Bioengineering Curriculum 2023-2024
The KU School of Engineering offers a certificate in Bioengineering to engineering and comput-er sciences undergraduates. This certificate allows students to develop a foundation in bioen-gineering leading to an undergraduate research or design capstone. The certificate requires four courses plus the research or design capstone. See more: on the Bioengineering Website
To complete this certificate a student will also need to complete their degree in one of these disciplines. To be admitted, a student would need to have completed:
• 30 credit hours, majoring in an engineering discipline with a minimum 2.0 GPA, and
• Math 127 Calculus III (or equivalent)
Certificate Requirements
Bioengineering Core, 1 course:
- C&PE 656 Introduction of Biomedical Engineering
- ME 633 Introduction to Biomechanics
- EECS 730 Introduction to Bioinformatics
Bioengineering Electives, 3 courses:
Biological Sciences: At least one course from:
- BIOL 150 Prin. Molecular & Cellular Biology
- BIOL 240 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy
- BIOL 246 Principles of Human Physiology
- BIOL 646 Mammalian Physiology
Advanced Electives: At least one course from:
- Chem 330 Organic Chemistry I or Chem 380 Organic Chemistry I, honors
- BIOL 600 Introduction to Biochemistry
- C&PE 752 Tissue Engineering
- C&PE 657 Polymer Science and Technology
- ME 750 Biomechanics of Human Motion
- ME 751 Experimental Methods in Biomechanics
- ME 753 Bone Biomechanics
- ME 754 Biomedical Optics
- ME 755 Computer Simulation in Biomechanics
- ME 756 Biofluid Dynamics
- ME 757 Biomechanical Systems
- ME 758 Physiological System Dynamics
- ME 767 Molecular Biomimetics
- ME 760 Biomedical Product Development
- ME 765 Biomaterials
- ME 767 Molecular Biomimetics
- EECS 644 Digital Signal Processing
- EECS 730 Introduction to Bioinformatics
- EECS 740 Digital Image Processing
- ME 640 Mechanical Engineering – Design Project (if taken with ME 643)
Research or Design, 1 course
(These should be approved by the bioengineering program prior to taking them):
- Capstone Design in Bioengineering/Biomechanics:
- ME 643 Mechanical Engineering – Design Project Option C
- Other senior level, capstone design course with a bioengineering-focused project
- Undergraduate Research in Bioengineering
- C&PE 651/661, C&PE 671, ME 360/361, EECS 399/498, AE 592, CE490, ARCE 690/691, or EPSX 501/503
- Approved external research experience such as a summer REU program in Bioengineering
How to sign up
Here are the steps you need to do to enroll in the certificate:
- Go to the engineering departments form page
- Select "Change of Engineering Major"
- Fill out the form, keeping your major the same and selecting "Bioengineering Undergraduate Certificate" for "Are you adding an undergraduate certificate?"
- The form to get your research course, REU experience, or other activity approved is below. Your research or design component needs prior approval.
2023-2024 Curriculum