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  "college": "merritt-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Bioscience",
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  "name": "Fluorescence Bioscience Microscopy",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "bioscience",
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      "markdown": "##### Program Description\n\nThe Fluorescence Bioscience Microscopy Certificate of Achievement program prepares students for entry- and mid-level jobs in bioscience imaging, research and microscopy, including in the biotech industry. A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the courses specified below.\n\n##### Career Opportunities\n\nCareer opportunities include employment as a director of an imaging core, research lab technician, imaging specialist in research lab or biotechnology company, imaging equipment sales consultant, imaging product management, software development and sales, microscopy training and research consultant.\n\n##### Learning Outcome(s)\n\n1.  Acquire digital images on a variety of research-level digital optical microscopes, including motorized widefield fluorescence systems, a spectral imaging confocal and a spinning disk confocal.\n2.  Master diverse microscopy software programs for all four main brands of research optical microscopes.\n3.  Design experiments, critically analyze data, and report results."
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          "code": "BIOSC 103",
          "title": "Confocal Microscopy and Research Design",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOSC 104",
          "title": "Bioscience Practicum Research",
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