Overview
生物技术是一个对21世纪的未来有着巨大影响的领域，它通过彻底改变我们诊断和治疗疾病的方式，影响了我们的生活, lengthen life spans, feed the planet, and remediate the environment.
我们国家认可的生物技术课程为学生提供进入生物技术行业或继续接受教育所需的技能和知识. 证书是为那些想进入生物技术行业而不打算攻读副学士学位的学生准备的.
Why Great Bay?
学生们将在最先进的生物技术实验室工作，这些实验室位于冰球突破豪华版试玩，拥有价值25万美元的设备. 较低的学生与教授和学生与设备的比例，让学生真正掌握成功的技能.
Career Options
Current graduates may be found in a variety of biotechnology companies, working as Lab Technicians, Manufacturing Associates, Quality Control and Quality Assurance Technicians, and as Validation Consultants.
如欲了解更多有关生物科技行业的前景及趋势，请浏览: www.bls.gov
To learn more about potential earnings visit:
Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Biotechnology program offers an optional externship. Participation requires the student to follow Great Bay’s immunization policy. Depending upon the site, 学生可能被要求持有并维持职业责任保险. For unpaid externships, students must possess and maintain accident insurance. 100%的应届毕业生受雇于生物技术行业或继续他们在生物技术或生物工程方面的教育.
Curriculum Outline
The classes and coursework required is as follows:
First Year: Fall Semester (Pathway I)
Program Specific Standards
Technical Standards
Students enrolling in degree and certificate programs, and/or enrolling in individual courses within the Biotechnology Program, in addition to meeting the specific pre-requisite requirements for each course, must meet the following general, technical standards:
•学生必须能够理解英语语言，包括口头和书面.
•学生必须有足够的手巧，及时制作清晰的书面文件. Appropriate assistive technology may be used, as needed.
• Students must be able to sit or stand at a desk and laboratory bench, 并且必须拥有必要的注意力，以便长时间专注于任务.
•学生必须能够及时理解和遵循课堂和实验室的指示.
•学生必须具备必要的手工灵活性来完成指定的实验室任务.
•学生必须能够完成要求的课堂和实验室操作, including mathematical operations, without reference to notes, as directed.
Program Outcomes
Students graduating with the A.S. degree in Biotechnology will be able to:
•了解生物技术在过去和现在人类经验中的作用
•了解将生物制药或其他基于生物技术的产品推向市场的“从台式到瓶装”过程
•理解中心法则，以及它作为现代生物技术理论基础的作用
• Understand and be able to apply the scientific method
理解并能够执行微生物学的各种实验室技术, biochemistry and molecular genetics, including (but not limited to) solution preparation, DNA extraction and amplification, library construction, hybridization, forensic analysis, cell culture, and protein purification
• Generate and maintain accurate lab documentation, including laboratory notebooks, batch records, log books and inventory records
理解并遵守cGMP的文件指南
• Analyze and draw conclusions from generated scientific data, and present findings in a formal laboratory report.
•了解基因组学、蛋白质组学和生物技术系统方法的基本原理
• Conduct basic bioinformatics-based analysis.
•运用批判性思维和逻辑原理分析生物技术实践中提出的伦理问题.
•符合生物技术行业生物制造部门的入门级工作资格.
•有资格转学到四年制大学，具备必要的生物学基础, 化学和数学适用于各种生物学科的高级研究.
Testimonials
“I want you to know that you’ve made a huge difference in shaping my future. The biotech program at Great Bay is phenomenal, 你特别让我为这个领域做好了准备，比任何其他形式的教育都让我做好了准备. I’m apparently not the only one; I’ve seen plenty of Great Bay alumni here and I know the majority of your students are successful in finding jobs. My experience at Great Bay has helped me immensely; my supervisors and colleagues have been impressed with my level of knowledge and it makes further training much more accessible.”
“Thanks so much for an awesome class. 我所有面试中98%的问题都来自你的课. Best class ever.”
“我相信我在生物制造课上的经历对我找到第一份工作非常有帮助. 我在那里一个学期学到的生物技术行业知识比我大学四年学到的还要多.”
“我非常喜欢你的生物技术项目，到目前为止，它似乎应用得非常好. Walking into the round robin style interviews was a little intimidating, but after a few minutes, 我发现我从GBCC学到的知识取代了恐惧，取而代之的是自信. It also seems as though everybody at least knew someone that went, is going or is planning on going to GBCC.”
“I can’t thank you enough for all your help throughout my time at GBCC. You continue to be my mentor and inspire me to reach my goals. 您为我成为一名生物技术专家的梦想做出了巨大的贡献，您将永远是我最喜欢的老师! I got the QC analyst job!”
“I am more than grateful to have had you as a teacher, friend and counselor. You have done more than your job description entails. You have made me feel like I could do and be anything I set my mind to. I am really happy to have had you as a professor.”
“I want to thank you for challenging me. I have a job in the field of study already thanks to your help. 在GBCC项目的这段时间里，我非常幸运，如果没有导师，我不可能成功. 你对你所教的东西充满热情，这让我对我的未来更加兴奋. I will be forever grateful for your guidance and kindness.”
“I wanted to let you know that my internship is going great!! I love manufacturing. 我的团队真的很好，每个人都很喜欢我，因为我非常了解他们的流程，每当他们问我问题时，我马上就知道答案. Your course was so helpful. They do exactly same things here but bigger scale. I can never thank you enough for getting me this internship! You are such a great professor and such a nice person! Thank you so much for helping me.”
“I wanted to say thanks for all your help. I could not be more happy with the program. You put a ton of work into it and it does not go unnoticed.”
“生物技术课程教会我成为一名独立的研究人员，为我目前的工作做好了充分的准备, keep proper documentation, 并获得工作所需的分子生物学技能的经验和专业知识，包括:培养基制备, microbiology and aseptic techniques, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, as well as a multitude of other assays.”
“在整个生物技术证书课程中，所有的实验课程和实践都让我对cGMP环境中的流程和日常活动有了宝贵的了解.”
Photos of Students and Equipment
