COURSE CODE: 8344

Biotechnology Foundations in Health and Medical Sciences

SCED Code: 14252
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: HOSA-Future Health Professionals

This course focuses on various cutting-edge technologies and techniques relevant in the field of health and medical sciences. Students will explore the interconnected health of all organisms and the environment. Students will explore deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis, bioinformatics, and ethical considerations in biotechnology. Students will gain insight and understanding about biotechnology career fields in health and medical sciences. 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.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Animal Systems
  • Animal Breeders
  • Animal Scientists
  • Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Environmental Service Systems
Food Products & Processing Systems
  • Biochemists and Biophysicists
  • Food Scientists and Technologists
Plant Systems
Power, Structural, & Technical Systems
  • Agricultural Engineers

Pathway Occupation
Biotechnology Research and Development
  • Biochemists and Biophysicists
Diagnostic Services
  • Nuclear Medicine Technologists
  • Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Health Informatics
  • Epidemiologists
Support Services

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Agricultural Engineers
  • Environmental Engineers
Science & Mathematics
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

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