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BioE Curriculum
The Bioengineering major provides a strong foundation in engineering design and in the natural and
biological sciences. We o er several concentrations: Biomedical Devices, BiomedicalImaging, Cell &
Tissue Engineering, or Synthetic & Computational Biology.

For each concentration there is a sample program that students should use as a guide. All of the
concentrations share the same rst Fall semester, which includes:

BioE 10: Introduction to Biomedicine for Engineers

BioE 26: Introduction to Bioengineering (or BioE 24 prior to Fall 17)
Math 1A: Calculus
Chem 1A: General Chemistry
Humanities elective

After the rst semester, di erent concentrations consist of a unique selection of courses designed
to prepare students for advanced work in that subject area. The BioE 10 and BioE 26 courses are
designed to help students choose their concentration.
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des g ed to e p stude ts c oose t e co ce t at o .

If you are a bioengineering student admitted before Fall 2017 who has not voluntarily
made the switch to the current degree, your degree requirements can be found here.

General degree requirements

Generally, the requirements for the Bioengineering Bachelors Degree is aminimum of 120
semester units, as detailed below. All courses applied to the following list of requirements must be
taken for a letter grade.

A minimum of 24 total1 upper-division bioengineering course units (including at least

twobioengineering fundamentals courses, a bioengineering design course, and a
bioengineering laboratory course)
A minimum of 36 total2 upper-division units in technical topics courses
A minimum of 48 total units in engineering courses
Six courses (of at least 3 units each) selected to meet the colleges current humanities and
social studies requirements
One course with a substantial ethics component
BioE 103 and 11
Math 1A, 1B, 53, and 54
Physics 7A and 7B
Chem 1A, 1AL, 3A, 3AL
E7 or CS 61A

Additionally, students must complete the Pass/Fail seminar courses BioE 25 and BioE 26, preferably
in their rst year.

1. Not including BioE 100, 198, 199, or any other seminar-style courses or group meetings. Up to
4 research units (e.g., BioE 196) can be included in this total.
2. Not including BioE 100, 198, 199, or any other seminar-style courses or group meetings. Up to
8 research units can be included in this total.
3. Juniors transfers are exempted from taking BioE 10.

Pre-2017 degree students

Students who are already enrolled in the pre-2017 bioengineering degree may wish to transfer into
the current degree, though they are not obligated to. To make the switch, a student should rst
complete a degree check for the new degree, and be able to demonstrate that they can complete
the new degree in the same number of semesters they have remaining to complete their pre-2017
degree. If you have already received permission for an extra semester your time to complete the
new degree would include that extrasemester.

Once a student has con rmed that they can complete the new degree in their allotted remaining
time, they should bring that completed degree check to their ESS adviser to process their enrollment
into the new degree.

The bioengineering curriculum has been designed to meet de ned learning goals
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The bioengineering curriculum has been designed to meet de ned learning goals.

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October 23, 2017, 45:30 p.m.
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Undergrads in the news

2017 Biodesign Immersion Experience wraps up

July 21, 2017

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The Biodesign Immersion Experience, an intensive summer of training in needs nding and the engineering
design process, has wrapped up their work with a database of hundreds of unmet needs documented
through 8 weeks of clinic and site visits. The BIE is funded by an NIH R25 grant. Read all about the experienc
at their summer blog.

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