Professional Master's in Biotechnology

Mission

Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary endeavor that increasingly requires employees fluent in both science and business to enable the development of new technologies and products based on the unique applications of the cellular and molecular life sciences. The Professional Master’s Degree in Biotechnology at the California State University, Fresno offers students who are fundamentally educated in various scientific disciplines the opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills required to comprehend and commercialize these emerging technologies and/or their products.

Overview

The Professional Master’s Degree in Biotechnology represents a unique interdisciplinary degree concept designed for students interested in entering the workforce to promote the development and production of new products and processes from a practical understanding of the molecular and cellular life sciences. Offered as a two-year program administered by the Department of Biology in the College of Science and Mathematics, this degree allows students to explore the molecular and cellular life processes that promote, for example, pharmaceuticals development, crop and livestock improvements, industrial processing, diagnostic and therapeutic medicine, forensic identification, genomics and bioinformatics, in the context of entrepreneurship and commercialization.

This Professional Science Master’s degree is considered a terminal graduate degree and is not recommended for students interested in continuing their graduate education in research doctoral programs. Students interested in biotechnology research should consider a disciplinary Master’s degree supplemented with the Certificate of Advanced Study in Biotechnology (Biotechnology Certificate Program).

This professional master’s program is designed to provide students with an appreciation of the breadth of biotechnology’s commercial potential and with a familiarity and working knowledge of all components of a business enterprise in order to prepare graduates for leadership roles in the biotechnology industry.

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