Master of Biotechnology
Students will need to take 4 core classes and 6 electives, which are dependent on their track selection. In addition to the curriculum listed below,students must take at least 6 credit units–between the core and electives–within SEAS courses. Those SEAS programs are: BE, BIOT, CBE, CIS/CIT, EAS, ENGR, ENM, ESE, IPD, MSE, & MEAM. If a course is cross-listed, students must take the SEAS version of it for it to count toward this 6 SEAS course requirement. Students may take up to 2 EAS courses toward the degree. EAS 8940, EAS 8950, EAS 8960 and EAS 8970 do not count toward the 10 CUs for the program. Students are also limited to 2 IPD courses toward the degree and 3 BIOT 5990 CUs.
Please note that each course a student takes may only count for one course requirement, even if the course technically can fit under multiple requirements.
Students may petition to use a different course for core courses and electives both. Students should use the Petition Form in the MBIOT Student Resources shared Google folder to request an exception. (NOTE: Students in the Molecular Biology track may not petition to substitute another course in for their 2 CU BIOT 5990 requirement.)
The curriculum below lists common courses that students take for the degree, and may be updated as more courses are allowed. Please note that not all courses will be available each semester and advisors cannot guarantee that students will get a spot in any particular course. Students should not plan their full 10 CU course schedule around any particular course.
The courses listed below as what a student is allowed to take, not what they will be guaranteed to be able to take. Graduate students are expected to take charge of their curriculum planning, and double check in the course catalog and PATH for the following information:
Listed below are the core curriculum areas, along with approved courses that can be used to fulfill each requirement.
Select 3 from the following. Cross-listed courses (i.e. courses that have the same course title but have different course numbers) do not count as separate courses. Choose 3 separate courses:
Select 1 from the following:
Students who feel they have a significant amount of prior laboratory experience are welcome to request a waiver of the requirement. This means they can take a non-lab class for this requirement, not that students can skip this requirement. Details and instructions on how to request a waiver can be found on our forms website. The following course codes can be used for a replacement course:
Each student is required to select one of the below tracks during admission to the program. Students will be required to take 6 credit units of electives according to the respective requirements for that track.
Select 3 5000+ level courses in the following:
Select 2 CU from the following:
