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Biotechnology schools serve to educate the students on microbes, genetic engineering and DNA sequencing, apart from equipping them with knowledge on patents and ethics. These schools prepare the students to embark on careers as mentioned above, and also to stimulate their minds into becoming knowledgeable in these fields, with the hope that they will lead to new discoveries and new innovations for the improvement of mankind and the environment in which he lives.
Apart from the basic knowledge, and all that is good and valuable about biotechnology, students will be taught every aspect of biotechnology, including the adverse affects of certain unethical and selfish practices which could lead to more harm than good. That's the basic reason why, when biotechnology is first introduced to students in schools, they are careful to cover both the pros and cons to give the students an overview and understanding of the depth and intricacy of this subject matter.
Students of higher levels study biotechnology in more detail. In general, there are nine major courses, which are biochemistry, cell biology, evolution general biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, organic chemistry and virology. Students have a wide variety of choices as to where they would like to pursue their higher learning in biotechnology, since this course is now widely included in most institutes of higher learning.
If you are in the Eastern United States some of the institutes that you can look into are Northeastern University, in Boston MA; Yale University, New Haven, CT; American University, Washington DC; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; University of Maryland, University College, Gainesville, FL; University of Sciences, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Tufts University, Medford, MA; Clemson University, Clemson, SC and University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
If you are in the Western United States, some of the institutes that you can look into are Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; University Of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR.