Copyright: 2019
Virginia Assignment Code: 8468
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 weeks
Hours: N/A
Prerequisites: None
CTSO: TSA
Course Description:
This course focuses on various techniques that are used to modify living organisms, or parts of organisms, to improve plants and animals, and the development of microorganisms for specific purposes. Student activities range from bioprocessing and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis, to medicine, and the environment. Students gain insight and understanding about biotechnology career fields. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.
Credentials, Course Sequences, and Career Clusters/Pathways can be found here: