This module equips students with the entrepreneurial mindset and skills to translate biological knowledge into viable business ventures. It covers core business principles, including opportunity identification, market analysis, and intellectual property. Through tailored specialization tracks, students will develop and pitch a detailed business plan for a product or service in their specific field: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, or Conservation Biology. The module's goal is to bridge the gap between scientific expertise and commercial success.
This module is aimed to provide students with a basic understanding of the biotechnology industry. It deals with the major elements of the global significance of biotechnology, types of biotechnology, biotechnology processes and products, in the context of "traditional" vs "modern" biotechnology. It introduces students on different biotechnology techniques and how to apply these techniques in bioprocessing, gene, therapy medicine, agriculture, and forensics, etc.