Bioscience Technology Courses
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Biotechnology Laboratory Safety
Biotechnology Laboratory Safety
This course will cover the fundamental concepts of occupational health and safety with particular emphasis on the laboratory environment. Students will learn to recognize hazards in the work place and how to remove or control them to make the workplace safer. The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) will be covered in detail as will basic first aid.
Hours: 30
Course Code: BIOSCI-1010
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1010 Biotechnology Laboratory Safety
Academic Year: 2011-2012
On-the-Job Training: Bioscience Technology
On-the-Job Training: Bioscience Technology
This course has been designed to give students the opportunity to apply and improve skills acquired in the Bioscience Technology program in a "real-work" setting. Students will be able to integrate themselves into a laboratory or industrial production environment that utilize bioscience technologies and see first hand how the skills they have developed are used in these work environments. Students are exposed to the professional standards, routines and demands of an organization and are expected to add value through the application of their skills and abilities.
Hours: 210
Course Code: BIOSCI-2065
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2065 On-the-Job Training: Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
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Analytical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
This course surveys the design and operating principles of optical spectrophotometers in the infrared, visible and ultraviolet regions of the spectrum. Separation by gel electrophoresis and thin layer and low pressure column chromatography will be covered.
Hours: 60
Course Code: BIOSCI-1000
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1000 Analytical Chemistry
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Students will look at the structure and role of lipids, fatty acids, carbohydrates, amino acid and proteins. Mechanisms by which organic molecules react will be studied. An emphasis on the role of functional groups in organic reactions and enzyme kinetics will be made. The laboratory portion will focus on isolation and stabilization of biomolecules.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1006
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1006 Biochemistry
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Botany
Botany
In this course students will learn the principal means of identification and classification of members of the plant kingdom. Plant tissue and cell types will be studied and students will culture, maintain and propagate plants in vitro.
Hours: 30
Course Code: BIOSCI-1016
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1016 Botany
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Communications for the Biosciences
Communications for the Biosciences
The vital role that communication plays in the science field will be emphasized in this course. The importance of accurate recording of laboratory and field activities as well as the ability to communicate findings to both the scientific and general communities will be stressed.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1027
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1027 Communications for the Biosciences
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Computer Literacy
Computer Literacy
This course will assist the student developing competency with computers and computing technology as employed in the typical workplace. Using Microsoft Office, students will be introduced to typical desktop tools to create and manage information including: word processing and desktop publishing, spreadsheets, databases and electronic presentations. Students will learn to navigate the Windows operating system, use a personal information management software (GroupWise), use the Internet for research and manage files in a networked computing environment.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1030
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1030 Computer Literacy
Academic Year: 2011-2012
General Chemistry
General Chemistry
This comprehensive course in chemistry starts with the properties of the basic elements and their chemical reactions and progresses to the behaviour of organic compounds. Topics covered will include acid/base chemistry, chemical equilibrium and reductive/oxidative reactions.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1037
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1037 General Chemistry
Academic Year: 2011-2012
General Lab Skills
General Lab Skills
This chemistry lab course will train students to follow good laboratory practices while working with potentially harmful equipment and reagents. Titration, separation and synthesis procedures will be conducted.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1040
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1040 General Lab Skills
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Genetics
Genetics
This course will cover the Mendelian laws of genetics and inheritance. The chemical composition and structural organization of DNA and the process, and regulation, of gene expression will be covered. Students will isolate DNA from various sources and learn how to perform PCR based techniques to amplify and identify DNA samples.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1045
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1045 Genetics
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Immunology
Immunology
Students will identify the principal components of the immune system and how they function to produce an immune response. In the laboratory students will perform immune-based techniques for the detection, quantification and purification of organic compounds.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1051
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1051 Immunology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Microbiology
Microbiology
In this course students will study the organization, classification and structure of bacteria, fungi and viruses. Students will perform the basic techniques involved in observation, cultivation and identification of selected microorganisms.
Hours: 60
Course Code: BIOSCI-1055
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1055 Microbiology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Technical Math for Bioscience Technology
Technical Math for Bioscience Technology
This course covers basic mathematical calculations required for bioscience technology. Topics covered include the proper treatment of approximate numbers and measurement error, units of measure, algebraic equations, functions and graphs, trigonometry, vectors, exponential and logarithmic functions, complex numbers, variation, and basic geometry.
Hours: 60
Course Code: BIOSCI-1060
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1060 Technical Math for Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Statistics for Bioscience Technology
Statistics for Bioscience Technology
This course covers the essentials of statistical collection, analysis, and interpretation. Topics covered include the principles of statistical design, frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, basic probability, standard normal distributions, linear regression and correlation, and a variety of statistical tests for goodness of fit, differences between means, and identification of outliers. Emphasis will be placed on the use of statistical software for data analysis.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-1067
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1067 Statistics for Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Project Management for Bioscience Technology
Project Management for Bioscience Technology
This course is offered as a 4-day workshop. During the first three days the course will cover the theory of project management with emphasis on definition and planning phase tools. Topics will include writing a project statement, developing objectives, developing the work breakdown structure, assigning task resources, sequencing tasks, and applying scheduling techniques to the project. The remainder of the course will examine project management software. Participants will produce professional-looking Gantt charts and network diagrams for a fictitious biopharmaceutical production project.
