Biology/Biotechnology Program
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Program Overview
With a focus on experiential learning, our biology and biotechnology program provides students with a range of career opportunities on the North Shore and in the Boston region, our nation's biotech leader.
Program Overview
In the post-genome era, as incredible advances have unlocked our genetic information, biotechnology has emerged as the third great technological revolution of our time, along with the Industrial and the computer/information technology revolutions before it. As a student in the biology and biotechnology program at 西瓜视频, you'll receive cutting-edge technical training in courses and laboratory sessions that, together, provide knowledge and methodological skills in areas like:
- Genomics
- Bioethics
- Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics.
Whether you pursue an internship at a startup company in 西瓜视频's STEM incubator, a nearby biotechnology company, or a hospital, opportunities are numerous. To view our internship opportunities, select the “Internships and Careers” tab atop the page.
Discoveries and applications related to biotechnology present a multitude of career opportunities in fields such as:
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceuticals
- Research and Development
- Health
- Food and Nutrition
- Energy
Program Highlights
- Amazing internship opportunities - startups, research universities, medical centers, and local biotech companies make for diverse options.
- Diverse career options - work in a biotechnology or pharmaceutical company, research institute, or hospital; pursue graduate or professional school to become a doctor, physician assistant, dentist, pharmacist, or run your own research lab.
- Outstanding facilities - teaching/research labs, computer labs, and specialized facilities that include a DNA sequencing center, tissue culture room, fluorescent microscopes, high content imaging system, chemical instrumentation, Anatomage virtual dissection table, and augmented and virtual reality simulations.
- Incubator space - room for startup companies (including student and faculty initiatives) which provides internship opportunities.
- Technical skills - develop biotechnology lab skills and learn how to do data analysis (e.g., statistics, bioinformatics) by coding in R.
- Amazing guest lecturers - Sir Richard Roberts (Chief Scientific Officer at New England BioLabs and Nobel Laureate), Dr. Robert Langer (David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT), Dr. David Mooney (Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard), Sir Richard Roberts (New England BioLabs and 1993 Nobel
Laureate in Physiology and Medicine), Dr. Joyce Wong (Professor, Boston University), the New England BioLabs Seminar Series. - Active Biology/Biotechnology Club - group events, panel discussions with alumni, career events.
- Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society - home to the National Office and President (Dr. Wong).
西瓜视频's biology and biotechnology program also offers a concentration in secondary education.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Minimum Credits Required: 126
First Year - Credits: 31
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement聽聽聽 (Cr. 3)
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BIO 102/102L聽-聽Principles of Biology I and Lab (Cr: 4)
Satisfies Science and Technology General Education Requirement
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BIO 103/103L聽-聽Principles of Biology II and Lab (Cr: 4)
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CHE 105/105L聽-聽General Chemistry I and Lab (Cr: 4)
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CHE 106/106L聽-聽General Chemistry II and Lab (Cr: 4)
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ENG 111聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
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ENG 112聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
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INT 100聽-聽Internship I (Cr: 2)
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MTH 129聽-聽Analysis of Functions (Pre-calculus) (Cr: 4)
Satisfies the Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement
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MTH 134聽-聽Calculus I (Cr: 4)
Satisfies the Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement
Sophomore - Credits: 35
- Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement聽聽聽 (Cr: 3)
- Global Issues General Education Requirement聽聽聽 (Cr: 3)
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement 聽 (Cr: 3)
- Biology/Biotechnology Electives 聽聽 (Cr: 3-4)
- Elective聽 (Cr: 3)
- General Education Elective (Cr. 3)
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BIO 225聽-聽Introduction to Biotechnology (Cr: 3)
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BIO 292/292L聽-聽Microbiology and Lab (Cr: 4)
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CHE 207/207L聽-聽Organic Chemistry I and Lab (Cr: 4)
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CHE 209/209L聽-聽Biochemistry and Lab (Cr: 4)
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INT 200聽-聽Internship II (Cr: 2)
Junior - Credits: 30-32
