Please refer to the Schedule Planning Information page for a general idea when these courses are offered. For exact dates, times, locations, fees, and instructors, please refer to the course finder.

Undergraduate Courses

Course Number & Name Course Format
Course Number & Name: 545.203 - Engineering Thermodynamics Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.301 - Kinetic Processes Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.303 - Transport Phenomena I or Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.304 - Transport Phenomena II Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 550.291 - Linear Algebra and Differential Equations Course Format:
  1. Applicants whose prior education does not include the prerequisites listed under Admission Requirements may still enroll under provisional status, followed by full admission once they have completed the missing prerequisites. All prerequisite courses beyond calculus are available at Johns Hopkins Engineering. These courses do not count toward the degree or certificate requirements.
  2. Undergraduate courses from other engineering or science disciplines may be substituted if there is significant overlap in material. Permission to substitute or waive course requirements will be at the discretion of the program chair.
  3. EN.553.xxx courses are offered through the full-time Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics.

Recommended Core Courses

Course Number & Name Course Format
Course Number & Name: 545.602 - Metabolic Systems Biotechnology Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.604 - Transport Phenomena in Practice Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.615 - Interfacial Science with Applications to Nanoscale Systems Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.671 - Advanced Thermodynamics in Practice Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.673 - Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering in Practice Course Format: In-person

Focus Areas

Students should work with an advisor to choose an appropriate selection of courses in keeping with their desired focus area (Biotechnology or Nanotechnology) and career goals. Focus areas do not appear as official designations on a student’s transcript or diploma.

Additional Representative Courses

Additional relevant courses are available from Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and other related majors. The following are presented as aid to students in planning their class schedules. The students are encouraged to seek out other courses of relevance to the Master’s degree.

Electives

Course Number & Name Course Format
Course Number & Name: 410.601 - Biochemistry Course Format:
Course Number & Name: 410.602 - Molecular Biology Course Format:
Course Number & Name: 410.603 - Advanced Cell Biology I Course Format:
Course Number & Name: 410.645 - Biostatistics Course Format:
Course Number & Name: 545.603 - Colloids and Nanoparticles Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.606 - Chemical & Biomolecular Separation Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.614 - Computational Protein Structure Prediction and Design Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.615 - Interfacial Science with Applications to Nanoscale Systems Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.619 - Project in Design: Alternative Energy Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.621 - Project in Design: Pharmacodynamics Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.622 - Introduction to Polymeric Materials Course Format:
Course Number & Name: 545.628 - Supramolecular Materials and Nanomedicine Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.630 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.637 - Application of Molecular Evolution to Biotechnology Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.639 - Advanced Topics in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.640 - Micro- and Nanotechnology Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.652 - Advanced Transport Phenomena Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.660 - Polymer Physics Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.662 - Polymer Design and Bioconjugation Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.665 - Engineering Principles of Drug Delivery Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.668 - Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.672 - Green Engineering, Alternative Energy and CO2 Capture/Sequestration Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.691 - Chemical Engineering Modeling and Design for Graduate Students Course Format: In-person
Course Number & Name: 545.800 - Independent Study Course Format:
Course Number & Name: 585.708 - Biomaterials Course Format: Asynchronous Online
Course Number & Name: 585.710 - Biochemical Sensors Course Format: Asynchronous Online

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