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Arts and Sciences
	ARTSC 1853 - CAMBRIDGE COURSE 3 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1854 - CAMBRIDGE COURSE 4 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1855 - CAMBRIDGE COURSE 5 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1856 - CAMBRIDGE COURSE 6 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1861 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ARTSC 1862 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ARTSC 1863 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 3 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ARTSC 1864 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 4 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ARTSC 1865 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 5 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ARTSC 1899 - INTERNSHIP ABROAD Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1900 - ARTSC ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 An academic internship offers students a unique learning opportunity to connect classroom knowledge with real-world settings as they explore careers and gain valuable experience. Students may earn from 1-3 credits for an experience that can be related to an academic field of study. The experience must be pre-professional in nature and must be approved by the Dietrich School Office of Undergraduate Research. Students must seek out and apply for their own internship. Internship can be found through Career Development and Placement Assistance, or students can contact the Office of Undergraduate Research. Students who are earning credit for ARTSC 1900 internships may not receive pay. Students must work at least 120 hours over the course of the term to be eligible for the maximum of 3 credits. In order to earn credit, the student must have a Dietrich School faculty sponsor (full-time only) who will assign related academic work. Internships are graded as S/NC. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Independent study entails an independent program of study, research, or creative activity with some guidance from a sponsoring faculty member. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1902 - SPECIAL TOPICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	ARTSC 1903 - INTERNSHIP IN LONDON Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 6 An internship is a special type of independent study in which the student works in a non-academic setting. The internship should be directly related to an academic discipline, and the student’s learning is evaluated and graded by a faculty member. Internships under this course listing are conducted in London, England, as part of Pitt’s London study abroad program. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1910 - INSTITUTE OF POLITICS INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This course represents the experiential component of the politics institute’s undergraduate internship. The purpose of the internship experience is to provide the student with direct exposure to the process of public decision-making. Each student will work with an individual or office directly involved in the policy-making process. Students will be selected through a competitive process. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1917 - INDEPENDENT STUDY ABROAD Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 12 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1918 - INTERNSHIP IN CHINA Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Internship Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1930 - STUDY ABROAD: ESTONIA Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 15 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Independent Study Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	ARTSC 1950 - PEER TUTORING EXPERIENCE Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Athletic Training
	ATHLTR 1811 - BASIC ATHLETIC TRAINING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the athletic training profession. Topics to include medical terminology, mechanisms of injury, and recognition and treatment of common athletic injuries to major body parts. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ATHLTR 1812 - BASIC ATHLETIC TRAINING LAB Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 An introduction to basic taping techniques and injury evaluation techniques used in the profession of athletic training. Basic supportive strappings and paddings for immediate care and competition are presented as well as basic joint evaluation procedures, assessment of vital signs, and crutch fitting. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Clinical Grade Component: Letter Grade
	ATHLTR 1821 - INJURY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course includes anatomy, recognition, and commonly accepted techniques and procedures for clinical evaluation of common athletic injuries to the foot, ankle, leg, thigh, hip, pelvis and lumbar spine. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS. BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1822 - INJURY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course includes anatomy, recognition, and commonly accepted techniques and procedures for clinical evaluation of common athletic injuries to the shoulder, arm, elbow, fore arm, wrist, hand, head, face, cervical and thoracic spine, and internal organs. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1823 - ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF ATHLETIC TRAINING Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 This course presents current administrative issues in athletic training including training room facility and design, record keeping procedures, personnel management and recruitment, medico-legal considerations and budgetary principles. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1824 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Designed to supplement first clinical experience presented in seminar fashion to address clinical proficiencies published in the 3rd edition of the NATA athletic training educational competencies introduced in the second semester academic courses. Presented by faculty of the AT program then evaluated in clinical setting in live situations when possible or under simulated conditions when narrated. Specific emphasis placed on those proficiencies that can be grouped into modules and which do not receive broad coverage in an academic course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1831 - THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES AND LAB Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The course presents the theoretical basis for use of superficial heat and cold, ultrasound, electrical muscle stimulation, tens, and other current modalities. Laboratory experiences are included in the use of these modalities. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1832 - THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE AND LAB Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The course includes basic components of a comprehensive re habilitation program and theory and principles associated with the use of special evaluation/therapeutic exercise techniques. Laboratory experiences include practical use of manual testing techniques, goniometry, and the application of selected types of manual exercises. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Clinical Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1833 - STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 Instruction is provided describing the physiological basis for development of pre-season, in-season and off-season strength and conditioning programs. Laboratory experiences will include the theory and technique of operating contemporary isotonic, isokinetic and isometric strength training equipment. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1834 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ATHLETIC TRAINING Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 The course includes common orthopedic problems encountered by the athletic trainer and orthopedic surgeon. Students are exposed to commonly used techniques of primary and re constructive surgery through lecture, operating room, clinic, and orthopedic rounds experiences. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1835 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Designed to supplement second clinical experience presented in seminar fashion to address clinical proficiencies published in the 3rd edition of the NATA athletic training educational competencies introduced in the second semester academic courses. Presented by faculty of the AT program then evaluated in clinical setting in live situations when possible or under simulated conditions when narrated. Specific emphasis placed on those proficiencies that can be grouped into modules and which do not receive broad coverage in an academic course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1841 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 3 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Designed to supplement third clinical experience presented in seminar fashion to address clinical proficiencies published in the 3rd edition of the NATA athletic training educational competencies introduced in the second semester academic courses. Presented by faculty of the AT program then evaluated in clinical setting in live situations when possible or under simulated conditions when narrated. Specific emphasis placed on those proficiencies that can be grouped into modules and which do not receive broad coverage in an academic course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1842 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 4 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Designed to supplement fourth clinical experience presented in seminar fashion to address clinical proficiencies published in the 3rd edition of the NATA athletic training educational competencies introduced in the second semester academic courses. Presented by faculty of the AT program then evaluated in clinical setting in live situations when possible or under simulated conditions when narrated. Specific emphasis placed on these proficiencies that can be grouped into modules and which do not receive broad coverage in an academic course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1843 - ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC ASSESSMENT Minimum Credits: 2 Maximum Credits: 2 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training(BS, BPH, or BS-H)
