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Biotechnology
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The Department of Science offers an Associate in Science (A.S.) degree in Biotechnology Science. Biotechnology requires an understanding of the life and physical sciences, and the A.S. in Biotechnology Science curriculum includes lower division courses in biology, chemistry, arts and humanities that will enable students to transfer to upper division bachelor degree programs in Biotechnology, or in the Biological Sciences.
Requirements
A student must have completed at least fifteen credit hours in residence to be certified for a degree.
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No more than two courses in any discipline or interdisciplinary field can be used to satisfy Flexible Core requirements.
18 Credits total Flexible Core
30 Credits total Common Core
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10 Credits may be required to meet the total credit degree requirement.
Some of these credits can be satisfied by taking STEM variants in the Common Core.
One Writing Intensive Course is required to graduate for all students entering BMCC as of Spring 2008. Effective spring 2018, entering students will be required to pass a writing intensive course beyond ENG 201 in order to graduate. However, any student possessing a bachelor degree or higher will be exempt from this policy.