Microbial Biotechnology (MR)
Master of Microbial Biotechnology Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MMB Core Courses | 15 | |
| Biotechnology Industry Practicum I (This previously was taken 3 times. However, we have split this into three courses, MB 585, 586, 587. These build and should be distinct.) | ||
| Biotechnology Industry Practicum II | ||
| Biotechnology Industry Practicum III | ||
| Master of Microbial Biotechnology Capstone | ||
| Special Problems | ||
| Life Science Foundational Course | 3 | |
| Students must select 3 credit hours from the list below | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Expression | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Microbial Biotechnology | ||
| Microbiome Analysis | ||
| Microbial Metabolic Regulation | ||
| Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | ||
| STEM Foundational Electives 1 | 6 | |
| Students must take 6 credits from the STEM Foundational Electives below | ||
| Applied Science Foundational Courses | 4 | |
| Students can select option 1 or option 2 below | ||
| Option 1 | ||
| Molecular Biology for Biomanufacturing and Cell Line Development for Biomanufacturing | ||
| Option 2 | ||
| Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology | ||
| Applied Science Electives | 4-6 | |
| Students must select 4 - 6 credits from the Applied Science Electives below | ||
| Business Core Course | 3 | |
| Current Topics in BioSciences Management | ||
| MBA Electives 2 | 6 | |
| Students must select 6 credits from the list below | ||
| Project Management | ||
| Enterprise Risk Management | ||
| Supply Management | ||
| Decision Making under Uncertainty | ||
| Product Design and Development | ||
| Business Analytics Practicum | ||
| Consumer Behavior | ||
| Research Methods In Marketing | ||
| Opportunity Evaluation and Value Creation | ||
| Venture Opportunity Analytics | ||
| Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization I | ||
| Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization II | ||
| B Corp Clinic Sustainability Practicum | ||
| Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries | ||
| Special Topics In Business Management (by permission of MMB advisor) | ||
| Total Hours | 41-43 | |
- 1
Other relevant graduate STEM courses may be taken by permission of MMB advisor. Students pursuing the MMB/MBA dual degree may substitute 3 MBA credits in this category.
- 2
Students planning to enroll in the dual MMB/MBA Program may take an additional MBA course in lieu of one STEM Foundational Elective. Other relevant MBA courses may be taken by permission of MMB Advisor and MBA advisor.
STEM Foundational Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 6 credits from the list below | ||
| Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) | ||
| Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocessing | ||
| Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes | ||
| Biochemistry (BCH) | ||
| Biochemistry of Gene Expression | ||
| Proteins and Molecular Mechanisms | ||
| Regulation of Metabolism | ||
| Macromolecular Structure | ||
| Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation | ||
| Molecular Biology Of the Cell | ||
| Food Science (FS) | ||
| Chemistry of Food and Bioprocessed Materials | ||
| Food Laws and Regulations | ||
| Genetics (GN) | ||
| Molecular Genetics | ||
| Human and Biomedical Genetics | ||
| Microbiology (MB) | ||
| Biology of Plant Pathogens | ||
| Food Microbiology | ||
| Soil Microbiology | ||
| Bacterial Pathogenesis | ||
| Microbial Biotechnology | ||
| Microbiome Analysis | ||
| Microbial Metabolic Regulation | ||
| Introductory Virology | ||
| Fermentation Microbiology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Plant Biology (PB) | ||
| Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | ||
| Statistics (ST) | ||
| Statistics for Management and Social Sciences I | ||
| Statistics For Management and Social Sciences II | ||
| Analysis of Big Data | ||
| Statistical Programming I | ||
| Statistical Programming II | ||
Applied Science Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Biotechnology (BIT) | ||
| Protein Purification | ||
| RNA Interference and Model Organisms | ||
| Protein Interactions | ||
| Plant Genetic Engineering | ||
| Metagenomics | ||
| High-Throughput Discovery | ||
| Yeast Metabolic Engineering | ||
| Virus Biotechnology: Pathogens to Therapeutics | ||
| Special Topics (by permission of MMB advisor) | ||
| Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization Techniques | ||
| Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory | ||
| Foundations of Downstream Processing and Formulation | ||
| Introduction to Downstream Process Development | ||
| Bioreactor Design | ||
| Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology | ||
| Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms | ||
| Global Regulatory Affairs for Medical Products | ||
| Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis | ||
| cGMP Fermentation Operations | ||
| cGMP Downstream Operations | ||
| Animal Cell Culture Engineering | ||
| Special Topics in Biomanufacturing | ||
| Special Topics in Biomanufacturing (by permission of MMB advisor) | ||
| Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations | ||
| Statistical Programming I | ||
| Statistical Programming II | ||
| Up to 2 Applied Science Elective credits may be taken from the below list * | ||
| Data Wrangling and Web Scraping | ||
| Exploratory Data Analysis for Big Data | ||
| Special Topics in Data Science | ||
| Graduate Special Topics in Data Science | ||
- *
Students may take or audit lower-level DSA courses, but they will not count toward degree. In particular DSA 201 Introduction to R/Python for Data Science may be helpful to take higher-level courses and DSA 202 Introduction to Data Visualization could also be helpful.
Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Requirements
The Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s (ABM) degree program allows exceptional undergraduate students at NC State an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at an accelerated pace. These undergraduate students may double count up to 12 credits and obtain a non-thesis Master’s degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree, or obtain a thesis-based Master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree.
This degree program also provides an opportunity for the Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs) at NC State to recruit rising juniors in their major to their graduate programs. However, permission to pursue an ABM degree program does not guarantee admission to the Graduate School. Admission is contingent on meeting eligibility requirements at the time of entering the graduate program.