Building Depth in a Focus Area
You have quite a few elective “buckets” to fill in the BME Major. One strategy is to use these electives to build depth in a certain focus area. This list will help you to do so.
Am I required to complete a Bioengineering Focus Area?
No - it’s optional!
Do I take every class listed in a certain focus area?
No. The list is a guide.
Bioinstrumentation
ECE 2630 Intro to Circuits
ECE 3630 Electronics I (ECE 2630)
ECE 2330 Digital Logic Design
ECE 3760 Signals and Systems II (ECE 2630, BME 3310)
ECE 3632 Electronics II (ECE 3630)
Biomedical Data Science
APMA 3080 Linear Algebra
BME 4550 Biomedical Data Sciences (APMA 3110 and CS 1110)
CS 4774 Machine Learning (CS 2150; and either Math 3350 or APMA 3080; and one of APMA 3100, APMA 3110, MATH 3100, or equivalent)
BME 4550 Molecular Data Science ( BME 2104, APMA 3110 and working knowledge of linear algebra)
Biomedical Imaging
ECE 2630 Intro Circuit Analysis
ECE 3760 Signals & Systems II (ECE 2630, ECE 3750 or BME 3310)
ECE 5750 Digital Signal Processing (ECE 3750 or BME 3310, ECE 3760)
Graduate-level BME imaging courses, as appropriate
ECE 6782 Digital Image Processing
Biomedical Software
CS 2110 Software Development Methods
CS 2102 Discrete Mathematics I (CS 2110)
CS 2150 Program and Data Representation (CS 2110, 2102)
CS 3240 Advanced Software development Techniques (CS 2150)
Biomaterials and Advanced Biomanufacturing
CHE 2246 Introduction to Biotechnology
MSE 2090 Intro to the Science and Engineering of Materials
CHE 4449 Polymer Chemistry and Engineering (inst. permission)
BME 4414 Biomaterials
BME 4417 Tissue Engineering
Clinical Applications in Biomedical Engineering
MAE 2300 Statics
BIOL 3030 Biochemistry (prereq organic chemistry)
Advanced Biology course, as appropriate, such as BIOL 3080, BIOL 3090, BIOL 3140, BIOL 3240
BME 4414 Biomaterials
BME 4280 Motion Biomechanics
Computational Systems Bioengineering
SYS 3021 Deterministic Decision Models (SYS 2001)
CS 2102 Discrete Mathematics I (CS 2110)
BIOL 4160 Functional Genomics (Inst. permission)
APMA 3080 Linear Algebra
BME 4550 Systems Bioengineering Modeling and Experimentation
Entrepreneurship
BME 3030 Design and Innovation in Medicine
CS 4753, CE 4000, SYS 4044, SYS 5044
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
MAE/CE 2300 Statics
MAE/CE 2310 Strength of Materials (MAE 2300)
MAE 2320 Dynamics (MAE 2300)
BME 4280 Motion Biomechanics
Nanomedicine Engineering
BME 4890 Nanomedicine Engineering
MSE 4055 Nanoscale Science and Technology (MSE 3670, PHYS 2320, PHYS 2620, or CHEM 3410 or CHEM 3820)
Physical Chemistry (Organic Chemistry)
BME 4414 Biomaterials
Neural Systems Engineering
ECE 2630 Introductory Circuit Analysis
ECE 3630 Electronics I (ECE 2630)
BIOL 3170 Neurobiology
BME 3636 Neural Network Models
BME 4641 Bioelectricity
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
CHE 2246 Introduction to Biotechnology
CHE 2215 Material and Energy Balances
CHE 3321 Transport Processes I (CHE 2215)
CHE 3347 Biochemical Engineering (CHE 3321)
CHE 4442 Applied Surface Chemistry
BME 4890 Nanomedicine
BME 4550 Systems Bioengineering Modeling and Experimentation
Signal Processing
ECE 2630 Intro Circuit Analysis
ECE 3760 Signals and Systems II (ECE 2630, BME 3310)
ECE 2066 Science of Information
ECE 5750 Digital Signal Processing (ECE 3750 or BME 3310, ECE 3760)