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Undergraduate Program -- Biomedical Engineering Curricula

Below is the list of courses for each of the four years of the Biomedical Engineering program. Hours shown in parentheses; total = 128 semester hours. See also: BME Curricula Flowchart (pdf).


FIRST YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (16)
Math 141 - Calculus I (4)
EF 151 - Eng. Fundamentals (4)
EF 105 - Eng. Fundamentals (1)
Chemistry 120 - Gen. Chem. (4)
English 101 - English Comp. (3)

SPRING SEMESTER (17)
Math 142 - Calculus II (4)
EF 152 - Eng. Fundamentals (4)
EF 202 - Eng. Fundamentals (2)
English 102 - English Comp. II (3)
Chemistry 130 - Gen. Chem. (4)


SECOND YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (18)
Math 241 - Calculus III (4)
Physics 231 - Electricity & Magnetism (3)
ME 231 - Dynamics (3)
GEN ED - Cultures/Civilizations Cluster (3)
BME 271 - Biomedical Eng. Principles (3)
EF 230 - Eng. Fundamentals (2)

SPRING SEMESTER (15)
Physics 232 - Wave Motion (4)
Math 231 - Differential Equations (3)
Math 200 - Matrix Comp. (1)
ME 321 - Mechanics of Materials (3)
Biology 140 - Org. and Function of the Cell (4)


THIRD YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (16)
AE 341 - Fluid Mechanics (3)
ME 331 - Thermodynamics (3)
BME 300 - Eng. Physiology (3)
ECE 300 - Circuits (5)
BME 320 - FDA Regulation of Biomedical Devices (2)

SPRING SEMESTER (16)
BME 310 - Biomechanics (3)
ECE 315 - Signals & Systems I (3)
Economics 201 - Introduction (4)
Phil. 241 - Arts/Humanities Cluster (3)
MSE 201 - Intro to Materials Science & Eng. (3)


FOURTH YEAR

FALL SEMESTER (15)
BME 410 - Professional Topics (2)
GEN ED - Arts & Humanities Cluster (3)
Stat. 251 - Probability & Statistics for Scientists & Engineers (3)
BME 430 - Biomedical Eng. Lab. (4)
BME 455 - BME Design (3)

SPRING SEMESTER (16)
BME 469 - BME Design II (3)
Technical Elective** (3)
Dept. Elective* (3)
EF 402 - Eng. Fundamentals (1)
GEN ED - Cultures & Civilization Cluster Elective (3)
GEN ED - Social Sciences Cluster (3)

NOTES
*Departmental electives must be chosen in consultation with your advisor.

**Technical Elective must have prior approval. No "Special Topics" course may be used without prior approval.