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Sample A.B./B.E. Program: Biotechnology

Students interested in a career in biotechnology combine engineering with biology and chemistry.

Faculty advisors: Professors Ackerman, Gerngross, Griswold, Lynd

Sample A.B. Engineering Sciences Major

Common Core (3 courses)

• ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering
• ENGS 22: Systems
• ENGS 23: Distributed Systems and Fields

Distributive Core (2 courses)

• ENGS 24: Science of Materials
• ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics

Gateway (3 courses)

• ENGS 34: Fluid Dynamics
• ENGS 35: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
• ENGS 36: Chemical Engineering

Electives (2 courses)

• BIOL 12 (formerly 15): Cell Structure and Function
• CHEM 6: General Chemistry II

Culminating Experience

Engineering Sciences majors complete a culminating experience, which is part of a course (either as one of the two electives or as an additional course). Normally taken during the senior year, the course is chosen from the culminating experience list on the Engineering Sciences Major page.

Sample B.E. Program

Mathematics (1 course)

• ENGS 93: Statistical Methods in Engineering

Engineering Design (2-course sequence)

• ENGS 89: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
• ENGS 90: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion

Biotechnology (6 courses)

• ENGS 156: Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer OR ENGS 162: Methods in Biotechnology
• ENGS 157: Chemical Process Design
• ENGS 158: Chemical Kinetics and Reactors
• ENGS 161: Metabolic Engineering
• BIOL 46 (formerly 64): Microbiology
• CHEM 51 or 57: Organic Chemistry

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