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1. Career opportunities
2. Structure of the biotechnology major
    2.1. 100-level
    2.2. 200-level
    2.3. 300-level
Subject Lists
    Core biotechnology subject
    300-level biotechnology subjects
        300-level biotechnology practical laboratory subjects

Biotechnology is the application of biological knowledge to useful ends. It includes the use of living things in industrial or commercial processes and accordingly draws upon many life sciences disciplines. Recent breakthroughs in biotechnology offer exciting prospects such as more effective pharmaceuticals (drugs), new disease treatments, higher yielding crops, improved foods and novel ways to fight pollution. As well as providing a strong background in life sciences, the biotechnology major teaches practical skills relevant to the Australian biotechnology industry including applications of biotechnology, regulatory, safety and ethical issues, and steps involved in taking a product from the research laboratory to the marketplace.

The biotechnology major offers a high degree of flexibility in terms of combinations of subjects. This major must be undertaken in conjunction with an approved life sciences major. The core subject 600-205 Biotechnology in Practice must be taken as part of the biotechnology major.

1. Career opportunities

Training in biotechnology provides skills for jobs in many fields including drug discovery and production, health work, food technology, forensic science, agriculture and waste management.

2. Structure of the biotechnology major

2.1. 100-level

Life sciences package.

2.2. 200-level

200-level science subjects satisfying prerequisites for 300-level subjects forming a life sciences major in anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, botany, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, reproduction and development, or zoology.

Students must also take 600-205 Biotechnology in Practice. This subject has 200-level prerequisites and corequisites.

2.3. 300-level

Students will have taken 600-205 Biotechnology in Practice and will be completing an approved life sciences major. In addition, students must take at least 37.5 points of 300-level biotechnology subjects from the lists below. At least 25 points of these 37.5 points must be from a department different to that responsible for teaching the student's other major. Practical laboratory subjects totaling 25 points must be included, either within the life sciences major or the biotechnology major.

Core biotechnology subject

600-205 Biotechnology in Practice

300-level biotechnology subjects

521-301 Protein Structure, Design & Engineering
521-302 Functional Genomics
521-303 Molecular Aspects of Cell Biology
521-307 Biomolecular Structure & Bioinformatics
606-306 Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
606-309 Frontiers of Cell Biology
610-332 Bio-organic Chemistry
610-333 Molecular Technology
652-301 Genomes and Evolution
652-302 Molecular Genetics
652-303 Developmental and Cellular Genetics
652-305 Human Genetics
526-301 Microbial Cells and Genomes
526-302 Microbial Biotechnology
526-304 Principles of Immunology
531-303 Molecular/Genetic Basis of Disease-Lect
136-337 Biotechnology in Modern Society (Sci.3)

300-level biotechnology practical laboratory subjects

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