ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

BIOMDSCI 801

Explore political, legal, and ethical issues and paradigms that drive product development within the biotechnology industry with special emphasis given to how new drugs, devices, and biologics are regulated by local, national, and global agencies. Describe the regulations and ethics of human subjects' research. Develop skills to support how regulation and politics interact with business and finance to influence the formation and growth of biotechnology companies. Discuss how ethics and regulatory policy influence how biotechnology products come to market.

BIOMDSCI 822

Explore contemporary issues in the business of biotechnology and apply concepts critical to the success of modern biotechnology firms. Focus on modern problem-solving topics, including issues relating to corporate leadership, fundings sources for product development, customer identification, financial accounting management, and negotiation.

CRB 844

Focuses on state-of-the-art topics of global importance in biotechnology. Skills and knowledge from previous courses are integrated and applied to achieve a new level of synthesis and depth of understanding about important programs in biotechnology today. Deepen technical understanding of novel technologies and broaden awareness of ethical and regulatory issues in biotechnology globally. Increase awareness of opportunities for intellectual collaboration and entrepreneurship.

BIOMDSCI 834

Identify a global biotechnology problem, find a novel technical solution, analyze all aspects from a business, regulatory, and intellectual property perspective, and deliver a final written capstone thesis.

BIOMDSCI 803

Assess various biotechnology techniques to determine effective and efficient methods used in biotechnology product development. Utilize analytical and communication skills when critiquing biotechnology applications that simulate both corporate and academic biotechnology settings.