Undergraduate Program Objectives, Learning Outcomes, and Educational Objectives

Program Objectives

Maryland bioengineers gain a broad-based education in which engineering approaches are used to understand and improve living systems and their environments. We educate students to excel in the field of bioengineering and carry out research, development, and commercialization of bioscience systems and tools that will improve the lives of people throughout the world.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge of fundamental principles in mathematics, physics, design, engineering science and biology
• Knowledge of fundamental tools of engineering and bioscience including computer software and laboratory tools and techniques
• Experience with a disciplined work environment involving deadlines and deliverables
• Experience with a multicultural teamwork environment
• Experience working in an interdisciplinary environment

Educational Objectves

The undergraduate program in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering provides students with a broad and fundamental education relating engineering with the biological sciences. The program has focuses in biomedical devices, human health, biotechnology, and ecosystems. These focuses all contain a components of fundamental sciences, design, and communications skills. The students' educational achievements all contribute to enabling a wide range of career paths after graduation.

Owing to the breadth of our program, Maryland graduates are presented with a full range of career opportunities, including from those in medicine, human health, government, dentistry, law, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, ecology, biomedical devices, bioprocessing, and teaching. Courses offered by this department may be found under the following acronym: BIOE

Educational objectives have been formulated to satisfy:

• Faculty insights and visions for Bioengineering
• Student interests
• Employer needs

Detailed Educational Objectives

The goal of the undergraduate Bioengineering program is to produce engineers that possess many specific abilities:

• The ability to design products and processes related to living systems at all levels
• The ability to communicate well, especially with engineers and non-engineering biological specialists
• The ability to work successfully in teams
• The ability to conceptually categorize information, especially biological information, in order to deal effectively with technical advances coming at a rapid pace

Our graduates are grounded in fundamentals that will serve them throughout their professional careers. They will have an understanding of human behavior, societal needs and forces, and the dynamics of human efforts and their effects on human health and that of our environment. With these underpinnings and abilities our specific educational objectives are to graduate engineers that will:

• Gain employment in bioengineering or related professions.
• Participate in life-long learning activities that will further their careers and their impact on society
• Serve their profession and communit.