NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Bioengineering

Location: 218 SEO; Phone: (312) 996-2335. For each course in the Department of Bioengineering, first priority in enrollment will be given to engineering students in either the undergraduate or graduate college for whom the course is required or is a specified elective. Other students who meet prerequisites may be admitted by college approval during late registration.

BIOE     200            Introduction to Bioengineering
         1 hours.
         Restricted to Engineering, and External Education.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory-Discussion and one Lecture-Discussion. 

BIOE     396            Senior Design I
         3 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BIOE 430 and BIOE 431 and BIOE 439. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   
Bioengineering Lab Fee 50.

BIOE     398            Undergraduate Research
         1 TO 5 hours.
        May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   

BIOE     415            Biomechanics
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CME 204 and ME 210; and either BIOS 442 or BIOS 443. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   

BIOE     430            Bioinstrumentation and Measurements I
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ECE 210; and BIOS 100 or higher. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   

BIOE     431            Bioinstrumentation and Measurement Laboratory
         1 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in BIOE 430. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   
Bioengineering Lab Fee 50.

BIOE     440            Biological Signal Analysis
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): MATH 210 and senior or graduate standing. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   

BIOE     460            Materials in Bioengineering
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CME 260 and either BIOS 442 or BIOS 443. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   

BIOE     472            Models of the Nervous System
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ECE 310; and either BIOS 442 or BIOS 443. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   

BIOE     475            Neural Engineering I: Introduction to Hybrid Neural Systems
         3 OR 4 hours.
        Same as BIOS 475. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 442 and credit or concurrent registration in BIOE 472.   

BIOE     480            Introduction to Bioinformatics
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 100 and CS 201; or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Engineering, Graduate College, and External Education.   

BIOE     481            Bioinformatics Laboratory
         1 hours.
        Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in BIOE 480; and senior standing or above; and consent of the instructor.   
Bioengineering Lab Fee 50.

BIOE     482            Introduction to Optimization Methods in Bioinformatics
         3 OR 4 hours.
        3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): BIOS 100 and CS 201.   

BIOE     494            Special Topics in Bioengineering
         1 TO 4 hours.
        May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   

BIOE     515            Mechanics of the Human Spine
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BIOE 415 or the equivalent.   

BIOE     521            Imaging Systems for Biological Tissues
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BIOE 420.   

BIOE     550            Principles of Cell and Tissue Engineering
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BIOS 442 or BIOS 443; and CEMM 260. Recommended background: A course in cell biology.   

BIOE     552            Advanced Biocontrol
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BIOE 452.   

BIOE     575            Neural Engineering II - Neural Coding
         4 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Working knowledge of Matlab. Restricted to Graduate College.   

BIOE     590            Internship in Bioengineering
         1 TO 4 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): BIOE 430 and BIOE 431 and BIOE 479.   

BIOE     594            Advanced Special Topics in Bioengineering
         1 TO 4 hours.
        May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   

BIOE     595            Seminar on Bioengineering
         0 TO 1 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students who are presenting seminars should register for 1 hour, others for 0 hour.   

BIOE     596            Independent Study
         1 TO 5 hours.
        May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   

BIOE     598            Masters Thesis Research
         0 TO 16 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.   

BIOE     599            Ph.D. Thesis Research
         0 TO 16 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.