Bioengineering - Field of Study

Students enrolled in the 48-unit ME must complete for the ME (Bioengineering) (Plan Code:BIOENX5709), 48 units comprising :

  1. 14 units from part A1; and
  2. 4 to 8 units from part A2; and
  3. 4 to 8 units from part B; and
  4. 16 units from either part C1 or part C2; and
  5. 4 to 8 units from part D.

Part A1 - Compulsory

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOE6901 2 Medical Device Engineering
ENGG7901 2 Professional Engineering and the Business Environment: Global Practice
CHEE4020 2 Bioprocess Engineering

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7902 2 Engineering Innovation and Leadership
BIOE4305 2 Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
BIOE6601 2 Medical Imaging

Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
PUBH7630 2 Introduction to Biostatistics

Part A2

Project or Placement

Course Code Units Course Title
[ ENGG7381 8 Research Thesis
[ or
[ ENGG7382 8 Research Thesis
[ ENGG7341 4 Research Project
[ or
[ ENGG7342 4 Research Project

Part B

Bioengineering Electives

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOE6034 2 Cell and Tissue Engineering

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE7409 2 Metabolic Engineering
BIOE6403 2 Biomedical Instrumentation
BIOE7902 2 Biomedical Signal Processing

Part C1

Students with a background in Chemistry or Environmental or Biological Sciences
Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE2001 2 Process Principles
MATH7501 2 Mathematics for Data Science 1
ELEC2003 2 Electromechanics & Electronics
ELEC3400 2 Electronic Circuits

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC2004 2 Circuits, Signals & Systems

Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG1300 2 Introduction to Electrical Systems
ENGG1500 2 Thermodynamics : Energy and the Environment
MATH2001 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II

Part C2

Students with background in Physical or Mathematical Sciences
Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOE1001 2 Principles of Biomedical & Bioprocess Engineering
CHEE2001 2 Process Principles
ELEC2003 2 Electromechanics & Electronics
ELEC3400 2 Electronic Circuits

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM2056 2 Physical Chemistry for Engineering
ELEC2004 2 Circuits, Signals & Systems

Semester 1 and 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1
ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering

Part D - Electives

Electrical Engineering Electives

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS4113 2 Photonics
COMS4104 2 Microwave Engineering
ELEC3004 2 Signals, Systems & Control
ELEC4630 2 Image Processing and Computer Vision
METR4201 2 Control Engineering 1

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
COMS7305 2 Advanced Microwave Engineering
COMS7307 2 Advanced Photonics
COMS7309 2 Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics
ELEC3100 2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
ELEC4620 2 Digital Signal Processing
METR4202 2 Robotics & Automation
METR6203 2 Control Engineering 2

Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
ENGG7811 2 Research Methods

Computer Science and Embedded Systems

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
CSSE3010 2 Embedded Systems Design & Interfacing

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP3702 2 Artificial Intelligence
COMP3710 2 Pattern Recognition and Analysis

Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE7030 2 Introduction to Software Engineering
CSSE7201 2 Introduction to Computer Systems

Process Engineering Electives

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CHEE7111 2 Advanced Process and System Modelling
CHEE7112 2 Integrated Safety Design and Management
CHEE7113 2 Whole of Process Optimisation and Control
CHEE7502 2 Sustainable Bioresource Engineering
WATR6108 2 Advanced Unit Operations in Water Management

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
WATR7103 2 Advanced Wastewater and Biosolids Treatment

Management and Business Electives

Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4800 2 Project Management
TIMS7323 2 Bio-Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ECON7540 2 Economics of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
TIMS7328 2 Strategies for Business Sustainability and Innovation

Biological and Health Sciences Electives

Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC6007 2 Directed Studies in Biomolecular Structure & Function
BIOC6017 2 Introduction to the Molecular Biology Laboratory

Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
PUBH7600 2 Introduction to Epidemiology