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Biomedical Engineering Sample Curriculum


Cell & Tissue | Neural Engineering | Medical Imaging

Note that this is just a sample curriculum, and does not reflect credit gained from advanced placement, transfer credit, minors, or other special programs. Also, in some cases, courses below may represent an arbitrary choice between two equivalent or optional courses in a program. For more details, see the Undergraduate Catalog.

BME - Cell & Tissue

Semester 1 Credits
Semester 2 Credits
Humanities for Social Science 3
Human Biology 3
Principles of Chemistry (with lab) 4
Principles of Chemistry (with lab) 4
Calculus I 5
Calculus II 5
Intro to the Profession 3
General Physics I: Mechanics 4
Experimental Biology 1
Total 15
Total 17

Semester 3 Credits
Semester 4 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Differential Equations 4
Multivariate and Vector Calculus 4
Introduction to Mechanics 3
Material Science 3
Circuit Analysis I 3
Introduction to Computer Programming I 2
General Physics II 4
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Eng. Apps or Matlab 1
Total 18
Total 15

Semester 5 Credits
Semester 6 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Biomaterials 3
BME Elective** 3
Thermo. Of Living Systems 3
Organic Chemistry I 4
Organic Chemistry II 3
Analysis of Biosignals and Systems 3
Interprofessional Project I 3
Material and Energy Balances 3
BioFluid Mechanics 3
Instrumentation Laboratory 2
Biofluids Laboratory 1
Total 18
Total 16

Semester 7 Credits
Semester 8 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Mass Transport for Biomedical Engineers 3
BME Elective** 3
Reaction Kinetics 3
Design Concepts in BME 3
Animal Physiology 3
Interprofessional Project II 3
Physiology Laboratory 2
Senior Seminar 1
Introduction to Design 2
Statistics for BME 3
Total 16
Total 16

**BME elective must be an engineering course in BME, ECE, CHE or MMAE from a specified list of appropriate courses

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BME - Neural Engineering

Semester 1 Credits
Semester 2 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Human Biology 3
Principles of Chemistry (with lab) 4
Principles of Chemistry (with lab) 4
Calculus I 5
Calculus I 5
Intro to the Profession 3
General Physics I: Mechanics 4
Experimental Biology 1
Total 15
Total 17

Semester 3 Credits
Semester 4 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Differential Equations 4
Object-Oriented Programming I 2
Circuit Analysis I 3
Multivariate and Vector Calculus 4
Analog and Digital Laboratory 1
Circuit Analysis II 3
Digital Systems 3
Analog and Digital Laboratory II 1
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
General Physics II 4
Engr. Apps. Of Matlab 1
Total 17
Total 18

Semester 5 Credits
Semester 6 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Biomaterials 3
Biomed. Imaging and Sensing 3
Technical Elective or Chem 239 3
Analysis of Biosignals and Systems 3
Interprofessional Project I 3
Instrumentation Lab 2
Biomed Instr. and Electronics 3
Math 333 or Chem 237 3/4
Quantitative Neural Function 3
BME Elective** 3
Fluids Laboratory 1
Total 17/18
Total 16

Semester 7 Credits
Semester 8 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
BME Elective** 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
BME Elective** 3
Design Concepts in BME 3
Animal Physiology 3
NeuroImaging 3
Physiology Laboratory 2
Senior Seminar 1
Introduction to Design 2
Biostatistics 3
IPRO 2 3
Total 16
Total 16

**BME elective must be an engineering course in BME, ECE, CHE or MMAE from a specified list of appropriate courses

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BME - Medical Imaging

Semester 1 Credits
Semester 2 Credits
Human Biology 3
Principles of Chemistry (with lab) 4
Principles of Chemistry (with lab) 4
Calculus I 5
Calculus I 5
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Experimental Biology 1
Introduction to the Profession 3
General Physics I: Mechanics 4
Total 15
Total 17

Semester 3 Credits
Semester 4 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Circuit Analysis I 3
Multivariate and Vector Calculus 4
Accelerated Intro to Computer Science 4
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Differential Equations 4
Circuit Analysis II 3
General Physics II: Electromagnetics and Optics 4
Themo and Modern Phys or CHEM 237 4
Engr. App of Matlab 1
Total 18
Total 17/18

Semester 5 Credits
Semester 6 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Biomaterials 3
Biomedical Imaging and Sensing 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Instrumentation Lab 2
Fluids Laboratory 1
Analysis of Biosignals and Systems 3
Biomed. Instr. & Electronics 3
Matrix Alg & Complex Variables Or CHEM 239 Orgo II 3
Quantitative Neural Function 3
BME Elective** 3
Interprofessional Project I 3
Total 17
Total 16

Semester 7 Credits
Semester 8 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Animal Physiology 3
NeuroImaging 3
Physiology Laboratory 2
Design Concepts in BME 3
Digital Signal Processing 3
Biostatistics 3
BME Elective** 3
Image Processing 3
Interprofessional Project II 3
Total 16
Total 16

**BME elective must be an engineering course in BME, ECE, CHE or MMAE from a specified list of appropriate courses

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