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Laboratory Management (Minor)

Overview

The Minor in Laboratory Management is designed to offer students education and training in laboratory management as a streamlined curriculum that will prepare them to be workforce ready. Students benefit from hands-on laboratory learning with class sizes that allow for intensive one-on-one training. Students completing the minor will have the skills necessary to step into a lab management position. Students who complete this minor will be holistically trained in all aspects of laboratory management including budgeting, accounting, management of people and resources, chemical and biological laboratory preparation techniques, as well as cross-industry safety practices and regulation knowledge.

Minor Requirements

Required Accounting and Management Core (6 hours)

ACCT 2103Principles of Accounting I

3
MGMT 3393Small Business Organization and Management

3

Required Chemistry Core (8 hours)

CHEM 1111General Chemistry I Lab

1
CHEM 1113General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 1121General Chemistry II Lab

1
CHEM 1123General Chemistry II

3

Required Natural Science and Biology Core (6 hours)

NSCI 2202Introduction to Laboratory Management

2
BIOL 3811Basic Microbiology Lab

1
BIOL 3813Basic Microbiology

3

Analytical Chemistry or Instrumental Analysis (4 hours)

Choose either Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Lab or Instrumental Analysis and Instrumental Lab.

CHEM 3011Analytical Lab

1
CHEM 3013Analytical Chemistry

3
CHEM 3021Instrumental Lab

1
CHEM 3023Instrumental Analysis

3

Science Laboratory Internship (2 hours)

NSCI 4201Science Laboratory Internship

1
NSCI 4202Science Laboratory Internship

2