Session	Dates	Price
Spring Semester 2009 - Language and Electives	January 17 - June 28, 2009	$9,995
Fall Semester 2009 - Language and Electives	Late August - Mid December 2009	TBA
Academic Year 2009-2010 - Language and Electives	Late August 2009 - Late June 2010	TBA

Full Description

OBJECTIVES

For students to learn the basis and basic tools that have allowed the development of biotechnology as it is today, and the current applications of biotechnology in the industrial sector, with a special emphasis on healthcare, the agro-alimentary field and the environment.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The basic knowledge generated in the laboratory in different models are turned into solutions for industry and public health, benefiting society. To reach these solutions from basic investigation, multidisciplinary participation by various sectors of the bio-sanitary sciences is vital.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

WATSON, J.D., HOPKINS, N.H., ROBERTS, J.W., STEIZ J.A. y WEINER, A.M.: Molecular Biology of the Gene. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 1987.

WATSON, J.D., GILMAN, M., WITKOWSKI, J. y ZOLLER, M.: Recombinant DNA. Scientific American Books W.H. Freeman and Company, 1992.

METHODOLOGY

Theory classes using computer resources. Experts in a number of areas will give lectures.

EVALUATION

A final written exam will account for 60% of the final grade. The students will be evaluated continuously through class participation and group exercises (40% of the final grade).