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Bioengineering Major with Material Science Option
Career Path
This option is for students wishing to study biomaterials that are designed to interact with living tissues at the cellular and molecular level and tailored to affect tissues in a prescribed manner. Our students have successfully been employed at Merck and Co., Johnson and Johnson companies and WL Gore and Associates.
Courses
| First Semester CR | Second Semester CR |
|---|---|
| Math 140: Calculus I (4cr) | Math 141: Calculus II (4cr) |
| Chem 110: Chem. Principles (3cr) | Chem 112: Chem. Principles (3cr) |
| Chem 111: Exp. Chem. (1cr) | Chem 113: Exp. Chem. (1cr) |
| Engl 15: Rhetoric & Comp (3cr) | Phys 211: Physics - Mech. (4cr) |
| EDSGN 100: Engr. Design (3cr) | Cmpsc 200: Matlab Programming (3cr) |
| FYS (Bioe 100S or other) (1cr) | Health & Physical Activity (GHA) (1.5cr) |
| Total: 15cr | Total: 16.5cr |
| Third Semester CR | Fourth Semester CR |
|---|---|
| Math 251: Diff. Eqs. (4cr) | Math 230: Calc/Vector Anly. (4cr) |
| Phys 212: Physics - E&M Fields (4cr) | Bioe 201: Cell and Molecular Bioe (3cr) |
| Biol 141: Physio. (3cr) | Chem 210: Org. Chem. (3cr) |
| Biol 142: Physio. Lab (1cr) | Phys 214: Wave & Quantum Physics (2cr) |
| E Mch 210: Statics and Strength of Mat. (5cr) | Econ 002/004/014 (3cr) |
| Total: 17cr | Humanities and Arts (GA/GH/GS) (3cr) |
| Total: 18cr |
| Fifth Semester CR | Sixth Semester CR |
|---|---|
| Bioe 301: Anly. Physiol. Sys. (3cr) | Bioe 401: Intro. to Bioe. Res. Design (3cr) |
| Bioe 302: Physiol. Sim. Lab (1cr) | Bioe 402: Med.Inst. (3cr) |
| Bioe 303: Bio-continuum Mech. (3cr) | Bioe 403: Med. Inst. Lab (1cr) |
| Bioe 313: Bio-themodynamics (3cr) | Bioe 404: Data Anly. and Exp. Design (1cr) |
| Matse 201: Intro Mat. Sci. (3cr) | Matse 443: Intro. to Polymers (3cr) |
| Humanities and Arts (GA/GH/GS) (3cr) | Humanities and Arts (GA/GH/GS) (3cr) |
| Total: 16cr | Engl 202C: Tech. Writing (3cr) |
| Total: 17cr |
| Seventh Semester CR | Eighth Semester CR |
|---|---|
| Bioe 440: Clinical Correlations (1cr) | Bioe 450W: Bioe. Senior Design (3cr) |
| Bioe Elective (3cr) | Bioe Elective (3cr) |
| Bioe 443: Biomed. Mat. (3cr) | Bioe 444: Biomed. Surf. (3cr) |
| Matse 430: Mat. Char. (3cr) | Science & Eng. Elective (3cr) |
| CAS 100 A or B: Effective Speech (3cr) | Humanities and Arts (GA/GH/GS) (3cr) |
| Humanities and Arts (GA/GH/GS) (3cr) | Total: 15cr |
| Health & Physical Activity (GHA) (1.5cr) | |
| Total: 17.5cr |
Electives
Bioengineering Electives
BIOE 406 Medical Imaging (not E E Option)
BIOE 409 Biofluid Mechanics (not CH E or ME Options)
BIOE 413 Bioengineering Transport Phenomena (not CH E Option)
BIOE 419 Artificial Organs
BIOE 443 Biomedical Materials (not MATSE Option)
BIOE 444(IL) Surfaces and the Biological Response to Materials (not MATSE Option)
BIOE 445 (formerly 497G) Tissue Engineering: Concepts, Calculations and Applications
BIOE 494H Thesis or BIOE 496 (up to 3 credits)
Other Bioengineering 4XX or Bioengineering 5XX courses may be allowed by petition.
Science and Engineering Electives
Any course in the College of Engineering at the 300 or 400 level
Any course in BIOL or BMB and any course in PHYS, MATH above the required content level (e.g. PHYS 250 & Math courses below 140 can not apply to the course requirements)
Any military science course if a ROTC program is completed.