Program: Bioengineering, B.S. - University of California Merced - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 08, 2025

2014-2015 Catalog

In addition to adhering to General Education and School of Engineering Requirements , the following requirements must be met to receive the B.S. in Bioengineering at UC Merced.

Engineering Fundamentals [17 Units]

ENGR 045: Introduction to Materials [4.0 units]
ENGR 057: Statics and Dynamics [4.0 units]
ENGR 065: Circuit Theory [3.0 units]
ENGR 130: Thermodynamics [3.0 units]
ENGR 166: Analog and Digital Electronics [3.0 units]

Bioengineering Core [45 Units]

The bioengineering core consists of 26 units of lower division and 19 units upper division requirements designed to give all students a common foundation of core knowledge specific to the discipline.

Lower Division Courses

BIO 001: Contemporary Biology [4.0 units]
BIO 001L: Contemporary Biology Lab [1.0 unit]
BIO 002: Introduction to Molecular Biology [4.0 units]
BIO 002L: Introduction to Molecular Biology Lab [1.0 unit]
BIOE 030: Introduction to Bioengineering [4.0 units]
CHEM 002: General Chemistry I [4.0 units]
CHEM 008: Principles of Organic Chemistry [4.0 units]
CHEM 010: General Chemistry II [4.0 units]

Upper Division Courses

BIOE 100: Physiology for Engineers [4.0 units]
BIOE 104: Biotransport [4.0 units]
BIOE 113: Bioinstrumentation [4.0 units]
BIOE 150: Bioengineering Design [3.0 units]
BIO 110: The Cell [4.0 units]

Additional Degree Requirements (4 Units)

CHEM 100: Organic Synthesis and Mechanism [3.0 units]
ENGR 191: Professional Seminar [1.0 unit]

Technical Electives

At least one technical elective should be selected from the following list.

BIOE 103: Biosensors and Bioinstrumentation [4.0 units]
BIOE 114: Tissue Engineering Design [3.0 units]
ENGR 155: Engineering Economics Analysis [3.0 units]
ENGR 170: Introduction to Electron Microscopy [3.0 units] and
ENGR 170L: Introduction to Electron Microscopy Laboratory [1.0 unit]
BIO 102: Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [4.0 units]
BIO 104: Biophysics [4.0 units]
BIO 140: Genetics [4.0 units]
BIO 142: Genome Biology [5.0 units]
BIO 150: Embryos, Genes, and Development [4.0 units]
BIO 151: Molecular Immunology [4.0 units]
BIO 175: Biostatistics [4.0 units]
BIO 181: Introduction to Biomolecular Simulation [4.0 units]
BIO 182: Bioinformatics [5.0 units]
MSE 113: Materials Characterization [4.0 units]
MSE 114: Polymeric Materials [4.0 units]
MSE 118: Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience [3.0 units]
MATH 131: Numerical Analysis I [4.0 units]
BIOE 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research [1.0-5.0 units] 3 units required