Master of Science

Select three or more Biology & Technical electives from the pre-approved list of Technical Elective courses (available to BioE students on the BioE Intranet), which can include more of the Lab or Quantitative courses.

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of Bioengineering, several courses are offered directly through the Bioengineering Department, but many are available through other departments. See respective ExploreCourses for course descriptions.

All lecture and lab-based BioE courses at the 200+ level and above are considered Technical Electives.

One of these courses may be an ethics course from the following: BioE 131, BioE 177, CS152, CS182, CS184, CS256, CS278, or CS281.

Six of these units may be directed research units or teaching practicum units (e.g., BIOE 391, BIOE 392).

BIOE 296 (Promoting Effective and Equitable Teaching in BioE) may also fulfill this requirement.

Select an additional three (3) Bioengineering 200+ graduate-level lecture courses. These courses cannot be seminars or research units.

Six units of unrestricted electives at the 100 level or above. A maximum of 6 units can be Directed Study & Research or Teaching Practicum units

To ensure that an appropriate program is pursued by all MS candidates, students who first enroll at Stanford at the graduate level must:

• Submit an advisor-approved Program Proposal for a Master’s Degree form to the student services office during the first month of the first quarter of enrollment

• Obtain approval from the MS advisor and the Chair of Graduate Studies for any subsequent program changes