Description
This course introduces the field of biotechnology with a broad view. You will learn the processes and methods used to manipulate living organisms and products from these organisms for medical, agricultural, and industrial purposes. Through interactive discussions, this course will go around biotechnology and how it is applied, including discussions on the implications in gene therapy, medicine, agriculture, marine biology, and forensics, amongst others. The textbook related to this course has been thoroughly selected, and its new edition gives a special coverage on the process of science, the accomplishments of researchers in the field, and real-world examples of biotechnology.
Students who opt for this course as a Science elective will explore more, through assignments and projects, the science behind the development of different aspects of biotechnology in a very exiting way.