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2021-2023 - Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2023 - Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, Biotechnology Concentration, B.S.


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Biotechnology is a collection of techniques that uses living organisms or substances from those organisms for specific applications. Individuals with training in biotechnology can work in a variety of jobs in industrial, government, and academic settings. These careers may be in research, product development, production, quality control, technical writing, sales, education, or administration. Students in the biology program at Shippensburg University may choose the concentration in biotechnology. Students enrolled in this program will obtain a broad background in biology, chemistry, and physics as well as gain substantial biotechnology laboratory experience that includes the cloning and manipulation of DNA, immunochemical analyses, and cell culture. Students interested in pre-forensics should take 7-8 credits of suggested Criminal Justice courses.

Students in the biotechnology concentration must maintain at least a 2.5 QPA in their major and overall program through graduation. Students who are withdrawn from this concentration because their QPA has fallen below the minimum 2.5 may reapply when they reattain the minimum QPA.

Upper Division Electives (10 crs.)


Experiential Elective (3 crs.)


Please note only 3 credits of research and 3 credits of internship may count as biology electives. Credits in excess of that number count as free electives.

Additional Biology Electives (3 crs.)


Electives should be selected with advisement. Biology credits should total at least 32.

Allied Fields (27-29 crs.)


General Education


General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements Specific for this major:

  • Quantitative (Q): MAT 211  
  • Natural World (N): BIO 161   grade of C or better required
  • Natural World (N): PHY 121  
  • Natural World (N): CHM 121  

Free Electives (12-14 crs.)


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