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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313610 v.2 Biosystems Engineering Stream (BEng)

Introduction

Biosystems Engineering is a broad engineering discipline that deals with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems. The course structure is designed to cover both the engineering principles and the biological fundamentals that are essential to the development, design and operation of processes/plants for the extraction, conversion and recovery of materials, and of biological systems. Graduates taking this program are prepared to work in both traditional chemical engineering industry and the evolving biotech industry (including health industry).

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 2 Semester 2
313756 v.1   Process Engineering and Analysis 212 5.0 25.0
  25.0
Year 3 Semester 1
312357 v.1   Cell Biology 101 5.0 25.0
313400 v.2   Biomedical Science 100 4.0 25.0
313764 v.1   Bioprocess Engineering Fundamentals 300 5.0 25.0
  75.0
Year 3 Semester 2
310751 v.2   Biochemical Engineering 320 4.0 25.0
313771 v.1   Process Synthesis and Design 312 5.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 1
310752 v.1   ChE 420 Biosystems Engineering 5.0 25.0
313791 v.1   Research Project 411 5.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 2