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Biomedical Engineering Supplemental Information


Biomedical Engineering Selectives


Below are the lists of courses approved to fulfull the following requirements in the Biomedical Engineering BS program:

  • Life Science Requirements (6 credits)
  • Technical Engineering Requirements (15 credits)
  • General Education Requirements (18 credits)

Life Science Selectives (6 credits)


Below are the courses approved by the BME Curriculum Committee. Any student can petition to get a course added to this list by completing and submitting the Course Approval Request Form (available on the BME website).

Please access myPurdue to confirm the semester courses are offered. They can change due to instructor availability and course offering rotation. In some cases an override may have to be requested.

Life Science Selective List


At least 6 credit hours must be established from the following areas: Biophysics/Biochemistry, Cellular/Developmental/Neurobiology, Microbiology, Molecular, Physiology

Only one HK course may be used to complete the Life Science Selective requirements.

Please check myPurdue for course availability and pre-requisites. In some cases instructor permission and/or a departmental override might have to be requested.

Technical Engineering Selectives (15 Credits)


Below are the courses approved by the BME Curriculum Committee. Any student can petition to get a course added to this list by completing and submitting the Course Approval Request Form (available on the BME website).

Please access myPurdue to confirm the semester courses are offered. They can change due to instructor availability and course offering rotation. In some cases an override may have to be requested.

BME Technical Engineering Selective Policy:


A total of 15 credit hours must be completed with the following requirements and restrictions:

  • Two 3-credit hour Quantitative Breadth (QB) courses, one of which must be a Data Science-focused QB course.
  • Six credit hours may be at the 300-level.
  • At least one 3 credit hour BME course must be taken at the 400-level from the Biomedical Engineering list.
  • The 400-level BME Technical Engineering Selective course must be successfully completed with a B or above before any 500-level BME course can be taken. This 400-level tech elective must be a 400-level from the Biomedical Engineering curriculum.
  • Only one Regulatory Selective can count toward the Technical Engineering Selective requirement.
  • One 3-credit course of the Technical Engineering Selective requirements may be satisfied with any of the following approved mentored experiential learning options (must complete all in the same category):
    • 3 credits of EPICS (200-level or higher)
    • 3 credits of BME Research Scholars Program (BME 39500 Research Scholars I, BME 49500 Research Scholars II, and BME 595 Leadership & Impact in BME)
    • 3 credits of BME 49800 research for credit (with research syllabus)
  • Students enrolling in a BME course cross-listed with another department should register for the BME section on myPurdue

Quantitative Breadth Selectives List (6 credits)


Choose one course from the Data Science Focused QB course list, and a second one from either QB list.

Regulatory Selectives List


Optional. Only one Regulatory Selective can count toward the Technical Engineering Selectives requirements.

Other Technical Engineering Selectives


General Education (18 Credits)


  • BME Undergraduate students must complete 18 credits of general education. General education courses are non-technical courses that provide a broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.
  • Many courses count for both General Education and Univeristy Core Curriculum (UCC) Foundational Learning Outcomes (FLO) but many do not. When choosing courses to fulfill these requirements, students will need to check both the UCC FLO course list and the BME Approved General Education Course List found below.
  • The following requirements must be met:
    • At least 3 credits must be from the Ethics and Policy Healthcare list which is included as a general education course. See list below.
    • At least 6 credits must be taken inside the College of Liberal Arts, the Krannert School of Management and/or the Honors College.
    • At least 6 credits of the general education courses must be at the non-introductory level, meaning they are at the 30000-level or higher, or have a required prerequisite in the same department.
    • The remaining courses may be taken from any of the following lists. If a student is unsure about a course counting for their general education requirement, see academic advisor BEFORE taking the course.

Ethics and Policy Healthcare Requirement (3 Credits)


BME students must complete at least 3 credits (earning a C- or better) addressing ethical and policy issues in healthcare and medicine. It is important that our students have an awareness of societal, regulatory, policy, and ethical considerations that influence healthcare and medicine. Thus, we require our students to take at least one course that advances their knowledge in this area.

Liberal Arts/Management/Honors (6 Credits)


At least 6 credits must be taken inside the College of Liberal Arts, the Krannert School of Management and/or the Honors College.

Art and Design


Anthropology


Communication


English


History


Jewish Studies


Latino and Latin-American Studies


Philosophy


Political Science


Other General Education Selectives