Individuals with this qualification are very well equipped to be taken into service by industries involved in the manufacturing of bioproducts (enzymes, vaccines; antibiotics, amino acids), food and pharmaceutical products or the development and use of genetically modified micro organisms. In particular, they will be experts in the development and operations of a variety of biotechnological processes or in the line of quality control of food production. Their services can be used for production, laboratory or research technicians and will also be equipped with basic management skills.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Biology
- Biometry
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Computer literacy
Second year subjects:
- Computer information systems
- Statistics
- Mathematics and applied mathematics
- Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
Third year subjects:
- Computer information systems
- Statistics
- Mathematics and applied mathematics
- Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
- Biometry
- Business management
Careers: biotechnologist, researcher.
Source: www.ufs.ac.za