The curriculum for the genomics and molecular genetics B.S. will give you a solid foundation in chemistry, biochemistry, physics and mathematics, along with robust research projects. Your degree in genetics culminates in a senior laboratory experience, where you’ll conduct an intensive study in genetic engineering and nucleic acid analysis.

You’ll engage in 15 to 20 hours a week of hands-on laboratory time, where you’ll gain experience using the same tools and techniques molecular biologists use. You’ll collaborate with faculty, graduate students and your undergrad peers on exciting research. You can also pursue independent research in areas of molecular genetics and genomics that matter most to you and your future.

You’ll interact and work closely with internationally recognized and respected Florida Tech faculty thanks to small classes that encourage mentoring relationships. You’ll also have a faculty advisor who will counsel you throughout your time in Florida Tech’s genomics and molecular genetics program.

You’ll have full access to state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge tools that are critical to conducting research in molecular genetics and genomics. The 70,000-square-foot F.W. Olin Life Sciences building includes mass spectrometers, PCR thermocyclers, electron microscopes, confocal microscopes, a greenhouse, an imaging lab, high resolution microscopy, tissue culture labs, growth chambers and equipment to analyze genes and proteins. You’ll also have access to the L3Harris Center for Science and Engineering and the state-of-the-art Gordon L. Nelson Health Sciences building.

Florida Tech’s location on the Space Coast, just south of NASA-Kennedy Space Center, gives you easy access to an abundance of internship and employment opportunities, with numerous high-tech corporations and government and military organizations nearby. We’re also minutes from the Indian River Lagoon, North America’s most diverse estuary, and just over the causeway from the Atlantic Ocean and its 72 miles of beaches.

As Florida's STEM University^™, Florida Tech is one of the best schools for premed and a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry is excellent preparation for medical school. Florida Tech alumni with an interest in medical biochemistry often pursue careers as physicians and other health care practitioners in a variety of specialties.

You will find the coursework, research opportunities and advising you need to be ready to apply to medical school. We also offer special direct admission pathways into select programs through our partnerships with Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (located right on the Florida Tech campus) and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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