<p>It would be best to go to the engineering forum in order to ask this question (for BioEng vs IT). </p>
<p>There are a few things to note that are Mason specific, though.</p>
<p>The bioengineering major is new at Mason. They just made it into a major last year, I believe. The problem with that is that the program does not have ABET accreditation… yet. All the other engineering majors have this accreditation, so it is bound to happen. I don’t know when, though. ABET accreditation is very important for most engineering majors, so I assume it would be the same for Bioengineering. Look into that some more.</p>
<p>ABET majors at mason:
[Accredited</a> Programs details](<a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=383]Accredited”>http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=383)</p>
<p>In terms of the bioengineering look at the link below and see the classes you will have to take and read their descriptions.
[Program:</a> Bioengineering, BS - George Mason University - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=17&poid=9883]Program:”>http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=17&poid=9883)
It’s quite clear that BENG has many classes that are related to electrical engineering.
The EE department (which is accredited) has a bioengineering concentration as well.
<a href=“Home | Electrical and Computer Engineering”>Home | Electrical and Computer Engineering;
<p>I can’t say much about IT, but here a link to its requirements as well
[Program:</a> Information Technology, BS - George Mason University - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=17&poid=7061]Program:”>http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=17&poid=7061)</p>
<p>There is also another alternative. The CS department has applied cs bs degrees, one of which is a concentration in bioinformatics:
[Program:</a> Applied Computer Science, BS - George Mason University - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=17&poid=6787]Program:”>http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=17&poid=6787)
<a href=“http://www.cs.gmu.edu/programs/undergraduate/acs/BSACSBinfBrochure.pdf[/url]”>Undergraduate Programs | George Mason Department of Computer Science;