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Elective Courses for CEMS Students

Undergraduate students with Biotechnology Emphasis
To prepare for employment in a biotechnology-related company or admission to graduate school or just to survey the role of chemical engineering in biotechnology, it's valuable to take a balance of courses from the biological sciences and chemical engineering.

 

Biological Sciences

 Chemical/Biomedical Engineering
 

Biol 3021 - Biochemistry (3 cr)
Biol 3101 - Introduction to Neuroscience I: From Molecules to Madness (3 cr)
Biol 4003 - Genetics (3 cr)
Biol 4004 - Cell Biology (3 cr)
BMEn 5001 - An Introduction to Biomaterials (3 cr)
BMEn 5041- Tissue Engineering (3 cr)
MicB 2022 - General Microbiology (2 cr)
MicB 2032 - General Microbiology with Laboratory (4 cr)
MicB 3301 - Biology of Microorganisms (5 cr)
MicB 3301 - Biology of Microorganisms (3 cr)
MicB 4121 - Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology (3 cr)
MicB 4131 - Immunology (3 cr)
MicB 5352 - Applied Microbial Biochemistry (3 cr)

ChEn 3701 - Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering (3 cr)
ChEn 5751 - Biochemical Engineering (3 cr, spring semester)
ChEn 5753 - (Biological) Biomedical Transport (3 cr)
ChEn 5754 - Food Processing Technology (3 cr)
ChEn 5759 - Principles of Mass Transfer in Engineering and Biological Engineering (2 cr)
BMEn 5001 - An Introduction to Biomaterials (3 cr)
BMEn 5041 - Tissue Engineering (3 cr)

Graduate students in the Biochemical Engineering program

 

First Semester Courses

 Second Semester Courses
 

ChEn 5752/8995 - Quantitative Biology for Engineers (a) (not offered 2003)
BioC 4331 - Biochemistry I (a)
MicB 4111 - Microbial Physiology and Diversity (b)
Biol 4004 - Cell Biology (a)
GCD 5036 - Intermediate Cell Biology
MicB 4131 - Immunology (b)
Biol 4003 - Genetics
BioC 8001 - Advanced Biochemistry I: Protein structure, function and metabolism (b)
GCD 8121 - Advanced Molecular Genetics (b)
GCD 8213 - Selected Topics in Molecular Biology (b)

 ChEn 5751 - Biochemical Engineering (a)
BioC 4332 Biochemistry II (a)
Biol 4004 - Cell Biology (a)
BmEn 5310 - Biological Transport Processes (d)
BioC 8002 (Advanced Biochemistry II (b)
MicB 4131 Immunology (b)
Biol 4003 - Genetics

(a): basic courses for students interested in biotechnology and biomedical engineering
(b): more advanced courses for those in biochemical and biomedical engineering
(c): general survey course for all chemical engineering students; graduate students in the biochemical engineering program should take the course as ChEn 8995
(d): biomedical engineering treaties of living systems