C10169v7 Bachelor of Molecular Biotechnology Bachelor of Business
Award(s): Bachelor of Molecular Biotechnology (BMolBiotech)Bachelor of Business (BBus)
UAC code: 609176 (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 041436K
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 192
Course EFTSL: 4
Location: City campus
Overview
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Pathway course
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Honours
Transfer between UTS courses
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Molecular Biotechnology Bachelor of Business is designed to produce graduates who are prepared for scientific practice in the biotechnology industry or who are equipped for entry into business and management in science-based businesses or institutions.
Students study the biological processes of living organisms and learn the skills required to manipulate processes in the development of new pharmaceuticals, vaccines, food or organic substances. This combined degree allows students to choose between a career in business or biotechnological science.
Career options
Graduates are able to tap into both industries and job markets. Examples include biotechnologist or manager in a bioanalytical lab, vaccine manufacturer, analyst, biotechnologist, product developer, and research scientist. Graduates can work in product development in a variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, agriculture, quality control and quarantine, and drug and medicine research.
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTSAll UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.
Diploma in InnovationThe Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.
All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.
Transdisciplinary electives programTransdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1..1 | Explain how current and emerging molecular biotechnologies can be used to pioneer better health care or help solve or otherwise address environmental issues, and to evaluate and integrate economic and scientific strategies that influence the translation of new biotechnology products to the marketplace. |
| 2..1 | Critically evaluate information from sources such as databases and published literature to identify novel research ideas and apply strategic and creative reasoning to find solutions or articulate issues related to biotechnology. |
| 3..1 | Articulate the role and place of bio-business in the economy, with due consideration of global risk perceptions and the legal and regulatory requirements in biotechnology. |
| 4..1 | Demonstrate a confident independence to identify problems or unmet needs and act to find innovative and creative solutions with an understanding of the social, disciplinary, economic, and contextual barriers. |
| 5..1 | Display effective and appropriate professional communication skills (oral, written, visual) in order to pitch ideas, generate defensible, convincing arguments or transmit research findings within a multi-disciplinary setting. |
| 6..1 | Develop knowledge of Indigenous Australian contexts to inform professional cultural capabilities to work effectively with and for, Indigenous Australians within the biotechnology sector. |
| BUS.1.1 | Apply evidence, creativity and critical reasoning to solve business problems |
| BUS.2.1 | Communicate information clearly in a form appropriate for its audience |
| BUS.2.2 | Demonstrate ability to work independently and with others as a member of a team to achieve an agreed goal |
| BUS.3.1 | Make judgements and business decisions consistent with the principles of social responsibility and inclusion |
| BUS.4.1 | Apply technical and professional skills to operate effectively in business |
| BUS.5.1 | Acquire and apply knowledge and skills relevant to working with and for Indigenous peoples in a specific professional business context |
Key
BUS = Business course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Pathway course
Successful completion of the UTS College Diploma of Science guarantees entry into the course with at least 18 credit points of recognition of prior learning.
If you choose a major in Medical Biotechnology or Environmental Biotechnology, you may be eligible to receive 30 credit points of recognition of prior learning.
Assumed knowledge
Mathematics; any two units of English; and any two units of Science.
Course duration and attendance
Students can complete the course over four years full time. Students may also be able to complete the course part time over eight years. Part-time students may need to attend science classes for at least one half-day a week, in addition to evening classes.
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 192 credit points, made up of 96 credit points of biotechnology subjects and 96 credit points of business subjects.
Graduation from the biotechnology component of the combined degree is not possible prior to completion of all components of the combined degree. Students wishing to graduate with a Bachelor of Molecular Biotechnology prior to completion of the business component of the combined degree must apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Molecular Biotechnology (C10172) single degree program where they must complete all requirements for the stand-alone single degree.
Similarly, if a student wishes to graduate from the business component of the combined degree prior to completion of the science component they must apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Business (C10026) single degree program where they must complete all requirements for the stand-alone single degree.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90169 Major choice (Business) | 48cp | |
| STM90273 Core subjects (Business) | 48cp | |
| STM91711 Core subjects (Biotechnology) | 24cp | |
| CBK92138 Major Choice (Biotechnology) BMolBiotech | 72cp | |
| Total | 192cp |
Course program
The program shown is for a full-time student completing the Human Resource Management and Medical Biotechnology majors.
| Human Resource Management major and Medical Biotechnology major, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 22108 Accounting and Accountability | 6cp | |
| 21214 Business and Social Impact | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 21212 People and Organisations | 6cp | |
| 24109 Marketing and Customer Value | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| 79006 Intellectual Property Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 23115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
| 26134 Responsible Evidence-Based Decisions | 6cp | |
| 25400 Financial Literacy | 6cp | |
| 91707 Fundamentals of Pharmacology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91369 Biobusiness | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| 91822 Human Genetics and Precision Medicine | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 21555 Introduction to Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21510 Introduction to Strategy | 6cp | |
| 22208 Accounting, Business and Society | 6cp | |
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 21440 Management Skills | 6cp | |
| 91178 Applications of Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91827 Advanced Medical Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 21036 Managing Strategic Performance | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 21512 Understanding Organisations: Theory and Practice | 6cp | |
| 21037 Managing Employee Relations | 6cp | |
| 91142 Biotechnology | 6cp | |
| CBK90579 Elective 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 21407 Strategic Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 91368 Bioreactors and Bioprocessing | 6cp | |
| 91817 Medical Biotechnology | 6cp | |
| 21505 Human Resource Management (Capstone) | 6cp | |
| Human Resource Management major and Medical Biotechnology major, Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 22108 Accounting and Accountability | 6cp | |
| 21214 Business and Social Impact | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 21212 People and Organisations | 6cp | |
| 24109 Marketing and Customer Value | 6cp | |
| 91707 Fundamentals of Pharmacology | 6cp | |
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 23115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
| 26134 Responsible Evidence-Based Decisions | 6cp | |
| 79006 Intellectual Property Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 25400 Financial Literacy | 6cp | |
| 91142 Biotechnology | 6cp | |
| 22208 Accounting, Business and Society | 6cp | |
| CBK90579 Elective 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91368 Bioreactors and Bioprocessing | 6cp | |
| 91369 Biobusiness | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 21440 Management Skills | 6cp | |
| 21510 Introduction to Strategy | 6cp | |
| 21555 Introduction to Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21036 Managing Strategic Performance | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91178 Applications of Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91817 Medical Biotechnology | 6cp | |
| 91822 Human Genetics and Precision Medicine | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91827 Advanced Medical Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 21407 Strategic Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21505 Human Resource Management (Capstone) | 6cp | |
| 21512 Understanding Organisations: Theory and Practice | 6cp | |
| 21037 Managing Employee Relations | 6cp | |
Honours
The Bachelor of Science (Honours) is available to eligible students.
Transfer between UTS courses
There is provision for students already enrolled in a Bachelor of Molecular Biotechnology or a Bachelor of Business degree to transfer to this combined degree program, provided they meet the entry requirements for the combined degree.
Students wishing to transfer from the combined degree program to the Bachelor of Business (C10026) single degree program, and whose ATAR is less than the current entry rank for the Bachelor of Business, are required to apply for admission through the Universities Admissions Centre in the non-current school leaver category.
Professional recognition
Depending on disciplines chosen, students may be eligible for entry to the relevant professional associations. Refer to the Bachelor of Business (C10026) for details on professional recognition of that award.
Other information
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