Program Educational Objectives and Outcomes

The Department of Bioengineering has formulated the following Program Educational Objectives, which describe the career and professional accomplishments that our B.S. Bioengineering degree program is preparing graduates to achieve. In support of these objectives, the faculty have also identified the following Program Outcomes, which describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.

The Department of Bioengineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University will produce graduates who:

• are technically competent bioengineers, enabled to be leaders and/or valued contributors in their professions and communities,
• make use of the necessary attributes, learning skills, and entrepreneurial/business outlook to successfully adapt to and remain competitive in a changing global society and technological world,
• are accomplished at communicating and working collaboratively as professionals in a diverse, interdisciplinary environment, and
• successfully enter chosen careers in the medical device, health care, or biotechnology fields, and/or graduate studies or professional training.

Program Outcomes

Students by the time of graduation will have attained:

• an ability to apply knowledge of advanced mathematics (including differential equations and statistics), science (including biology and physiology), and engineering to solve problems, especially those at the interface of engineering and biology;
• an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to make measurements on and to analyze and interpret data from living systems, addressing the problems associated with the interaction between living and non-living materials and systems;
• an ability to design a system, component, or processes to meet desired bioengineering needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, regulatory, manufacturability, and sustainability;
• an ability to function on and assume leadership roles in diverse, multi-disciplinary teams;
• an ability to identify, formulate, and solve bioengineering problems;
• an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
• an ability to communicate effectively, especially in an interdisciplinary environment;
• the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a rapidly changing global, economic, environmental, and societal context;
• a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
• a knowledge of contemporary issues, especially those impacting Southwest Florida;
• an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for bioengineering practice;
• an understanding of entrepreneurship and business plans; and
• an ability to define a community problem and to use an engineering design process to deliver a solution.