	ATHLTR 1866 - PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Athletic Training (BS, BS-H, BPH)
	ATHLTR 1885 - INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE BASED REHABILITATION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Provides basic skills in reading, reviewing, and critiquing the research literature in the rehab sciences. These skills will be applied to the relevant literature in diagnosis, prognosis and intervention strategies within the spectrum of rehab science. Students learn to generate relevant research questions, utilize an evidenced based medicine approach, appraisal and synthesis of current articles within the fore mentioned areas. Will culminate in an individual review project aimed the development and resolution of one research question, using the best, current available literature Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Rehabilitation Science (BS)
Bioengineering
	BIOENG 0050 - WORKSHOP IN BIOENGINEERING DESIGN Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Students are introduced to bioengineering design use of the solidworks software suite. Solidworks is one of several computer aided engineering software packages (autocad and proengineer are other examples) that is widely used in industry and academia. Skills learned (1) will help with bioengineering design projects, and (2) are easily translated to other computer engineering packages such as autocad or proengineer. The workshop consists of weekly solidworks-based practice assignments (tutorials) that must be completed to receive an ‘S’ (satisfactory) grade in the course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PLAN: Bioengineering (BEH OR BSE)
	BIOENG 0051 - WORKSHOP IN MEDICAL DEVICES- THE BASICS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Reverse engineering’ of medical devices is used to introduce students to basic terminology in the medical device field, the coupling of design with function, and the processes involved in moving from device conception to product. Skills learned (1) emphasize the significance of curiosity and information seeking in device development, and (2) will help with bioengineering design projects. Multiple medical specialties will be covered, along with basic function of devices (diagnostics, treatment, monitoring, etc). The workshop will use ‘hands on’ learning experiences, focusing on devices that can be taken apart. After discussion of device purpose and function, students will be challenged to identify potential design improvements. Students are expected to be active participants in the seminar. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE)
	BIOENG 0052 - WORKSHOP IN OPENSIM Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Computational models and simulations are tremendously useful tools for understanding human movement control. It is not always straightforward to identify cause-and-effect relationships through experiments alone and computational modeling and simulation techniques can complement experimental approaches, e.g. models can provide estimates of important variables such as muscle forces that are difficult to measure experimentally. Opensim is an open-source software package that enables users to build, exchange, and analyze computer models of the musculoskeletal system and dynamic simulations of movement (Delp et al., 2007). The purpose of this course is to introduce students to opensim by demonstrating the utility of graphics-based modeling and simulation. Specifically, students will learn how to use opensim tools, through both the graphical user interface (GUI) and application programming interface (API) that uses MatLAB scripting, to analyze and simulate models and motions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: H/S/U Basis Course Requirements: PLAN: Bioengineering
	BIOENG 0053 - WORKSHOP IN STATISTICAL DESIGN Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Workshop Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0020; PLAN: Bioengineering
	BIOENG 0054 - WORKSHOP IN DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Design for manufacturability (DFM) provides a systematic methodology that can be used to analyze product design for improvements in assembly and manufacturing. Students will use dfm to redesign current products for changes in manufacture that lead to reduction in production cost and improved operability/customer satisfaction. Students will employ modern software tools that accurately model parts for specific manufacturing operations, model part costs, simplify products, find specific avenues to reduce manufacturing and assembly costs, benchmark products, and quantify improvements. Students will gain hands-on experience incorporating the DFM concepts in a project. Upon completing the course, the students should be able to describe the utility of DFM in product development and early manufacturing design, be able to quantitatively evaluate the impact of design choices on manufacturing cost, and be able to use modern quality control concepts and approaches. Topics include : steps for applying DFM during product design; DFM guidelines for assembly; strategies in component(s) design; designing for automation; designing in quality/reliability; standardization; designing in teams; early resolution of issues; optimizing vendor participation; off-the-shelf parts; modular design; product definition; creativity; brainstorming; total cost; modern philosophies and practices (lean manufacturing, quality control in manufacturing systems, use of software tools for analysis of manufacturing cost and time); evaluation of alternatives. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Workshop Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
	BIOENG 0501 - MUSIC ENGINEERING Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1002 - INTRAMURAL INTERNSHIP Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Students employ practical experience, gained from mentored research in an academic environment, which includes project planning, design of experiments, and analysis of results to develop professional quality oral presentation skills. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of research projects, development of technical abstract writing skills, and development of professional quality visual aids that accompany oral presentations. The course culminates with an oral presentation at a technical symposium. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to prepare a professional quality abstract documenting background, methodology, and results from a research project and make a professional quality oral presentation describing the research. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0020; PLAN: Bioengineering
	BIOENG 1005 - RADIOFREQUENCY MEDICAL DEVICES Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course will cover topics related to the applications of electromagnetics and RF in medicine and in other devices that can cause thermal safety hazards. Topics such as Maxwell Equations, Wave Equations, Transmission Lines, Electromagnetic Theorems, Introduction to Antennas, and Introduction to Computational Electromagnetics will be presented. The class will include analyses of several RF devices used in medical applications and/or have electromagnetic safety implications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), biological sensors (brain machine interface), RF ablation, and cell phones. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe how to apply fundamental electromagnetic principles to set up and solve problems in RF devices used in medical applications. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1310 and BIOENG 1320; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1050 - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Artificial organs is the first of a three course sequence that explores design, development, and clinical use of artificial organ technology. Each course in the series is stand-alone and, as such, is not a prerequisite for any other course in the series. Students may take one, two, or all three courses. Artificial organs is directed toward artificial heart and vascular prostheses. The basic physiology of each system (heart and vascular) is reviewed with emphasis on identifying the bioengineering design requirements for appropriate organ replacement systems. Commercially available systems are analyzed from the point of view (where applicable) of mass transfer efficiency; biomechanics and hemodynamic similarity to the host; and size and efficiency of the device. Students will be required to design an artificial organ consistent with the above-mentioned considerations. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe the fundamental engineering principles related to heart and vascular physiology and apply the fundamental principles to design improvements and/or new designs for artificial heart and vascular prostheses. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1220; PLAN: Bioengineering (BEH OR BSE)
