UMA Undergraduate Guide 2012-2013 Academic Departments and Programs Chemical Engineering Concentration in Biomechanical Engineering
Concentration in Biomechanical Engineering
The concentration in Biochemical Engineering is open to students majoring in Chemical Engineering. It provides students with specialized coursework and training to better prepare them for engineering careers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The courses for this program fit into the required Advanced Chemistry Elective and Technical Electives that all Chemical Engineering students are required to take. Students must take a total of 15 credits. The following nine credits are required: BIOCHEM 275 Cellular and Molecular Biology Students must also take an additional six credits of advanced coursework or research in special topics in bioengineering. These six credits must be engineering courses. Approved courses are: BioChem 657 Drug Design Additional courses may be used to meet this requirement, but advance approval of the Undergraduate Program Director (UPD) is required. Students wishing to fulfill this requirement with an independent study or thesis must gain approval of the topic by the UPD before enrolling for credit. Only three-credit independent study courses may be used to fulfil this requirement. A typical sequence of courses for students in the program is listed below. Students are encouraged to take BIOCHEM 275 during a fall semester. (Please check course offering & availability first) Freshman Sophomore Junior Spring ENGIN 351 Writing in Engineering Senior |
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