Molecular
Biotechnology (Certificate Program)
Dr. Susan Carson, Coordinator
NCSU Box 7512
Phone: 919.513.0330
Email: sue_carson@ncsu.edu
Website: http://www.ncsu.edu/biotechnology/
Training in molecular biotechnology is essential for an expanding list of disciplines that have found modern biology-based skills of critical importance in pursuing research goals in areas ranging from microbiology to plant and animal sciences to chemical engineering. The Graduate Certificate Program in Molecular Biotechnology offers an opportunity for individuals educated in the life sciences and related disciplines to gain laboratory-based, hands-on training in many aspects of molecular biotechnology. While this Certificate Program is geared primarily toward non-traditional students who have already entered the workforce, NCSU graduate students with career interests that involve molecular biotechnology are also eligible to apply. Admissions requirements can be viewed at the program website.
The Graduate Certificate Program in Molecular Biotechnology will require a minimum of 12 hours of required and elective courses as listed below:
REQUIRED
(5 credits)
BIT 510 and BIT 510L Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology (4 credits)
BIT 501 Ethical Issues in Biotechnology (1 credit) or an approved research ethics or bioethics course
BIOTECHNOLOGY
LABORATORY ELECTIVES (4 credits)
Two of the following courses and their laboratories (2 credits each):
BIT 562 Microarrays
BIT 563 Fermentation
BIT 564 Protein Purification
BIT 565 Real-time PCR Techniques
BIT 566 Animal Cell Culture
BIT 567 PCR and DNA Fingerprinting
BIT 568 Genome Mapping
BIT 569 RNA Purification and Analysis
BIT 581 Plant Transformation and Tissue Culture
Other BIT laboratory courses (2 credits) by permission
OTHER
ELECTIVES -- CHOOSE ONE (3 credits)