6B05120 Biotechnology

Name of the EP

6В05120  Biotechnology

Code and Classification of Education

6В05 Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Code and Classification of Areas of Training

6В051 Biological and related sciences

Group of educational programs (EP)

В050 Biological and related sciences

Language learning

Kazakh, Russian, English

The complexity of EP

240 credits

Distinctive features of EP

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Purpose of the EP

To provide comprehensive and high - quality training of qualified, competitive specialists in the field of biotechnology of pharmaceutical industries on the basis of broad fundamental training, including the development of students' personal qualities and the formation of general cultural universal and professional competencies.

Name of the degree awarded

«Bachelor of natural sciences»

Field of professional activity

Bachelors in EP 6B05120 «Biotechnology» can perform the following types of professional activities:

- implementation of the production of biotechnological products, quality control of biotechnological products, creation of the necessary conditions for the cultivation and biological realization of biotechnological objects;

- organization of individual stages of biotechnological production in the field of agricultural biotechnology;

- production and technological activities: analysis of the main ingredients of food products; determination of the components of raw materials and finished products; development and implementation of new technological processes;

- selection: study of the source material for the selection of microorganisms, plants and animals; study of environmental factors on the genotype of microorganisms, plants and animals in order to achieve their maximum productivity; study of the features of the selection of microorganisms, plants, animals, domestication of species; study of the world gene pool of plants and animals for selection; intensification and improvement of the efficiency of the selection process through the introduction of biotechnological methods.

- experimental research: experimental study of the properties and life processes of biological objects; research of biotechnological processes; design of biotechnological devices and equipment; modification of genotypes of biological objects with economically valuable characteristics.

Learning out comes

LO1 Comply with academic integrity, ethical principles and laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, showing communication skills in Kazakh, Russian and English.

LO2 Demonstrate natural science, mathematical, social, socio-cultural, professional development based on the formation of worldview, civil, spiritual and social responsibility, methods of scientific, theoretical and experimental research.

LO3 Use network computer technologies, databases, software packages based on business application software, observing the basic requirements of information security.

LO4 Use biotechnological studies of the synthesis of products based on cells, plants and animals.

LO5 Conduct laboratory analyzes and experiments using physicochemical and technological approaches to assess the compliance of biological objects, raw materials, mixed substances and finished products with the specifics of biotechnological production

LO6 Conduct pilot, industrial and field tests in order to develop technologies for using biological objects to obtain new biotechnological products

LO7 Use adequate research methods in the field of biotechnology necessary for the production of enzymes, viruses, microorganisms, animal and plant cell cultures, their biosynthesis and biotransformation

LO8  Ensure environmental and biological safety, supporting the protection of the environment

LO9 Participate in solving scientific and practical problems in the field of biomedicine and bionanotechnology using biotechnological methods for obtaining drugs, functional foods, biologically active substances

LO10 Conduct standard and certification tests of finished products and technological processes in their professional areas

LO11 Express in writing or orally their ideas and fundamental professional knowledge in various fields and fields of human activity

LO12 Use research, entrepreneurial and uncertainty skills, working individually and in a team