	BIOENG 1051 - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Artificial organs 2 is the second of a three course sequence that explores design, development, and clinical use of artificial organ technology. Each course in the series is stand-alone and, as such, is not a prerequisite for any other course in the series. Students may take one, two, or all three courses. Artificial organs 2 is focused on artificial blood and artificial lung. The basic physiology of each system (blood and the lungs) is reviewed with emphasis on identifying the bioengineering design requirements for appropriate organ replacement systems. Commercially available systems are analyzed from the point of view (where applicable) of mass transfer efficiency; biomechanics and hemodynamic similarity to the host; and size and efficiency of the device. Students will be required to design an artificial organ consistent with the above-mentioned considerations. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe the fundamental engineering principles related to blood and lung physiology and apply the fundamental principles to design improvements and/or new designs for artificial blood substitutes and artificial lung devices. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1210; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1052 - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 3 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Artificial organs 3 is the third of a three course sequence that explores design, development, and clinical use of artificial organ technology. Each course in the series is stand-alone and, as such, is not a prerequisite for any other course in the series. Students may take one, two, or all three courses. Artificial organs 3 is focused upon artificial kidney and artificial liver. The basic physiology of each system (kidney and liver) is reviewed with emphasis on identifying the bioengineering design requirements for appropriate organ replacement systems. Commercially available systems are analyzed from the point of view (where applicable) of mass transfer efficiency; biomechanic and hemodynamic similarity to the host; and size and efficiency of the device. Students will be required to design an artificial organ consistent with the above-mentioned considerations. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe the fundamental engineering principles related to kidney and liver physiology and apply the fundamental principles to design improvements and/or new designs for artificial kidney and artificial liver. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1220; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1070 - INTRODUCTORY CELL BIOLOGY 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Principles of cell biology in higher organisms: structure, function, biosynthesis, and macromolecular organization with a focus on macromolecular organization and function from a quantitative systems perspective. Upon completing the two course sequence, BIOENG 1070 and BIOENG 1071, students should be able to (1) demonstrate understanding of the principles of cell structure and function, (2) describe the experimental tools used to understand cellular function such as molecular genetic techniques, biochemical analysis, and microscopy, and (3) use systems approaches to understand how cellular processes are integrated. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0012 or 0712 or 0715 or 0716 or (CREQ: ENGR 0016) or (PLAN: Bionengineering)
	BIOENG 1071 - INTRODUCTION TO CELL BIOLOGY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Continuation of BIOENG 1071. Principles of cell biology in higher organisms: structure, function, biosynthesis, and macromolecular organization with a focus on macromolecular organization and function from a quantitative systems perspective. Upon completing the two course sequence, BIOENG 1070 and BIOENG 1071, students should be able to (1) demonstrate understanding of the principles of cell structure and function, (2) describe the experimental tools used to understand cellular function such as molecular genetic techniques, biochemical analysis, and microscopy, and (3) use systems approaches to understand how cellular processes are integrated. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1070; PROG: School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1072 - HONORS INTRODUCTORY CELL BIOLOGY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Principles of cell biology in higher organisms: structure, function, biosynthesis, and macromolecular organization with a focus on macromolecular organization and function from a quantitative systems perspective. This course is accompanied by a weekly one hour seminar in which original research articles pertinent to cell biology are presented and discussed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1070; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1075 - INTRODUCTION TO CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY TECHNIQUES Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 An undergraduate laboratory course designed to complement theoretical knowledge learned in BIOENG 1070 & 1071 that covers practical aspects of fundamental cell biology, cell culture, visualization of cellular components, protein biochemistry (isolation, purification, and analysis), molecularupon completing the course, the student should have acquired ‘hands-on’ skills in basic techniques in cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology and be able to apply them in practice. Biology techniques, and functional measurements in cells. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1071; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1085 - INTRO TO BIOENGINEERING: SEMINAR Minimum Credits: 0 Maximum Credits: 0 Seminar is designed to acquaint students with aspects of bioengineering that are not normally encountered in the classroom or extracurricular activity settings. As such, seminar is a vehicle to provide important information and communicate materials that students need to know to maximize their educational experience and develop post-graduation plans. Emphasis is placed on career planning and development and options available in the undergraduate program that will help realize post-graduation goals. Student awareness of opportunities that are available and knowledge about how to utilize the opportunities for their benefit. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: H/S/U Basis Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1095 - SPECIAL PROJECTS Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 6 Special projects provides an opportunity for students to develop an individual research project under the guidance of a faculty member/mentor. Projects can involve laboratory research, engineering design, or instructional development. While the project must be related to bioengineering, the mentor can be a faculty member in any department or hospital affiliated with the university of Pittsburgh. A written report documenting the project and project outcomes, evaluated by the mentor, is required. The report must be submitted to the undergraduate coordinator, department of bioengineering prior to receiving a grade. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Directed Studies Grade Component: Letter Grade
	BIOENG 1096 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 2 Students gain teaching experience by serving as assistant instructors in one of the bioengineering Undergraduate courses. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1150 - BIOENG METHODS AND APPLICATIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Bioengineering methods and applications uses laboratory experiences to illustrate principles taught in several bioengineering core classes. In addition to being exposed to particular laboratory skills for each of the experimental modules in the course, students are expected to practice previously developed skills in technical writing, creating tables and graphs, data analysis, and statistics to create professional quality laboratory reports that document each module. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to state and describe the basic components of a laboratory report and create well-written archival documents that reflect professional quality work. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: CREQ:(BIOENG 1071 or 1072) and 1220 and 1310 and 1630; Plan: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1160 - BIOENGINEERING DESIGN 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The two course sequence, bioengineering design 1 & 2, is a mentored opportunity for the student to synthesize and extend skills and knowledge acquired during the undergraduate education experience in design (or redesign) of a biomedical product or equivalent. Students are exposed to key facets of the medical product design process and the unique regulatory requirements for biomedical products. Student teams select a design project, conduct a market/reimbursement analysis, apply design process methodology, maintain a design history file, and create a prototype product. Students will be able to apply appropriate product design-related procedures and tools, maintain design history files, conduct preliminary market/reimbursement studies, and address regulatory affairs in developing a prototype biomedical product or equivalent. