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Natalie Betz

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Classes with Natalie Betz

Survey of classical and emerging biotechnology techniques, principles, and societal applications, including genes, genomes, and industrial uses.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.81 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.75 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Fall 2022–Spring 2025

Covers ethical and safety concerns, socioeconomic impacts, data integrity, and risk assessment in biotechnology regulatory environments.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.63 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.58 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Fall 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample

This course applies and analyzes professional scientific communication in biotechnology, focusing on designing written and oral documents like reports and presentations for complex, data-rich content.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.94 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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Fall 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample

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.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Covers descriptive and inferential statistics applied to biotechnology, focusing on experimental design, quantitative data analysis, and bioinformatic evaluation of molecular data sets.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sample

The course examines leadership strategies, organizational change, and ethical decision-making in biotechnology settings.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Examines regulatory environments in risk-based assessment of biotechnological developments in industry, agriculture, and probiotics, highlighting stakeholder roles in oversight and policy through case studies.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.43 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.58 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Global Operations and Supply Chain Management focuses on the strategic importance of operations and supply chains to business performance in biotechnology.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.73 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.58 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Covers quality and project management in biotechnology from R&D to market, including IQ/OQ/PQ validation, project phases, schedule/time tools, and quality assurance.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Tools for Data Analysis uses bioinformatics tools and computational methods for hands-on analysis of large datasets like genomic and proteomic data to solve biotechnology problems.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Bioinformatic Inquiry advances competencies for analyzing biological data by balancing existing software with de novo development using advanced Python, R, algorithmics, machine learning, and simulations.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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PRE-CAPSTONE prepares students for an applied self-directed capstone by addressing problem identification, research, and project formulation, culminating in an oral and written proposal with a project schedule.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Capstone course requiring a project in quality assurance, business management, or R&D, culminating in a substantive report, executive summary, and professional networking.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Explores six biotechnology product development specialties including regulatory, quality, and clinical aspects, while focusing on leadership and implementation plans to bring products to market.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Project Management and Leadership for biotechnology and medical device industries, focusing on plan development and leading diverse teams.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Molecular Technologies II: Biomanufacturing covers nucleic acid/protein analysis, purification strategies, and batch record development for biotech manufacturing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ABT 700Principles of Biotechnology
Spring 2027ABT 705Ethics, Safety, and Regulatory Environments in Biotechnology
Spring 2027ABT 710Professional and Technical Communication in Biotechnology
Spring 2027ABT 715Techniques in Biotechnology
Spring 2027ABT 720Experimental Design and Analysis in Biotechnology
Spring 2027ABT 725Leadership in Organizations
Spring 2027ABT 745Industrial Applications in Regulatory Affairs
Spring 2027ABT 755Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
Spring 2027ABT 760Quality and Project Management
Spring 2027ABT 775Tools for Data Analysis
Spring 2027ABT 780Bioinformatic Inquiry
Spring 2027ABT 789Pre-capstone
Spring 2027ABT 790Capstone
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 720Survey of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs in Biotechnology
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 721Topics in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs in Biotechnology
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 810Biotechnology Operations
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 812Project Management and Leadership
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 813Molecular Technologies Ii: Biomanufacturing
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 830Professional Development and Effective Management
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 831Advanced Biotechnology: Global Perspectives
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 832Business of Biotechnology: Corporate Strategy
Spring 2027BIOMDSCI 834Biotechnology Capstone
Spring 2027CRB 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ABT 700Principles of Biotechnology
Fall 2026ABT 705Ethics, Safety, and Regulatory Environments in Biotechnology
Fall 2026ABT 710Professional and Technical Communication in Biotechnology
Fall 2026ABT 715Techniques in Biotechnology
Fall 2026ABT 720Experimental Design and Analysis in Biotechnology
Fall 2026ABT 725Leadership in Organizations
Fall 2026ABT 730Python for Bioinformatics
Fall 2026ABT 735Quality Control and Validation
Fall 2026ABT 740Regulatory Practice and Compliance
Fall 2026ABT 750Biotechnology Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Fall 2026ABT 765Assessing Innovation in Biotechnology
Fall 2026ABT 770Product Development
Fall 2026ABT 785Application of Bioinformatics
Fall 2026ABT 789Pre-capstone
Fall 2026ABT 790Capstone
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 720Survey of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs in Biotechnology
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 800Intellectual Property, Patents and Licensing
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 801Biotechnology Regulation and Ethics
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 802Business of Biotechnology: Business Fundamentals
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 803Molecular Technologies I: Diagnostic Testing
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 820Early Drug Discovery
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 822Business of Biotechnology: Commercialization Pathways
Fall 2026BIOMDSCI 823Molecular Technologies Iii: Assay Development
Fall 2026CRB 699Independent Study
Fall 2026CRB 990Research and Thesis

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