After Graduation Overall Drexel's graduates enjoy a high placement rate. The Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology has well equipped teaching laboratories with networked computers and advanced digital image analysis capabilities. Both teaching and research laboratories contain a range of modern equipment including microscopes, centrifuges, chromatographs, spectrophotometers, scintillation counters, culture chambers, and densitometers. Computers in both teaching and research laboratories have access to Internet resources. The Drexel Nutrition Center with video taping capabilities where students provide nutrition counseling services to the Drexel Community.
All students participate in group research projects with faculty members during their senior year.
The minor in food science is designed for students interested in applying the basic sciences to the world's largest industry. The minor should be especially attractive to students in the premedical, chemical, biological sciences, as it provides a background for excellent employment and postbaccalaurate study opportunities in areas closely allied to their basic disciplines. The minor in food science consists of 25 credits. Students who are interested in this minor should consult with a nutrition and foods faculty member to schedule courses most appropriate for their background and goals. The minor in nutrition is designed for students interested in enhancing their major with an application in human nutrition.