Spring 2027

Techniques in Biotechnology

Covers biotechnological product development using biological and chemical methods, analyzing techniques for characterizing products and evaluating quality, safety, and the pipeline from conception to market.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Natalie Betz

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 73.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.67 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Outline proper experimental design, experimental controls, and quality controls for proper quantitative experimental design

  • Identify and interpret basic statistical methods and their outcomes in experimental data

  • Summarize the phases of product development, testing, and commercialization

  • Compare classical and emerging technologies for the identification and characterization of biotechnological products

  • Analyze product safety and efficacy

  • Employ knowledge of biotechnological safety and efficacy requirements to assess the commercialization potential of a product

  • Critique existing product development processes using technological information on the safety and efficacy of the product

  • Interpret data from product testing to assess viability of product for commercialization

  • Apply appropriate technologies to analyze biotechnological products

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ABT 700

ABT 715 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 73.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.67 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

NATALIE BETZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 1000

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 73.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.67 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Biological and chemical methods in product development
  • Product characterization and quality/safety evaluation
  • Technological pipeline from conception to market

Skills

  • Experimental design and quality control
  • Statistical interpretation of experimental data
  • Comparison of biotechnology characterization methods
  • Product safety and efficacy analysis

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ABT 715 · Spring 2027

Techniques in Biotechnology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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