To: Bioengineering students, all years

As you prepare for Spring 2010 advance registration, here are some important notes and various new options.  Be sure to look at your class’s curriculum posted on the BE website for options not explicit in the eCPG. 

 

****Spring Electives

Course syllabi are posted at http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/courses/


Submatriculation


Sophomores and Juniors, BSE and BAS -- Consider submatriculation into a Masters degree. You need to enroll between the end of the sophomore and the end of the junior year. Please look up the BE WEB site at

 

  http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/undergrad/degrees/submatriculation/

 

for the BE MSE curriculum and links to the Biotechnology program and other information in the SEAS Student Handbook. Students who are strong academically will be considered for admission into the submatriculation program, and can start taking courses towards their graduate degree.


 Freshmen

If you plan on taking an independent study course (BE 099) you need to secure a project and advisor before the start of classes. Advisors must be Penn faculty members in any department or school, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center.


Sophomores and Juniors

If you plan on taking an elective independent research or design course (BE 490) you need to secure a project and advisor before the start of classes.

 

BE 490 can be a 1-semester project or the 1st semester of a 2-semester project. The designation BE 492 is reserved for the second semester of the same project, or a second one-semester project.

 

You are allowed 2 SEAS independent study or research courses of any number towards degree requirements, in addition to the required BE 495/6 (BSE) and BE 497/8 (BAS). You can take more than 2 CUs of independent study in Free Electives, or as an extra load above degree requirements

 

Advisors in BE 099 and all BE 49x courses must be Penn faculty members in any department or school, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center.

 

Some important notes for all Bioengineering students

 

  1. BSE students cannot take CSE 140 (aka Linguistics 105, Cognitive Science 001, Philosophy 044, Psychology 107) or CIS 112 (Networked Life) in the Engineering category or as Technical Electives. BAS students can take them in Technical Electives. Dual-degree BAS students can petition for them to be linking course(s), if they fulfill a requirement for the second degree.
  2. If you have AP credits for chemistry or biology and wish to replace the labs with another science or engineering course, it must be a bioengineering, other engineering, or biomedical science including chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry and biology courses.  Some BIBB courses, Psychology, Astronomy, Geology, Oceanography, and other non-biomedical science courses can be taken only in free electives or in SSH if they qualify in that category.
  3. BE juniors and seniors cannot take 100-level SEAS courses to fulfill Engineering or Technical Electives requirements. Exceptions will be made for courses specifically required in dual major/degree and formal minor or certificate programs. EAS 105, CSE 110, 120 & 121 are exempt from this policy. Students planning a career in engineering design can petition to take MEAM 101 (CAD/CAM) in their junior or senior years.
  4. Bioengineering students can take cross-listed courses only in their SEAS designation. For example, OPIM 415 = MEAM 415 can be taken only as MEAM 415.
  5. Students with AP credit who take the equivalent course at Penn forfeit the AP credit.  This applies to CHEM 091, PHYS 093/094, and MATH 104/114.  This means that if you take or get credit for CHEM 101 & 102 at Penn, you can NOT use CHEM 091 ANYWHERE on your BE worksheet, not even in free electives.


If you have questions please email Ms. Valerie Dorn, BE Associate Director for Advising, vrdorn@seas.upenn.edu