Biological Design, MS

Arizona State University - Kaplan International

STEM-classified degree: graduates are eligible for 3 years of Optional Practical Training (OPT) in the USA. Explore the crossover of technology and biology in order to solve challenges relating to energy, environment, human health, sustainability and security. Students pursuing the Master of Science degree in biological design become experts in the intersection of life and machinery by participating in a flexible training program. Students are required to take one program core course (Principles of Biological Design), one course from a suite of biotechnology courses, and one course from a suite of statistics courses. The flexibility of this program, while maintaining key instructional structure, allows students from both traditional and nontraditional engineering backgrounds to have simultaneous access to training and mentoring in both engineering and technology with a biological focus. This gives students from diverse backgrounds access to transdisciplinary education and training that they would not have in traditional program settings. As part of coursework and applied projects or theses, students read literature identify critical problems related to energy, environment, human health, sustainability and security and develop solutions to these problems using a synergy of technological and biological solutions, either in teams (course projects) or individually (thesis or applied project). Students are mentored by faculty from different colleges and schools at ASU.

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering