Sep 29, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biological Systems Engineering - Biological (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
CHM 210 - Chemistry I 4    
MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 4 KSC 030  
DEN 160 - Engineering Orientation 1    
DEN 161 - Engineering Problem Solving 1    
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I 3 KSC 020  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology 4    
CHM 230 - Chemistry II 4    
MATH 221 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 4    
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I 3 KSC 010  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry 3    
PHYS 213 - Engineering Physics I 5 KSC 040  
BAE 460 - Computational & Statistical Tools for Engineers 3    
MATH 222 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus III 4    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
BAE 345 - Properties of Biological Materials 2    
BAE 346 - Properties of Biological Materials Laboratory 1    
CE 530 - Statics and Dynamics 3    
MATH 340 - Elementary Differential Equations 4    
PHYS 214 - Engineering Physics II 5    
IMSE 530 - Engineering Economic Analysis 2    
Total Credits: 17      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
BAE 445 - Biological Engineering Fundamentals 3    
ME 513 - Thermodynamics I 3    
ME 571 - Fluid Mechanics 3    
BIOL 455 - General Microbiology 4    
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
BAE 331 - Professional Practice for Biological Systems Engineering Design 1    
BAE 645 - Bioenvironmental Reaction Engineering 3    
Engineering Elective 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
ECE 519 - Electric Circuits for Engineers 3    
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II 3 KSC 010  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
BAE 545 - Biological Process Engineering 3    
BAE 536 - Biological Systems Engineering Senior Design I 3    
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Engineering Elective 3    
Engineering Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
BAE 020 - Engineering Assembly 0    
BAE 640 - Instrumentation and Control for Biological Systems 3    
BAE 636 - Biological Systems Engineering Senior Design II 1    
Engineering Elective 3    
Engineering Elective 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Total Program Hours: 126      

 

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