Concentration Requirements
BME Undergraduate Concentration Requirements - Class of 2019+
Standard Program for the ScB degree:
1. Core Courses (all required):
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1. ENGN 0030 Introduction to Engineering (or ENGN 0031 Honors Introduction to Engineering) [FALL]
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2. CHEM 0330 Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure (or CHEM 0331 Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure (Engineering)) [FALL or SPRING]
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3. MATH 0190 Advanced Placement Calculus (Physics/Engineering) (or MATH 0170 Advanced Placement Calculus or MATH 0100 Introductory Calculus II) [FALL]*
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4. ENGN 0040 Dynamics and Vibration [SPRING]
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5. MATH 0200 Intermediate Calculus (Physics/Engineering) (or MATH 0180 Intermediate Calculus or MATH 0350 Honors Calculus) [FALL or SPRING]*
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6. APMA 0330 Methods in Applied Mathematics I (or APMA 0350 Applied Ordinary Differential Equations) [FALL or SPRING]
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7. CHEM 0350 Organic Chemistry [SPRING]
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8. APMA 1650 Statistical Interference I [FALL or SPRING] (or APMA 0650 Essential Statistics or BIOL 0200** Foundations of Living Systems [SPRING])
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9. ENGN 0510 Electricity and Magnetism [FALL] (or ENGN 0520 Electrical Circuits and Signals [SPRING])
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10. ENGN 0720 Thermodynamics [SPRING]
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11. ENGN 0810 Fluids Mechanics [FALL]
2. Upper level bioengineering courses (all required):
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12. ENGN 1230 Instrumentation Design [FALL]
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13. BIOL 0800 Physiology [SPRING or FALL]
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14. ENGN 1110 Transport and Biotransport Properties [SPRING]
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15. ENGN 1490 Biomaterials [FALL]
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16. ENGN 1210 Biomechanics [SPRING]
3. Three Additional Upper Level Biomedical Engineering Courses†:
Please note that these courses may not be offered all academic years.
At least 1 or more (ENGN Elective) from
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ENGN 1220 Neuroengineering [SPRING]
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ENGN 1510 Nanoengineering and Nanomedicine [FALL]
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ENGN 1520 Cardiovascular Engineering [SPRING]
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ENGN 1930B Biomedical Optics [SPRING]
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ENGN 1931K Cell-Material Interactions in Tissue Engineering [SPRING]
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ENGN 2910S Cancer Nanotechnology [FALL]
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ENGN 2912R Implantable Devices [SPRING]
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BIOL 1140 Tissue Engineering [FALL]
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CSCI 1820 Algorithmic Foundations of Computational Biology [SPRING]
At least 1 or more (SCI Elective) from
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BIOL 0280 Introductory Biochemistry [SPRING]
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BIOL 0470 Genetics [FALL]
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BIOL 0500 Cell and Molecular Biology [SPRING]
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BIOL 0510 Introductory Microbiology [SPRING]
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BIOL 0530 Immunology [FALL]
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BIOL 1090 Polymer Science for Biology [FALL]
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BIOL 1100 Cell Physiology and Biophysics [SPRING]
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BIOL 1150 Stem Cell Engineering [SPRING]
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BIOL 1555 Methods in Biomedical Informatics [SPRING]
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BIOL 2010 Computational Approaches to Biology [SPRING]
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BIOL 2110 Drug and Gene Delivery [FALL]
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APMA 1070 Quantitative Methods for Biological Systems [FALL]
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CHEM 360 Organic Chemistry II [FALL]
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CLPS 1520 Computational Vision or CLPS 1590 Visualizing Vision [SPRING]
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ENGN 2920D Environmental Technologies and Human Health (or ENGN 2920G*** Topics in Translational Research and Technologies [SPRING])
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NEUR 1020 Principles of Neurobiology [SPRING]
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NEUR 1440 Neural Dynamics [SPRING]
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PHP 1510 Principles of Biostatistics and Data Analysis [FALL]
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PHYS 1610 Biological Physics [FALL]
4. Capstone Design (required - courses must be taken in Semesters VII and VIII)
20. ENGN 01930L Biomedical Engineering Design and Innovation [FALL]
21. ENGN 01931L Biomedical Engineering Design and Innovation II**** [SPRING]
5. Independent Research (one recommended)
22. ENGN/BIOL 1970 Undergraduate research and design project [FALL or SPRING]
6. General Education Requirement§ and other Biology Courses‡:
23. - 32. open electives at least four of which must be non-STEM classes
* AP credit can not be used to satisfy a concentration requirement. Students with AP credit should take a higher level math course as a replacement.
** If BIOL 0200 is counted, a statistics module must be completed in ENGN1930L or other courses.
*** At most one of these two courses may be counted.
**** If a student is pursuing an honors thesis, Independent Study may be substituted subject to Concentration Adviser approval.
§ At least four approved courses must be taken in humanities and social sciences. The minimum four-course humanities and social sciences requirements for the ScB in Engineering cannot be met by advanced placement credit.
‡ Premeds should take CHEM0360, BIOL0280, and two biology lab courses including BIOL0800. One math course can be replaced with CHEM 0360.
Typical Course Plan:
More detailed and situational (no AP, pre-med, Neuroengineer) course plans can be found here: BME Course Plans
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Fall
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Spring
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Freshman
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ENGN 0030
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ENGN 0040
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CHEM 0330
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CHEM 0350
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MATH 0190
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MATH 0200
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Sophomore
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APMA 0330
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APMA 0650 or 1650
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BIOL 0800 (or ENGN 0510)
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ENGN 0520 (or BIOL 0800)
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ENGN 1490
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ENGN 0720
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Junior
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ENGN 0810
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ENGN 1110
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ENGN 1230
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SCI Elective
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Senior
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ENGN 1930L
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ENGN 1931L
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ENGN/SCI Elective
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ENGN 1210
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ENGN Elective
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