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2018-2019 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

BNG 162 - Current Topics: Designing a Healthier Planet and its People

Credits 3Satisfies University Studies requirement: Science in Engaged Community
Lecture / 3 hours per week
An overview of important areas of bioengineering with a focus on how design can benefit all biological systems spanning from the environment and our planet, to the humans that populate the planet. Topics include how chemistry can help improve energy sources and help decrease the effect of human activities on the environment, how engineering design can improve the health and well being of humans and how government agencies work to regulate these activities in the U.S.
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