Bioengineering plays an important role in transforming discoveries at the intersection of engineering, the life sciences, and health care into innovative new products and capabilities. By combining engineering principles with biology and physiology from the molecular, cell, and tissue level up to the human form, bioengineers solve problems to help improve human health and quality of life. Upon graduation, bioengineers can work in the medical device and biotechnology industries, in health care and research, and for government agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Bioengineering emphasizes the application of new technology to biomaterials, biomechanics, and biomedical tools and procedures. Students learn how to solve problems associated with interactions between living and non-living materials and systems. They complete core courses common to all engineering majors as well as specialized courses in bioengineering. With the addition of another 4-credit general biology course, graduates will also meet the pre-requisites for most medical schools.
Program Progression and Additional Graduation Requirements
Students admitted to FGCU as a degree seeking student in good academic standing may declare a major in engineering. All engineering majors must satisfy the academic milestones as described in the student guidebook. Refer to the Bioengineering (B.S.) Student Guidebook for further information on milestones.
In addition to the program requirements, students must:
- Complete a minimum of 129 credits.
- Complete at least 48 of the 129 credits at the upper division (3000-4999 level).
- Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
- Satisfy the College-Level Skills and foreign language entrance requirements.
- Satisfy the Service-Learning requirement.
- Satisfy Civic Literacy requirement.
- Satisfy the residency requirement: 32 of the last 60 credits, including 12 credits in the major must be completed at FGCU. Also, BME 4884 Bioengineering Senior Design I and BME 4885 Bioengineering Sr Design II must be taken at FGCU.
- Complete the summer course enrollment requirement.
- Submit an application for graduation by the deadline listed in the FGCU Academic Calendar.
Program Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
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| BSC 1010C | General Biology with Lab I (Acceptable Substitute: [BSCX010 and (BSCX010L or BSCX044L)] or BSCX010C) | 4 |
CHM 1045
& 1045L | General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry I Laboratory (Acceptable Substitute: (CHMX045 and CHMX045L) or CHMX045C or CHSX440C or (CHMX095 and CHMX095L) or (CHSX440 and CHSX440L)) *, 1 | 4 |
CHM 1046
& 1046L | General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry II Lab (Acceptable Substitute: CHMX046C or (CHMX046 and CHMX046L) or (CHMX096 and CHMX096L)) | 4 |
CHM 2210
& 2210L | Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (Acceptable Substitute: CHMX210C or (CHMX210 and CHMX210L) or CHMX217) | 4 |
MAC 2311
& MAC 2312
& MAC 2313 | Calculus I
and Calculus II
and Calculus III (Acceptable Substitute: (MACX311 and MACX312 and MACX313) or (MACX281 and MACX282 and MACX283)) *, 2 | 12 |
| MAP 2302 | Differential Equations (Acceptable Substitute: MAPX302 or MAPX305 or ECHX301) | 3 |
PHY 2048
& 2048L | General Physics I
and General Physics I Laboratory (Acceptable Substitute: PHYX048C or [PHYX048 and (PHYX048L or PHYX064L)]) | 4 |
PHY 2049
& 2049L | General Physics II
and General Physics II Laboratory (Acceptable Substitute: PHYX049C or [PHYX049 and (PHYX049L or PHYX064L)]) | 4 |
| STA 2023 | Statistical Methods (Acceptable Substitute : STAX023 or STAX037) | 3 |
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| EGM 3420C | Engineering Mechanics | 4 |
| EGN 1041C | Computational Tools for Eng | 2 |
| EGN 3060C | Intro to Mechatronic Design | 3 |
| EGS 1006L | Intro to the Engineering Prof. | 1 |
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| BME 3100C | Introduction to Biomaterials | 3 |
| BME 3261C | Biofluid Mechanics | 3 |
| BME 3403C | Human Physiology Engineers I | 3 |
| BME 3404C | Human Physiology Engineers II | 3 |
| BME 3506C | Circuits for Bioengineers | 3 |
| BME 3507C | Signals Syst Bioengineers | 3 |
| BME 4211C | Biomechanics | 3 |
| BME 4332C | Cellular & Tissue Engineering | 3 |
| BME 4503C | Biomedical Instrumentation | 3 |
| BME 4632C | Biotransport Phenomena | 3 |
| BME 4722 | Health Care Engineering | 3 |
| BME 4800C | Bioengineering Product Design | 3 |
| BME 4884 | Bioengineering Senior Design I | 2 |
| BME 4885 | Bioengineering Sr Design II | 3 |
| EGN 3433C | Design for Manufacturing | 3 |
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| BME 3101C | Bio Performance of Materials 3 | 3 |
| BME 4504C | Bioelectricity 3 | 3 |
| BME 4513C | Bioengineering Data Acqn&Ctrl 3 | 3 |
| BME 4930 | Special Topics Bioengineering 3 | 3 |
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| BME 3101C | Bio Performance of Materials 3 | 3 |
| BME 4504C | Bioelectricity 3 | 3 |
| BME 4513C | Bioengineering Data Acqn&Ctrl 3 | 3 |
| BME 4930 | Special Topics Bioengineering 3 | 1-3 |
| EGN 3343C | Thermodynamics | 3 |
| EGN 3441C | Data Sci & Eng Sys Analysis | 3 |
| EGN 3641C | Engineering Entrepreneurship | 3 |
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| PCB 3023C | Cell Biology | 4 |
| PCB 3063C | Genetics | 4 |
| PCB 4233C | Immunology | 3 |
| MCB 2010C | Microbiology with Lab | 4 |
| MCB 3020C | General Microbiology | 4 |
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| BCH 3023C | Biochemistry | 3 |
CHM 2211
& 2211L | Organic Chemistry II
and Organic Chemistry II Laborator | 4 |
| CHM 3120 | Analytical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHM 3120L | Analytical Chemistry Lab | 1 |
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| MAD 3107 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| MAD 4401 | Numerical Analysis | 3 |
| MAP 3161 | Math for Science & Engineering | 4 |
| MAS 3105 | Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MHF 2191 | Mathematical Foundations | 3 |
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| ENT 3004 | Entrepreneurship & Creativity | 3 |
| MAN 3025 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MAN 3046 | Leading Teams | 3 |
| MAN 3600 | International Business | 3 |
| MAR 3023 | Introduction to Marketing (junior standing required) | 3 |
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| BCH 3023C | Biochemistry | 3 |
CHM 2211
& 2211L | Organic Chemistry II
and Organic Chemistry II Laborator | 4 |
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Total Credits Required: 129
