Biomedical Engineering is a vibrant and rapidly expanding field both in content and opportunities. As our technological infrastructure expands and our fundamental knowledge in the life sciences is now at the basic molecular level, Biomedical Engineers are poised to continue to make major advances. There are about 100 Biomedical Engineering Departments and Programs in the US. Most offer graduate degrees at the MS and PhD level while only about half this number offer undergraduate degree programs. ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology lists about 25 accredited biomedical/bioengineering undergraduate degree programs. Many of these are more than 25 years old, but the fact that the number of programs has doubled in the past 5 years and that it takes at least 4 -5 years before a program is able to apply for accreditation the outlook is for a real boom in the number of accredited undergraduate programs in the coming years. This commitment to growth in Biomedical Engineering education is concomitant with the industrial and research opportunities available to well trained graduates in the field.
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Freshman Year
| First Semester | SCH |
Second Semester | SCH |
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| ENGR 19600 Engineering Problem Solving | 3 |
ENGR 19700 Intro to Computing (C prog) | 2 |
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| Chem. C105 Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
BIO K101 Concepts of Biology I | 5 |
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| Chem. 125 Experimental Chem. I | 2 |
Math 171 Multidimensional Mathematics | 3 |
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| Math 165 Integrated Calculus & Analytic Geometry | 4 |
Math 166 Integrated Calculus & Analytic Geometry II | 4 |
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| ENGR 19500 Engineering Seminar | 1 |
Phys 152 Mechanics | 4 |
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| ENG W131 Elementary Composition I | 3 |
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| TOTAL SCH | 16 |
TOTAL SCH | 18 |
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Sophomore Year
| First Semester | SCH |
Second Semester | SCH |
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| Math 261 Multivariate Calculus | 4 |
Math 266 Differential Eqns | 3 |
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| Phys 251 Elec., Heat, Optics | 5 |
BME 24100 Intro to Biomechanics | 4 |
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| BME 22200 Biomeasurements | 4 |
Biol. K324 Cell Biology | 3 |
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| Chem C106 Principles of Chemistry II | 3 |
Biol. K325 Cell Biology Lab | 2 |
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ENGR 29700 Intro to Computing (MATLAB) |
1 |
Comm. R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
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| General Education Elective | 3 | |||
| TOTAL SCH | 17 |
TOTAL SCH | 18 |
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Junior Year
| First Semester | SCH |
Second Semester | SCH |
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| Chem. C341 Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
BME 32200 Probability & Statistics for BME | 3 |
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| Chem. C343 Organic Chemistry Lab I | 2 |
BME 35200 Cell/Tissue Behavior & Properties | 3 |
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| BME 38100 Implantable Materials & Biological Response | 3 |
BME 35400 Problems in Cell/Tissue Behavior & Properties | 1 |
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| BME 38300 Problems in Implantable Materials & Biological Response | 1 |
BME/Science/Tech Elective | 3 |
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| BME 33100 Biosignals and Systems | 3 |
General Education Elective | 3 |
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| BME 33400 Biomedical Computing | 3 |
BME 40200 BME Seminar | 1 |
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| General Education Elective | 3 |
TCM 36000 Communications in Engineering Practice | 2 |
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| TOTAL SCH | 18 |
TOTAL SCH | 16 |
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Senior Year
| First Semester | SCH |
Second Semester | SCH |
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| BME 49100 Biomedical Engineering Design | 3 |
BME 49200 Biomedical Engineering Design II | 3 |
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| BME 41100 Quantitative Physiology | 3 |
BME 44200 Biofluid and Biosolid Mechanics | 3 |
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| BME 46100 Transport Processes in BME | 3 |
BME/Tech Elective | 3 |
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| BME Elective | 3 |
BME 40200 Senior Seminar | 1 |
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| BME/Science/Tech Elective | 3 |
BME 40400 Ethics for Biomedical Engineers | 1 |
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| General Education Elective | 3 |
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| TOTAL SCH | 15 |
TOTAL SCH | 14 |
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