Engineering Your BIOE Minor

Bioengineering resides at the interface of engineering and the natural sciences, and a thorough knowledge of both is essential for innovation and problem solving in the discipline. A bioengineering minor is a great way to complement your primary major.  Given the alignment of the minor with majors within the natural sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Human Physiology and Physics), the minor was designed to complement those majors.
 
The links to the left provide specific guidance on how to navigate the bioengineering minor along with your major.

 

Course of Study

The program begins with a core “Fundamentals of Bioengineering” sequence: a three-quarter progression of courses that builds an engineering foundation through an experiential design- and problem-solving approach. Upper-division coursework offers a chance to take specialized bioengineering courses tailored around Knight Campus research areas and can also include electives from students’ home departments.

 

BIOE Minor Requirements: 24 credits
 

BIOE 251 Fundamentals of Bioengineering I *                                                      4 credits

BIOE 252 Fundamentals of Bioengineering II                                                        4 credits

BIOE 253 Fundamentals of Bioengineering III                                                       4 credits

Electives**                                                                                                                         12 credits           

*Students must have completed MATH 251 and be enrolled in or have completed PHYS 251 prior to starting the Fundamentals of Bioengineering sequence. 

**At least 4 elective credits must be from BIOE subject-code

 

Elective Coursework

To complete the bioengineering minor, you must complete 12 credits from this list.  At least four must be from the BIOE subject-code.  Courses used to complete a student’s major core requirements may not be applied towards the bioengineering minor elective requirement.  Please refer to the key information for your major if you have any questions.

Bioengineering:

  • BIOE 410: Protein Engineering & Design  
  • BIOE 410: Biomaterials 
  • BIOE 410: 3D Printing and Design  
  • BIOE 410: Machine Learning for Life Science  
  • BIOE 410: Synthetic Biology  

Biology:

  • BI 320* Molecular Genetics. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H.
  • BI 322 Cell Biology. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H; CH 331 recommended.
  • BI 326 Immunology and Infectious Disease. 4 Credits.
  • BI 328 Developmental Biology. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H.
  • BI 330 Microbiology. 3 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H.
  • BI 331 Microbiology Laboratory. 3 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 of BI 282H; pre- or coreq: BI 330.
  • BI 353 Sensory Physiology. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H.
  • BI 358 Investigations in Medical Physiology.  4 Credits. Prereq: one from BI 214, BI 283H, HPHY 324.
  • BI 360 Neurobiology 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H.
  • BI 423. Human Molecular Genetics. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 320.
  • BI 424 Advanced Molecular Genetics. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 320.
  • BI 426 Genetics of Cancer. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 214 or BI 282H; one from BI 320, BI 322
  • BI 427 Molecular Genetics of Human Disease. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 320.
  • BI 428. Developmental Genetics. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 320, BI 328.
  • BI 461 Systems Neuroscience. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 353 or BI 360 or equivalent.
  • BI 466 Developmental Neurobiology. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 320, BI 328
  • BI 485 Techniques in Computational Neuroscience. 4 Credits. Prereq: BI 360 or BI 461; MATH 247 or MATH 252 or higher.

*Biochemistry students may not count BI 320 as an elective for the bioengineering minor

Chemistry and Biochemistry:

  • CH 360 Physiological Biochemistry. 4 Credits. Prereq: CH 336 or 343; BI 214 or 282H recommended.
  • CH 461* Biochemistry. 4 credits. Prepreq: CH 336 or 343.
  • CH 462* Biochemistry. 4 credits. Prereq: CH 461.
  • CH 463*  Biochemistry. 4 credits. Prereq: CH 461/561; or CH 360 with a grade of B- or better.
  • CH 464. RNA Biochemistry. Preqreq CH 463.
  • CH 465. Physical Biochemistry. 4 credits. Prereq: CH 461.
  • CH 466. Structural Biochemistry. 4 credits. Prereq: CH 461.
  • CH 467* Biochemistry Laboratory. 4 credits. Co-req: CH 461.

*Biochemistry majors may not count CH 461, CH 462, CH 463, CH 467 as an elective for the bioengineering minor

Physics:

  • PHYS 351* Foundations of Physics II. 4 Credits. Prereq: MATH 253, PHYS 253; coreq: MATH 256 or 281.
  • PHYS 352* Foundations of Physics II. 4 Credits. Prereq: PHYS 351; coreq: MATH 281.
  • PHYS 353* Foundations of Physics II. 4 Credits. Prereq: PHYS 352; coreq: MATH 282.
  • PHYS 362. Biological Physics. 4 Credits. Prereq: PHYS 351 or 353.
  • PHYS 411. Mechanics, Electricity, and Magnetism. 4 Credits. Prereq: MATH 282.
  • PHYS 412. Mechanics, Electricity, and Magnetism. 4 Credits. Prereq: MATH 281.
  • PHYS 413. Mechanics, Electricity, and Magnetism. 4 Credits. Prereq: PHYS 412.
  • PHYS 421M. Partial Differential Equations: Fourier Analysis I. 4 Credits. Prereq: MATH 253; one from MATH 256, MATH 281.
  • PHYS 431. Analog Electronics. 4 Credits. Prereq: PHYS 203 or equivalent; knowledge of complex numbers; MATH 253.
  • PHYS 432. Digital Electronics. 4 Credits. Prereq: PHYS 203 or equivalent; MATH 253.
  • PHYS 481. Design of Experiments. 4 Credits.

*Physics majors may not count PHYS 351, 352, 353 as an elective for the bioengineering minor

Human Physiology:

  • HPHY 321* Human Anatomy I. 5 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 211; BI 211 or BI 281H; BI 212 or BI 282H; CH 221 or CH 224H; CH 222 or CH 225H; CH 223 or CH 226H; MATH 246 or MATH 251. Must be passed with grades of C or better.
  • HPHY 322* Human Physiology I. 5 Credits. HPHY 212; BI 211 or BI 281H; BI 212 or BI 282H; CH 221 or CH 224H; CH 222 or CH 225H; CH 223 or CH 226H; MATH 246 or MATH 251. Must be passed with grades of C or better.
  • HPHY 323* Human Anatomy II. 5 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 321. Must be passed with grades of C or better
  • HPHY 324*  Human Physiology II. 5 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 212, HPHY 321, HPHY 322. Must be passed with grades of C or better.
  • HPHY 325* Human Anatomy and Physiology III. 5 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 323, HPHY 324. Must be passed with a grade of C or better.
  • HPHY 362. Tissue Injury and Repair. 4 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 323, HPHY 324. Must be passed with grades of C or better.
  • HPHY 381. Biomechanics. 4 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 323, PHYS 201. Must be passed with grades of C or better.
  • HPHY 432. Neural Development. 4 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 323, HPHY 324. Must be passed with grades of C or better.
  • HPHY 436. Clinical Neuroscience. 4 Credits. Prereq: HPHY 323 and 324 with a C or better.

*Human Physiology majors may not count HPHY 321, 322, 323, 324, 325 as an elective for the bioengineering minor.