Bioengineering (B.Eng.)

142–143 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Year 0 Courses (29 credits)

Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credits for Year 0 (Foundation) courses, except BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology. Students from Quebec CEGEPs who have successfully completed a course at CEGEP that is equivalent to BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology. may obtain transfer credits for this course by passing the McGill Science Placement Exam for BIOL 112. For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels and Science Placement Exams, see www.mcgill.ca/engineering/student/sao/newstudents and select your term of admission.

  • BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter

Required Non-Departmental Courses (23 credits)

  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • COMP 208 Computer Programming for Physical Sciences and Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 150 Foundations of Engineering Practice and Communication (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 250 Responsibilities of the Professional Engineer (0 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 300 Engineering Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • FACC 400 Engineering Professional Practice (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 263 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 264 Advanced Calculus for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Required Bioengineering Courses (63 credits)

  • BIEN 201 Introduction to Bioengineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 203 Introduction to Statistics and Data Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • BIEN 210 Electrical and Optical Properties of Biological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 219 Introduction to Physical Molecular and Cell Biology (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 221 Mechanics for Bioengineers (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 267 Bioanalytical Methods in Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 280 Thermodynamics in Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 290 Bioengineering Measurement Laboratory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 310 Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 314 Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 320 Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 340 Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 350 Biosignals, Systems and Control (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 380 Biological Structures, Assemblies and Patterns (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 390 Bioengineering Laboratory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 420 Biodevices Design for Diagnostics and Screening (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 440 Information Storage and Processing in Biological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 471 Bioengineering Research Project (2 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • BIEN 472D1 Bioengineering Capstone Project (3.5 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 472D2 Bioengineering Capstone Project (3.5 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Complementary Courses (27-28 credits)

Bioengineering Technical Complementary Courses (18–19 credits)

18-19 credits Students will need to take 6 courses to upgrade their general knowledge of Bioengineering. At least 4 courses must be selected from the BIEN courses listed below:

  • BIEN 330 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 361 Materials for Bio-Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 410 Computational Methods in Biomolecular Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 462 Engineering Principles in Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 500 Special Topics in Bioengineering 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 505 Medical Technology Innovation and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 510 Engineered Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 514 Fundamentals and Rheology of Biological Fluids (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 515 Special Topics in Bioengineering 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 524 Climate Change and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 525 Special Topics in Bioengineering 3 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 530 Imaging and Bioanalytical Instrumentation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 535 Electron Microscopy and 3D Imaging for Biological Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 540 Biocomputation and Biosimulation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 545 Diagnostic Devices at the Point-of-Care (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 550 Biomolecular Devices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 560 Design of Biosensors (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 570 Active Mechanics in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 580 Synthetic Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 585 Metabolic Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 590 Cell Culture Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • BIEN 595 Advanced Biomolecular Systems Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 502 BME Modelling and Identification (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 503 Biomedical Instrumentation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 504 Biomaterials and Bioperformance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 505 Cell and Tissue Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BMDE 508 Introduction to Micro and Nano-Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 512 Finite-Element Modelling in Biomedical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 519 Biomedical Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 563 Biofluids and Cardiovascular Mechanics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CIVE 281 Analytical Mechanics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CIVE 557 Microbiology for Environmental Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 251 Algorithms and Data Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 462 Computational Biology Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 551 Applied Machine Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MECH 321 Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 513 Control Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 547 Mechanics of Biological Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 561 Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 563 Biofluids and Cardiovascular Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 572 Mechanics and Control of Robotic Manipulators (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 470 Engineering Biomaterials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 473 Introduction to Computational Materials Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 510 Energy Analysis (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 515 Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 520 Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 540 Industrial Ecology and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 550 Decision-Making for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Studies (9 credits)

9 credits

Group A - Impact of Technology on Society (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

  • ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARCH 515 Sustainable Design (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMS 200 History of Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 411 Disability, Technology and Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 331 Managing and Organizing Digital Technology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 334 Design Thinking for User Experience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 455 Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LLCU 212 Understanding Digital and Social Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MGCR 331 Information Technology Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MGPO 485 Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 500 Foundations of Sustainability for Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 530 Economics for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 325 Sociology of Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Group B - Humanities and Social Science, Management Studies and Law (6 credits)

6 credits Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credits for 3 credits (one course) from the Complementary Studies Group B list. Faculty of Arts 200 or 300 level courses in the following departments excluding seminars, field courses, surveys, special/selected topics courses, courses with physical, natural or medical sciences, mathematics, and statistic contents, and courses reserved for major or Honours in the relative programs: Anthropology (ANTH) Art History & Communications (ARTH, and COMS) East Asian Studies (EAST) Economics (excluding ECON 227D1/ECON 227D2 and ECON 337)* French Language & Literature (FREN)* (excluding FREN 222, and FREN 333) French Language Center (FRSL courses 200 level or higher) History and Classical Studies (CLAS, and HIST excluding HIST 399) Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (GSFS) Institute for Study of Canada (CANS, and INDG) Islamic Studies (AFRI, and ISLA) Jewish Studies (JWST) Languages, Literatures, Cultures (GERM, HISP, ITAL, LLCU and RUSS) Philosophy (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310) Political Science (excluding POLI 311) Religious Studies (CATH, RELG) Sociology (excluding SOCI 211, SOCI 330, SOCI 342, SOCI 343, SOCI 350) * Note: Restriction applies to the courses that are reserved for the majors and Honours.

Desautels Faculty of Management

Desautels Faculty of Management

  • BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INTG 215 Entrepreneurship Essentials for Non-Management Students (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science

  • ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 338 History and Philosophy of Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

  • ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 220 Law for Architects and Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 500 Technology Business Plan Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 501 Technology Business Plan Project (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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