Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Engineering
Department of Biological Engineering
Program Requirements
| Core Subjects | ||
| 20.420[J] | Principles of Molecular Bioengineering | 12 |
| 20.440 | Analysis of Biological Networks (Electives) | 15 |
| Biological Engineering Restricted Elective (choose one) | 12 | |
| Fundamentals of Drug Development | ||
| Principles of Synthetic Biology | ||
| Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics | ||
| Physical Biology | ||
| Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems | ||
| Applied Microbiology | ||
| Biomaterials Science and Engineering | ||
| Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences | ||
| Biological Engineering Unrestricted Elective | 9-12 | |
| Choose one graduate-level subject in Biological Engineering beyond the Core Subjects, including any restricted elective option not used to fulfill that requirement. | ||
| Biological Science Elective | 9-12 | |
| One graduate-level subject offered by the Department of Biology. | ||
| Engineering/Science Elective | 9-12 | |
| One graduate-level subject offered in the School of Engineering or School of Science. | ||
| 20.951 | Thesis Proposal | 24 |
| 20.THG | Graduate Thesis 1 | 176 |
| Total Units | 266-275 | |
Note: Students in this program can choose to receive the Doctor of Philosophy or the Doctor of Science in Biological Engineering. Students receiving veterans benefits must select the degree they wish to receive prior to program certification with the Veterans Administration.
| 1 | Students must register for thesis units every semester they are in the program as they complete appropriate milestones, including passing the doctoral qualifying process, forming a doctoral committee, writing and successfully defending a thesis proposal, writing and successfully defending the thesis, and submission of a final, approved thesis document. The units listed here represent an average number taken during the 3–4 year duration of the doctoral program. |
