4.00 Credits
2-4-4 This course focuses on foundation knowledge and lab competencies that are critical to success in the biotechnology industry. Learning to perform lab functions, such as making solutions, performing serial dilutions, making buffers, balancing pH, performing gel electrophoresis, and packing liquid chromatography columns, requires that students develop an understanding of the concepts and mathematics involved, practice the procedures, and demonstrate the competency to execute them. Prereqs: FNMT 118 or higher or Math 161 placement, CHEM 110 or CHEM 121, and BIOL 123.