Bachelor of Science in Science and Business (Honours) - Biotechnology

University of Waterloo

Jumpstart your career with a one of a kind degree that equips you with both scientific know how and valuable business skills. Science and Business at Waterloo combines studies in biology, chemistry, and physics with courses in economics, accounting, marketing, law, and entrepreneurship. Focus your degree by specializing in one of three scientific disciplines, or take a broader range of courses tailored to your interests by remaining unspecialized. Meanwhile, in one of Canada’s top universities for business, you’ll work in small groups on case studies, business plans, and market analysis, as well as have the opportunity to gain paid work experience through the co op stream. When you graduate, the opportunities are many: this is a degree you can put to work in intellectual property, research, mutual funds, technical sales, business development, law, and a host of other fields.Focus on the development of products or processes that use biological systems for a specific applied use popular examples being personalized medicine, synthetic insulin, biofuels, and bioremediation.