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Degree Requirements
To earn the ALM in Biotechnology, you take courses in the following fields and meet all the degree requirements.
Fields
Field I: Life sciences
Field II: Management and organizational behavior
Field III: Informational technology
Field IV: Ethics and policy
Requirements
- Fulfill the requirements of your degree concentration:
- Life sciences concentration—nine courses and a thesis (40 credits):
- The proseminar
- Five courses from field I (two taken for admission)
- Two courses from field II or field III
- One course from field IV
- A research thesis
- Management principles concentration—nine courses and a thesis (40 credits):
- The proseminar
- Two courses from field I (taken for admission)
- Five courses from field II
- One course from field IV
- A research thesis
- Bioinformatics concentration—nine courses and a thesis (40 credits):
- The proseminar
- Two courses from BIOS E-40, E-45, E-215 (taken for admission)
- Five courses from field III
- One course from field IV
- A research thesis
- Life sciences concentration—nine courses and a thesis (40 credits):
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Prove competency in statistics by completing STAT E-50 for undergraduate or graduate credit with a grade of B– or higher or by passing the waiver exam. The course does not count toward the degree, and the requirement must be met before submission of a thesis proposal. The waiver exam is only for students with prior coursework in statistics. If you do not pass, you must enroll in a statistics course. To set up an appointment to take the exam, contact Stephen Blinn, biotech@dcemail.harvard.edu.
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Take at least four on-campus-only courses.
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Earn a grade of B– or higher in each course (B or higher in the three required for admission) and maintain a 3.0 GPA in courses taken for graduate credit at Harvard Extension School, Summer School, or the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). See Academic Standing and Enrollment.
- Complete six of the total courses with Harvard-affiliated instructors. The proseminar and master’s thesis count as two Harvard-affiliated-instructor courses.
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Complete all requirements within five years of the date of admission or, if the application is delayed, the date of completion of the third prerequisite course. If you are unable to complete the degree within five years, you are retired from the program.
Selecting Courses
To see how current course offerings fulfill requirements, use the degree course search.