Technical Electives for Biochemical Concentration
Students must take a total of 15 credits as outlined below to fulfill the Biochemical Engineering Concentration.
The following 3 courses (9 credits) are required:
- BIOCHEM 285 - Cellular and Molecular Biology1 (3 credits) or ANIMSCI 2854 with instructor permission
- CHEM 423 – Biochemistry** or BIOCHEM 423 **** (3 credits)
- CHEM-ENG 592 – Introduction to Biochemical Engineering*** (3 credits)
An additional 6 credits of advanced coursework in bioengineering are required. Approved electives are listed below. Additional courses may be used to meet this requirement, but advance approval of Prof. Andrews is required.
- CHEM-ENG 220 – ChE Principles of Biological Systems
- CHEM-ENG 510 – Immunoengineering
- CHEM-ENG 535 – Microfluidics and Microscale Analysis in Materials and Biology
- CHEM-ENG 575 – Tissue Engineering
- CHEM-ENG 589 – Nanostructured Biomaterials
- BIOCHEM 657 – Drug Design
- BIOLOGY 383H – Gene and Genome Analysis (4 credit)
- BMED-ENG 504**** – Introduction to Gene Therapy
- ANIMSCI 385**** – Biotechnology Laboratory
- BIOLOGY 379H**** – Genomics and Bioinformatics
- BIOLOGY 385H**** – Cellular & Molecular Biology
- Lab CHEM 581 **** – Chemical Biology
- CHEM 658 **** – Frontiers in Biotechnology
Students may fulfill up to 3 credits of the above advanced coursework in bioengineering with an independent study or thesis in a bioengineering-related research area. Approval of the topic by Prof. Andrews is required.
- CHEM-ENG 296, 396, 496**** – Independent Study in Bioengineering
- CHEM-ENG 296ISH, 396ISH, 496ISH**** – Honors Independent Study in Bioengineering
- CHEM-ENG 499Y, 499T****– Honors Senior Thesis in Bioengineering
*BIOCHEM 285 is typically taken in the fall of the junior year. Students ahead in the curriculum can consider taking this course in spring of the sophomore year. Smaller sections are offered in spring, and enrollment is not guaranteed. Note: completion of ChE 220 fulfills the prerequisite for BIOCHEM 285. For complete list of prerequisites, refer to the Course Catalog in SPIRE.
**Students may elect to take BIOCHEM 423 rather than CHEM 423. However, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange to take the necessary prerequisites before enrolling in this course.
***CHEM-ENG 592B is only offered in the fall semester. Students typically take this course in their junior or senior year.
**** If you take this alternate course, contact ChemE Undergraduate Advisor (Dr. Matt Langer) to enter the exception in SPIRE.