OVERVIEW

Biotechnology is a cutting-edge field that uses living cells and other materials to create pharmaceutical, diagnostic, agricultural, environmental and other products of value. People working in this field make groundbreaking discoveries that fight disease, improve food production, clean up the environment and make manufacturing more efficient and profitable.

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Interested in Biotechnology? Complete a short form and a member of the Welcome Center will follow up with you right away!

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Contact us

Prospective new students contact the Welcome Center for one-on-one help applying to Olympic College.

Current and returning students contact the Advising Center to connect with a Student Success Coach or your Faculty Advisor.

Academic Programs

Olympic College offers a variety of biological, environmental, chemistry, geology and Earth science courses that you can take as distribution requirements and electives towards your degree. We offer two options: Associate in Arts - Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA): Biotechnology; and Associate in Science-Transfer, Track 1 (AS-T, Track 1): Biotechnology. 

AA-DTA: Biotechnology

AS-T, Track 1: Biotechnology

Transfer & Career Info

Faculty Advisor

Every student is assigned an advising team consisting of your Student Success Coach and Faculty Advisor. Your Faculty Advisor is determined once you decide on your specific academic program. The following professor is the Faculty Advisor for Biotechnology.

Academic Division

Biotechnology is part of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Science (STEM) division. Visit the STEM Division webpage for more info, including support resources and services, and contact info for division staff and the dean. The STEM Division can connect you with: 

  • Advising
  • Book lending and calculator rental
  • Tutoring
  • Support for first-generation and historically underserved populations.