Track: Computational Bioengineering

KU Bioengineering Graduate Program

Master of Engineering in Bioengineering

Track: Computational Bioengineering

Track Director: Suzanne Shontz, Ph.D. (shontz@ku.edu)

CORE 6 Hours Required
Course Number	Course Title (Credit Hours)
CPE 756	Intro to Bioengineering (3)
BIOE 800	Bioengineering Colloquium (.5) (2 total hours req)
BIOE 801	Responsible Conduct of Research in Engineering (1)

**DEPTH 9 Hours Required**
1. . FUNDAMENTALS COURSE (1 course minimum)
Course Number	Course Title (Credit Hours)
EECS 639	Introduction to Scientific Computing (3)
EECS 730	Introduction to Bioinformatics (3)
EECS 731	Introduction to Data Science (3)
BINF 701	Computational Biology I (5) - cannot count w/ EECS 730

2. ELECTIVE COURSES (1 course minimum)
Course Number	Course Title (Credit Hours)
BINF 702	Computational Biology II (5)
EECS 660	Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms (3)
EECS 738	Machine Learning (3)
EECS 739	Parallel Scientific Computing (3)
EECS 740	Digital Image Processing (3)
EECS 837	Data Mining (3)
EECS 839	Mining Special Data (3)
EECS 868/CPE 778	Math Opt w/ Applications or Applied Opt. Methods (3)
ME 751	Experimental Methods in Biomechanics (3)
ME 755	Computer Simulation in Biomechanics (3)
ME 854	Continuum Mechanics for Soft Tissues (3)
ME 861	Theory of the Finite Element Method (3)
CE 861	Finite Element Methods for Solid Mechanics (3)
AE 746	Computational Fluid Dynamics (3)
BIOL 952	Introduction to Molecular Modeling (3)
PRVM 868	Bioinformatics Driven Clinical Research (3)
BIOS/STAT 730	Applied Linear Regression (3)
BIOS/STAT 799	Introduction to Statistical Genomics (3)
BIOS/STAT 823	Introduction to Programming & Applied Stats in R (3)

Choose appropriate courses from the Master Breadth Course List.

1. Math; Statistics; Numerical Methods (1 course min)

2. Life Sciences (1 course min)

3. Advanced Engineering (700 or above) (1 course min)

No more than 3 classes may be taken at the 500‐600 level and counted towards the graduate degree.