Biomolecular Engineering Concentration

Biomolecular Engineering Concentration

A professional concentration in biomolecular engineering has been designed for chemical engineering majors who desire a strong background in biochemical engineering and biology. This will benefit students pursuing careers in medicine, biomedical engineering or in the following industries: consumer products, food processing, and pharmaceuticals. The decision to obtain this concentration is made optimally in the sophomore year.

Biomolecular Engineering Curriculum

The professional concentration in biomolecular engineering offers a chemical engineering major an alternative path for obtaining a BS in chemical engineering.

Further information on this concentration is available in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering office. A sample curriculum for chemical engineering majors choosing the biomolecular engineering concentration is given in the Handbook.

By successfully completing the courses recommended above, upon graduation, students receive a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with a dean’s certificate indicating a “Professional Concentration in Biomolecular Engineering” and a notation to that effect on their transcript.

Required Courses

Students pursuing the concentration must take BY162 Cellular & Molecular Biology Lab (2 credit hours) in the spring semester of their sophomore year. The required mathematics elective in the curriculum must be a suitable statistics course (STAT383 Applied Statistics), and science and engineering electives are replaced with the required courses CM460 Biochemistry I and CH465 Biochemical Engineering.

Electives

An undesignated elective is replaced with a course selected from the following list of courses relevant to biomolecular engineering:

  • BR200 Introduction to Biomedical Rehabilitation Engineering and Science
  • BY214 Genetics
  • BY312 Advanced Cell Biology
  • BY316 Immunobiology
  • BY320/322 Microbiology with Lab
  • BY360/362 Physiology with Lab
  • BY412 Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • CM426 Intro to Biophysics
  • CM453 Intro to Biomaterials
  • CM464 Physical Biochemistry
  • ES380 Biomechanics
  • ES452 Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Applications

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Email: chemeng@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315-268-4167

Interested in learning more about earning a concentration in Biomolecular Engineering? Contact the Department today with your questions.