BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (B.S.B.E.)
Semester Degree Requirements

Entrance Requirements for the Major

Semester Core Curriculum
(Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)
    Areas A B C D E 42 hours
    Area F 18 hours
Major Requirements 70 hours
College-wide requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major.

TOTAL DEGREE HOURS           130

Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.
ENGL 1101 MATH 2200
ENGL 1102 MATH 2200L

Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours)
Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.

Area C - Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: SPCM 1100 and select one course from the following: CMLT 2210, CMLT 2220, CMLT 2400, ENGL 2310, ENGL 2320, ENGL 2330, ENGL 2340, ENGL 2400 (take under general electives if not taken in Area C)

Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.
Fine Arts
ARHI 2100 DANC 2010 DRAM 2130 MUSI 2060
ARTS 2000 DRAM 2000 MUSI 2020 MUSI 2080
ARTS 2050 DRAM 2120 MUSI 2040
Humanities
CLAS 1000 CMLT 2400 ITAL 2500 RELI 1003
CLAS 1010 EDES 2510 LING 2100 RELI 2004
CLAS 1020 EDES 2520 PHIL 1000 RELI(AFAM) 2005
CLAS(LING) 2010 ENGL 2310 PHIL 1500 ROML 2550
CMLT 2111 ENGL 2320 PHIL 2200 RUSS 2050
CMLT 2210 ENGL 2330 PHIL 2400 SPCM 1100
CMLT 2212 ENGL 2340 RELI 1001 SPCM 1500
CMLT 2220 ENGL 2400 RELI 1002 Foreign language courses

Area D - Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: BIOL 1107-1107L, (CHEM 1211, CHEM 1211L), and (MATH 2210, MATH 2210L) (take under general electives if not taken in Area D)

Area D for Science Majors -- ten or eleven hours
  • Select two courses from the four-hour science course list.
  • Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.
Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory
ASTR 1010 BTNY 1220L CHEM 2100L GEOL 1121
ASTR 1010L CHEM 1110 CHEM 2211 GEOL 1121L
ASTR 1020 CHEM 1110L CHEM 2211L GEOL 1122
ASTR 1020L CHEM 1211 CHEM 2212 GEOL 1122L
BIOL 1103 CHEM 1211L CHEM 2212L GEOL 1250-1250L
BIOL 1103L CHEM 1212 CSCI 1301-1301L GEOL 1260-1260L
BIOL 1104 CHEM 1212L GEOG 1111 MARS 1010-1010L
BIOL 1104L CHEM 1411 GEOG 1111L MARS 1020-1020L
BIOL 1107-1107L CHEM 1411L GEOG 1112 PHYS 1111-1111L
BIOL 1108-1108L CHEM 1412 GEOG 1112L PHYS 1112-1112L
BTNY 1210 CHEM 1412L GEOG 1113 PHYS 1211-1211L
BTNY 1210L CHEM 2100 GEOG 1113L PHYS 1212-1212L
BTNY 1220
Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses
BIOL 1108-1108L CSCI 1100-1100L MATH 2200 PHYS 1111-1111L
BTNY 1220 CSCI 1210 MATH 2200L PHYS 1112-1112L
BTNY 1220L CSCI 1301-1301L MATH 2210 STAT 2000
CHEM 1212 MATH 1060 MATH 2210L STAT 2210
CHEM 1212L MATH 1113 PHIL 2500

Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: Of the twelve hours of Social Sciences, six hours should have the same prefix to form a two course sequence.

Students will select four courses from at least two departments from the list below:   (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101.)

(A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)

AAEC 2580 GEOG 1101 HIST 2302 PSYC 2100
AFAM 2000 GEOG 1103 HIST 2501 SOCI 1101
ANTH 1102 GEOG 1125 HIST 2502 SOCI 1600
ANTH 2310 HIST 2051 HIST 2560 SOCI(AFAM) 2020
CLAS(ANTH) 2000 HIST 2052 HIST 2601 SOCI 2400
ECON 2100 HIST 2111 HIST 2602 SOCI(AFAM) 2820
ECON 2105 HIST 2112 HIST 2701 SPCM 1010
ECON 2106 HIST 2221 HIST 2702 WMST 1110-1110D
ECON 2200 HIST 2222 POLS 1101 WMST 2010
EDES 1500 HIST 2301 PSYC 1101

Entrance Requirements
Completion of Core Areas A-E and Area F. Grade of "C" or better in each of the following courses and a 2.5 GPA for this pool of courses: MATH 2200, MATH 2200L; MATH 2210, MATH 2210L; MATH 2500; MATH 2700; PHYS 1211-1211L; PHYS 1212-1212L; CHEM 1211, CHEM 1211L; CHEM 1212, CHEM 1212L; and BIOL 1107-1107L. Overall GPA 2.5.

Area F - Courses Related to Major (18 hours)
CHEM 1212
CHEM 1212L
MATH 2500
MATH 2700
PHYS 1211-1211L
PHYS 1212-1212L

Major Requirements
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
Required Courses - 49-50 hours
BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100 ENGR 2170
BIOL 1108-1108L ENGR 2500
CHEM 2211 ENGR 2920
CHEM 2211L ENGR 3140
ENGR 1120 ENGR 3150
ENGR 1920 ENGR 3520
ENGR 2110 ENGR 4920
ENGR 2120 MIBO 3000-3000L or MIBO 3500
ENGR 2140
ENGR 2150

Major Electives - 18-19 hours
Select one course from the following:
CBIO(BIOL) 3400 ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L
CBIO 3700 MIBO 4090/6090
CBIO(MIBO) 4100/6100 VPHY 3100
CRSS 4600/6600-4600L/6600L

Select one of the following Areas of Emphasis:
Environmental Area of Emphasis
ENGR 3410
ENGR 3440
ENGR 4440/6440
ENGR 4450/6450
ENGR 4480/6480

Bioprocessing Area of Emphasis
ENGR 4510/6510
ENGR 4530/6530
Select nine hours from the following:
ENGR 3540
ENGR 4520/6520
ENGR 4940
FDST 4060/6060-4060L/6060L

Biomedical Area of Emphasis
ENGR 3720
ENGR 4740/6740
Select nine hours from the following:
ENGR 2130
ENGR 3300
ENGR 4230/6230
ENGR 4510/6510
ENGR 4530/6530
ENGR 4620
ENGR 4760/6760
ENGR 4940

General Electives - 1-3 hours

Total hours required     130