Intensive Post Baccalaureate Program in Biotechnology: A Bridge to the Biotechnology Workplace

该项目旨在增加准备充分的个人进入生物技术工作队伍的人数。通过开发和提供一个密集的和实用的一学期的证书课程，失业/就业不足的个人与学士学位（或同等学历），该计划为这些学生提供了一个桥梁，以规范的生物技术工作场所。对于拥有学士学位的人来说，参加两年制大学以培养实际的工作技能来补充从四年制课程中获得的理论理解并不罕见。然而，两年制的生物技术课程没有资源来创建教学材料，并为这些学士后的个人提供单独的编程，因此将他们放在预先存在的副学士学位课程中。虽然这方法已成功协助部分学士毕业生过渡就业，但修毕各项副学士学位课程所需的时间，以及这些课程的教学进度，并不适合四年制院校的毕业生。智力优势：该项目开发，提供和传播最新的和准确的教学材料后学士学位的学生，相关的基本科学概念的现代生物技术工作场所。与工业和大学合作者的伙伴关系注入了尖端的分子生物学内容的项目，包括暴露于微阵列分析方法和生物信息学工具。特别注意在受管制的企业文化中教育学生。更广泛的影响：拟议的活动的目标是使更多的人在该国所有地区进入生物技术。推广和传播工作是全国性的，涉及在线和印刷的教学材料、师资培训活动以及对来自不同地区的学生的指导。此外，拟议中的项目作为其他技术方案的典范，而不仅仅是生物技术，在学院和其他两年制机构。编写的教育材料经过改编，供以英语为第二语言的学生使用。

This project seeks to increase the number of well-prepared individuals entering the biotechnology work force. By developing and delivering an intensive and practical one-semester certificate program for unemployed/underemployed individuals with baccalaureate degrees (or equivalent), this program offers these students a bridge to the regulated biotechnology workplace. It is not unusual for individuals with baccalaureate degrees to attend two-year colleges in order to develop practical work place skills to supplement the theoretical understanding gained from a four-year program. However, two-year biotechnology programs have not had the resources to create instructional materials and to provide separate programming for these post-baccalaureate individuals and so have placed them in pre-existing associate degree courses. While this approach has successfully helped some baccalaureate graduates transition into the work place, the length of time required to complete various associate degree courses, and the pace of instruction in these classes, is not suitable for graduates of four-year institutions. Intellectual Merit: The project develops, delivers, and disseminates up-to-date and accurate instructional materials for post-baccalaureate students, relating underlying science concepts to the modern biotechnology workplace. Partnerships with industry and university collaborators infuse the project with cutting-edge molecular biology content, including exposure to microarray analysis methods and bioinformatics tools. Special attention is given to educating students in the culture of regulated business. Broader Impacts: The proposed activities have the goal of bringing more people into biotechnology in all areas of the country. The outreach and dissemination efforts are national in scope and involve instructional materials, both on-line and in print, faculty-enhancement activities, and instruction to students who come from diverse regions. Additionally, the proposed project serves as a model for other technical programs, not just biotechnology, within the college and other two-year institutions. Educational materials generated are adapted for use for students for whom English is a second language.