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Graduate Programs
The suite of BTEC graduate programs is a work in progress. These programs will eventually include a Graduate Certificate, a graduate minor, a Master of Science degree, and a Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree in Biomanufacturing, as well as the courses necessary to complete the programs.
At present, 11 graduate courses have been approved and are being taught, and requests to establish the next set of graduate courses have been submitted and are expected to be approved no later than in the 2009 Fall semester. View Courses.
BTEC is requesting to establish a GCP, and a graduate Minor to be approved during the 2009 Fall semester. Timelines to establish the masters level degree programs will be assembled after the GCP and Minor are approved.
Graduate Certificate Program (GCP)
Under Development
The Graduate Certificate Program will be for students who want a one or two year coordinated series of graduate level courses but do not wish to complete a Master's level degree. The Graduate Certificate will complement the Post Baccalaureate Certificate which is based only on undergraduate courses. The GCP requires advanced "hands-on" intensive laboratory courses in both upstream biofermentation and downstream bioseparation and therefore our certificate graduates will have training in all aspects of biopharmaceutical processing....read more »
Graduate Minor
Available Spring, 2010
The graduate Minor in Biomanufacturing will require a minimum of 9 credit (MS) or 11 credit (PhD) hours to be selected from BTEC's graduate-level courses. The Minor will be designed to provide masters and PhD students from a range of disciplines, including biochemistry, biological and agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, food science, microbial biotechnology, and microbiology with the knowledge base and hands-on skills that will prepare them either to conduct independent or guided research and development studies associated with biomanufacturing processes and operations, or to quickly contribute to a cGMP biomanufacturing production operation in significant ways....read more »
M.S. Degree
Under Development
Through access to the BTEC facility and the BTEC graduate faculty, students who enroll in the Master’s degree in Biomanufacturing and Bioprocess Development (MBBD) will gain "hands-on" graduate research experience on the latest analytical and process simulation methods for development of bioprocesses used in manufacturing biotherapeutics, biologics and vaccines....read more »
Professional Science Masters Degree
Under Development
The educational experience of students who enroll in the Professional Science Masters Degree in Biomanufacturing program (PSMB) will be enhanced by valuable supervisory, managerial and technical insights gained from working with the cGMP industrial scale facilities of BTEC. The students will gain a working knowledge of cGMPs, facility design and regulatory issues; understand mandated FDA record keeping, process monitoring, process validation, failure analysis and scheduling associated with production of purified bulk biopharmaceutical proteins and biologics. In addition, case studies courses analyzing company experiences of local biotechnology firms that utilize biomanufacturing will provide insight into legal concerns, worker safety, ethical and societal impacts of biomanufacturing and biologics manufacture....read more »
Graduate Courses
All course offerings are developed in consideration of the requirements of the biomanufacturing industry and its employees.
Courses
Dr. Gisele Passador-Gurgel
Dr. Michael Flickinger
