CurriculumMinors and Certificates
The Master of Biotechnology Program encourages students to pursue their particular interests within the program. Those interested in further specializing their degree may select from the following graduate minor and certificate options.
No additional tuition is charged for minors or certificates.
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- Graduate Certificate in Nanobiotechnology
- Graduate Minor in Engineering Management
- Graduate Minor in Entrepreneurship
- Graduate Minor in Synthetic Biology
Graduate Certificate in Nanobiotechnology
Students seeking a certificate in Nanobiotechnology gain knowledge of contemporary research breakthroughs, as well as practical experience working with Bioimaging tools. The certificate consists of three components: course work, research and an internship.
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Graduate Minor in Engineering Management
The Industrial Engineering and Management Science (IEMS) Department offers an engineering management minor which provides an understanding of basic engineering management principles. This minor is targeted at graduate students interested in uniting their scientific ambitions with strong management practices. This minor is highly restricted.
Graduate Minor in Entrepreneurship
In partnership with Northwestern Engineering's Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MBP students may elect to pursue a graduate minor in entrepreneurship. The minor is designed to build greater competency in business skills to launch a business or be part of a start-up team. For students focused on research, the minor is a great skillset complement when traditional funding sources no longer exist and commercialization is the next logical step.
Graduate Minor in Synthetic Biology
Students begin their training through an introduction course that teach them the principles of synthetic biology and an introduction to the scales framework that uses real-world case studies—recent landmark thrusts to build biological solutions to compelling societal challenges—to deconstruct biological phenomena along biological scales: molecular, circuit/network, cell/cell- free system, communities, and ecosystems. They will then partake in a selected elective course of their choosing.
