BIOSC182 (or BIOSC882N): Understand federal, state, and local regulations and how they can be applied to a variety of life science products such as cannabis, prescription drugs (pharmaceuticals), vaccines, tests for diseases, nutritional supplements, cosmetics, genetic testing and more.
Offered in Spring Semesters: for Spring 2025, BIOSC182-2282 is an online course. Starts January 27. (The non-credit version, BIOSC882N-0948 is also online)
What happens in the course?
Skills In
- Good documentation practices
- Standard Operating Procedures
- cGMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)
Knowledge of
- Importance of following established procedures
- Inspections & Audits
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Ability to
- Comply with regulations and oversight in biological manufacturing
- Product development and commercialization with cGMP and GLP
- Validation: Equipment, Process, Computer, Analytical, Cleaning
Who should take this course?
- Biotechnology careers
- Cannabis industry
What types of jobs does it prepare for?
- Workers in a regulated industry (cannabis, pharmaceutical, diagnostics)
- Certified testing lab technician
- Manufacturing technician
- Food safety testing
More details about Safety and efficacy of regulated products (GLP and cGMP, Principles and compliance) here.
Part of certificates
- Biotechnology Technician
- Biotechnology Associate of Science Degree
- Biological Testing Technician (non credit certificate coming soon!)