Graduate Program in Biotechnology
Prerequisites

• Lower Division Courses: General Chemistry with laboratory, Organic Chemistry with laboratory, Calculus, Physics.
• Upper Division Courses: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and one additional advanced Biological Science course such as Microbiology, Immunology, Virology.
• Laboratory courses: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Animal Virology or Immunology. A minimum of three of the above laboratory courses are required for admission to the program. The completion of additional laboratory courses is strongly recommended.
• Successful completion of a Bachelor of Science degree, or equivalent.

Applications are evaluated on the basis of:

• Grades (minimum 3.0 GPA)
• Three recommendation letters
• General GRE scores
• Foreign students will be required to submit a TOEFL score and occasionally a TSE score.