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| School | Centennial College | | |
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada | | |
| School Type | College | | |
| School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 24,334
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| Degree | Diploma | | |
| Honours | | | |
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| Length | 3 Year(s) | | |
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| Prerequisites | - Grade12 English
- Mathematics
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| Prerequisites Notes | Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older).
Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial College English Skills Assessment for Admission.
Grade 11 Mathematics (M or U) or Grade 12 (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take a Centennial College Engineering Math Skills Assessment for Admission.
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| Cost |
This cost estimate is based on two semesters and includes ancillary fees. | | |
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| Description | This Biotechnology - Advanced program will prepare you with the scientific principles, techniques and skills required in industrial microbiology and chemistry. In this applied science program, you'll also study biotechnology applications, biochemistry, microbial genetics, and clinical and environmental microbiology. Your Biotechnology - Advanced courses will teach you to: isolate, enumerate and identify microorganisms from many types of samples; accurately calibrate and use instruments such as pH and BOD meters, gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers, HPLCs, centrifuges, PCR thermocyclers and gel electrophoresis equipment; prepare media and reagents to culture pathogenic microbes; design and perform advanced microbiology and microbial genetics experiments; isolate DNA and perform gel electrophoresis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on samples. | | |
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