Curriculum
Genetics, molecular biology, cell biology,
immunology, engineering, and pharmacology
are covered at a college freshman level.
Our participants commonly have not had any
biology (or even science) since high school;
our faculty is very experienced and comfortable
with teaching participants with this background.
Illustrative case studies are one component
of the teaching approach. Course books including
background materials and all subjects covered
in the lectures are provided. Participants
have maximum opportunity to interact with
one another and the instructional staff
because Biotechnology for Business is a
residential program with limited enrollment.
Sample lectures:
- Basic Chemistry
- Cell Biology I--Proteins/Enzymes
- Cell Biology II--Plasma Membrane and
Organization of the Cell
- Genetics I--Cell Division
- Genetics II--Chromosomes and Inheritance
- Cell Biology III--Expression of Genetic
Material: Transcription
- Cell Biology IV--Expression of Genetic
Material: Translation
- Cell Biology V--Protein Trafficking,
Secretion and Endocytosis
- Cell Biology VI--Cytoskeleton and Cell
Junctions
- Cell Biology VII--Cell Cycle and Cancer
- Cell Biology VIII--Stem Cells and Therapeutic
Cloning
- Molecular Biology I--Recombinant DNA
Technology
- Molecular Biology II--Tools in Molecular
Biology
- Molecular Biology III--Cloning Case
Study
- Genetics III--Transgenic Technology
- Genetics IV--Human Genome and Human
Genome Project
- Intro to Pharmacology I--Drug-Receptor
Interactions
- Intro to Pharmacology II--Drug Targets,
Receptor Superfamilies
- Intro to Pharmacology III--Pharmacokinetics
- Immunology--Responses to Trauma and
Infection I-IV
- Drug Discovery
- Engineering I--Scale-up of Biological
Products
- Engineering II--Bioreactor Design and
Operation
- Engineering III--Downstream Processing
and Examples of Engineering Scale-up
Course participants will be eligible for
continuing education units through UC Extension.
While the course demands a major commitment
of time and attention, there is no evaluative
component.
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