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BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING
http://www.bre.umd.edu
CORE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Requirement
Course/Grade/Credit
Fundamental Studies (6 credits)
English Composition - ENGL 101
Advanced Composition - ENGL 393
3
3
Distributive Studies (18 credits) [Lower level courses]
Humanities and the Arts (9 credits)
Literature (HL)
Arts (HA)
Arts/Lit/Humanities (HA, HL, HO)
3
3
3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 credits)
Social/Political History (SH)
Behavior/Social Science (SB)
Behavior/Social Science (SB)
3
3
3
Advanced Studies (6 credits) [Upper level courses]
Must be courses outside of your major department or may
include an approved Capstone course in your major
(Non-BE Technical Elective)
0/3
ENBE 485 & ENBE 486 Capstone Design I & II *
0
*CORE Approved Capstone Course.
Diversity (3 credits)
One course from approved list (D)
0/3
3/4
1
3/1
3
3/1
4
4
4
3
*The prerequisite to this course is CHEM 103.
Engineering Sciences
ENES 100 - Intro to Eng Design
ENES 102 - Statics
ENES 220 - Mechanics of Materials
Technical Requirements
BSCI 105 - Princ of Biology I
BSCI 223 - General Microbiology
BSCI 230 - Cell Biology & Physiology
ECON 200 - Princ of Micro-Economics or ECON 201 - Princ
of Macro-Economics
ENME 232 - Thermodynamics
ENCE 305 - Fund of Eng Fluids or ENME 331 - Fluid
Mechanics
ENGR SCI - Technical Elective**
ENGR SCI - Technical Elective**
ENGR SCI - Technical Elective**
BIOL SCI - Technical Elective***
BIOL SCI - Technical Elective***
1
3
3
3
4
3
3
1
3
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
** ENGR SCI tech elect may be chosen from among the
following programs: AE, BE, CE, CHE, EE, FP, MA, ME, & NU.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Basic Sciences
CHEM 135 - Chem for Eng or CHEM 113 - Chem II*
CHEM 136 - Chemistry Lab for Eng
CHEM 231 & 232 - Organic Chemistry I w Lab
PHYS 161 - General Physics I
PHYS 260 & 261 - Gen Physics II w Lab
MATH 140 - Calculus I
MATH 141 - Calculus II
MATH 241 - Calculus III
MATH 246 - Differential Equations
Major Requirements
ENBE 110 - Intro to Biological Resource Eng
ENBE 241 - Computer Use in Biores Eng
ENBE 422 - Water Resources Eng or ENBE 456 - Biomed
Instrumentation
ENBE 453 - Intro to Bio Materials
ENBE 454 - Bio Process Eng
ENBE 455 - Basic Electronic Design
ENBE 471 - Bio Systems Control
ENBE 482 - Dynamics of Bio Systems
ENBE 484 - Bio Responses Environ Stimuli
ENBE 485 - Capstone Design I
ENBE 486 - Capstone Design II
3
3
3
***BIOL SCI tech elect may be chosen from an approved list of
courses in the following programs: Agronomy, Animal
Sciences, Plant Biology, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Entomology,
Nutrition & Food Science, Geography, Geology, Hearing &
Speech, Health, Horticulture, Kinesiology, Meteorology,
Microbiology, Natural Resource Management, & Psychology.
See Department.
Students interested in medical/veterinary schools need to
talk with an advisor in ENBE for additional course
requirements!
NOTES
All engineering (ENXX) courses must be completed with a grade of
“C” or better.
All degree courses must be taken for a regular grade.
A minimum of 120 credits and completion of all degree
requirements is required for graduation.
The responsibility for meeting all graduation requirements in any
curriculum rests with the student.
Try out Degree Auditor at http://www.testudo.umd.edu/dnentry.html.
revised 06/04 – catalog year 2004-2005