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Recommended Electives
The electives listed below are a few recommended classes to help you and your major professor guide your coursework to complement your research objectives, though it is in no way a comprehensive list of all the courses available. The list will be updated annually with any new courses approved by major professors and graduate advisors.
- Biotechnology
- BIT 160: Plant Biotechnology (3)
DEB 263: Basic Biotechnology (2)
ECH 161L: Bioprocessing Engineering Lab (4)
GGG 296: Science Integrity (2)
PLP 123: Plant Virus Vector Interactions (3)
MCB 123: Enzymes and Receptors (3 units)
MCB 263: Basic Biotechnology (2) - Biology and Biomedical Focus
- BCB 211: Macromolecule Structure and Interaction (3 units)
BIM 202: Biology for Engineers (4)
BIM 264: Synthetic and Systems Engineering (4)
BIM 289A: Cellular and Molecular Systems for Engineers (4)
BIS 102L Structure and Function of Biomolecules (3)
BPH 241: Membrane Biology (3)
EBS 200: Research Methods in Bio Systems Engineering (2)
EBS 216: Energy Systems (4 units)
ECH 269: Molecular Biophysics (4)
BCB 211: Macromolecule Structure and Interaction (3 units)
BIM 202: Biology for Engineers (4)
BIM 264: Synthetic and Systems Engineering (4)
BIM 289A: Cellular and Molecular Systems for Engineers (4)
BIS 102L Structure and Function of Biomolecules (3)
BPH 241: Membrane Biology (3)
EBS 200: Research Methods in Bio Systems Engineering (2)
EBS 216: Energy Systems (4 units)
ECH 269: Molecular Biophysics (4) - Chemistry
- CHE 204: Mathematical Methods in Chemistry (3)
CHE 210B: Quantum Chemistry (3)
CHE 211B: Statistical Mechanics (3)
CHE 221B: Special Topics Organic Chemistry (3 units)
CHE 222: Chemistry of Nanoparticles (3)
CHE 226: Principles of Transition Metal Chemistry (3)
CHE 241B: Laster and X-Ray Spectroscopy (3)
CHE 241C: Mass Spectrometry (3)
CHE 241E: Microscopy and Imaging Techniques (3) - Physics
- PHY 108: Optics (3 units)
PHY 110C: Electricity and Magnetism (3 units)
PHY 240A: Condensed Matter Physics A (3 units)
PHY 240B: Condensed Matter Physics B ( 3 units)
PHY 243B: Surface Physics (3 units)
PHY 250: Special Topics (3 units) (Topic varies by instructor) - Computation and Modelling
- ECH 261: Molecular Modelling (4)
ECS 223: Parallel Algorithms (4)
ECS 230: Applied Numerical Linear Algebra (4 units)
ECS 289K: Scientific Computing (1)
EEC 241: Molecular Electronics (4)
MAT 207C: Applied Mathematics (4)
MAT 226A: Numerical Methods (4)
MAT 258A: Numerical Optimization (4 units)
STA 135: Multivariable Data Analysis (4)
STA 200A: Probability Theory (4 units)
STA 200B: Probability Theory (4 units)
STA 206: Statistical Methods for Research 1 (4 units)
STA 207: Statistical Methods for Research 2 (4 units)
STA 208: Statistical Methods in Machine Learning (4 units) - Engineering Education
- ECI 289C: Engineering Education (2)
- Fluid Mechanics
- MAE 210A: Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (4 units)
MAE 210B: Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (4 units)
Food and Beverage Engineering
ABG 250: Modeling in Biological Systems (3 units)
ECH 263: Rheology (3 units)
ECH 265: Emulsions, Microemulsions, Bilayer (4)
ETX 220: Analysis of Toxicants (3)
FST 115: Fermented Foods (4)
FST 202: Physical Chemistry of Foods (3 units)
FST 211: Lipids (3 units)
MIC 170: Yeast Molecular Genetics (3 units)
VEN 124: Wine Production (2)
VEN 135: Wine Tech/Winery Systems (4)
VEN 215: Sensometrics (3 units)
VEN 224: Advances in Winemaking (3 units) - Materials Science
- EMS 162: Structural Characterization of Engineering Materials (4)
EMS 174: Mechanical Behavior of Materials (4)
EMS 230: Electron Microscopy (3)
EMS 230L: Electron Microscopy Lab (2)
EMS 272: Advanced Functional Properties of Materials (4)
EMS 288: Biomaterials
MAE 250C: Mechanical Performance of Materials (4 units) - Process Control
- ECH 267: Advanced Process Control (4 units)
EEC 263: Optimal and Adaptive Filtering (4 units)
MAE 272: Theory Design Control Systems (4 units)
TTP 289A: Selected Topics in Transportation (3 units) - Renewable Energy and Nuclear Science
- ECH/EMS 246: PV and Solar Cells (4 units)
BIM 243: Radiation Detectors in Biomedical Applications (4 units)
GEL 227: Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry (4 units)
GEL 251: Advanced Topics in Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (3 units)
PHY 224A: Nuclear Physics (3 units)
PHY 245A: High-Energy Physics (3 units)
PHY 252B: Techniques of Experimental Physics (3 units)