T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
June 13, 2012
Volume 93, No.
118
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY HANNAH VUPPULA
The Shorthorn staff
Starting this fall, the College of
Engineering will offer a new Bachelor of...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
June 13, 2012
Volume 93, No.
118
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY HANNAH VUPPULA
The Shorthorn staff
Starting this fall, the College of
Engineering will offer a new Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering
degree.
The degree will be available for
entering freshmen and transfer students with fewer than 24 credits.
Bioengineering department
chairman Khosrow Behbehani said
the degree was created because of the
increase in demand and opportunities in the field.
“For almost 38 years we had
the graduate program at UTA, and
throughout this time we have received a lot of interest and inquiry
about having a bachelor’s degree,”
Behbehani said.
“Given the history
we have in bioengineering for almost
40 years now, we are in a good position to do so.
”
Engineering associate dean Lynn
Peterson said the number of applications is three times more than expected, and the number is expected
to double by the fall.
“We were expe
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