Bioengineering

The bioengineering curriculum builds upon the base provided by the freshman-year engineering program in the Watson School. This first-year core provides students with a broad foundation in engineering fundamentals, natural sciences and mathematics. Depth in bioengineering is subsequently obtained through a series of required courses. Free electives may then be used by the student to customize their undergraduate experience so as to obtain greater breadth in engineering or specialization within bioengineering.

Curriculum Structure

The curriculum begins with the common first year curriculum of mathematics and the natural sciences required of all Watson School students and includes an introduction to the various fields of engineering in WTSN 111-112, including bioengineering. The fundamentals of bioengineering are then presented through a sequence of six core technical courses that are integrated with a sequence of six professional skills courses. The program takes the student from systems with simple emergent properties, such as form, up to much more complex emergent properties, such as intelligence, while at the same time honing the student's abilities in leadership, problem solving, decision making, teamwork, writing and oral presentation.

Elective courses provide the student with the opportunity to customize his/her education in order to include additional exposure to other fields of engineering or to pursue specific bioengineering topics in greater depth.

A two-semester senior level design course sequence provides a capstone experience in which the student is given the opportunity to apply the knowledge and techniques acquired in the program to the solution of a real-world problem.

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Requirements

To receive the bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in Bioengineering, a student must earn a minimum of 126 credits, including transfer credits, with a grade-point average (GPA) of at least C (2.0), and a minimum of a C (2.0) average in the major program courses.

Specific Credit Requirements

A minimum of 50 credits in engineering courses
A minimum residency requirement of 30 credits in Watson School courses

		Credits
1.	General Education	26
	A, G, H, N, P, plus Physical Activity/Wellness (Y, S, B)
	WTSN 103. Technical Communication I*
	WTSN 104. Technical Communication II*
2.	Natural Sciences	24
	PHYS 131. General Physics I (calculus-based)
	PHYS 132. General Physics II (calculus-based)
	BIOL 117. Introduction to Organismal and Population Biology
	BIOL 118. Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
	CHEM 111. General Chemistry
	BE 311. Principles of Cell Biology
3.	Mathematics	16
	MATH 221. Calculus I
	MATH 222. Calculus II
	MATH 371. Ordinary Differential Equations
	ISE 261. Probabilistic Systems I
4.	General Engineering Courses	4
	WTSN 111. Discovering Engineering I**
	WTSN 112. Discovering Engineering II**
5.	Bioengineering Courses	40
	BE 201. Self-Organizing Systems
	BE 202. Biological Networks
	BE 203. Numerical Methods in Bioengineering
	BE 210. Professional Skills I
	BE 211. Professional Skills II
	BE 302. Adaptive Systems
	BE 320. Professional Skills III
	BE 321. Professional Skills IV
	BE 331. Biologically-Inspired Design
	BE 351. Biological Systems: Data Acquisition and Analysis
	BE 410. Complexity in Biological Systems
	BE 430. Professional Skills V
	BE 431. Professional Skills VI
	BE 450. Complex Systems and Evolutionary Design
	BE 451. Complex Systems Engineering
	BE 470. Autonomous Agents
6.	Technical Electives (2)	(min. cr.) 6
	At least one must not be from bioengineering.
7.	Free Electives
	As necessary to fulfill minimum 126 credit hours to graduate.

	TOTAL CREDITS	126(+)

* Required only for those who do freshmen year in Watson. Others may utilize any C and O (or J) GenEd courses in place of these two courses.

** Required only for those who do freshmen year in Watson. Others must take additional 4 credits of engineering to ensure a total of 50 engineering credits.

Typical Four-Year Course Sequence

Freshman Year/Fall	credits
MATH 221. Calculus I (M)	4
CHEM 111. Chemical Principles (L)	4
WTSN 111. Discovering Engineering I	2
WTSN 103. Technical Communications I	2
GenEd Elective (P)	4
Body/Wellness	1
TOTAL	17

Freshman Year/Spring	credits
MATH 222. Calculus II	4
PHYS 131. General Physics I	4
WTSN 112. Discovering Engineering II (J)	2
WTSN 104. Technical Communications II	2
GenEd Elective (G)	4
Body/Wellness	1
TOTAL	17

Sophomore Year/Fall	credits
BE 201. Self-Organizing Systems	3
PHYS 132. General Physics II	4
BIOL 117. Introduction to Organismal and Population Biology	4
BE 203. Numerical Methods in Bioengineering	3
BE 210. Professional Skills I	1
TOTAL	15

