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BIOTECHNOLOGY

Program Overview

Biotechnology is a rapidly expanding field of biology that has significant future potential for both improving life and providing a growing source of technical jobs. Biotechnology is the science of using and modifying biological materials in order to develop products and organisms for specific uses. The biotechnology laboratory technician works in a research or industry laboratory.

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Program Awards

Associate Degree

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Biotechnology - Certificate of Achievement

Certificate

Biotechnology - Associate in Science

Associate Degree

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Below is a sample of the career options available for the biotechnology major. Most of these require a certificate or an associate in science degree and are career options at an entry-level technician position in the following areas, which include but are not limited to the biotechnology industry: food, oil, genomics, pharmaceutical industry, forensic science, agriculture, anthropology, NASA projects, and basic research in academic or nonprofit institutions.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Program Overview

Program Awards

Biotechnology - Certificate of Achievement

Biotechnology - Associate in Science

Points of Interest

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Life Sciences

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Silvia Nadalet Dean

Shaunte Griffith-Jackson Department Chair

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