Master of Microbial Biotechnology Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
MMB Core Courses		15
MB 585	Industry Case Studies in Microbial Biotechnology ( Students must take this course three times for 9 credits)
MB 589	Master of Microbial Biotechnology Capstone
MB 620	Special Problems
Life Science Foundational Course		3
Students must select 3 credit hours from the list below
BCH 553	Biochemistry of Gene Expression
GN 521	Molecular Genetics
MB 555	Microbial Biotechnology
MB 588	Microbiome Analysis
MB 714	Microbial Metabolic Regulation
PB 580	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
BEC 525 & BEC 545	Molecular Biology for Biomanufacturing and Cell Line Development for Biomanufacturing
Option 2
BIT 510	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
MBA 585	Current Topics in BioSciences Management
MBA Electives 2		6
Students must select 6 credits from the list below
BUS 554	Project Management
MBA 518	Enterprise Risk Management
MBA 541	Supply Management
MBA 545	Decision Making under Uncertainty
MBA 555	Product Design and Development
MBA 559	Business Analytics Practicum
MBA 561	Consumer Behavior
MBA 562	Research Methods In Marketing
MBA 570	Opportunity Evaluation and Value Creation
MBA 572	Venture Opportunity Analytics
MBA 576	Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization I
MBA 577	Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization II
MBA 582	B Corp Clinic Sustainability Practicum
MBA 586	Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries
MBA 590	Special Topics In Business Management (by permission of MMB advisor)
Total Hours		41-43

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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.

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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.

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STEM Foundational Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Select 6 credits from the list below
Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)
BAE 525	Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocessing	3
BAE 528	Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes	3
Biochemistry (BCH)
BCH 553	Biochemistry of Gene Expression	3
BCH 555	Proteins and Molecular Mechanisms	3
BCH 571	Regulation of Metabolism	3
BCH 701	Macromolecular Structure	3
BCH 703	Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation	3
BCH 705	Molecular Biology Of the Cell	3
Food Science (FS)
FS 502	Chemistry of Food and Bioprocessed Materials	4
FS 553	Food Laws and Regulations	3
Genetics (GN)
GN 521	Molecular Genetics	3
GN 541	Human and Biomedical Genetics	3
Microbiology (MB)
MB 501	Biology of Plant Pathogens	3
MB 505	Food Microbiology	3
MB 532	Soil Microbiology	4
MB 535	Bacterial Pathogenesis	3
MB 555	Microbial Biotechnology	3
MB 588	Microbiome Analysis	3
MB 714	Microbial Metabolic Regulation	3
MB 718	Introductory Virology	3
MB 725	Fermentation Microbiology	3
MB 751	Immunology	3
Plant Biology (PB)
PB 580	Introduction to Plant Biotechnology	3
Statistics (ST)
ST 513	Statistics for Management and Social Sciences I	3
ST 514	Statistics For Management and Social Sciences II	3
ST 554	Analysis of Big Data	3
ST 555	Statistical Programming I	3
ST 556	Statistical Programming II	3

Applied Science Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Biotechnology (BIT)
BIT 564	Protein Purification	2
BIT 571	RNA Interference and Model Organisms	2
BIT 573	Protein Interactions	2
BIT 574	Plant Genetic Engineering	2
BIT 577	Metagenomics	2
BIT 579	High-Throughput Discovery	2
BIT 580	Yeast Metabolic Engineering	2
BIT 582	Virus Biotechnology: Pathogens to Therapeutics	2
BIT 595	Special Topics (by permission of MMB advisor)	1-6
BEC 515	Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization Techniques	2
BEC 526	Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory	2
BEC 532	Foundations of Downstream Processing and Formulation	2
BEC 536	Introduction to Downstream Process Development	2
BEC 548	Bioreactor Design	2
BEC 562	Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology	3
BEC 563	Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms	2
BEC 575	Global Regulatory Affairs for Medical Products	3
BEC 577	Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis	3
BEC 580	cGMP Fermentation Operations	2
BEC 583	Tissue Engineering Technologies	2
BEC 585	cGMP Downstream Operations	2
BEC 588	Animal Cell Culture Engineering	2
BEC 595	Special Topics in Biomanufacturing	1-6
BEC 595	Special Topics in Biomanufacturing (by permission of MMB advisor)	1-6
MB 520	Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations	2
ST 555	Statistical Programming I	3
ST 556	Statistical Programming II	3
Up to 2 Applied Science Elective credits may be taken from the below list *
DSC 405	Data Wrangling and Web Scraping	1
DSC 406	Exploratory Data Analysis for Big Data	1
DSC 495	Special Topics in Data Science (by permission of MMB advisor)	1-3
DSC 595	Graduate Special Topics in Data Science (by permission of MMB advisor)	1-3

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Students may take or audit lower-level DSC courses, but they will not count toward degree. In particular DSC 201 Introduction to R/Python for Data Science may be helpful to take higher-level courses and DSC 202 Introduction to Data Visualization could also be helpful.

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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.

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