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    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biomedical Engineering, BS


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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 62 semester hours, including:

Biomedical engineering electives, 9 or 15 hours


Three or five advanced, 4000-level, organized BMEN courses.

Additional electives, 12 or 18 hours (minimum)


Choose one from the options below:

Option 1: Additional engineering electives, 18 hours


18 hours to fulfill one of seven tracks:

  • Biomedical instrumentation: 18 hours in BMEN or EENG courses
  • Biomechanics: 18 hours in BMEN or MEEN courses
  • Biocomputing: 18 hours in BMEN or CSCE courses
  • Biotechnology: 18 hours in BIOC/BIOL courses
  • Pre-med: 18 hours in BIOC/BIOL courses+ additional courses as deemed necessary by the Pre-med program
  • Biomaterials: 18 hours in BMEN or MTSE courses
  • Computational Epidemiology: 18 hours in CSCE courses, including CSCE 1035 ; CSCE 1045 ; CSCE 2100 ; CSCE 2110 ; CSCE 3850 ; CSCE 4820 .

Option 2: Business electives, 12 hours


12 hours to fulfill one of four tracks:

  • Business Foundations Track: 12 hours in Business Foundations courses
  • Management: 12 hours in Management courses
  • Marketing: 12 hours in Marketing courses
  • Entrepreneurship: 12 hours in Entrepreneurship courses

Students choosing Business electives will need to complete 15 hours of Biomedical Engineering (BMEN) Electives.

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.

Other requirements


Foundation courses


BMEN foundation courses include BMEN 1300 , BMEN 1400 , BMEN 2210 , BMEN 2320 , MATH 1710 MATH 1720 ENGL 1310  or TECM 1700 ; TECM 2700 ; PHYS 1710 , PHYS 1730 ; CHEM 1410  /CHEM 1430  or CHEM 1415  /CHEM 1435 ; BIOL 2301 /BIOL 2311  or PHYS 2220 /PHYS 2240  or CHEM 1420 /CHEM 1440 .

Successful completion of foundation courses is based on achieving a C or higher in each course and cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Major transfer policy


Students enrolled at UNT can transfer into Biomedical Engineering if they have completed the following courses with a C or better and with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Department policies


Policy on Academic Performance, Progression, and Dismissal in the College of Engineering

Students in the College of Engineering will conduct themselves in a professional manner in their interaction with their peers, faculty, staff and the community in general. A student may be dismissed from the college for inappropriate conduct (please refer to the Code of Student Conduct).

Each semester, students are required to take engineering foundation courses and/or prerequisites to the engineering foundation courses until all foundation courses are successfully completed. Successful completion is a 2.5 GPA for all engineering foundation courses with a C or better in each course.

Successful completion of the foundation courses is required for enrollment in all 3000 and 4000 level courses.

A student will graduate with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, provided the following conditions are satisfied:

  1. The student has an overall GPA ≥ 2.0
  2. The student has a GPA of 2.0 in Biomedical Engineering Foundation courses and all have been passed with a grade of C or better.
  3. The student has a GPA ≥ 2.0 in all degree major courses including but not limited to, engineering, math, sciences, laboratory sciences and technical electives.
  4. The student has completed all required courses in the student’s degree plan.
  5. The student has satisfied all College of Engineering and UNT criteria for graduation.

A student must maintain good academic standing within the university. Please see “Academic status” and “Regulations governing students under academic suspension” in the Academics section of this catalog.”

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