Cell and Gene Therapies, MS (Boston)

Northeastern University’s Master of Science in Cell and Gene Therapies is a professional master's program, an innovative, nonthesis graduate degree. It combines advanced interdisciplinary training in advanced therapies, such as cell therapies and gene therapies, with the development of high-value business skills critical to success in today’s dynamic workplace. This program is designed to prepare graduates to innovate, collaborate, and lead as research, managerial, or technical professionals in a wide range of the cell and gene therapies fields.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Core
BIOL 5543	Stem Cells and Regeneration	4
BIOL 5821	Cell and Gene Therapies	4
BIOT 5840	Cell and Gene Therapy Lab	3
BIOL 5583	Immunology	4
BIOT 5830	Regulatory Landscape of Cell and Gene Therapies	2
BIOL 6216	Applied Bioinformatics	4
BIOL 6381	Ethics in Biological Research	2
PMST 6254	Advanced Drug Delivery Systems	3
Co-op
EESC 6500	Pathways to Professional Success	1
EESC 6964	Co-op Work Experience	0
or BIOT 7001	Managing Innovation in Biotechnology
Elective
Complete a minimum of 5 semester hours from the following to meet the 32 total hours for the program:		5
BIOE 6000	Principles of Bioengineering
BIOL 5100	Biology Colloquium
BIOL 5549	Inventions in Microbial Biotechnology
BIOL 5573	Medical Microbiology
BIOL 5587	Comparative Neurobiology
BIOL 5591	Advanced Genomics
BIOL 5595	Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
BIOT 5145	Biotechnology Lab Skills
BIOT 5219	The Biotechnology Enterprise
BIOT 5220	The Role of Patents in the Biotechnology Industry, Past and Future
BIOT 5330	Drug Safety and Immunogenicity
BIOT 5340	Introduction to Biotherapeutic Approvals
BIOT 5401	Scientific Communication and Problem Solving in Biotechnology
BIOT 5560	Bioprocess Fundamentals
BIOT 5630	Cell Culture Applications for Biopharmaceuticals
BIOT 5635	Downstream Processes for Biopharmaceutical Production
BIOT 5850	Higher-Order Structure Analytics
BIOT 6300	Pharmaceutical Microbiology
BIOT 6320	Design and Development of Biopharmaceuticals
BIOT 6340	Sterile Manufacturing Operations
CHME 5101	Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering: Fluid, Heat, and Mass Transfer
CHME 5160	Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
CHME 5185	Design of Experiments and Ethical Research (DOEER)
CHME 5631	Biomaterials Principles and Applications
CHME 5632	Advanced Topics in Biomaterials
NNMD 5270	Foundations in Nanomedicine: Therapeutics
NNMD 5271	Foundations in Nanomedicine: Diagnostics
NNMD 5272	Nanomedicine Seminar

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

32 semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required