BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE
Identify a global biotechnology problem, find a novel technical solution, analyze all aspects from a business, regulatory, and intellectual property perspective, and deliver a final written capstone thesis.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Biotechnology MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify an important global biotechnology-based problem and formulate a novel biotechnology-based solution to address it. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze the economic logic of the global biotechnology problem and solution. Consider customers, market, pricing, and competitors. Audience: Graduate 3. Compose insightful business and technical questions to research including identifying effective resources and subject matter experts. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify a company to implement your proposed solution to augment the company's current portfolio. Audience: Graduate 5. Justify key regulatory, intellectual property, manufacturing, social, and/or political issues that could impact the success of the solution. Audience: Graduate 6. Critique both technical and business considerations in a clear, concise, and logical manner to make credible technical and business solutions and recommendations. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify an important global biotechnology-based problem and formulate a novel biotechnology-based solution to address it. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze the economic logic of the global biotechnology problem and solution. Consider customers, market, pricing, and competitors. Audience: Graduate 3. Compose insightful business and technical questions to research including identifying effective resources and subject matter experts. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify a company to implement your proposed solution to augment the company's current portfolio. Audience: Graduate 5. Justify key regulatory, intellectual property, manufacturing, social, and/or political issues that could impact the success of the solution. Audience: Graduate 6. Critique both technical and business considerations in a clear, concise, and logical manner to make credible technical and business solutions and recommendations. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027