Prerequisites. Typical applicants to the Biomedical Engineering Program have an undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline. Outstanding students with degrees in related fields such as physics, chemistry and biology may also be admitted to the program with the expectation that the deficiencies in engineering and/or mathematics will be remedied prior to admission to the program or early in their graduate careers.
30 credit hours of course work is required to earn a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering. The following courses are required for the MSBME degree:
Thesis option:
3 credit hrs Principles of Biomedical Engineering
3 credit hrs Advanced Mathematics or Statistics
12 credit hrs Graduate biomedical engineering courses
3-6 credit hrs Approved life sciences or technical elective
6-9 credit hrs Thesis
Non-thesis option:
3 credit hrs Principles of Biomedical Engineering
3 credit hrs Advanced Mathematics
12 credit hrs Graduate biomedical engineering courses
6 credit hrs Approved life sciences or technical elective
6 credit hrs Approved engineering electives