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: LEVEL: Senior; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1161 - BIOENGINEERING DESIGN 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The two course sequence, bioengineering design 1 & 2, is a mentored opportunity for the student to synthesize and extend skills and knowledge acquired during the undergraduate education experience in design (or redesign) of a biomedical product or equivalent. Students are exposed to key facets of the medical product design process and the unique regulatory requirements for biomedical products. Student teams select a design project, conduct a market/reimbursement analysis, apply design process methodology, maintain a design history file, and create a prototype product. Students will be able to apply appropriate product design-related procedures and tools, maintain design history files, conduct preliminary market/reimbursement studies, and address regulatory affairs in developing a prototype biomedical product or equivalent. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1160 ; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1210 - BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Bio thermodynamics uses an interactive framework in the joint (student and instructor) exploration of thermodynamics as it applies on the biological cellular and systems level. At this most fundamental level, thermodynamics studies the flow of energy, interconversion of energy, maintenance of cellular function and information, and the processes necessary to sustain life itself. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe how the three laws of thermodynamics and entropy impact biological systems, and be able to apply fundamental thermodynamics principles to set up and solve problems in physiological systems. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1070 and (MATH 0240 and 0290) and (PHYS 0175 or 0476); PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1211 - HONORS BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240 and MATH 0290 and BIOENG 1070 and (PHYS 0175 or PHYS 0476); PLAN: Bioengineering (BEH or BSE); LVL: So, Jr, Sr
	BIOENG 1218 - EMERGING BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PLAN: Bioengineering; PREQ: BIOENG 1210
	BIOENG 1220 - BIOTRANSPORT PHENOMENA Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Bio transport phenomena explores the similarities between the fundamental principles of momentum, heat, and mass transfer, develops analogies between the fundamentals that apply at microscopic and macroscopic scales, and uses the fundamentals in conjunction with conservation laws to develop mathematical descriptions of physiological and engineering systems. Special emphasis is placed on identifying assumptions that may be used in developing the mathematical descriptions. The course uses an interactive framework developed through the VANTH (Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Texas, and Harvard-MIT) consortium for biomedical engineering curricula development to explore transport phenomena (momentum, heat, and mass transfer) through a series of interactive modules. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe the fundamental principles pertaining to momentum, heat, and mass transport and apply the fundamental principles to set up and solve problems in physiological systems and design of medical devices. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1210; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1241 - SOCIETAL, POLITICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN BIOENGINEERING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Engineering, as a profession, has ethical obligations to society that go beyond the simple application of technology as learned in science and technology courses. Bioethics seeks to supplement technological aspects of bioengineering by engaging students in an analysis of the effects of bioengineering developments on society, focusing on safety of the public as a primary ethical concern. Students are educated on a variety of ethical tools that enable them to analyze fictional, yet realistic, cases. Students are evaluated individually, as well as in groups, with a particular focus on the ethical issues related to their senior design projects (BIOENG 1160 & 1161). Upon completion of the course, students will be able to recognize, articulate, and resolve ethical issues within the arena of bioengineering. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: CREQ: BIOENG 1160; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH); LEVEL: Juniors
	BIOENG 1255 - DYNAMIC SYSTEMS: PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 A foundation of basic systems concepts is built through combining modeling of dynamic systems with physiological examples. Mathematical models of physiological systems are developed using a combination of systems understanding (analogous thinking, engineering synthesis and analysis, and integrative system approaches in solving problems) and bioengineering design (recognizing the potential applications of both engineering principles to biology and biological principles to engineering). These models are then used to address biological/clinical questions. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to: demonstrate skill and competence in methods of dynamic systems modeling through (a) building dynamic models of bioelectrical, biomechanical, biochemical, and physiological systems, (b) solving systems of equations representing dynamic models including analytical, numerical, and graphical software methods, (c) validating models including descriptive, predictive, and explanative validation, and (d) applying models to scientific and engineering applications including analysis and synthesis relative to identification and simulation. Describe physiological processes in dynamic system terms. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 1250 or NROSCI 1250 or 1070 or NUR 0012) and BIOENG 1320; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE)
	BIOENG 1310 - LINEAR SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONICS 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Bioinstrumentation covers electronic circuit theory and the practical aspects of building electronic prototypes. The mathematics of complex exponentials and complex impedance are also covered. A series of projects are built by each student individually, using a system of student-owned electronics components and tools called the pittkit. The kit includes a special apparatus, the breadboard laboratory interface processor (blip) which each student constructs, and which acts as a logging voltmeter, a frequency meter, a logic analyzer, a waveform generator, and a pulse duration meter. The blip interfaces to any computer via a USB port, without requiring any special software to be installed on the computer. After completing the course, the student should be able to design and construct prototypes of useful, simple circuits, such as preamplifiers and signal conditioners for sensors, as well as use off-the-shelf modules to construct laboratory instrumentation. They should be able to describe applications to other linear systems such as those found in physiological systems with greater clarity from having worked with circuits. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0240 and (PHYS 0175 or 0476); PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1320 - BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The theory and application of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems is explored, with emphasis on an appreciation of the description and analysis of biomedical signals and systems via LTI methods. After completing the course, the student should be able to state the properties of LTI systems; be able to test whether a system is LTI; know how to obtain, and interpret, the frequency response, impulse response, step response, and transfer function of a system. The student should also be able to demonstrate mastery of the mathematical skills of convolution and integral transform techniques Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1310 and MATH 0240 and MATH 0290; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1330 - BIOMEDICAL IMAGING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Biomedical imaging introduces the major imaging modalities (x-ray, cat-scan, MRI, ultrasound) used in clinical medicine and biomedical research, as well as the fundamentals of images, from a signals and systems standpoint. After completing the course, the student should be able to use imaging modalities to determine anatomical or physiological function and apply physics and signal processing in medical imaging for particular research applications. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1320; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1351 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN BIOENGINEERING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 C++ programming is taught in the context of real-world tasks that engineering students will likely encounter in future academic or industrial work. In such applications, project management, working with different compilers and operating systems, and learning to effectively use source code that was written by other developers is no less important than programming theory. The fundamentals of c++, object oriented design, programming with graphical useupon completing the course, students should be able to successfully implement a solution to basic engineering programming tasks using the c++ language. Students should be able to identify and utilize open source and commercial software libraries to tackle more advanced design problems without coding from scratch. Students should be able to effectively use c++ to solve real-world engineering computing problems. R interfaces, and basic computer vision are covered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0441 or (ENGR 0012 or 0712 or 0716); PLAN: Bioengineering(BSE, MN)
