Degree Requirements

Students must complete a total of 36 credit hours to complete the degree.  Students will choose a specialization area in either upstream or downstream.  This subplan requires the completion of at least one co-op cycle.

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Biomanufacturing" without a subplan designation.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Core Courses		18
BEC 515	Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization Techniques
or BEC 588	Animal Cell Culture Engineering
BEC 575	Global Regulatory Affairs for Medical Products
BEC 577	Advanced Biomanufacturing and Biocatalysis
BEC 590	Industry Practicum in Biomanufacturing
BEC 601	Biomanufacturing Seminar 1
BEC 601	Biomanufacturing Seminar
BEC 620	Leadership and Preparation for Industry Internship in Biomanufacturing
ST 511	Statistical Methods For Researchers I
Specialization		6
Students will select an upstream or downstream specialization.
Upstream Specialization:
BEC 563	Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms
BEC 526	Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory
BEC 580	cGMP Fermentation Operations
OR
Downstream Specialization:
BEC 532	Foundations of Downstream Processing and Formulation 2
BEC 536	Introduction to Downstream Process Development
BEC 585	cGMP Downstream Operations
Cooperative Education Coursework 3
COP 500	Co-Op Work Graduate Alt
Professional Courses		6
BUS 554	Project Management
Select 3 credit hours from the following choices:
BUS 501	Strategic Management Foundations
MBA 585	Current Topics in BioSciences Management
MBA 586	Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Life Science Industries
MBA or BUS or COM 5xx Elective
Advised Elective		3
BEC 515	Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization Techniques
BEC 525	Molecular Biology for Biomanufacturing
BEC 526	Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory
BEC 532	Foundations of Downstream Processing and Formulation 2
BEC 536	Introduction to Downstream Process Development
BEC 545	Cell Line Development for Biomanufacturing
BEC 562	Fundamentals of Bio-Nanotechnology
BEC 563	Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms
BEC 580	cGMP Fermentation Operations
BEC 583	Tissue Engineering Technologies
BEC 585	cGMP Downstream Operations
BEC 588	Animal Cell Culture Engineering
BEC 595	Special Topics in Biomanufacturing
BEC 669	Biomanufacturing Research Projects
BIT 501	Ethical Issues in Biotechnology
BIT 510	Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology
BIT 566	Animal Cell Culture Techniques
BEC or BIT or Advised (500-700) Elective		As Needed
Minimum Credit Hours:		36

¹

BEC 601 must be taken twice

²

Students who took BEC 330 cannot take BEC 532.  They will replace the course with a 2 hour Advised Elective

³

Students should take COP 500 twice, once during a summer semester and second during a fall or spring semester.