Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biotechnology

The joint program is intended to produce students with strong scientific and technical backgrounds and who are also well schooled in business and communications. As a new initiative, this unique Joint Degree program underwent extensive scrutiny to ensure that it met the technical and academic requirements mandated by both institutions. To ensure the excellence of the program, it is annually reviewed by a Program Advisory Committee.
The program addresses the documented need for people who can combine technical experience and training with expertise in other areas such as management, production, regulations and intellectual property. It provides a core set of skills required for all levels of employment in a typical biotechnology company.

The joint program recognizes the need for cross-discipline training and fosters collaborative interactions that will strengthen undergraduate education.
Students entering the biotechnology program will have the opportunity to obtain work experience with our industry partners, private biotech companies, and government agencies during the course of their training. Co-op education is a mandatory part of the program. Students are required to complete four work terms of four months each (sixteen total months) to graduate. Two work terms are completed while at BCIT and two at UBC.

Option 1: 27.0 credits of first-year UBC courses or equivalent with a minimum 2.65 GPA: 8.0 credits of UBC Chemistry: CHEM 111 and CHEM 113 or CHEM 121 and CHEM 123 6.0 credits UBC Communications Requirement. Can include: ENGL 112 (recommended) SCIE 113 (recommended) 6.0 credits of UBC Biology. Two of: BIOL 112 BIOL 111 BIOL 121 3.0 credits of UBC Differential Calculus. One of: MATH 100 MATH 102 MATH 104 MATH 110 MATH 120 MATH 180 MATH 184 3.0 credit 100-level UBC Physics (PHYS) course 1.0 credit elective PHYS 100 does not fulfill this requirement. Students require 3.0 credits of 100-level physics beyond PHYS 100. Students lacking Physics 12 must take PHYS 100 in first year. Another 3.0 credits of PHYS may be taken at any time during the specialization, but PHYS 100 must be taken during first year. MATH 120, 180 or 184 may be taken to fulfill the differential calculus requirement and will decrease the elective requirement by 1.0 credit. MATH 110 can also fulfill the differential calculus requirement and will decrease the elective requirement by 3.0 credits. STAT 200 is not acceptable as a computation elective because it is equivalent to a required course in BCIT's Honours in Biotechnology program. -OR- Option 2: Transfer credit from another university that includes: Two terms of first-year university courses (100 or 1000 level) in each of the following subjects: Biology Chemistry (with lab) English One term of first year university courses (100 or 1000 level) in each of the following subjects: Physics (energy and waves or electricity, light and radiation) Mathematics (differential calculus) Sufficient electives for an equivalent of 30.0 UBC credits, including: 3.0 credits of computational electives IELTS Academic - Overall score 6.5 No band less than 5.5. TOEFL (iBT) - Overall score 86 No section score less than 20.