Sophomore Year/Spring	credits
BE 202. Biological Networks	3
ISE 261. Probabilistic Systems I	4
BIOL 118. Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology	4
BE 211. Professional Skills II	1
GenEd Elective (A)	4
TOTAL	16

Junior Year/Fall	credits
BE 351. Biological Systems: Data Acquisition and Analysis	4
BE 311/BIOL 311. Principles of Cell Biology	4
BE 320. Professional Skills III	1
MATH 371. Ordinary Differential Equation	4
Free Elective	4
TOTAL	17

Junior Year/Spring	credits
BE 302. Adaptive Systems	3
BE 331. Biologically-Inspired Design	3
BE 321. Professional Skills IV	1
GenEd Elective (H)	4
Free Elective	4
TOTAL	15

Senior Year/Fall	credits
BE 470. Autonomous Agents	4
BE 450. Complex Systems and Evolutionary Design	4
BE 430. Professional Skills V	1
GenEd Elective (N)	4
Engineering Elective	4
TOTAL	17

Senior Year/Spring	credits
BE 410. Complexity in Biological Systems	3
BE 451. Complex Systems Engineering (O)	4
BE 431. Professional Skills VI	1
Free Elective	4
TOTAL	12

Suggested Engineering Electives for Bioengineering Majors

Bioengineering	BE 301. Modeling Nature (prerequisite: BE 201) - occasionally BE 303. Life in Moving Fluids - occasionally BE 340. Introduction to Bioinformatics (pre. BIOL 118, BE 202) - Fall BE 420. Advances in Medical Diagnostics Using Machine Intelligence (pre. ISE 261, MATH 304) - Fall BE 461. Exploring Social Dynamics - Spring BE 497. Independent Study in Bioengineering BE 502. Medical Engineering and Healthcare - Fall
Computer Science	CS 210. Computer Systems I: Machine Organization - Fall/Spring CS 220. Computer Systems II: Architecture and Programming (pre. CS 210) - Fall/Spring CS 240. Data Structures (pre. CS 140 and CS 220, or CS 211) - Fall/Spring CS 348. The Human-Computer Interface (pre. CS 240) - occasionally CS 373. Automata Theory and Formal Languages (pre. CS 240 and MATH 314) - Fall/Spring
Electrical Engineering	EECE 251. Digital Logic Design (coreq. PHYS 132) - Fall EECE 260. Electrical Circuits (pre. PHYS 132 and MATH 371) - Spring EECE 301. Signals and Systems (pre. EECE 260 and MATH 371) - Fall EECE 315. Electronics I (pre. EECE 260 and EECE 251) - Fall EECE 361. Control Systems (pre. EECE 301) - Spring EECE 402. Signal Processing (pre. EECE 301) - Spring
Mechanical Engineering	ME 271. Engineering Mechanics (pre. PHYS 131) - Fall ME 272. Science of Engineering Materials (pre. CHEM 111 and PHYS 132) - Fall ME 311. Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (pre. ME 271 or ME 273) - Spring ME 452. Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering (senior standing) - occasionally
Systems Science and Industrial Engineering	ISE 231. Human Factors (pre. MATH 222) - Spring ISE 419. Applied Soft Computing (senior standing) - Fall ISE 434. Health Systems Engineering - occasionally ISE 464. Elements of Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Set Theory (pre. ISE 261) - Spring

Student Advising

After the declaration of major in Bioengineering, each student is assigned a faculty advisor who will provide guidance throughout the student's stay at Binghamton. If you are not yet assigned a faculty advisor, or if you are not sure who is your faculty advisor, contact Ellen Madison at the Bioengineering Department Office.

Each subsequent semester, during course pre-registration periods, each BE student is required to meet with their assigned faculty advisor. Print out and bring in a copy of your DARS report to every meeting. These meetings have several purposes, including:

A careful review of the student's DARS report to ensure they are maintaining satisfactory progress towards completion of program and university General Education requirements
Review of the student's course selection for the following semester to ensure prerequisites are met and to keep the student on track towards completion of degree requirements
Providing guidance in the selection of technical and professional electives and humanities and social sciences courses
Discussion of academic issues such as GPA, course load, transfer credits, etc.
Discussion of any relevant personal, career path, or graduate school planning issues.

Additional support is also available from the Watson School Student Services.