Biomedical Engineering, BS

Degree requirements

Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 120 semester hours, of which 36 must be advanced courses, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum ” in the Academics section of this catalog and the College of Engineering .

Major requirements

A minimum of 55 semester hours, including:

Required courses, 31 hours

Biomedical engineering electives, 6 hours

Two advanced, 4000-level, organized BMEN courses.

Additional engineering electives, 15 hours (minimum)

More information may be found below under “Electives.”

Other required courses, 41 hours

Minor

Through careful selection of engineering, mathematics electives and electives taken toward one of the five optional tracks (see below), it may be possible for a student to fulfill the requirements for a minor in mathematics and a minor in computer science and computer engineering, material science and engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical and energy engineering.

Electives

15 hours to fulfill one of five tracks:

Biomedical instrumentation: 15 hours in BMEN or EENG courses
Biomechanics: 15 hours in BMEN or MEEN courses
Bioinformatics: 15 hours in BMEN or CSCE courses
Biotechnology: 15 hours in BIOC/BIOL
Biomaterials: 15 hours in materials science and engineering

Other requirements

BMEN foundation courses include BMEN 1300 , BMEN 2210 , BMEN 2320 , MATH 1710 and , TECM 2700 . Satisfactory completion of the BMEN foundation courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is prerequisite to taking advanced courses in the major. Mandatory advisement is required each semester until the foundation courses have been successfully completed.
A major grade point average of 2.0 is required for the BS with a major in biomedical engineering.