	BIOENG 1370 - COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION IN MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Computational simulation is increasingly utilized as a method to assess the performance of medical devices. The course provides students with a hands on learning experience on how to use computational simulation in the modeling and design of medical devices. The course details the important steps in computational simulations from preprocessing to solution to post-processing and data presentation. Commercially available software programs are introduced and used to simulate a variety of physical phenomena (solid, fluid, transport) pertinent to medical device design. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to simulate the solid, fluid, and transport phenomena that are useful in medical device design. Particular attention will be placed on avoiding common mistakes in the preprocessing and interpretation of computational results. Topics covered: geometry creation; discretization; appropriate assignment of material properties; solver management; error mitigation and debugging; postprocessing and data presentation; data interpretation; introduction to design optimization. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0280; CREQ: BIOENG 1220 and 1630
	BIOENG 1383 - BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Optical imaging microscopy techniques have become essential tools to investigate biological processes and diagnose diseases at unprecedented cellular and molecular levels. Biomedical researchers have an increasingly important need both to understand the advantages and limitations of the various types of optical microscopy and to apply the appropriate microscopy technique to solve specific biomedical problems. Biomedical optical microscopy is a comprehensive exploration of the basic principles of optical microscopy and imaging techniques commonly used in biomedical research. Upon completion of the course, the student should be conversant in the basic principles of common optical imaging microscopy techniques, able to apply an optical microscopy technique to address biological questions, and able to perform basic quantitative image analysis. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: (PHYS 0102 or 0106 or 0111 or 0175 or 0476 or 1306 or 1361) or BIOENG 1075; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1533 - CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Controlled drug delivery explores the physics, chemistry, and material science rationale behind the engineering of controlled drug delivery systems, which stands as a 114 billion dollar industry. To this end, the course focuses on topics at the interface between chemical engineering and medicine, such as polymer chemistry, biomaterials, pharmacokinetics, and transport phenomena. Pertinent pharmaceutical examples that are discussed include: transdermal, aerosol, oral, gene, and targeted cellular delivery, with emphasis placed on fabrication considerations and the relevant physiological environment. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to state the constraints on material properties posed by the physiological environment; use the fundamentals of polymers, diffusion, degradation, modeling and pharmacokinetics to solve problems specific to controlled drug delivery; and demonstrate ability to search and summarize primary research literature, write a review article, and deliver a cohesive oral presentation. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 1000 or 1810 or CHEM 1810) and (BIOENG 1220); PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1580 - BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION OF SIGNAL PROCESSING Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The fundamentals of digital signal processing of time series are developed, via applied exercises and projects with a focus on medical and biological signal analysis and interpretation. Biomedical applications are selected from a variety of areas, such as cardiovascular, gait and balance, electrophysiological (EEG, EKG, ECOG, ETUPON completion of this course, students should be able to properly acquire data in digital form; perform standard methods of spectral analysis; implement and apply linear time-invariant discrete-time filters; and demonstrate basic skills in digital signal processing. C.) And neural signal processing, among others. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to properly acquire data in digital form; perform standard methods of spectral analysis; implement and apply linear time-invariant discrete-time filters; and demonstrate basic skills in digital signal processing. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1320 and (ENGR 0012 or 0712 or 0716); PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1586 - QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The course examines some of the major scientific results in Behavioral Neuroscience, and the mathematical and computational principles of brain function they illustrate. Neuroscience topics include sensory transduction, visual processing, motor control, and neural prosthetics. Students learn to apply techniques from signals and systems, statistics, machine learning, information theory, and control theory to neuroscience data sets. Course format consists of lectures and student-led discussions of important publications in neuroscience. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe organizing principles of brain function, from biological and theoretical perspectives apply statistics, signal processing, and machine learning techniques to the analysis of biological data sets design novel experiments, analyses, and data interpretation demonstrate critical evaluation scientific and technical literature Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOENG 1071 or 1072) and 1255 and 1320; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1620 - INTRODUCTION TO TISSUE ENGINEERING Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Tissue engineering (TE) is defined as the development and manipulation of laboratory-grown molecules, cells, tissues, or organs to replace and/or support the function of injured body parts. TE is highly interdisciplinary and therefore crosses numerous engineering and medical specialties. The course introduces students to the fundamentals of TE and the biomaterials, cells and growth factors used in TE through consideration of cell and tissue biology, biomaterials, drug delivery, engineering methods and design, and clinical implementation. Specific applications include skin, nerve, bone, and soft tissue regeneration. Throughout the course ties are made between the topic of study and clinically relevant situations. Upon completing this course, students should be able to: describe basic principles behind human cell and tissue biology and cell; describe the general types of biomaterials used in tissue engineering; describe techniques utilized to design, fabricate, and functionally assess tissue engineering systems; and, apply the combined knowledge of tissue organization and tissue engineering strategies to design a unique, reasonable tissue engineering solution. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1810; PLAN: Bioengineering(BSE)
	BIOENG 1630 - BIOMECHANICS 1-MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Biomechanics 1 is a first course in undergraduate biomechanics that applies and builds on the concepts of statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials as applied to human activities and tissues. After briefly reviewing equilibrium concepts and free body diagrams as applied to the human body, principles from kinetics are used to develop dynamic descriptions of human motion. Finally, engineering concepts employed in description of the fundamental strength of materials are applied to biological tissues. After completion of the course, students should be able to describe the general characteristics and material properties for tissue and organs studied in the course, analyze the forces at a skeletal joint for various static and dynamic human activities, state and use the concepts of balance and stability in describing human motion, and compute the stresses and strains in biological tissues, given loading conditions and material properties. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0135; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1631 - BIOMECHANICS 2: INTRODUCTION TO BIODYNAMICS AND BIOSOLID MECHANICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Modern biomechanics is an increasingly diverse field that encompasses the mechanics of the whole body, all the way down to the cellular and molecular levels. Students are introduced to fundamental concepts and techniques of biodynamics and bio solid mechanics which provide the basis for biomechanics 3 and 4. General approaches used in mechanics are introduced throughout the semester and applied in several laboratories. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to demonstrate recall of functional anatomy of musculoskeletal system perform inverse dynamic analyses describe the principles of basic muscle biomechanics perform analyses of deformable bodies (including viscoelastic materials) describe general experimental techniques for rigid and deformable body analyses. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1630; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 1632 - BIOMECHANICS 3: BIODYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Biodynamics, the area of focus in biomechanics 3, is the study of large-scale movements in biologic systems. As such, the course focuses on the analysis of human movement, which is used in clinical and research settings to understand how various pathologies impact movement and how interventions can be implemented to aid those affected by movement disorders. We cover the fundamentals of biomechanics of human movement using mechanical modeling techniques. The major focus is kinematic analyses in three dimensions using matrix techniques. Some fundamentals of kinetics are covered as well, 2d and 3d inverse dynamics. