2024-2025 College Catalog

Bioscience Technology AAS Degree

Program Description (Major Code: BT13)

Program Description

The bioscience technology degree prepares graduates to perform a number of biotechnology related careers, including laboratory research, and skills to work in sophisticated biotechnology manufacturing settings. Bioscience encompasses many critical areas of research on living organisms including development of drugs and medical devices, criminal forensics, environmental science, and agricultural biotechnology. This program focuses principally on advanced biochemistry and biotechnology laboratory skills, such as analytical DNA, RNA, and protein techniques, cell culture, and microbiology. Our educational approach emphasizes critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

Career Information

Occupation

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

Employment Opportunities

The skill set provided by this program is required to work in laboratories at research universities, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, many major research hospitals and government laboratories and agencies. Additionally, these same skills are required to work at food production companies and bio manufacturing facilities that produce pharmaceuticals and vaccines for both humans and animals. Designing new medications and medical devices, improving the environment, enhancing food yield and quality as these are samples of the work that bio scientists perform.

Career Projections

The number of jobs in this field is expected to increase by 13% nationally and 17% in the State of Georgia over the next several years. Estimated salaries in this field start at $54,000 a year.
Labor market data was compiled using Economic Modeling Specialists, international and is updated annually.

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Admission Requirements

General College Admissions Requirements

Blood and Airborne Pathogens

Students enrolled in Category I and II programs at Atlanta Technical College will be performing tasks in which there is a normal occurrence for exposure to blood, other potentially infectious body materials, and airborne pathogens.

These tasks will be performed in the classroom, laboratory, and clinical activities for each occupational training program/course. Students will be required to present documentation of Hepatitis B and Tuberculosis immunizations as a result of potential occupational exposure. Students should contact their program directors for more information. Policies and procedures regarding blood and airborne pathogens may be reviewed at https://tcsg.edu/tcsgpolicy/tcsg_policy_manual.pdf.

Program Contact Information

Barry Bates
Program Coordinator Bioscience Technology
Academic Building D2008
404-225-4583
bbates@atlantatech.edu

Program Length and Cost

Minimum Program Length in Semester Terms: 6 terms

Credit Hours: 68

Estimated Program Cost: $13,652

 

Additional Program Fees: Cost are estimated and are subject to change

Books & Supplies: $1,500.00

Uniform:$100.00

Required Courses

General Education Courses (20 Credits)

Area I – Language Arts/Communications - (3 Credits)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II – Social/Behavioral Science - (3 Credits)

Select an Area II Social/Behavioral Sciences course:

General Education Courses - Associate Degree

XXXX xxxxSocial-Behavioral Science Elective

3

Area III – Natural Science/Mathematics - (11 Credits)

 
Math Requirement - (3 Credits)
MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Biology Requirements - (4 Credits)

Take either the BIOL 1111/L courses or the BIOL 2107/L courses

BIOL 1111Biology I

3

And

BIOL 1111LBiology Lab I

1

Or

BIOL 2107Biological Principles I

3

And

BIOL 2107LBiological Principles I Lab

1

Chemistry Requirement - (4 Credits)

Take either the CHEM 1151/L or CHEM 1211/L courses:

CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3

And

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1

Or

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

And

CHEM 1211LChemistry Lab I

1

Area IV – Humanities/Fine Arts - (3 Credits)

Select an Area IV Humanities/Fine Arts course:

General Education Courses - Associate Degree

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

Occupational Courses (48 Credits)

First Year Experience Course - (3 Credits)

Take the following course:

FYES 1001First Year Experience Seminar

3

Biology Courses - (4 credits)

Take all the following BIOL courses:

BIOL 2117Introductory Microbiology

3

BIOL 2117LIntroductory Microbiology Lab

1

Chemistry Courses - (13 credits)

Take all the following CHEM courses:

CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1212LChemistry Lab II

1

CHEM 2211Organic Chemistry I

3

CHEM 2211LOrganic Chemistry I Laboratory

1

CHEM 2300Quantitative Analysis

3

CHEM 2300LQuantitative Analysis Laboratory

2

Bioscience - (19 credits)

Take all the following courses:

BSCI 1111Introduction to Bioscience

3

BSCI 1211Regulatory Compliance

3

BSCI 2220Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Analysis

4

BSCI 2230Methods of Protein Analysis

4

BSCI 2290Integrative Biology

5

Occupational Electives – (9 Credits)

Select three of the following courses:

BSCI 1212Validation, Documentation and Quality Assurance

3

BSCI 1220Fundamentals of Biomanufacturing

3

BSCI 1230Environmental Laboratory Testing Methods

3

BSCI 1240Pollution and Remediation

3

BIOL 2250Applied Biotechnology Internship

3

BIOL 2300Biological Research

3

 

CHEM 2212Organic Chemistry II

3

And

CHEM 2212LOrganic Chemistry II Laboratory

1

 

FOSC 1206Introduction to Forensic Science

3

FOSC 2010Crime Scence Investigation I

4

FOSC 2028Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

4

EMPL 1000Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development

2

Total Credit Hours: 68

 

Program Outcomes

1. Graduates will be able to maintain a laboratory notebook in a regulated lab environment.
2. Graduates will be able to work in a laboratory using SOPs, cGMP, GLP, safety precautions, meeting documentation and validation requirements.
3. Graduates will be able to apply chemical quantification and qualification techniques in the laboratory setting.
4. Graduates will be able to prepare buffers, samples and standards for protocols leading to chemical analyses.
5. Graduates will be able to prepare and complete ELISA and immunologically-based procedures.
6. Graduates will be able to cultivate prokaryotic cells for transformation, cloning and maintenance.
7. Graduates will be able to analyze macromolecular samples for concentration and quality.
8. Graduates will be able to identify analytes using chromatographic and spectrometric techniques.
9. Graduates will be able to understand and apply aseptic technique.
10. Graduates will be able to examine and identify cellular components using microscopy.
11. Graduates will be able to digest and separate nucleic acids with restriction enzymes and electrophoresis.
12. Graduates will be able to perform polymerase chain reactions to amplify templates.
13. Graduates will be able to isolate and purify protein from crude cells.
14. Graduates will be able to measure enzyme kinetics.
15. Graduates will be able to apply assessment tools to bioethical challenges.
16. Graduates will be able to apply statistical analysis to data.
17. Graduates will be able to complete a resume, apply for positions, gain experience working in a lab, network in the life science industry and perform job searches.