Biotech degrees again

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 22:14:16 MDT

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    About this time last year I was yacking on about wanting to go back to uni
    to do a degree of in molecular biology, biotechnology, or anything else that
    will put me on the technical track toward being involved (eventually) in
    manipulation of dna and increasing control of the eukaryotic cell, and
    eventually in the vicinity of molecular nanotech (as it begins to appear,
    assuming that it does.

    Last year I decided not to do it (mainly for reasons of finances &
    overcommitment in other areas of my life), but this year I'm really going to
    start. I'm contrained by work to distance delivery, and to doing it part
    time.

    I was considering another undergrad science degree, but then ran across
    this. I'd like the opinion of knowledgable people from the field; what do
    you think of this degree? Does it look like I could do serious work in the
    biotech based on it, or is it more for becoming involved in
    policy/management in related areas?

    Graduate Diploma in the Biotechnologies of Life, from Monash University:
    http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/offcampus/oc0190.htm

    If people have alternative suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Bear in mind
    I'm in Oz (in Adelaide), I work full time, I have a science degree (computer
    science and some maths).

    Emlyn



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