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to describe basic methods of kinematic/kinetic analysis used in multi-link systems and be able to implement the methods in the analysis of human movement. Students should also be able to apply the methods to study common human movements, e.g. gait analyses, eye movement analyses, etc. Finally, students should be able to use the computer programming language, mat lab, to perform computations on kinematic data. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1631 and MATH 0280 and (ENGR 0012 or 0712 or 0716); PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1633 - BIOMECHANICS 4 - BIOMECHANICS OF ORGANS, TISSUES, AND CELLS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Modern biomechanics is an increasingly diverse field that encompasses the mechanics of the whole human body, including all the way down to the cellular and molecular levels. Biomechanics 4 builds upon biomechanics fundamentals learned in BIOENG 1630 and BIOENG 1631 in building a comprehensive application of bio solid mechanics to describe the mechanical behavior of soft and hard biological tissues. The course provides fundamental concepts in the development and application of constitutive models, as well as a foundation for more advanced topics that are covered in graduate school. Mathematica (Wolfram Research, Inc.) Is used both in class and for assignments. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to formulate biomechanics constitutive models that describe soft and hard tissues and use Mathematica as a framework for exploring the impact of model parameters in the model description. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1631 and MATH 0280; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 1680 - BIOMEDICAL APPLC OF CONTROL Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 The goal of this course is to provide students with systems modeling and control design experience in biological systems and medical applications. Root locus and frequency response methods for compensation are reviewed, and state-variable models for controller design are introduced. Several specific control problems drawn from medical applications and biological research are discussed in depth, with appropriate physiological background being presented. Characterization of design criteria in terms of application requirements and problems in implementing control solutions are discussed. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 1320; PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE)
	BIOENG 1810 - BIOMATERIALS AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 Undergraduate students are introduced to an advanced understanding of biomaterials and the use of biomaterial in areas such as tissue engineering, artificial organs, and implantable devices. Throughout the course, ties are made between the topic of study and clinically relevant biomaterial performance. The course introduces various biomaterials, such as polymers, metals, and ceramics, with the focus on biomaterial synthesis, characterization, structure-property relationship and surface modification. Biocompatibility issues of biomaterials will be discussed from different aspects such as protein adsorption, foreign body reaction, immune and inflammatory response, and sterilization. Finally, examples of clinical applications are discussed. Upon completing the course, the student should be able to: state the basic principles behind human tissue response to artificial surface implantation, describe the general types of materials used in soft and hard tissue replacements, drug delivery devices, and extracorporeal devices, describe techniques utilized to control the physiologic response to artificial surfaces, and identify various design strategies and clinical applications of biomaterials Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320 and (BIOSC 1000 or BIOSC 1810 or CHEM 1810); PLAN: Bioengineering (BSE or BEH)
	BIOENG 2024 - BIOENGINEERING SEM FOR PROF MS Minimum Credits: 0 Maximum Credits: 0 One hour lecture format by members of the bioengineering community of both the university of Pittsburgh and other institutions. Academic Career: GRAD Course Component: Seminar Grade Component: Grad HSU
	BIOENG 2150 - MEDICAL PRODUCT IDEATION Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 A didactic class that explores the principles and use of “ethnography” as a tool to observe and document clinical activity in order to draft a clear statement of a clinical problem in need of solution and methods for concept generation to identify potential solutions. Students will be able to describe and use ethnographical techniques in identifying workplace problems and be able to describe and use concept generation methods to develop potential solutions. Topics covered: ethnography in the workplace; group brainstorming; brain-writing; affinitization; morphological analysis; basic human factors design. Academic Career: Graduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter GRD Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
	BIOENG 2151 - MEDICAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 A didactic course that uses principles of system engineering, the stage-gate process for medical product development and engineering and business analysis principles to evaluate the commercial potential proposed medical devices to further develop feasible solutions to a clinical problem identified in BIOENG 2150. Students will demonstrate use of systems engineering techniques to prioritize a set of feasible device and/or system solutions and ability to use intellectual property (IP) tools to determine suitability for further development. Students will demonstrate use of course principles in development of a commercialization plan for a proposed medical product. Design controls required by fad and international bodies; systems engineering methodologies; intellectual property (IP) and IP search tools; brief market analysis; size by region, growth, competition, barriers to entry, sustainable advantage; reimbursement issues for proposed medical device/system; basic financial analysis ’ students will construct spreadsheets typically presented to senior business management. This will include estimates of costs, margins, break-even analysis, NPV, hurdle rates, ROI, IRR; codes, standards, and regulatory processes (FDA, IEC & ISO, UL, ministry of health (Japan), NRC, BRH, notified bodies, obtaining broad indications for use); safety, reliability, product liability considerations, manufacturability considerations (DFM ’ design for manufacture, workflows) Academic Career: Graduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter GRD Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOENG 2150 ; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
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	BIOSC 0041 - ANATOMY FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This lecture course is designed to meet anatomy pre-requisites for students who are applying for admission to health profession programs but does not count towards any of the majors in biological sciences. Students will explore human functional and clinical gross anatomy organized by body region. Imaging techniques, disease pathologies, and case studies are utilized to enhance and apply lecture information. Co-enrollment with BIOSC 0042 is required. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CREQ: BIOSC 0042 (Min Grade ‘C’)
	BIOSC 0042 - ANATOMY FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This laboratory course is designed to meet anatomy pre-requisites for students who are applying for admission to health profession programs but does not count towards any of the majors in biological sciences. This laboratory provides a visual opportunity to learn human anatomy through various tools, including skeletons, organ models, pathology specimens, virtual dissection, and histology slides. Lab modules are organized by body region. Co-enrollment with BIOSC 0041 is required. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CREQ: BIOSC 0041 (Min Grade ‘C’)
	BIOSC 0050 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This is the first course in a two-course sequence on the study of organisms in the laboratory and the field. We will work with techniques that are important in biology and apply these techniques to illustrate basic biological principles, with an emphasis on living organisms. The laboratory exercises focus on cell structure and function, basic cellular processes, plant structure and function, and basic animal anatomy and physiology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0150 or 0715 or 0170 or 0190 or BIOL 0101 or 0110 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all courses listed) or CREQ: BIOENG 1070
	BIOSC 0057 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORY 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This course is designed to introduce biology as an experimental science and attempts to expose the student to some basic concepts and laboratory techniques in a more challenging fashion and in greater depth than BIOSC 0050. BIOSC 0057 provides a foundation for future laboratory courses and work in biology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: CREQ: BIOENG 1070; PREQ: (BIOSC 0150 or 0170 or 0715 or 0190) or (BIOL 0101 or 0110); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0058 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY SEA-PHAGES LABORATORY 1 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This research-focused version of BIOSC 0050 uses bacteriophage discovery to introduce biology as an experimental science. Students learn current laboratory techniques through discovery, isolation, and characterization of their own novel virus. Students will be introduced to concepts in microbiology, evolution, and molecular biology through hands-on experiments driven by results obtained during class. This course is the first half of a two-part course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: LEVEL: Freshman or Sophomore
