Santa Clara University

Major in Bioengineering

The bioengineering curriculum begins with an Introduction to Bioengineering (BIOE 10) in the freshmen year and culminates with a design project in the senior year. In addition to the University core, the curriculum consists of three technical core areas and specialization electives. For each component, the number of credits is listed, adding up to a total of 191 units.

1. University Core (include one course on bioethics) [45]:
2. Biology-Chemistry-Physics Core [57]:
3. 1. Biology Series: 21 (Physiology), 24 (Cell bio/Genetics), 25 (Molecular Bio), 124 (Human Physiology) or 174 (Mol. Cellular Biology)
   2. Chemistry Series: 11, 12, 13 (General), 31, 32 (Organic)
   3. Physics Series: 31, 32, 33
3. Mathematics Core [24]:
4. 1. MATH 11, 12, 13
   2. MATH 21, AMTH 106 and AMTH 108
4. Bioengineering & Engineering Core [43]:
5. 1. BIOE 10 (Intro to Bioengineering), 154 (Intro Biomechanics), 155 (Biological Transportation Phenomenon), 161 (Bioinstrumentation), 162 (BioSignals and Processing)
   2. ENGR 1, ELEN 21 (Logic), 50 (Circuits), COEN 44 (Programming), MECH 15 (Intro Materials)
5. Senior Design [6]:
   BIOE 194, 195, 196 (interdisciplinary)
6. Technical Electives (for each specialization track) [16]:
7. 1. Bio-molecular and Pre-med track
   2. Biomedical Devices/Instrumentation track

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