Microbial Biotechnology (MR)
Master of Microbial Biotechnology Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMB Core Courses | 15 | ||
| Industry Case Studies in Microbial Biotechnology ( Students must take this course three times for 9 credits) | |||
| Master of Microbial Biotechnology Capstone | |||
| Special Problems | |||
| Life Science Foundational Course | 3 | ||
| Students must select 3 credit hours from the list below | |||
| Biochemistry of Gene Expression | |||
| Molecular Genetics | |||
| Microbial Biotechnology | |||
| Microbiome Analysis | |||
| Microbial Metabolic Regulation | |||
| Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | |||
| STEM Foundational Electives 1 | 6 | ||
| Students must take 6 credits from the STEM Foundational Electives below | |||
| Applied Science Foundational Courses | 4 | ||
| Students can select option 1 or option 2 below | |||
| Option 1 | |||
| Molecular Biology for Biomanufacturing and Cell Line Development for Biomanufacturing | |||
| Option 2 | |||
| Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology | |||
| Applied Science Electives | 4-6 | ||
| Students must select 4 - 6 credits from the Applied Science Electives below | |||
| Business Core Course | 3 | ||
| Current Topics in BioSciences Management | |||
| MBA Electives 2 | 6 | ||
| Students must select 6 credits from the list below | |||
| Project Management | |||
| Enterprise Risk Management | |||
| Supply Management | |||
| Decision Making under Uncertainty | |||
| Product Design and Development | |||
| Business Analytics Practicum | |||
| Consumer Behavior | |||
| Research Methods In Marketing | |||
| Opportunity Evaluation and Value Creation | |||
| Venture Opportunity Analytics | |||
| Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization I | |||
| Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization II | |||
| B Corp Clinic Sustainability Practicum | |||
| Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries | |||
| Special Topics In Business Management (by permission of MMB advisor) | |||
| Total Hours | 41-43 | ||
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Other relevant graduate STEM courses may be taken by permission of MMB advisor. Students pursuing the MMB/MBA dual degree may substitute 3 MBA credits in this category.
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Students planning to enroll in the dual MMB/MBA Program may take an additional MBA course in lieu of one STEM Foundational Elective. Other relevant MBA courses may be taken by permission of MMB Advisor and MBA advisor.
STEM Foundational Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select 6 credits from the list below | |||
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) | |||
| 叠础贰听525 | Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocessing | 3 | |
| 叠础贰听528 | Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes | 3 | |
Biochemistry (BCH) | |||
| 叠颁贬听553 | Biochemistry of Gene Expression | 3 | |
| 叠颁贬听555 | Proteins and Molecular Mechanisms | 3 | |
| 叠颁贬听571 | Regulation of Metabolism | 3 | |
| 叠颁贬听701 | Macromolecular Structure | 3 | |
| 叠颁贬听703 | Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation | 3 | |
| 叠颁贬听705 | Molecular Biology Of the Cell | 3 | |
Food Science (FS) | |||
| 贵厂听502 | Chemistry of Food and Bioprocessed Materials | 4 | |
| 贵厂听553 | Food Laws and Regulations | 3 | |
Genetics (GN) | |||
| 骋狈听521 | Molecular Genetics | 3 | |
| 骋狈听541 | Human and Biomedical Genetics | 3 | |
Microbiology (MB) | |||
| 惭叠听501 | Biology of Plant Pathogens | 3 | |
| 惭叠听505 | Food Microbiology | 3 | |
| 惭叠听532 | Soil Microbiology | 4 | |
| 惭叠听535 | Bacterial Pathogenesis | 3 | |
| 惭叠听588 | Microbiome Analysis | 3 | |
| 惭叠听718 | Introductory Virology | 3 | |
| 惭叠听725 | Fermentation Microbiology | 3 | |
| 惭叠听751 | Immunology | 3 | |
Plant Biology (PB) | |||
| 笔叠听580 | Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | 3 | |
Statistics (ST) | |||
| 厂罢听513 | Statistics for Management and Social Sciences I | 3 | |
| 厂罢听514 | Statistics For Management and Social Sciences II | 3 | |
| 厂罢听554 | Analysis of Big Data | 3 | |
| 厂罢听555 | Statistical Programming I | 3 | |
| 厂罢听556 | Statistical Programming II | 3 | |
Applied Science Electives
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
Biotechnology (BIT) | |||
| 叠滨罢听564 | Protein Purification | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听571 | RNA Interference and Model Organisms | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听573 | Protein Interactions | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听574 | Plant Genetic Engineering | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听577 | Metagenomics | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听579 | High-Throughput Discovery | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听580 | Yeast Metabolic Engineering | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听582 | Virus Biotechnology: Pathogens to Therapeutics | 2 | |
| 叠滨罢听595 | Special Topics (by permission of MMB advisor) | 1-6 | |
| 叠贰颁听515 | Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization Techniques | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听526 | Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听532 | Foundations of Downstream Processing and Formulation | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听536 | Introduction to Downstream Process Development | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听548 | Bioreactor Design | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听562 | Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology | 3 | |
| 叠贰颁听563 | Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听575 | Global Regulatory Affairs for Medical Products | 3 | |
| 叠贰颁听577 | Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis | 3 | |
| 叠贰颁听580 | cGMP Fermentation Operations | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听583 | Tissue Engineering Technologies | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听585 | cGMP Downstream Operations | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听588 | Animal Cell Culture Engineering | 2 | |
| 叠贰颁听595 | Special Topics in Biomanufacturing | 1-6 | |
| 叠贰颁听595 | Special Topics in Biomanufacturing (by permission of MMB advisor) | 1-6 | |
| 惭叠听520 | Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations | 2 | |
| 厂罢听555 | Statistical Programming I | 3 | |
| 厂罢听556 | Statistical Programming II | 3 | |
| Up to 2 Applied Science Elective credits may be taken from the below list * | |||
| 顿厂颁听405 | Data Wrangling and Web Scraping | 1 | |
| 顿厂颁听406 | Exploratory Data Analysis for Big Data | 1 | |
| 顿厂颁听495 | Special Topics in Data Science (by permission of MMB advisor) | 1-3 | |
| 顿厂颁听595 | Graduate Special Topics in Data Science (by permission of MMB advisor) | 1-3 | |
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Students may take or audit lower-level DSC courses, but they will not count toward degree. In particular 顿厂颁听201 Introduction to R/Python for Data Science may be helpful to take higher-level courses and 顿厂颁听202 Introduction to Data Visualization could also be helpful.
Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Requirements
The Accelerated Bachelors/Master鈥檚 (ABM) degree program allows exceptional undergraduate students at NC聽State an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degrees at an accelerated pace. These undergraduate students may double count up to 12 credits and obtain a non-thesis Master鈥檚 degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the Bachelor鈥檚 degree, or obtain a thesis-based Master鈥檚 degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the Bachelor鈥檚 degree.
This degree program also provides an opportunity for the Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs) at NC聽State to recruit rising juniors in their major to their graduate programs. However, permission to pursue an ABM degree program does not guarantee admission to the Graduate School. Admission is contingent on meeting eligibility requirements at the time of entering the graduate program.