Lec. 3Lab. 0Cr. 3Prerequisite(s): BIO 101, ENG 100, MAT 102, RDG 100. This course provides an overview of biotechnology. The course will explore the following areas of biotechnology: genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics; the search for and use of extremophiles in biotechnology; biopharmaceuticals; agricultural biotechnology, DNA, forensics, and tissue engineering.