BIEN at McGill University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BIEN coursework.

• BIEN 290Bioengineering Measurement Laboratoryopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• BIEN 280Thermodynamics in Bioengineeringopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• BIEN 220Introduction to Mechanics for Bioengineersopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• BIEN 210Electrical and Optical Properties of Biological Systemsopens 2 courses (0.5 directly)
• BIEN 390Bioengineering Laboratoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• BIEN 410Computational Methods in Biomolecular Engineeringopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate BIEN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 37 BIEN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more BIEN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in BIEN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIEN 380

  1. BIEN 200Introduction to Bioengineering
  2. BIEN 210Electrical and Optical Properties of Biological Systems
  3. BIEN 221Mechanics for Bioengineers
  4. BIEN 380Biological Structures, Assemblies and Patterns

• 4 courses deep, ending at BIEN 420

  1. BIEN 200Introduction to Bioengineering
  2. BIEN 290Bioengineering Measurement Laboratory
  3. BIEN 390Bioengineering Laboratory

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIEN 314

  1. CHEM 120General Chemistry 2
  2. BIEN 280Thermodynamics in Bioengineering
  3. BIEN 314Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems 1

• 3 courses deep, ending at BIEN 440

  1. BIEN 540Biocomputation and Biosimulation
  2. BIEN 440Information Storage and Processing in Biological Systems

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BIEN yet.

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