Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the associate of applied science degree program in BioScience will be able to complete the following tasks:

• Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
• Maintain, clean, and sterilize laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Set up and conduct experiments, tests, and analyzes using techniques such as pipetting, cell culture, enzymatic reactions, polymerase chain reactions, and protein chromatography.
• Record results in laboratory notebooks.
• Compile and interpret results of tests and analyzes.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.

Graduates of the certificate program in Biological Sciences Laboratory Technician will be able to complete the following tasks:

• Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
• Maintain, clean, and sterilize laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Set up and conduct experiments, tests, and analyzes using techniques such as pipetting, cell culture, enzymatic reactions, polymerase chain reactions, and protein chromatography.
• Record results in laboratory notebooks.
• Compile and interpret results of tests and analyzes.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.

Graduates of the certificate program in Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Technician will be able to complete the following tasks:

• Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
• Maintain, clean, and sterilize laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analysis using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, and physical and chemical separation techniques.
• Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests.
• Compile and interpret results of tests and analyzes.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.

Graduates of the certificate program in Regulatory Compliance Technician will be able to complete the following tasks:

• Describe the process for formatting, assembling, and submitting the Investigational New Drug (IND) Application, New Drug Application (NDA), Biologics License Application (BLA), and other relevant documents to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• State Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements and list the documentation necessary to be in compliance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Demonstrate awareness of practical applications of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Explain internal and external audits.
• Describe the fundamentals of validation.
• Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.