Given the rapid recent advances in genomics, agriculture, transgenic biology, stem cell research and other related areas of biotechnology and a prediction that these fields will continue to mature and become increasingly more sophisticated, there is an growing need to create an informed and educated public in this area. In addition, biotechnology fields offer students career opportunities requiring an educated work force with practical training experience. Recognizing the deficiencies and broad educational needs concerning biotechnology, and the demand for laboratory science experience, we offer a wide-ranging suite of integrated courses which provide a highly integrated and interdependent educational, training, and research experience in biotechnology (summarized in Table 1). Specifically this course series provides an introduction and knowledge base to biotechnology, followed by a project-based laboratory science approach that is inquiry-driven and a practical internship to provide experiential learning further laboratory training and preparation of presentations and publications.