Hours: 30
Course Code: BIOSCI-1070
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-1070 Project Management for Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Biological Databases and Bioinformatics
Biological Databases and Bioinformatics
The sequencing of genomes and proteins has ushered in a new era in biology. The ability to search, compare and utilize this information requires access to global databases and an understanding of the tools necessary to use them. Bioinformatics is the discipline associated with the information gathering, data-mining and knowledge building tools required to manage and extract useful information from the vast data sets available.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2000
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2000 Biological Databases and Bioinformatics
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Biosensors and Analytical Instrumentation
Biosensors and Analytical Instrumentation
Conventional analytical equipment, such as gas and liquid chromatography, rely on chemical or physical separation of components of mixtures which are then detected using non-specific detectors, such as flame ionization or mass spectrometry. Biological elements such as enzymes and antibodies are un-paralleled in their ability to recognize and bind particular constituents even if present in mixtures. This has allowed for the development of sensors that do not require separation prior to detection. In this course students will learn the governing principles of and work with both methods of analysis.
Hours: 60
Course Code: BIOSCI-2005
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2005 Biosensors and Analytical Instrumentation
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Calculus for Bioscience Technology
Calculus for Bioscience Technology
This course serves as an introduction to the theory and methods of differential and integral calculus. Topics covered include the concepts of continuity, limits, and the derivative as an instantaneous rate of change. Methods of determining derivatives will cover both algebraic and transcendental functions. Practical applications will emphasize maximum/minimum problems. Topics in integration will include both definite and indefinite integrals.
Hours: 30
Course Code: BIOSCI-2007
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2007 Calculus for Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Cell Culturing
Cell Culturing
Through a combination of lecture and laboratory experience students will learn the special requirements that must be met to establish and maintain animal and plant cell lines.
Hours: 30
Course Code: BIOSCI-2011
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2011 Cell Culturing
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Health and Safety
Health and Safety
This health and safety course will apply the principles developed through the program of recognizing, minimizing and controlling risk to the development of health and safety plans for various industrial work sites.
Hours: 15
Course Code: BIOSCI-2016
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2016 Health and Safety
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Industrial Bioproducts: Production and Purification
Industrial Bioproducts: Production and Purification
This course will focus on industrially significant biotechnologies. Batch, continuous flow and fixed media reactor designs will be explored. Downstream processing and refining of biological compounds will also be covered. Students will view the entire production process and assess how the critical steps of capture, purification and final polishing of biomolecules is achieved in production scale operations.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2021
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2021 Industrial Bioproducts: Production and Purification
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Laboratory Management
Laboratory Management
This course will require students to develop schedules for laboratory activities as well as equipment utilization. Maintaining inventories of materials, determining costs/pricing for laboratory services as well as cost estimates for projects will performed. Students will become familiar with various laboratory and manufacturing certification programs and how to comply with them.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2025
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2025 Laboratory Management
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Molecular Biology I: Prokaryotes
Molecular Biology I: Prokaryotes
This laboratory intensive course will allow students to perfect techniques to introduce foreign genes, regulate their expression and identify and purify the resulting protein product using bacterial host systems. Identifying the appropriate host and vector combinations and recognizing the limitations of bacterial based systems will be covered.
Hours: 60
Course Code: BIOSCI-2035
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2035 Molecular Biology I: Prokaryotes
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Molecular Biology II: Eukaryotes
Molecular Biology II: Eukaryotes
In this second course in molecular biology the cloning, expression and recovery of foreign genes will be conducted using eukaryotic host organisms.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2041
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2041 Molecular Biology II: Eukaryotes
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Protein Biochemistry
Protein Biochemistry
The central roles proteins play in all biological processes have made them the focus of biotechnology research. This course will highlight the biochemistry of proteins and the laboratory methods of isolating, purifying and identification including 2-D gel electrophoresis.
Hours: 60
Course Code: BIOSCI-2045
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2045 Protein Biochemistry
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Research Project: Bioscience Technology
Research Project: Bioscience Technology
This hands-on course will allow students to conduct an applied research project. They will develop a testable hypothesis, design and conduct the necessary research, compile and report their findings.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2050
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2050 Research Project: Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Science and Ethics
Science and Ethics
As scientific advances continually expand what we can do, ethics will become increasingly important in defining what we should do. In this course students will explore the ethical issues surrounding bioscience technology and learn how to develop and articulate ethical debates.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2055
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2055 Science and Ethics
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Optional courses
Special Topics in Bioscience Technology
Special Topics in Bioscience Technology
This optional course is intended to allow students with advanced standings to pursue an independent course of study in a topic area of relevance to the Bioscience industry. Possible topic areas include, but are not limited to; - Science Communication - Research Funding Opportunities - Intellectual Property Protection The specific learning objectives will be developed on an individual bases. Students will be limited to a maximum of three (3) special topics courses during their complete course of study in the Bioscience Technology program.
Hours: 45
Course Code: BIOSCI-2070
Detailed Course Outline: BIOSCI-2070 Special Topics in Bioscience Technology
Academic Year: 2011-2012
