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Middlesex College is in the process of creating a non-credit workforce development training course (Aseptic Technique) to serve as the first course in a sequence of courses that ultimately will stack (for credit) into the Associate of Applied Science in Process Technology or Associate of Science in Biotechnology degree programs. (MC is considering college credit evaluation / prior learning assessment simultaneously as these non-credit courses are under development.) 

The Aseptic Technique course will consist of competencies required as a foundation for all other laboratory techniques in this industry. The Aseptic Course will be completed by early Summer 2023 and will run in late Summer or early Fall 2023.  

Following the completion of the Aseptic Technique course, Middlesex College will move on to the development of additional non-credit, stackable courses. Ultimately, the stackable curriculum is envisioned as follows: (1) Aseptic Technique Certificate, (2) Essentials of Biomanufacturing Certificate, (3) Cell and Gene Therapy Technician Certificate, and (4) Protein Expression Technician Certificate. An additional capstone course (Advanced Biomanufacturing) is being considered to round out the curriculum culminating into the industry credential of the Biomanufacturing Process Technician Certificate.