Culminating Project in Biotechnology

Graduate

This year-long capstone course offers graduate students a rigorous, mentored applied research experience through two distinct pathways: a Guided Project or a lab-based research project. Lab assignments are determined in the fall term through micro-rotations that align student interests with faculty research needs, while students in the Guided Project pathway continue working with the course director across all three terms. Each term, students undertake an original individual experimental investigation beyond the undergraduate level, culminating in a written thesis, an oral presentation, and a poster. The course is open exclusively to graduate students, carries 1 course unit per term, and may be elected for credit more than once by those in the MBT program. Students are expected to contribute a minimum of 10 hours of work per week to the course.