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Biology & health · 34Intermediate
Bioengineer
Engineers drawn to biomedical engineering and synthetic biology.
Calculus, anatomy and physiology, chemical biology, genetic circuit design and materials science.
236hours of coursework
24weeks at 10 h
5steps
15courses
5universities
Target skills
Mathematical ModelingChemistryCell BiologyData ModelingApplied MathematicsEstimationData AnalysisDerivativesAlgebraTrigonometryGraphingCalculus
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Bioengineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Synthetic biology engineer
Progression
- 1Johns Hopkins UniversityIntermediateData Analysis Software
Stated prerequisites: Some familiarity with precalculus, specifically exponential and logarithm functions
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Calculus through Data & Modeling: Precalculus Review Beginner 8 h 4.8 (124) Calculus through Data & Modeling: Limits & Derivatives Beginner 10 h 4.7 (212) Calculus through Data & Modeling: Differentiation Rules Intermediate 8 h 4.8 (124) Calculus through Data & Modeling: Applying Differentiation Intermediate 7 h 4.7 (63) - 2Rice UniversityIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some medical terminology knowledge (preferred)
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Anatomy & Physiology: Levels of Organization Intermediate 10 h 4.7 (126) Anatomy & Physiology: Support & Movement Intermediate 12 h 4.9 (34) Anatomy & Physiology: Regulation, Integration, & Control Intermediate 9 h 4.8 (36) - 3University of GenevaIntermediate
- 4University of Colorado BoulderIntermediateMathematical Softwareacademic credit
Stated prerequisites: Basic understanding of biology and/or engineering principles (recommended)
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Engineering Genetic Circuits: Design Beginner 20 h 4.4 (38) Engineering Genetic Circuits: Modeling and Analysis Intermediate 25 h — Engineering Genetic Circuits: Abstraction Methods Intermediate 18 h — - 5Arizona State UniversityBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Introduction to Materials Science Beginner 29 h 4.7 (243) Crystal Structures and Properties of Metals Beginner 24 h 4.8 (41) Shape and Property Control of Metals I & II Beginner 20 h 4.9 (23) Phase Diagrams I & II Beginner 16 h 4.6 (31)
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Projects to build
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Design and simulate a genetic circuit that detects a molecule and produces a fluorescent signal.
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Free textbooks
Calculus, Volumes 1 to 3OpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
Anatomy and Physiology 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
Chemistry 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
Biology 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0