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Biological Engineering Concentration

The Biological Engineering Concentration is designed to allow chemical engineering majors to focus their elective courses on biochemical and biological engineering-related topics. The Concentration is designed to fit into the main Chemical Engineering curriculum by using elective courses and does not add additional course requirements for graduation.

To complete the Biological Engineering Concentration, students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours (3 biochemistry credit hours plus 12 elective credit hours) from the approved course list below.

Required (Must complete one of the following courses) Hours
CHE 445 or Introduction to Biochemical Engineering 3
CHE 446 Honors Introduction to Biochemical Engineering 3
CH 461 Biochemistry I 3
BSC 450 Fundamentals of Biochemistry 3

If a student selects CH 461 or BSC 450 for the biochemistry requirement, they cannot count the other course, but may count CHE 445/446 as an elective course.

Electives (Must complete 12 hours from the list below) Hours
CHE 418 Tissue Engineering 3
CHE 419 Honors Tissue Engineering 3
CHE 416 Stem Cell Bioengineering 3
CHE 417 Honors Stem Cell Bioengineering 3
CHE 492 Special Topics (Microbial Engineering) 3
CHE 492 Special Topics (Cancer Bioengineering) 3
BSC 300 Cell Biology 3
BSC 310 Microbiology 3
BSC 312 Microbiology Lab 2
BSC 315 Genetics 3
BSC 385 Ecology and Evolution 3
BSC 424 Human Physiology 3
BSC 425 Human Physiology Lab 2
BSC 435 Immunology 4
BSC 441 Developmental Biology 3
BSC 442 Integrated Genomics 4
BSC 444 General Virology 3
BSC 449 Endocrinology 3
BSC 451 Molecular Biology 3
BSC 465 Prin Of Toxicology 3
BSC 496 Bioremediation 3
CHS 425 Biostatistics 3
PH 411 Biophysics 3

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