MSBTM Core Courses

There are three required cores that a student has to complete to receive an M.S. in Biotechnology and Management: General Policy and Management Core, Biotechnology Industry Core, and Biotechnology Science Core.

For course number and unit information, click here.

General Policy & Management Core

Finance Accounting
Finance
Marketing Management
Managerial Economics OR Economic Analysis
Optimization & Decision-Making and Production & Operation Management OR Management Science I and Management Science II
Managing Organizations OR Organizational Management
Policy and Politics in American Institutions

Biotechnology Industry Core

Biotechnology Industry, Structure and Strategy
Biotechnology Regulation, Policy and Compliance
Risk Analysis (choice of one course)
- Behavioral Decision Making
- Environmental Decision Making
- Regulation, Theory and Policy
Biotechnology Project Course (Summer Internship)

Biotechnology Science Core

Principles of Biotechnology
Manufacturing and Lab Practices
Ethics (choice of one course)
- Environmental Management and Ethics
- Medical Ethics
- Science, Technology and Ethics
- Ethics in Biotechnology
Molecular Biology (choice of one dependent on major)
- Molecular Biology
- Applied Cell and Molecular Biology
Upper level Biology or Chemistry lab

Elective Course Distribution

Tepper, Heinz and Mellon elective courses to be approved by a Program Director. Distribution must include a minimum of 12 units from each school.