	BIOSC 0060 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY LABORATORY 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This one-credit laboratory course is the second in a two-course sequence designed to be an introduction to scientific inquiry in the biological sciences for majors in biology and related fields. You will use genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology to undertake authentic research exploring the evolution of metabolic pathways in different species. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0050 or 0057 or 0058 or 0070 or 0190 or BIOL 0101 or 0111) and (BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0180 or BIOL 0102 or 0120); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0067 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORY 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This research-focused version of BIOSC 0060 uses real research projects to introduce biology as an experimental science. Students learn current laboratory techniques through an inquiry-based project or set of projects throughout the semester. Experiments can focus on genetics, molecular biology, evolution, and ecology. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0050 or 0057 or 0058 or 0070 or 0190 or BIOL 0101 or 0111) and (BIOSC 0160 or 0180 or 0716 or BIOL 0102 or 0120); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0068 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY SEA-PHAGES LABORATORY 2 Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 This research-focused version of BIOSC 0060 uses bacteriophage genomics to introduce biology as an experimental science. Students learn current computational biological techniques through annotation and characterization of novel viral genomes. Students will be introduced to concepts in bioinformatics, microbiology, evolution, and molecular biology through hands-on experiments driven by results obtained during class. This course is the second half of a two-part course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0058; Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0100 - PREPARATION FOR BIOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is intended for students who have not had high school biology in the past five years. The course is also highly recommended for students who have not completed algebra. The lecture will over a subset of topics from foundations of biology 1 and 2, including a discussion of basic chemistry used in biology, cell biology including mitosis and meiosis, human anatomy and physiology, and an introduction to genetics. The weekly recitations will explore topics covered in lecture in more depth and integrate problem solving and study skills. Some laboratory exercises will be included in the recitation period to re-enforce the lecture topics by giving students the opportunity to investigate the experimental aspect of biology. The laboratory exercises and assignments will focus on basic math and writing skills. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 0150 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 1 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This introductory course in biology is divided into two parts. The first part covers the cellular basis of life including a discussion of simple chemistry; cells as units of structure and function; and energy transformations. The second part includes an examination of those functions common to all organisms such as nutrition, gas and fluid transport, and hormonal and neuronal control. Throughout, the emphasis is on the mechanisms used to accomplish these basic functions. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
	BIOSC 0160 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 2 Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This introductory course covers the basic principles of genetics, evolution, and ecology. Emphasis will be placed on the experimental and observational basis for our knowledge of these subjects. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0150 or 0715 or 0170 or 0190) or (BIOL 0101 or 0110); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0190 - DISCOVERING LIFE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD 1 Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 This introductory biology course integrates lab and lecture and is recommended to those students interested in pursuing research in the biological sciences and/or in building problem solving and data analysis skills. Lectures cover macromolecule structure and function, energy and metabolism, and histology and physiology of select organ systems. Labs expose students to cutting-edge research methods and are run by the same instructors that teach the lecture portion of the course. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: LVL: Fr
	BIOSC 0191 - DISCOVERING LIFE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD 2 Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 This introductory biology course integrates lab and lecture and is recommended to those students interested in pursuing research in the biological sciences and/or in building problem solving and data analysis skills. Lectures cover genetics, development, ecology, and evolution. Labs expose students to cutting-edge research methods and are run by the same instructors that teach the lecture portion of the course. This course is equivalent to BIOSC 0160/0060 or BIOSC 0716/0060. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: Letter Grade Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0190; Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0200 - TEACHING BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 3 Teaching biology is a complex and multi-faceted challenge. It requires the integration of deep disciplinary knowledge with a functional understanding of learning theory and the development of practical skills for working with students. Teaching biological sciences is designed to help you explore multiple strategies for effective teaching and learning and refine your own understanding of biology through efforts to become a better science communicator. The course has both seminar and project based components. You are encouraged to coordinate your work in this course with existing teaching opportunities but this is not required. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Practicum Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180) or (BIOL 0102 or 0120); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0350 - GENETICS Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 This course is designed to examine the gene in the following dimensions: the gene as a unit of transmission, a unit of function, and a unit of mutation. In addition, the distribution and activity of genes in populations will be considered in the context of current theories of evolution. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180) or (BIOENG 1071 or 1072) or (BIOL 0102 or 0120) and (CHEM 0120 or 0720 or 0770 or 0970 or 0102 or 0112 and 0114); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0351 - GENETICS LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 Laboratory exercises designed to illustrate the major principles of genetics. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: (BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0191 or 0080 or BIOL 0102 or 0121); Min Grade ‘C’; CREQ: (BIOSC 0350 or 0355 or BIOL 0350 or 0203); Min Grade ‘C’
	BIOSC 0355 - UHC GENETICS Minimum Credits: 4 Maximum Credits: 4 This course is designed to examine the gene as a unit of transmission, a unit of function, and a unit of mutation. The course emphasizes the relationship between classical mendelian genetics and the modern molecular understanding of gene structure and function. Recitations are used for week ly problem sets and discussion of exercises in the virtual flylab, an internet-based simulation of genetic experiments with the fruit fly drosophila melanogaster. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOL (0102 or 0120)] and [CHEM 0120 or 0720 or 0102 or (0112 and 0114)]; Min Grade ‘C’ for all classes listed.
	BIOSC 0370 - ECOLOGY Minimum Credits: 3 Maximum Credits: 3 The objective of the course is to provide a broad introduction to the study of ecology at the undergraduate level, through the presentation of lectures dealing with organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels of hierarchical organization. The contributions of laboratory and field investigations to the development of ecological knowledge will be considered. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Lecture Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0160 or 0716 or 0191 or 0180 or BIOL 0102 or 0120; Min Grade ‘C’ for all classes listed.
	BIOSC 0390 - ECOLOGY LABORATORY Minimum Credits: 1 Maximum Credits: 1 The objective of the laboratory course is to provide students with practical experience in ecological methods and in the design, conduct, and analysis of ecological studies. Laboratory exercises are designed to correspond with major lecture topics presented in BIOSC 0370. Exercises will include laboratory and field studies. Academic Career: Undergraduate Course Component: Credit Laboratory Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0060 or 0067 or 0068 or 0080 or 0191 or BIOL 0102 or 0121; CREQ: BIOSC 0370 or 0371 or BIOL 1430 or 1515; Min Grade ‘C’ for all classes listed.

