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Laboratory Management
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Gain leadership skills: Create a healthy, safe, and productive workplace by appropriately hiring, training, supporting, and evaluating laboratory personnel.
- Manage a lab: Plan, organize, and direct the daily work activities of a laboratory setting by working independently and as a member of a team.
- Communicate effectively: Communicate in a clear, well-organized manner that effectively persuades, informs and clarifies ideas, information, and laboratory techniques/procedures.
- Put ethics into practice: Practice ethical standards of integrity, honesty and fairness as a laboratory manager.
- Maintain inventory: Monitor and maintain laboratory-related documentation, equipment, and supplies necessary for conducting efficient, safe, cost-effective, and hygienic laboratory operations.
- Manage protocols: Manage scientific and laboratory practices and procedures by complying with and adhering to national, state, and local standards, policies, protocols, and regulations.
Required Courses
UMGC has limited course offerings in science beyond those already listed for the major. Approved coursework for the listed science requirements may include courses that are accepted in transfer from a community college or another appropriate institution.
You must complete 15 credits of lower-level coursework in biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, chemistry, microbiology, or molecular biology prior to starting the capstone — and to graduate from this program. Of these 15 credits, 12 must be in lab science.
Take the following courses at t ºÚÁÏÉçÇø:
- (3 Credits, BIOL 325)
- (3 Credits, BMGT 364)
- (3 Credits, FINC 331)
- (3 Credits, NSCI 301)
- Choose one of the following course options:
- Two (3 Credits, BIOL 486A) courses
- (6 Credits, BIOL 486B)
- A Workplace Learning course, which must be taken concurrently with a new internship or work project related to your academic program. Prior program approval is required.
- (3 Credits, BIOL 495)
Related Required Courses
The following recommended courses may fulfill 8 credits of general education requirements:
- (4 Credits, BIOL 105)
- (4 Credits, BIOL 230)
The following science courses may fulfill 6 credits of related elective requirements:
- BIOL 201
- BIOL 202
- (4 Credits, CHEM 103)
- (4 Credits, CHEM 113)
- (4 Credits, PHYS 121)
- (4 Credits, PHYS 122)
- Approved coursework in biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, physics, and virology
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you develop skills for careers in biological or chemical technology, clinical laboratory science, lab management, or science project management. Potential job titles within specific laboratory management careers include medical laboratory scientist, laboratory manager, laboratory supervisor/clinical lab supervisor, research associate, and laboratory technician.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
While we do not require you to have specific professional experience before entering this program, please keep in mind the set of courses you will need to complete at t ºÚÁÏÉçÇø or transfer in from another institution before beginning the capstone course.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Workplace learning experience required
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
You must complete 15 credits of lower-level coursework in biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, chemistry, microbiology, or molecular biology prior to starting the capstone — and to graduate from this program. Of these 15 credits, 12 must be in lab science.
Please note: While this does not have to be completed prior to admission, UMGC has limited course offerings in science beyond those already listed for the major. Approved coursework for the listed science requirements may include courses that are accepted in transfer from a community college or another appropriate institution.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Biotechnology
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Maintain ethical standards: Practice ethical standards of integrity, honesty, and fairness in scientific practices and conduct.
- Communicate effectively: Communicate orally and in writing in a clear, well-organized manner that effectively informs and clarifies scientific principles and lab techniques.
- Share expertise: Offer technical support, customer assistance, and cost-benefit analyses regarding biotechnical approaches to the development of products and services.
- Use the latest technology: Use scientific procedures and current and emerging technologies to conduct safe and hygienic laboratory experiments and collect validated and documented data.
- Adhere to regulations: Comply with and adhere to national, state, and local standards, policies, protocols, and regulations for laboratory and manufacturing activity.
- Solve complex problems: Apply scientific knowledge and principles, quantitative methods, and technology to think critically and solve complex problems in biotechnology.
