BITC 2431 - Cell Culture Techniques

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3 Lab: 3
Theory and applications of cell culture techniques. Laboratory emphasis on the principles and practices of applications such as initiation, cultivation, maintenance, and preservation of cell lines.
Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing; BITC 2411 or Instructor approval.
Student Learning Outcomes
1) Demonstrate aseptic cell culture technique. 2) Demonstrate cell culture skills including harvesting, counting, and subculturing of cell lines, multiwell culture, selected cell culture based assays and basic cell preservation procedures.