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ARTSC 1861 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 1

ARTSC 1862 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 2

ARTSC 1863 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 3

ARTSC 1864 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 4

ARTSC 1865 - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON COURSE 5

ARTSC 1899 - INTERNSHIP ABROAD

ARTSC 1900 - ARTSC ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP

ARTSC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

ARTSC 1902 - SPECIAL TOPICS

ARTSC 1903 - INTERNSHIP IN LONDON

ARTSC 1910 - INSTITUTE OF POLITICS INTERNSHIP

ARTSC 1917 - INDEPENDENT STUDY ABROAD

ARTSC 1918 - INTERNSHIP IN CHINA

ARTSC 1930 - STUDY ABROAD: ESTONIA

ARTSC 1950 - PEER TUTORING EXPERIENCE

ATHLTR 1811 - BASIC ATHLETIC TRAINING

ATHLTR 1812 - BASIC ATHLETIC TRAINING LAB

ATHLTR 1821 - INJURY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT 1

ATHLTR 1822 - INJURY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT 2

ATHLTR 1823 - ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF ATHLETIC TRAINING

ATHLTR 1824 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 1

ATHLTR 1831 - THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES AND LAB

ATHLTR 1832 - THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE AND LAB

ATHLTR 1833 - STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

ATHLTR 1834 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ATHLETIC TRAINING

ATHLTR 1835 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 2

ATHLTR 1841 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 3

ATHLTR 1842 - ATHLETIC TRAINING PRACTICUM 4

ATHLTR 1843 - ADVANCED ORTHOPEDIC ASSESSMENT

ATHLTR 1866 - PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT

ATHLTR 1885 - INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE BASED REHABILITATION

BIOENG 0050 - WORKSHOP IN BIOENGINEERING DESIGN

BIOENG 0051 - WORKSHOP IN MEDICAL DEVICES- THE BASICS

BIOENG 0052 - WORKSHOP IN OPENSIM

BIOENG 0053 - WORKSHOP IN STATISTICAL DESIGN

BIOENG 0054 - WORKSHOP IN DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY

BIOENG 0501 - MUSIC ENGINEERING

BIOENG 1002 - INTRAMURAL INTERNSHIP

BIOENG 1005 - RADIOFREQUENCY MEDICAL DEVICES

BIOENG 1050 - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

BIOENG 1051 - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 2

BIOENG 1052 - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 3

BIOENG 1070 - INTRODUCTORY CELL BIOLOGY 1

BIOENG 1071 - INTRODUCTION TO CELL BIOLOGY 2

BIOENG 1072 - HONORS INTRODUCTORY CELL BIOLOGY 2

BIOENG 1075 - INTRODUCTION TO CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

BIOENG 1085 - INTRO TO BIOENGINEERING: SEMINAR

BIOENG 1095 - SPECIAL PROJECTS

BIOENG 1096 - UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING EXPERIENCE

BIOENG 1150 - BIOENG METHODS AND APPLICATIONS

BIOENG 1160 - BIOENGINEERING DESIGN 1

BIOENG 1161 - BIOENGINEERING DESIGN 2

BIOENG 1210 - BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

BIOENG 1211 - HONORS BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS

BIOENG 1218 - EMERGING BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES

BIOENG 1220 - BIOTRANSPORT PHENOMENA

BIOENG 1241 - SOCIETAL, POLITICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN BIOENGINEERING

BIOENG 1255 - DYNAMIC SYSTEMS: PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

BIOENG 1310 - LINEAR SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONICS 1

BIOENG 1320 - BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

BIOENG 1330 - BIOMEDICAL IMAGING

BIOENG 1351 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN BIOENGINEERING

BIOENG 1370 - COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION IN MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN

BIOENG 1383 - BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

BIOENG 1533 - CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY

BIOENG 1580 - BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION OF SIGNAL PROCESSING

BIOENG 1586 - QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE

BIOENG 1620 - INTRODUCTION TO TISSUE ENGINEERING

BIOENG 1630 - BIOMECHANICS 1-MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

BIOENG 1631 - BIOMECHANICS 2: INTRODUCTION TO BIODYNAMICS AND BIOSOLID MECHANICS

BIOENG 1632 - BIOMECHANICS 3: BIODYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT

BIOENG 1633 - BIOMECHANICS 4 - BIOMECHANICS OF ORGANS, TISSUES, AND CELLS

BIOENG 1680 - BIOMEDICAL APPLC OF CONTROL

BIOENG 1810 - BIOMATERIALS AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY

BIOENG 2024 - BIOENGINEERING SEM FOR PROF MS