Bioengineering (MEng)

Master of Engineering in Bioengineering
Unit: Speed School of Engineering (SP)
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Academic Plan Code(s): BE_ _MEN

Program Information

General Information

Master of Engineering Program Educational Objectives

Master of Engineering Student Outcomes

In order to achieve these objectives, the Master of Engineering has the following outcomes set for its graduates.

Graduates will demonstrate:

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying advanced principles of engineering, science and mathematics.

2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce advanced solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors.

3. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation using scientific methods to collect, analyze and interpret data, and to use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

4. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Residency

All graduate students are expected to make steady and satisfactory progress toward the completion of degrees. A candidate for the Master of Engineering degree who does not register for credit hours must maintain active registration by paying a fee each semester for MEng residency until the degree is awarded (i.e., the candidate must maintain continuous registration, including summer terms, in Graduate Studies). Failure to pay the MEng residency fee will be cause to cancel a student's residency. Students who are not enrolled for a period of more than 12 months will be considered to have withdrawn from the program. In order to be restored to residency, the student must submit a new application, have the recommendation of the department chair, receive the approval of the Associate Dean and pay the fee for each of the semesters during which the residency was void.

Academic Performance

The J.B. Speed School of Engineering has established the following performance policies:

1. The minimum grade point average requirement for good standing is 3.00 for all academic work completed while in graduate studies.

2. Any student with a cumulative graduate GPA below 3.00 will be placed on academic warning. Students on academic warning are limited to enrollment for thirteen (13) credit hours in a fall or spring semester and seven (7) credit hours for summer terms. 

   Students who do not bring their cumulative graduate GPA back at or above a 3.00 in the semester immediately following Academic Warning, will be placed on Academic Probation for the next semester of enrollment. Students on probation are limited to enrollment for thirteen (13) credit hours in a fall or spring semester and seven (7) credit hours for summer terms. Any student who remains on academic probation for more than a single semester may be considered for dismissal from the program.

3. Students receiving graduate assistantships (teaching, research or service) shall be provided adequate training and shall be required to understand and adhere to University policies related to these areas. The performance of teaching, research and service duties by such students shall be periodically evaluated. Students with teaching assistantships shall be evaluated annually.
4. Students who fail to meet performance goals or who do not meet other requirements as outlined in the admission letter, program requirements or the university catalog may be subject to academic dismissal from their programs.
5. A maximum of eight (8) credit hours of graduate level courses taken as an undergraduate may be used to satisfy MEng degree requirements; these courses cannot have been used to also satisfy BS degree requirements.

Degree Requirements

Admission Standards

Since the Bioengineering MEng is accredited as part of a five-year program with one-year of co-op experience, it is only available for students who have matriculated through the Bioengineering bachelor's degree program at J. B. Speed School of Engineering.

The application form is available online.

The requirements for admission or readmission to a master of engineering program are:

1. Submission of a completed MEng application for the field of specialization in which the student is earning a bachelor degree from the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Students can apply to the MEng program with fewer than thirteen (13) credit hours of BS degree requirements remaining and no later than two years post-conferral of their baccalaureate degree. A student's admission into the MEng program is contingent upon successful completion of their undergraduate degree;
2. Recommendation by the faculty and chair of the student’s department for admission or readmission to graduate studies;
3. Cumulative baccalaureate grade point average of 2.75. However, those students with cumulative baccalaureate grade-point averages from 2.50 to 2.75 may be admitted upon petition and approval of the chair and faculty of the department.

A student becomes a candidate for the master of engineering degree upon admission to graduate studies and initial registration as a graduate student.

Program Requirements

The Master of Engineering (MEng) in Bioengineering degree requires the following over and above the Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering Degree

Required Coursework

The Master of Engineering degree must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all graduate courses used to satisfy degree requirements. Additionally, the Master of Engineering degree must be completed with a 3.00 GPA or better for all academic work attempted in Graduate Studies.

A maximum of eight (8) credit hours of graduate-level courses taken as an undergraduate may be used to satisfy MEng degree requirements; these courses cannot have been used to also satisfy BS degree requirements. 

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Electives must be chosen so that at least one-half of the total credit hours counted toward the degree, exclusive of thesis, are 600-level

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BE Electives must be chosen from the following approved list (see below). All prerequisites must be satisfied.  A minimum of nine (9) credit hours and maximum of fifteen (15) credit hours of electives must be selected. 

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Technical Electives must be chosen from the following approved list. All prerequisites must be satisfied.  Please note that all BE Electives can be counted toward Technical Electives, however, only three (3) credit hours from EM and three (3) credit hours from BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, BE 695, or MATH may be used towards degree requirements.

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For the thesis option, a student is required to select both an approved MEng thesis topic and the director and members of the thesis committee during the first term of Graduate Studies. The thesis director must give approval for enrollment in BE 697.

BE Electives

Technical Electives