Bioengineering Science Major (Bachelor of Science)

Core Requirements (41)

BIOL 141	General Biology	4
BIOL 142	General Biology	4
BIOL 143	General Biology	4
BIOL 214	Biological Research I	1-2; 2
BIOL 314	Biological Research II	1-2; 2
BIOL 381	Cell Biology I: Structure and Bioenergetics	4
BIOL 414	Research in Biology	1-4; 4
BIOL 495	Colloquium	0
CPTR 141	Fundamentals of Programming I	4
ENGR 120	Introduction to Bioengineering	2
ENGR 221	Engineering Mechanics I	3
ENGR 222	Engineering Mechanics II	3
ENGR 223	Engineering Mechanics III	3
ENGR 228	Circuit Analysis	4
ENGR 495	Colloquium	0

BIOL 495 and ENGR 495: 2-4 quarters each. Six quarters of Colloquium are required.

Electives: A total of 32 credits must be chosen between Core Elective, Bioengineering Electives, and Electives.

Core Elective (Choose one of the following courses) (4)

ENGR 321	Mechanics of Materials	4
ENGR 331	Fluid Mechanics	4
ENGR 350	Linear Systems Analysis	4

Bioengineering Electives (8 credits)

BIOL 382	Cell Biology II: Genetics and Molecular Biology	4
BIOL 470/PHYS 470	Biophysics	4
CHEM 301	Chemical Equilibrium and Analysis	3
CHEM 350/PHYS 310	Quantum Chemistry	4
	or
PHYS 310	Modern Physics I	3
	and
PHYS 314	Modern Physics Laboratory I	1
CHEM 431	Foundations of Biochemistry	4
CPTR 142	Fundamentals of Programming II	4
PHYS 312/ENGR 312	Physical Electronics	3
	and
PHYS 315/ENGR 315	Physical Electronics Laboratory	1
PHYS 313	Thermodynamics	4

Electives (17 must be upper-division) (20)

	Selected Courses: Biology	8-12
	Selected Courses: Engineering	8-12
	Technical Electives	0-4
	Selected courses from MATH, PHYS, CHEM, CPTR
Total Credit Hours:		73

Electives must be approved by the Bioengineering Committee after consideration of the total student program.

Cognates:

ENGL 223	Research Writing (WD)	3
CHEM 141	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 142	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 143	General Chemistry	3
CHEM 144	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 145	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 146	General Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 321	Organic Chemistry	4
CHEM 322	Organic Chemistry	4
CHEM 324	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
CHEM 325	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
MATH 171	Calculus I	4
MATH 172	Calculus II	4
MATH 273	Calculus III	4
MATH 274	Calculus IV	4
MATH 286	Ordinary Differential Equations	3
MATH 315	Probability and Statistics	4
PHYS 251	Principles of Physics	3
PHYS 252	Principles of Physics	3
PHYS 253	Principles of Physics	3
PHYS 254	Principles of Physics Laboratory	1
PHYS 255	Principles of Physics Laboratory	1
PHYS 256	Principles of Physics Laboratory	1

CHEM 321 and CHEM 322: While the first two quarters are required as cognates for the major, a complete, year-long sequence may be necessary to fulfill course prerequisites or requirements for advanced studies.