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  Bioengineering Undergraduate Curriculum
 
 

Please note that the Bioengineering undergraduate curriculum below has been revised and approved as of October 20, 2006. The revised curriculum will be effective Fall 2006. Current UCLA freshmen and sophomores may sign up to attend Change of Major Workshops at 6426 Boelter Hall. For more information regarding the revised curriculum, please contact:

Misuk Kwon
Counselor
Undergraduate Program
(310) 825-0968
misuk@ea.ucla.edu

Jan LaBuda
Counselor
Undergraduate Program
(310) 825-2514
jan@ea.ucla.edu

 


SAMPLE BE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM WITH NO AP CREDITS - WITH RESEARCH

SAMPLE BE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM - GRAD SCHOOL WITH AP CREDITS

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Freshman Year
Sophmore Year
Junior Year
Senior Year


SAMPLE BE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM - NO AP CREDITS; NO RESEARCH
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Freshman Year (top of page) Units

1st Quarter
English 3 English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language 5
Chem 20A Chemical Structure 4
Math 31A Differential Calculus 4
    13

2nd Quarter
BE 10 or
GE Elective
Introduction to Bioengineering
*HSSEAS GE Elective
2
Chem. 20B Chemical Energetics and Change 4
Math. 31B Integration and Infinite Series 4
Physics 1A **Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics 5
    15

3rd Quarter
BE 10 or
GE Elective
Introduction to Bioengineering
*HSSEAS GE Elective
5
Chem. 20L General Chemistry Laboratory 3
Math 32A Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1B Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields 5
    17

Sophmore Year (top of page) Units

1st Quarter
Chem 30A Chemical Dynamics & Reactivity: Introduction to Organic Chemistry 4
Math. 32B Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1C Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity 5
Physics 4AL Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics 2
    15

2nd Quarter
CS 31 Introduction to Computer Science I 4
LS 2 Cells, Tissues, and Organs 5
Math. 33A Linear Algebra and Applications 4
Physics 4BL Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism 2
    15

3rd Quarter
  *HSSEAS GE Elective 5
Chem 30B Organic Chemistry: Reactivity and Synthesis, Part I 4
Chem 30AL General Chemistry Laboratory II 4
Math 33B Differential Equiations 4
    17

Junior Year (top of page) Units

1st Quarter
  ***Technical Breadth 4
BE 120 Biomedical Transducers 4
Chem. 153A Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism 4
LS 3 Introduction to Molecular Biology 5
    17

2nd Quarter
BE 100 Bioengineering Fundamentals 4
BE 165 *****Bioethics and Regulatory Policies in Bioengineering 4
Chem 30BL Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 3
  ***Technical Breadth Requirement 4
    15

3rd Quarter
BE 110 Biotransport and Bioreaction Processes 4
LS 4 Genetics 5
  ***Technical Breadth Course 4
  ****BME Elective 4
    17

Senior Year (top of page) Units

1st Quarter
BE 176 Principles of Biocompatibility 4
BE 180 System Integration in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine I (SIBEM I) 4
BE 180L System Integration in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine I Laboratory (SIBEM I Lab) 3
BE 182A Bioengineering Capstone Design Course 4
    15

2nd Quarter
  *HSSEAS GE Elective 5
BE 181 System Integration in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine II (SIBEM II) 4
BE 181L System Integration in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine II Laboratory (SIBEM II Lab) 3
BE 182B Bioengineering Capstone Design Course 4
    16

3rd Quarter
BE 182C Bioengineering Capstone Design Course 4
  ****BME Elective 4
  *HSSEAS GE Elective 5
    13

 

Total 185

*See HSSEAS Announcement for list of acceptable courses or http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/ge/GE-EngrNew07-08.pdf

**The honors Physics sequence will be accepted in lieu of the regular Physics sequence.

***The new curriculum will require a Technical Breadth Requirement, which is still evolving at the school-wide level. See Undergraduate Technical Breadth Areas at http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/

****BME electives - BIOENGR M105, M106, M131, M172; BIOMED C101, CM102, CM103, CM140, CM145, CM150, CM150L, C170, C171, CM180, C181, CM183, C185, M186B, CM186L, C187.

*****BE 165 will satisfy the new HSSEAS ethics requirement.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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