Required Courses
UMGC has limited course offerings in science beyond those already listed for the major. Approved coursework for the listed science requirements may include courses that are accepted in transfer from a community college or another appropriate institution:
You must complete 7 credits of approved coursework in biotechnology applications and techniques at another institution and have those credits accepted in transfer prior to beginning the capstone course. You can choose from courses in biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, physics, and virology.
Take the following courses at t ºÚÁÏÉçÇø:
- (3 Credits, BIOL 222)
- (1 Credit, BIOL 224)
- (4 Credits, BIOL 230)
- (3 Credits, BIOL 325)
- (3 Credits, BIOL 350)
- (3 Credits, BIOL 357)
- (3 Credits, NSCI 301)
- Choose one of the following course options:
- Two (3 Credits, BIOL 486A) courses
- (6 Credits, BIOL 486B)
- (3 Credits, BIOL 495)
Related Required Courses
The following courses may fulfill 8 credits of general education requirements:
- (4 Credits, BIOL 105)
- (4 Credits, CHEM 103)
The following science courses may fulfill 9 credits of related elective requirements:
- (4 Credits, CHEM 113)
- (4 Credits, PHYS 121)
- (4 Credits, PHYS 122)
- Approved coursework in biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, physics, and virology
Career Preparation
This program is designed to prepare you to excel in diverse professional environments in both the public and private sectors, including pharmaceutical companies, biotech startups, agricultural firms, environmental agencies, research institutions, healthcare organizations, regulatory bodies, and more. Graduates might pursue careers as biotechnologists, bioinformaticians, research scientists, laboratory technicians, clinical research managers, quality assurance analysts, environmental biotechnologists, or biotech product analysts.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
While we do not require you to have specific professional experience before entering this program, please keep in mind the set of courses you will need to transfer in from another institution before beginning the capstone course.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Workplace learning experience required
Tuition Per Credit
- $324 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
You must complete 7 credits of approved coursework in biotechnology applications and techniques at another institution and have those credits accepted in transfer to complete this major. You can choose from courses in biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, physics, and virology.
Please note: While this does not have to be completed prior to admission, this requirement should be completed before beginning the capstone course.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Biotechnology: Bioinformatics
Master's ConcentrationThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Program Highlights
- Write code: Create Python, R, Java, and Bash scripts to analyze data and create pipelines.Â
- Analyze data: Analyze big data, next-generation sequencing data, and scientific data.Â
- Conduct research: Perform sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses.Â
- Evaluate processes: Use biostatistics, databases and data structures, algorithms, and mathematical modeling.
Required Courses
This program requires 36 total credits.
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, BIOT 640)
- (3 Credits, BIOT 630)
- (3 Credits, BIOT 645)
- (3 Credits, BIOT 643)
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- (3 Credits, BIFS 613)
- (3 Credits, BIFS 614)
- (3 Credits, BIFS 617)
- (3 Credits, DBST 651)
- (3 Credits, BIFS 618)
- (3 Credits, DBST 652)
- (3 Credits, BIFS 619)
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, BIOT 670I)
Career Preparation
This online master's program is designed to help you prepare for cutting-edge careers in several areas, such as computational biology, biomedical science, genomics, and more. Potential job titles include bioinformatics software developer, biostatistician, bioinformatician, and biological scientist. ºÚÁÏÉçÇø courses are taught by experienced faculty and address skills and competencies that are highly valued by today’s employers.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
Please see the program admission requirements for previous coursework and experience necessary for this program.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
- Program restrictions apply
Tuition Per Credit
- $534 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
- You must complete a molecular biology course, with a minimum grade of C for an undergraduate course or B for a graduate course, to be accepted into this program; upon submission of an official transcript, you may be accepted into the degree program without a molecular biology course, but you must take either a college-level molecular biology course or (3 Credits, BIOT 601) before the required program core.
- If you have no prior coursework in statistics, you must take (3 Credits, STAT 200)Â (or equivalent) before taking (3 Credits, BIFS 613).
- We highly recommend additional coursework or previous experience in biology.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.