Technical Electives

Technical Electives

*Though BIBC 102 and CHEM 140C are not required in the PMED major, all PMED students must take BIBC 102 (prerequisite to BIPN 102 required by Biology Dept.) which satisfies 4 units of the required TE courses, and PMED students who take CHEM 140C may also use it to satisfy an additional 4 units of the TE course requirement. 

Bioengineering TE course requirements can be satisfied by “engineering” courses or by a combination of “engineering and science” courses, as described below.

Bioengineering & Bioengineering: Biotechnology Majors 

Bioengineering: The TE requirement is satisfied by courses totaling 8 units, of which 4 units must have “engineering” as its primary component.

Bioengineering: Biotechnology: The TE requirement is satisfied by courses totaling 8 units, of which 6 units must have “engineering” as its primary component.

Courses that have “engineering” as its primary component, and are normally approved, include most 4-unit, upper-division (100 series) courses taken for a letter grade, not required for the major and taught in one of the departments of the Jacobs School of Engineering. Thus, one way of satisfying the TE requirement for Bioengineering or Bioengineering: Biotechnology, is to take two 4-unit “engineering”-type courses. For Bioengineering, an alternative way of satisfying the TE requirement is to take one 4-unit “engineering”-type course and a 4-unit “science” course, as described below. For Bioengineering: Biotechnology, an alternative way of satisfying the TE requirement is to take 6 units of “engineering” courses (e.g., one 4-unit “engineering” course and one 2-unit “engineering” course such as BENG 191 and one 4-unit “science” course, as described below).

Any portion of the 8 unit TE requirement not fulfilled by “engineering” courses must be fulfilled by “science” courses. Courses that have “science” as its primary component and are normally approved, are 4-unit, upper-division (100 series) courses taken for a letter grade, not required for the major and taught in the Division of Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, or Department of Physics. Courses having a laboratory component are acceptable.

BENG 199, Independent Study Research courses may also be used to satisfy the TE requirement. Majors in Bioengineering and Bioengineering: Biotechnology must enroll (with the same faculty member) in two sequential quarters of BENG 199. Receiving a passing grade for both quarters of BENG 199 will satisfy the two TE course requirements for these majors.

“Teams in Engineering Sciences” (TIES) courses may also be used to satisfy the TE requirement for Bioengineering and Bioengineering: Biotechnology. The ENG 100 and ENG 100L courses are considered as “engineering”-type TE courses. Students will receive 8 units of TE credit after passing 1 quarter of ENG 100 (2 units) taken concurrently with ENG 100L (2 units), and passing 2 additional quarters of ENG 100L (2 units each), thus satisfying the TE course requirements for these majors.

The Bioengineering and Bioengineering: Biotechnology majors are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology [EAC/ABET].

Bioengineering: Premedical & Bioengineering: Bioinformatics Majors

Bioengineering: Premedical majors may satisfy the 12-unit TE requirement by completion of “engineering” and/or “science” courses. As previously indicated, BIBC 102 satisfies 4 of the 12 TE units required. The other 8 units may be satisfied by “engineering”, “science” or BENG 199 courses. Students interested in research are encouraged to enroll for a minimum of two quarters of BENG 199 to promote more “in-depth” study of the research topic. Such 199 courses may be used to satisfy up to a maximum of two of the three required TE courses in this major. (It is sometimes possible for a 199 course from another department to be used to satisfy a TE requirement. Interested students should contact staff in the Bioengineering Student Affairs Office and submit a petition that must be approved prior to starting the 199.)

Bioengineering: Bioinformatics majors may satisfy the 12-unit TE requirement by completion of “engineering”, “science” and/or BENG 199 courses.

Additionally, the Bioengineering: Premedical and Bioengineering: Bioinformatics majors may also use the “Teams in Engineering Sciences” (TIES) courses shown above toward satisfaction of TE requirements.

The Bioengineering: Premedical and Bioengineering: Bioinformatics majors are not accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology [EAC/ABET].

BENG 196, BENG 197, or BENG 198 courses may not be used to satisfy TE requirements in any majors in the Department of Bioengineering.

Updated 20110118