The Biotechnology Training Program elective requirement is described in detail on the Program Requirements page. 

The following is a non-comprehensive list of courses that are available to BTP trainees and which satisfy the Elective course requirement. This list is updated periodically, and there are certainly other courses (potentially new courses) which could also satisfy the Elective requirement. Trainees are encouraged to discuss potential course choices with BTP leadership.

Biomedical Engineering Department

Biomedical Signals and Imaging (BME 317)

Theory and Control of Biological Systems (BME 321)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BME 327)

Biomaterials and Medical Devices (BME 343)

Biological Performance of Materials (BME 344)

Tissue Engineering (BME 346)

Bioelectronics (BME 353)

Mechanics of Biological Tissues (BME 371)

Artificial Organs (BME 379)

Biological Phenomena in Cell/Cell-Free Systems (BME 443)

Chemical and Biological Engineering Department

Transport Phenomena in Living Systems (ChE 371)

Bionanotechnology (ChE 372)

Biotechnology and Global Health (ChE 373)

Biochemical Engineering (ChE 375)

Principles of Synthetic Biology (Che 376)

Bioseparations (ChE 377)

Deconstructing Synthetic Biology – Biotechnology Case Studies Across Scales (ChE378)

Computational Biology: Principles and Applications (ChE 379)

Practical Biological Imaging (ChE 381)

Biotechnology Regulatory Science (ChE 382)

Biotechnology-focused Special Topics (ChE 395)

Interfacial Phenomena and Bionanotechnology (ChE 472)

Cell Material Interactions (ChE 475)

Cell Culture and Ex Vivo Tissue Engineering (ChE 479)

Chemistry Department

Physical Biochemistry (Chem 356)

Chemistry of Life Processes (Chem 405)

Bioorganic Chemistry (Chem 414)

Organic Nanotechnology (Chem 415)

Medicinal Chemistry (Chem 415)

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 435)

Driskill Graduate Program

Introduction to Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology (DGP 420)

Introduction to Immunology (DGP 440)

Tumor Cell Biology (DGP 450)

Data Science for Biomedical Researchers (DGP 485)

Electrical Engineering

Machine Learning for Medical Images and Signals (Elec Eng 395)

Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics

From Physics to Data-Driven Modeling (ESAM 395)

Introduction to the Analysis of RNA Sequencing Data (ESAM 472)

Special Topics:  Modeling Metabolic Networks (ESAM 495)

Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program (IBiS)

Advanced Cell Biology (Biol Sci 315)

Biology of Animal Viruses (Biol Sci 319)

Physical Biochemistry (Biol Sci 321)

Bioinformatics (Biol Sci 323)

Quantitative Analysis of Biology (Biol Sci 354)

Immunobiology (Biol Sci 355)

Principles of Cell Signaling (Biol Sci 360)

Protein Structure and Function (Biol Sci 361)

Functional Genomics (Biol Sci 378)

Biology of Cancer (Biol Sci 380)

Advanced Molecular Biology (Biol Sci 390)

Developmental Biology (Biol Sci 391)

Genetic Analysis (Biol Sci 393)

Molecular Biophysics (IBIS 401)

Molecular Biology (IBIS 402)

Advanced Topics in Cell Biology (IBIS 406)

Genetics and Epigenetics (IBIS 407)

Statistics for Life Sciences (IBIS 432)

Virology (Biol Sci 475)

Development and Evolution of Body Plans (IBIS 491)

Materials Science & Engineering

Organic Nanomaterials (MatSci 444)

Charge Transport in Electronic Materials:  Models and Methods (MatSci 459)

Physical Chemistry of Polymers (MatSci 495)

Northwestern Univeristy Interdepartmental  Neuroscience (NUIN)

Advanced Neuroanatomy (NUIN 440)

Issues in Movement and Rehabilitation Science (NUIN 442)