Required core BMEN courses, 6 hours

• BMEN 5210 - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
• BMEN 5310 - Clinical Instrumentation
• BMEN 5940 - Biomedical Engineering Seminar

Additional BMEN courses, 15–18 hours

Thesis-option students take 15 hours from the following courses, including 6 hours of thesis; non-thesis–option students take 18 hours from the following courses (not including BMEN 5950 ).

• BMEN 5005 - Neuroengineering
• BMEN 5312 - Advanced Signal Processing in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5315 - Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5320 - Advanced Biomechanics
• BMEN 5321 - Biomaterials Compatibility
• BMEN 5322 - Medical Imaging
• BMEN 5323 - Advanced Biomedical Optics
• BMEN 5324 - Applications of Biomedical MEMS
• BMEN 5325 - Biomedical Nanotechnology Compatibility
• BMEN 5800 - Topics in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5810 - Topics in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5890 - Directed Study in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5900 - Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5910 - Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5920 - Cooperative Education in Biomedical Engineering
• BMEN 5950 - Master’s Thesis

Electives, 9 hours

The following elective courses will be chosen with the consent of the major professor or graduate advisor:

• 5000- or 6000-level courses from any of BMEN, EENG, MEEN, CSCE, MTSE or BIOL;

or

• HMAP 5320, HMAP 5321, HMAP 5330 from the Department of Health Management and Policy at the UNT Health Science Center.*

* These three courses are offered online by the UNTHSC in Fort Worth. Students may take an additional elective (BIOS 5300 [online]) to obtain a certificate in Health Services Management, offered online by the UNTHSC in Fort Worth.

or

• Students may take courses from the departments of Management or Marketing and Logistics. This option requires 9 hours of 5000 level or above MGMT/LSCM/MKTG courses from the College of Business (graduate courses that do not require prerequisites). The selected courses could be in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology leadership and need to be approved by the graduate advisor.

or

• Students may earn a graduate minor in health services administration. The minor requires 9 hours of 5000 level or above HLSV courses from the College of Health and Public Service. The selected courses could be from the following list:

• HLSV 5300 - Information Systems for Healthcare Management
• HLSV 5400 - Health Delivery Systems
• HLSV 5450 - Health Services Administration
• HLSV 5710 - Theories and Measures for Health and Wellness
• HLSV 5740 - Financial Issues in Health Services Administration
• HLSV 5820 - Marketing Health Services
• HLSV 5880 - Health Care Law and Ethics

Other requirements

• A grade point average of at least 3.0 is required to stay in the MS with a major in biomedical engineering.
• The thesis option requires independent research. Students in the thesis option are required to submit a Master’s Thesis at least 14 days in advance of the oral thesis defense date. The thesis must be approved by the major professor and the student’s advisory committee, and must conform to all requirements of the Toulouse Graduate School, as stated at graduateschool.unt.edu.