BIOT 5225 — Managing and Leading a Biotechnology Company
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional
Covers managing projects and personnel in a technology-based organization Such activities are best carried out by those who combine the technical knowledge of their industry with the insight into the best practices for working with groups of highly educated, and often very experienced people. The biotechnology industry is strongly dependent on the concept that knowledge is always shared and ownership is collective. As the fundamental organizational mantra is teamwork, the principles of managing in this environment are key to achieving important goals. How to accomplish this and make decisions that drive innovation and success have common threads with other technology based industries, but with the added complexity of the scientific challenges facing the biotechnology industry. Restricted to students in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences and in the College of Science or by permission of the program office.
Prerequisites
- BIOT 5219 (min C-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 4 | 76 | 95 | 80% | 4.8 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 64 | 78 | 82% | 4.7 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 50 | 70 | 71% | 6.7 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 48% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: async (52% of sections), M (48% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Christina Karunaratne (42% of students) · reviews
- Odeal Jacob (24% of students) · reviews
- Sudhakaran Prabakaran (24% of students) · reviews
- Lydia Meyer-Turkson (11% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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