This growth was fueled by breakthroughs in molecular biology and many engineering technologies, symbolized by the Human Genome Project, arguably the greatest biomedical engineering accomplishment ever, and realized with creation of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
3.1 The maximum number of units a student may take during the winter session is one unit per week, plus one additional unit. Thus, the maximum number of units is normally 4.
A first year student in fall quarter is just fine taking 12-15 units--adjusting to Stanford and college life is at least the equivalent of a 3-unit course. The maximum number of academic units for first-quarter frosh is 20 (no exceptions). Other students may petition to take 21 or 22 units in certain cases.