The Sc.B. program in Biomedical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org/. It is jointly offered by the School of Engineering and the Division of Biology and Medicine as an interdisciplinary concentration designed for students interested in applying the methods and tools of engineering to the subject matter of biology and the life sciences. The education objectives of the Biomedical Engineering program are to prepare graduates: (1) to be employed in careers of useful service to society, including scientific and technical areas within medicine, industry, and health care delivery or for graduate study in BME and related fields; (2) to demonstrate the ability to apply the basic principles of engineering and science, as well as problem solving skills and critical thinking, to a broad spectrum of biomedical engineering problems; (3) to demonstrate their ability to work in teams, and to effectively communicate and understand the broad social, ethical, economic and environmental consequences of their lifelong education. The student outcomes of this program are the ABET (1) - (7) Student Outcomes as defined by the "ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs (available online at http://www.abet.org/accreditation-criteria-policies-documents/)." The Biomedical Engineering concentration shares much of the core with the other engineering programs, but is structured to include more courses in biology and chemistry, and a somewhat different emphasis in mathematics.
The requirements regarding Mathematics, Advanced Placement, Transfer Credit, Substitutions for Required Courses, and Humanities and Social Science Courses are identical to those of the Sc.B. degree programs in Engineering. Please refer to the Engineering section of the University Bulletin for explicit guidelines.
The Biomedical Engineering concentration shares much of the core with the other engineering programs, but is structured to include more courses in biology and chemistry, and a somewhat different emphasis in mathematics.
Standard program for the Sc.B. degree
| 1. Core Courses | ||
| ENGN 0030 | Introduction to Engineering | 1 |
| or ENGN 0031 | Honors Introduction to Engineering | |
| ENGN 0040 | Dynamics and Vibrations | 1 |
| ENGN 0510 | Electricity and Magnetism | 1 |
| or ENGN 0520 | Electrical Circuits and Signals | |
| ENGN 0720 | Thermodynamics | 1 |
| ENGN 0810 | Fluid Mechanics | 1 |
| CHEM 0330 | Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure | 1 |
| CHEM 0350 | Organic Chemistry | 1 |
| MATH 0190 | Advanced Placement Calculus (Physics/Engineering) | 1 |
| or MATH 0170 | Advanced Placement Calculus | |
| or MATH 0100 | Introductory Calculus, Part II | |
| MATH 0200 | Intermediate Calculus (Physics/Engineering) | 1 |
| or MATH 0180 | Intermediate Calculus | |
| or MATH 0350 | Honors Calculus | |
| APMA 0330 | Methods of Applied Mathematics I, II | 1 |
| or APMA 0350 | Applied Ordinary Differential Equations | |
| APMA 1650 | Statistical Inference I | 1 |
| or BIOL 0495 | Statistical Analysis of Biological Data | |
| or PHP 1510 | Principles of Biostatistics and Data Analysis | |
| or APMA 1655 | Statistical Inference I | |
| 2. Upper Level Biomedical Engineering Curriculum | ||
| ENGN 1110 | Transport and Biotransport Processes | 1 |
| ENGN 1210 | Biomechanics | 1 |
| ENGN 1230 | Instrumentation Design | 1 |
| ENGN 1490 | Biomaterials | 1 |
| BIOL 0800 | Principles of Physiology | 1 |
| 3. Additional Biomedical Engineering Electives (Complete at least 3 courses from the following groups): | 3 | |
Select one or two of the following: | ||
| Neuroengineering | ||
| Nanoengineering and Nanomedicine | ||
| Cardiovascular Engineering | ||
| Biomedical Optics | ||
| Cancer Nanotechnology | ||
| Implantable Devices | ||
| Tissue Engineering | ||
| Computational Molecular Biology | ||
or CSCI 1820 | Algorithmic Foundations of Computational Biology | |
ENGN 0500 | Digital Computing Systems | |
| Computer Aided Visualization and Design | ||
| Analytical Modeling for Biomechanical and Biomedical Systems | ||
| Optical Microscopy: Fundamentals and Applications | ||
| Stem Cell Engineering | ||
| Drug and Gene Delivery | ||
| At least one or two more courses from: | ||
| Biochemistry | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Introductory Microbiology | ||
| Principles of Immunology | ||
| Cell Physiology and Biophysics | ||
| Methods in Informatics and Data Science for Health | ||
| Quantitative Approaches to Biology | ||
| Quantitative Models of Biological Systems | ||
| Organic Chemistry | ||
| Computational Vision | ||
or CLPS 1590 | Visualizing Vision | |
| Topics in Translational Research and Technologies | ||
| Principles of Neurobiology | ||
| Mechanisms and Meaning of Neural Dynamics | ||
| Biological Physics | ||
| 21st Century Applications in Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| 4. Capstone Design 1 | ||
| ENGN 1930L | Biomedical Engineering Design and Innovation 1 | 1 |
| ENGN 1931L | Biomedical Engineering Design and Innovation II 1 | 1 |
| 5. General Education Requirement: At least four approved courses must be taken in the humanities and social sciences. | ||
| Total Credits | 21 | |
| 1 | In some cases, Independent Study may be substituted subject to Concentration Advisor approval |