Career and Professional Development Seminar | ||
| Advanced Topics | ||
| Advanced Special Topics with Lab | ||
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| General Cell Biology | ||
| Introduction to Immunology | ||
| General Microbiology | ||
| Cell Biology Laboratory | ||
| Developmental Biology | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Internship | ||
| Advanced Biology Topics | ||
| Virology | ||
| Cell Biology of Disease | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Topics in Molecular Biology | ||
| Human Genetics | ||
| Medical Microbiology | ||
| Genomics and Bioinformatics | ||
| Plant Structure and Development | ||
| Applied Microbial Ecology | ||
| Mechanisms of Human Pathology | ||
| Cell Signaling | ||
| Biology of Cancer | ||
| Endocrinology | ||
| Structural Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases | ||
| Biochemistry of Metabolic Disease | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Regulation and Cancer | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Instrumental Analysis | ||
| Instrumental Analysis Laboratory | ||
| Practical Applications of Spectroscopy | ||
| Nucleic Acid Technologies I | ||
| Bioconjugate Techniques and Theranostic Nanomedicine | ||
| Molecular Informatics | ||
| Programming for Data Analysis in the Physical Sciences | ||
| Molecular Modeling and Drug Design | ||
| Bioinorganic Chemistry: Bioinorganic compounds in medicine | ||
| Total Hours | 45-48 | |
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