The Health Sciences Department offers courses in
Microbiology and Medical Technology that will
help to prepare for careers in the:

• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Research & Development
• Sales
• Lilly, Pfizer, Merck & Company, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Glaxo Wellcome, Hoffman La-Roche, Searle, SmithKline Beecham
• Hospital Laboratory
• Diagnostics
• Infection Control
• Biotechnology Industry (The industrial use of living organisms or biological techniques developed through basic research. Biotechnology products include antibiotics, insulin, interferon, recombinant DNA, and techniques such as waste recycling, removal of toxic chemicals from the environment, etc. Much older forms of biotechnology include breadmaking, cheesemaking and brewing wine and beer.)
• Research and Development
• Sales
• Amgen, Monsanto, Genzyme, Targeted Genetics, Genentech, Merck, Biogen, Xoma
• University Research Laboratory
• Research on AIDS, cancer, viruses, diseases, Alzheimer’s, MS
• Food and Beverage Industry
• Research and development (genetically engineered plants & animals, etc)
• Quality assurance (monitor for contamination)
• CocaCola, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Nasbisco, M & M Marrs, Keebler, General Mills
• Cosmetic Industry
• Quality assurance (monitor for contamination)
• Revlon, Loreal, Maybelline, Estee Lauder, Clinique
• Government Laboratory
• Research
• Environmental Impact Studies
• CDC, NIH, USAMRIID, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FBI, EPA
• Nontraditional Careers in Science
• Science Education
• Teaching
• Laboratory Course Preparation
• Nontraditional careers in microbiology/biotechnology
• Science and Technical Writing, Editing, and Publishing
• Bioinformatics (computers & biological information)
• Scientific and Medical Illustration and Imaging
• Science Policy, Advocacy, and Regulation
• Technology Transfer
• Business
• Law

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