Description

The Bioscience Technology program is the only one of its kind in the region. As a student, one will develop and hone their laboratory and scientific research skills. Throughout the program, students will learn natural product extraction, fermentation, and bacterial and animal cell culture skills and techniques. They will take part in six weeks of on the job training so that they can apply their skills in a real work environment. Students will also focus on project-based learning and will complete an independent research project on a topic of their choice.

Students participate in events and seminars sponsored by the PEI BioAlliance and make site visits to local biotechnology companies. The program is very closely associated with the biotechnology and bioscience industries on PEI and is expanding its involvement to the other Maritime provinces. This gives students access to amazing on the job training opportunities.

On the job training is developed in consultation with the college's industry partners. Mentoring partners from both academic and industry sources prepare and submit a brief job description to the Bioscience Technology instructors. The students then review these descriptions and submit resumés for consideration by the mentoring partners of the projects in which they are interested. Holland College then hosts a day of interviews at the College, where students and potential mentors are allotted 20 minutes to meet and discuss the projects. Each student must interview for at least three positions. At the end of the day, both the students and the mentoring partners rank their choices in order of preference.

Interviews for placements off-island can be conducted via Skype or FaceTime, or, if a student finds their own mentoring partner (potentially in his or her home province), the formal interviewing process is amended.