Academics

This option is being discontinued.  It is available only to students who entered Cornell before 2007.

Purpose

Provide a guided course of study in addition to and in parallel with a field of study in engineering in the area of bioengineering, and to provide formal transcript recognition of the bioengineering option. Bioengineering encompasses all activities at the intersection of engineering and life sciences. Bioengineering encompasses biomedical, biological, bioprocess, bioenvironmental, or biomolecular engineering.

Administered by

Bioengineering Program
through the Department of Biomedical Engineering
270 Olin Hall
Michael L. Shuler
mls50@cornell.edu
(607)255-7577

Requirements

• Four bioengineering courses (12 hrs. min.) (1 or 2 from science-based course list and 2 or 3 from bioengineering list -- with a least 6 credits from courses in the bioengineering list).
• Bioengineering Seminar (BMEP 501) (1 credit hr. min.).
• Declaring a bioengineering interest and obtaining a bioengineering faculty consultant prior to the beginning of the 6th semester of study in engineering. (Students may declare this interest as soon as they affiliate with an engineering field.)

The College of Engineering has prepared a list of courses that are currently designated as bioengineering courses (available in room 167 Olin Hall). Courses not on this list may be nominated for inclusion by faculty and students by submission of a request to the chair of the Bioengineering Committee.

Administration
Policy, curriculum, and academic oversight are provided by a faculty Bioengineering Committee made up of representatives of the College of Engineering faculty with bioengineering activities and interests.

A list of Bioengineering courses and Bioengineering faculty consultants is maintained in the Engineering Advising Office and the College of Engineering Undergraduate Programs Office.

Students wishing to complete the bioengineering option will be accepted to the program by:

• Obtaining the enrollment form from Engineering Advising or the Undergraduate Programs Office (167 Olin Hall).
• Completing the enrollment form with the Bioengineering Faculty Consultant's signature.
• Returning the completed form to Undergraduate Programs Office (167 Olin Hall).

Changes in the original enrollment form will be submitted in writing with faculty consultant's signature to Undergraduate Programs Office (167 Olin Hall).

Copies of the enrollment forms are sent to the Engineering Registrar's Office where a transcript is generated and sent to the director of the Bioengineering Program.

Verification of completion of the bioengineering option will be completed by the director of the Bioengineering Program.