2017-2018 Fall Publication

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2017-2018 Fall Publication [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biotechnology, AAS

[AAS_BIOT offered at LSC-Montgomery]

First Year

First Semester

BIOL 1406 - Biology I for Science Majors 4 Credits
BITC 1411 - Introduction to Biotechnology 4 Credits
CHEM 1405 - Introductory Chemistry 4 Credits OR
CHEM 1411 - General Chemistry I 4 Credits
MATH 1314 - College Algebra 3 Credits

Second Semester

BIOL 2421 - General Microbiology 4 Credits
BITC 1402 - Biotechnology Laboratory Methods and Techniques 4 Credits
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I 3 Credits
CHEM 1407 - Introductory Chemistry II 4 Credits OR
CHEM 1412 - General Chemistry II 4 Credits

Second Year

First Semester

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II 3 Credits
PHIL 2306 - Introduction to Ethics 3 Credits ¹
BITC 2445 - Medical Biotechnology 4 Credits
BITC 2411 - Biotechnology Laboratory Instrumentation 4 Credits

Second Semester

BITC 1191 - Special Topics in Biological Technology 1 Credits
BITC 2431 - Cell Culture Techniques 4 Credits
ANTH 2301 - Physical Anthropology 3 Credits ²
BITC 2441 - Molecular Biology Techniques 4 Credits

Third Semester

BITC 2486 - Internship - Biological Technology/Technician 4 Credits

Total Credit Hours 60

¹May substitute any Humanities or Fine Arts course from the Creative Arts/Language, Philosophy, & Culture section of the AAS Associate of Applied Science requirements course listing (except ENGL 2351 and HUMA 1301 , HUMA 1302 ).
²May substitute any Social Science course from the Social/Behavioral Sciences section of the AAS Associate of Applied Science requirements course listing.

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