The basic principle is that students from the Life Sciences (Molecular Biology or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) have to take five Engineering School Courses; and students from any of the Engineering Departments have to take five courses from a Life Science Department.

Within these guidelines we try to be flexible. A listing of acceptable courses is given below. This list changes frequently, so ask if you have specific questions.

Any course in Molecular Biology or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology counts. Cross-listed courses count if they have significant biology content.

Psychology courses with significant physiology content count:

• PSY 256 - The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• PSY 258 - Fundamentals of Neuroscience
• PSY 259B - Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 406 - Functional Neuroanatomy
• PSY 407 - Developmental Neuroscience

For Engineering students whose Department does not require Organic Chemistry (i.e. all other than Chemical Engineering) then the two course Organic Chemistry sequence counts as two life science course.

These Engineering School courses also have significant biology content and count as life science courses:

• CHE 432 - Dynamics of Cellular Processes
• CHE 443 - Separations in Chemical and Biochemical Processes
• CHE 447 - Biochemical Engineering
• CHE 423 - Biologically Inspired Materials
• CHE 534 – Emerging Technologies in Bioengineering
• CHE 538/CHE 438 – Biomolecular Engineering
• CHE 539/CHE 439 – Quantitative Physiology and Tissue Design
• CHM 304 - Organic Chemistry II: Biological Emphasis
• CHM 345/MOL 345 – Biochemistry
• CHM 448/MOL 448 - Chemistry, Structure, and Structure-Function Relations of Nucleic Acids
• CHM 515 - Biophysical Chemistry I
• CHM 516 - Biophysical Chemistry II
• CHM 525/ENV 525 - Production of Renewable Fuels and Energy
• CHM 538 - Topics in Biological Chemistry
• COS 445 - Introduction to Genomics and Computational Molecular Biology
• COS 455 - Intro to Genomics and Computational Molecular Biology
• ELE 571 - Digital Neurocomputing
• MAE 344 - Introduction to Bioengineering and Medical Devices
• QCB 301 - Experimental Project Laboratory in Quantitative and Computational Biology
• QCB 511/CHE 511 - Modeling Tools for Cell and Developmental Biology

Any course in the Engineering School counts. Three popular courses for students in the program are COS 126 or CIV 201 (computer science courses), MAE 305 (differential equations - the language of engineering), and CIV 245 (statistics and statistical design of experiments). The other courses to take depend upon your specific interests.