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BSE-3534: Bioprocess Engineering

Description: Engineering concepts for biological conversion of raw materials to food, pharmaceuticals, fuels, and chemicals. Metabolic pathways leading to products, enzyme kinetics, cell growth kinetics, and analysis of bioreactors and fermenters.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: BSE-3154

Required By: BSE-4534, BSE-4564

Corequisites: BIOL-2604, BSE-3504

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.49 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 43.73%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.28%

Wujin Sun202448.4%34.7%9.5%3.4%1.7%2.2%3.302
Robert C Wright202266.3%29.5%2.5%0.0%0.8%0.8%3.584

Grade Distribution Over Time

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Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W