Biotechnology, MS

Contact

Lynn Fall, Graduate Program Administrator
107 College Place, Room 110, Syracuse, NY 13244

Faculty

BIOLOGY: Heather Coleman, Steve Dorus, Thomas Fondy, Anthony Garza, Paul Gold, Heidi Hehnly, James Hewitt, Donna Korol, Jessica MacDonald, Eleanor Maine, Melissa Pepling, Ruth Phillips, Ramesh Raina, Surabhi Raina, Robert Silver, Melody Sweet

CHEMISTRY: James Hougland, Olga Makhlynets, Rachel Steinhardt

ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: Jesse Bond, Eric Finkelstein, Xiyuan Liu, Zhen Ma, Dana Radcliffe, Dacheng Ren, Pranav Soman

PHYSICS: M. Lisa Manning

WHITMAN: Alejandro Amezcua, Robert Florence, Don Harter, Alexandra Kostakis, Peter Koveos, E. Scott Lathrop, C. A. Maritan, Ravi Shukla, John Torrens, Johan Wiklund, Zhengping Wu

Program Description

The MS-BTC program is designed to create a strong scientific workforce by providing students with advanced training appropriate for jobs in academia, government, or the private sector. The 3 semester, non-thesis academic, research and laboratory master’s level training program prepares students for careers in biotechnology research, industry and management, while also offering excellent preparation for further training in graduate school or professional doctoral programs.

Students complete a series of Gateway courses in Biological Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Business Management, for a solid groundwork in advanced principles in all three disciplines. Elective courses allow each student’s program to be individually structured to provide maximum flexibility in choice of coursework, consistent with high quality graduate scholarship. Our rich variety of course offerings, spanning the three colleges, allows students to personalize their curriculum with elective courses in the Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences or BioBusiness track. Students wishing to follow the General Biotechnology track may select elective courses from all three areas.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the program, students will be able to:

Synthesize knowledge from multiple disciplines within a framework of Biotechnology, sufficient to formulate and address contemporary research questions in a professionally relevant field.
Apply a variety of cutting-edge techniques to analyze problems in Biotechnology and develop solutions or strategies to solve those problems.
Critically review scientific literature in order to design, carry out, analyze and effectively communicate scientific experiments.
Demonstrate communication skills appropriate for professional level employment in biotechnology research and/or industry.
Develop professional and networking skills aimed at gaining employment in Biotechnology.

Biotechnology Gateway Courses

Gateway Courses. All students complete this series of lecture and laboratory courses in Biological Engineering, Biological Sciences and Business Management. Gateway courses provide solid groundwork in advanced principles for all three disciplines. (21 credits)

BEN 602 - Ethical Issues in Engineering and Research 3 credit(s)
BIO 663 - Molecular Biotechnology 4 credit(s)
BIO 664 - Applied Biotechnology 4 credit(s)
EEE 620 - Foundations of Entrepreneurship 3 credit(s)

Biotechnology - Industrial Biotechnology Track

Elective courses. Students wishing to follow the BioMedical Engineering Track select at least 12 credits from this list. The remaining 3 elective course credits required to complete the program may be selected from any course list (BioMedical Engineering, BioMedical Sciences or BioBusiness).

BEN 500 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
BEN 541 - Principles of Tissue Engineering 3 credit(s)
BEN 575 - Process Control 3 credit(s)
BEN 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s) -Stem Cell Engineering
BEN 621 - Biochemical Engineering 3 credit(s)
BEN 633 - Drug Delivery 3 credit(s)
BEN 635 - Physical Cell Biology 3 credit(s)
BEN 662 - Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining 3 credit(s)
BEN 673 - Biomanufacturing 3 credit(s)

Biotechnology - BioMedical Sciences Track

Elective courses. Students wishing to follow the BioMedical Sciences Track select at least 12 credits from this list. The remaining 3 elective course credits required to complete the program may be selected from any course list (BioMedical Engineering, BioMedical Sciences or BioBusiness).