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General聽 Education Requirement 聽 (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement聽聽 (Cr: 3)
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- Biology/Biotechnology Electives 聽 (Cr: 6-8)
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BIO 210聽-聽Biostatistics (Cr: 3)
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BIO 311/311L聽-聽Genes and Genomes and Lab (Cr: 4)
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BIO 320/320L聽-聽Cell and Molecular Biology and Lab (Cr: 4)
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BIO 340聽-聽Bioinformatics (Cr: 3)
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BIO 379聽-聽Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
Senior - Credits: 30-31
- Bio/Biotech Elective聽 (Cr: 3-4)
- General Education Electives 聽 (Cr: 6)
(must be above the 100 level) - Elective聽 (Cr: 3)
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BIO 480聽-聽Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
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BIO 489聽-聽Senior Research (Cr: 3)
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BIO 490聽-聽Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
Biology and Biotechnology Electives
Students must choose two courses from the following list:
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BIO 201/201L聽-聽Anatomy and Physiology I and Lab (Cr: 4)
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BIO 202/202L聽-聽Anatomy and Physiology II and Lab (Cr: 4)
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BIO 205聽-聽Plant Biology (Cr: 3)
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BIO 226聽-聽Marine Biology (Cr: 3)
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BIO 301聽-聽Regional Anatomy (Cr: 3)
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BIO 326/326L聽-聽Immunology and Lab (Cr: 4)
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BIO 335聽-聽Pathophysiology (Cr: 3)
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BIO 350聽-聽Human Embryology and Developmental Biology (Cr: 3)
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BIO 242聽-聽World Disease (Cr: 3)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the biology/biotechnology program, students will:
- Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the major discipline.
- Communicate effectively in written form within the conventions of the major discipline.
- Design studies and conduct experiments in internship and laboratory settings that utilize appropriate and safe techniques when working in a laboratory and professional settings.
- Apply quantitative reasoning to problems within the major discipline.
- Demonstrate familiarity with core concepts in the major discipline: evolution; structure-function relationships; information flow, exchange, and storage; pathways and transformations of energy and matter; interconnectedness of living systems.
- Demonstrate the ability to successfully apply and adapt curricular learning to the internship experience.
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Internships and Careers
An 西瓜视频 education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at 西瓜视频 will prepare you for the next step. Take a look at what our graduates have been up to lately.
Recent Internships
- AAV Gene Therapeutics
- Adeptrix
- Agenus
- ALS Therapy Development Institute
- Apple Valley Veterinarians
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (Milton)
- Beverly Hospital
- Cellanyx
- Charles River Laboratories
- Commonwealth Diagnostics International
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics
- Dermalytica Inc.
- Genomes2People (G2P)
- Genomic Expression
- Genoskin
- Holy Family Hospital
- J. Lyons PT
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Lawrence General Hospital
- Ledgewood Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center
- Maine Medical Center Research Institute
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND)
- Melrose-Wakefield Hospital
- Quincy Animal Care Center
- New England Biolabs
- New Hampshire Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Nexcelom Bioscience
- North Shore Medical Center
- Ocean Alliance Pediatricians Inc.
- Stoneham Family Dentistry
- Strauman USA LLC
- TetraGenetics, Inc.
- The Residence at Riverbend
- Tufts Medical Center
- Twin Oaks Center
- United States Biological Life Sciences
Alumni Employment
- Alletess Medical Labs
- Alliance
- Cell Signaling Technology
- Amgen
- Athena Diagnostics
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
- Biogen Idec
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Cambridge Health
- Claritas Genomics
- Covidien
- Daedalus Software
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- EMD Millipore Bioscience
- Enzymatics
- Finch Therapeutics
- General Magnaplate
- Genomic Expressions
- IDEXX Labs
- Novartis
- Novo Nordisk
- Ora, Inc.
- Robert Koch Institute
- Toxikon Corporation
- seqWell
- Seres Therapeutics
- T2 Biosystems
- Veritas Genetics
Graduate School Acceptances
- Boston College (Master's and Ph.D.)
- 西瓜视频 College (MBA)
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute of Health Professions
- Temple University (Bioinformatics)
- Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- University of New England School of Dental Medicine
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