Undergraduate Course Catalog 2015-2016
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Bioengineering (BENG)
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Chairperson: Russell T. Carr
Professor: Dale P. Barkey, Russell T. Carr, Palligarnai T. Vasudevan
Associate Professor: Nivedita R. Gupta, Xiaowei Teng
Assistant Professor: Jeffrey M. Halpern, Kyung Jae Jeong, Harish Vashisth, Kang Wu
Lecturer: Adam St. Jean
Adjunct Faculty: Deborah Audino
Bioengineering, as defined by the NIH, is "the application of life sciences, mathematics, and engineering principles to define and solve problems in biology, medicine, health care, and other fields."
The bioengineering program will train graduates in biology and physiology as well as engineering. The program will provide graduates with capabilities in advanced mathematics (including differential equations and statics), science, and engineering. Graduates will be conversant with solving problems at the interface of biology and engineering that may arise in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, as well as medicine, and biofuels. By graduation, students will have experience measuring and interpreting data from living systems and addressing the interactions between living and non-living materials.
Students are required to obtain a minimum 2.0 grade-point average in CHE 501and in overall standing at the end of the sophomore year in order to continue in the major. Study abroad (Exchange) students are required to have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in math, physics, chemistry, and other required courses at the end of the semester prior to their exchange semester.
For more information on the bioengineering program, please contact Russell Carr, professor and chair: Russell.Carr@unh.edu.
First Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHE | 400 | Freshmen Seminar | 1 | - |
| MATH | 425-426 | Calculus I and II | 4 | 4 |
| CHEM | 405 | General Chemistry | 4 | - |
| PHYS | 407 | Physics I | - | 4 |
| BIOL | 410 | Cellular Biology | 3 | - |
| ENGL | 401 | Freshman English | - | 4 WI |
| Discovery Program Electives (2) | 4 | 4 | ||
| TOTAL | 16 | 16 |
1. CHEM 405 satisfies the Discovery Physical Science (with lab) category. Bioengineering students cannot take CHEM 401, CHEM 402, or CHEM 409 toward degree requirements.
2. MATH 425 satisfies the Discovery Foundation Quantitative Reasoning category.
3. ENGL 401 satisfies the Discovery Foundation Writing Skills category.
4. If approved by the Discovery Committee, BENG students may not have to take a course in the Discovery ETS category since they satisfy this requirement through a combination of courses in the BENG curriculum.
5. One of the Discovery courses should be Inquiry, either in the freshman year or the sophomore year.
Sophomore Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHE | 501-502 | Introduction to Chemical Engineering I and II | 3 | 3 INQ |
| MATH | 527 | Differential Equations with Linear Algebra | 4 | - |
| CHEM | 545/546 | Organic Chemistry/Lab | - | 5 |
| MATH | 644 | Statistics for Engineers and Scientists | 4 | - |
| BMS | 503 | Microbiology/Lab | - | 5 |
| Discovery Program Elective (1) | 4 | - | ||
| GEN | 604 | Genetics | - | 4 |
| TOTAL | 15 | 17 |
Junior Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHE | 601 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 | - |
| CHE | 604 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | - | 3 |
| CHE | 761-762 | Biochemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering | 4 | 4 |
| ZOOL | 625/626 | Physiol/Lab | 5 WI | - |
| BMCB | 658-659 | General Biochemistry/Lab | 5 | |
| BENG | 766 | Biomaterials | - | 4 |
| Program Elective (1) | 4 | - | ||
| TOTAL | 16 | 16 |
Senior Year
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENG | 763-764 | Bioengineering Design I and II | 1 | 4 WI |
| CHE | 614 | Separations | - | 3 |
| Discovery Program Electives (2) | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bioengineering Electives (2) | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bioengineering Electives (2) | 8 | - | ||
| TOTAL | 17 | 15 |
33 credits engineering, 16 credits math, 14 credits chemistry, 13 credits life science
Five electives: 15 to 16 credits engineering; 4 credits science, math, or engineering