BCM 678 - Perspectives in Biochemistry 3 credit(s)
BIO 501 - Biology of Cancer 3 credit(s)
BIO 503 - Developmental Biology 3 credit(s)
BIO 565 - Cellular Physiology 3 credit(s)
BIO 616 - Biology of Aging 3 credit(s)
BIO 641 - Seminar in Infectious Diseases 3 credit(s)
BIO 656 - Seminar in Human Disease Genomics 3 credit(s)
BIO 657 - Principles of Human Toxicology 3 credit(s)
BIO 659 - Plants & People 3 credit(s)
BIO 662 - Molecular Genetics 3 credit(s)
BIO 665 - Molecular Biology Laboratory 3 credit(s)
BIO 669 - Science of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 3 credit(s)
BIO 787 - Graduate Seminar in Functional Genomics 0-2 credit(s)
CHE 614 - Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry 3 credit(s)

Biotechnology -BioBusiness Track

Elective courses. Students wishing to follow the BioBusiness Track select at least 12 credits from this list. A total of 15 elective course credits are required to complete the program.

EEE 625 - Venture Capital 3 credit(s)
EEE 640 - Social Entrepreneurship 3 credit(s)
EEE 644 - Dilemmas and Debates in Entrepreneurship 3 credit(s)
MBC 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
MBC 601 - Economic Foundations of Business 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 603 - Creating Customer Value 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 604 - Managing the Marketing Mix 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 616 - Operations Management 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 617 - Supply Chain Management 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 618 - Competitive Strategy 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 619 - Corporate Strategy 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 627 - Financial Markets and Institutions 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 628 - Fundamentals of Financial Management 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 645 - Strategic Management 3 credit(s)
SCM 651 - Business Analytics 3 credit(s)
SCM 656 - Project Management 3 credit(s)

Biotechnology - General Track

Elective courses. Students wishing to follow the General Biotechnology Track select a total of 15 elective course credits from this list, including at least 3 credits from each of the following areas:

BioMedical Engineering (BEN courses)
BioMedical Sciences (BIO, CHE or BCM courses)
BioBusiness (EEE, MBC or SCM courses).

BCM 678 - Perspectives in Biochemistry 3 credit(s)
BEN 500 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
BEN 541 - Principles of Tissue Engineering 3 credit(s)
BEN 575 - Process Control 3 credit(s)
BEN 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
BEN 621 - Biochemical Engineering 3 credit(s)
BEN 633 - Drug Delivery 3 credit(s)
BEN 635 - Physical Cell Biology 3 credit(s)
BEN 673 - Biomanufacturing 3 credit(s)
BIO 501 - Biology of Cancer 3 credit(s)
BIO 503 - Developmental Biology 3 credit(s)
BIO 565 - Cellular Physiology 3 credit(s)
BIO 616 - Biology of Aging 3 credit(s)
BIO 641 - Seminar in Infectious Diseases 3 credit(s)
BIO 656 - Seminar in Human Disease Genomics 3 credit(s)
BIO 657 - Principles of Human Toxicology 3 credit(s)
BIO 659 - Plants & People 3 credit(s)
BIO 662 - Molecular Genetics 3 credit(s)
BIO 665 - Molecular Biology Laboratory 3 credit(s)
BIO 669 - Science of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 3 credit(s)
BIO 787 - Graduate Seminar in Functional Genomics 0-2 credit(s)
CHE 614 - Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry 3 credit(s)
EEE 625 - Venture Capital 3 credit(s)
EEE 640 - Social Entrepreneurship 3 credit(s)
EEE 644 - Dilemmas and Debates in Entrepreneurship 3 credit(s)
MBC 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
MBC 601 - Economic Foundations of Business 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 603 - Creating Customer Value 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 604 - Managing the Marketing Mix 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 616 - Operations Management 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 617 - Supply Chain Management 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 618 - Competitive Strategy 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 619 - Corporate Strategy 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 627 - Financial Markets and Institutions 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 628 - Fundamentals of Financial Management 1.5 credit(s)
MBC 645 - Strategic Management 3 credit(s)
SCM 651 - Business Analytics 3 credit(s)
SCM 656 - Project Management 3 credit(s)
BEN 662 - Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining 3 credit(s)

Advisory Board

The MS-BTC program includes external collaboration in the form of an Advisory Board made up of 5 Academic and Industry Professionals that will meet yearly with faculty to provide guidance and insight into emerging trends in the field. This will ensure that the program develops and maintains relevant student competencies and produces competitive applicants for future employment. The Board will also hold panels with students in the program, providing contacts, insights, advice and information for career development.