The Grainger College of Engineering
Bioengineering

General Bioengineering Curriculum

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The broad range of courses offered allows for customization of the curriculum through multiple tracks that enable students to focus their experience within their field of greatest interest.  During the Fall and Spring semesters, students will take BIOE 570, BIOE 573, BIOE 574 and BIOE 575 as required courses.  The remaining credit hours are used for approved graduate-level elective courses that will provide in-depth learning in other technical areas.  Students are allowed to take up to 20 total credit hours per semester (combination of required and approved electives) without an overload approval.

Fall Semester

  • BIOE 570 – Seminar series (1 credit hour)
  • BIOE 573 –Managing Business Operations (4 hours) – Covers fundamental business concepts, including project management, process management, supply chain management and product development.
  • BIOE 575 – Team Project – part 1 (3 credit hours)
  • Technical Electives – choose BIOE 400- or 500-level courses in consultation with advisor (4-8 credit hours)
  • General Elective – choose 400- or 500-level course in consultation with advisor (4 credit hours)

Spring Semester

  • BIOE 570 – Seminar series (1 credit hour)
  • BIOE 574 –Innovation and Introduction to Financial Decision Making (4 credit hours)
  • BIOE 575 – Team Project – part 2 (3 credit hours)
  • Technical Electives – choose BIOE 400- or 500-level courses in consultation with advisor (4-8 credit hours)
  • General Elective – choose 400- or 500-level course in consultation with advisor (4 credit hours)

For the general bioengineering curriculum under the online M.Eng. program, click here.

General Bioengineering Electives

Students can take elective courses from the suggested list below to complement their core M.Eng. classes.  Class offerings are subject to change each semester and seat capacity may be limited.  Some classes may also require host departmental approval.  Students may choose elective classes outside of this list with approval from their academic adviser.  See also the list of electives under the “Bioinstrumentation” concentration curriculum.  For complete course descriptions, visit courses.illinois.edu.

Imaging and Sensing

  • BIOE 598 – Special Topics (will vary per semester)
  • BIOE 424 - Preclinical Molecular Imaging
  • BIOE 483 - Biomedical Computed Imaging Systems
  • BIOE 484 - Statistical Analysis of Biomedical Images
  • BIOE 485 - Computational Mathematics for Machine Learning and Imaging

Computational and Systems Biology

  • BIOE 598 – Special Topics (will vary per semester)

Biomechanics

Therapeutics

  • BIOE 598 – Special Topics (will vary per semester)

Cell and Tissue Engineering

  • BIOE 416 – Biosensors
  • BIOE 430 – Intro to Synthetic Biology
  • BIOE 432 – Systems Biology: Uncovering Design Principles of Biological Networks
  • BIOE 434 – Immunoengineering
  • BIOE 450 – Introduction to Quantitative Pharmacology
  • BIOE 461 – Cellular Biomechanics
  • BIOE 476 – Tissue Engineering
  • BIOE 479 – Cancer Nanotechnology
  • BIOE 482 – Muscoloskeletal Tissue Mechanics
  • BIOE 487 – Stem Cell Engineering
  • BIOE 532 – Advances in Biotechnology
  • BIOE 598 – Special Topics (will vary per semester)

Independent Study/Other Electives

  • ABE 498 – Special Topics (Contextual Engineering)
  • BIOE 597 – Independent study work based on faculty approval and limited to 2 credit hours per semester
  • ENG 598 - Career and Professional Development
  • IB 411 – Bioinspiration
  • IE 546 – Human Factors in Health Care Engineering System
  • INFO 407 – Introduction to Programming in Data Science
  • INFO 427 - Data, Machines and the Python
  • IS 407 - Introduction to Data Science
  • MATH 415 – Applied Linear Algebra
  • MCB 461/NEUR 461 – Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
  • MCB 462/NEUR 462 – Integrative Neuroscience
  • MCB 542/NEUR 542 – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Neuroscience I
  • MCB 543/NEUR 543 – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Neuroscience II
  • NEUR 414/PSYC 414 – Brain, Learning and Memory
  • PATH 629 – Emergency Preparedness and Response to Foreign Animal Diseases
  • PHYS 498 – Experimental Biological Physics
  • TE 460 – Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship

(Only a maximum total of 4 credit hours of TE courses will count towards overall M.Eng. degree requirements )

 

Additional approved electives can also be found here under the “Bioengineering Technical Electives” section at the bottom of the page.

University of Illinois students with extra credit hours (those with credit hours in excess of their undergraduate degree requirements) may be able to participate in the accelerated coursework program, where, upon admission to the M.Eng. program, the student can allocate up to 8 credit hours of graduate coursework taken during their senior year from the approved track and breadth electives lists and have these hours count towards the M.Eng. program’s degree requirements.  This will open up the student’s required M.Eng. course load, providing more time to devote to job searching or the opportunity to take additional technical electives.  Graduate courses allocated towards the M.Eng. program cannot be used to fulfill an undergraduate degree. 

Find your M.Eng. Concentration

 Bioinstrumentation

This concentration focuses on medical imaging devices, trains engineers to be industry leaders by combining rigorous graduate-level engineering coursework with fundamental business training on issues that confront professionals who develop products for biomedical imaging, medical diagnostics, genomics, and tools used in life science research.

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General Bioengineering

This concentration is designed to bridge the skills gap between general bioengineering concepts and more business acumen through coursework and an applied consulting project. The in-depth technical training combined with the core business classes required will develop well-rounded professionals entering the healthcare industry.

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BIOE M.Eng. Contacts

LIEZL BOWMAN

LIEZL BOWMAN
Assistant Director
1240E Everitt Laboratory, M/C-278
1406 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: liezlb@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 333-8163

PROF. JENNIFER AMOS
 Faculty Program Director
3242  Everitt Laboratory, M/C-278
1406 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: jamos@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 333-4212

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Phone: (217) 300-8066
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1406 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801

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