Biomedical Engineering Supplemental Information

Primary Depth Area (6 credits)

Students are required to select a primary depth area and complete the two required courses as part of their BME undergraduate degree requirements. Students are also required to select a secondary depth area and complete one of the two required courses for that depth area.

• Primary Depth Area I - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Primary Depth Area II - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Secondary Depth Area - Credit Hours: 3.00

Secondary Depth Area (3 credits)

• BME 31300 - Biofluid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 31400 - Experimental Methods In Biomechanics Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 32600 - Applied Biomaterials I Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 33000 - Bioelectricity Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 33100 - Biosignals And Systems Credit Hours: 3.00 (cannot be used if ECE 30100 was taken in any Depth Areas)
• BME 35600 - Mathematical Models And Methods In Physiology Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 35700 - Foundations Of Biomedical Data Science Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 36000 - Introduction To Biomedical Imaging Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 30100 - Signals And Systems Credit Hours: 3.00 (cannot be used if BME 33100 was taken in any Depth Areas)

BME Technical Engineering Selective Policy

• A total of 15 credit hours of technical selectives must be completed with the following program requirements*:
• At least 3 credits must be at 40000-level, excluding BME 49800 Research Credits and must be completed with grade B or above before enrolling in 50000-69999 BME courses.
• At least 6 credits must be from QB (Quantitative Breadth Selectives). At least 3 credits from the Data Science-Focused QB list and 3 more credits from either the same list or the Additional QB course list.

Quantitative Breadth Selectives List (6 credits)

Choose one course from the Data Science-Focused Quantitative Breadth (QB) course list, and a second one from either QB list.

Other Technical Engineering Selectives

• AAE 50700 - Principles Of Dynamics Credit Hours: 3.00
• ABE 37000 - Reaction Kinetics In Biological Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• ABE 44000 - Cell And Molecular Modeling In Biological Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 46000 - Cardiovascular Mechanical Support And Devices Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 47000 - Biomolecular Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 51000 - Neural Mechanisms In Health And Disease Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 52100 - Biosensors: Fundamentals And Applications Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 52800 - Measurement And Stimulation Of The Nervous System Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 43100 - Neural Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 51500 - Practical MRI And Applications Credit Hours: 1.00
• BME 53000 - Imaging Diagnostic Technologies For Medical And Biological Applications Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 54000 - Biomechanics Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 54200 - Cell & Tissue Mechanics Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 55100 - Tissue Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 55300 - Biomedical Optics Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 55500 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Theory Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 55600 - Introduction To Clinical Medicine For Engineering Solutions Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 58100 - Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) & Biomedical Microsystems Credit Hours: 3.00
• BME 58300 - Biomaterials Credit Hours: 3.00
• CHE 34800 - Chemical Reaction Engineering Credit Hours: 4.00
• CHE 52500 - Biochemical Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• CHE 54400 - Structure And Physical Behavior Of Polymer Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
• CS 30700 - Software Engineering I Credit Hours: 3.00
• CS 33400 - Fundamentals Of Computer Graphics Credit Hours: 3.00
• CS 34800 - Information Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
• CS 40800 - Software Testing Credit Hours: 3.00
• CS 44800 - Introduction To Relational Database Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
• CS 47100 - Introduction To Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 30010 - Introduction To Machine Learning And Pattern Recognition Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 30412 - Electromagnetics II Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 30500 - Semiconductor Devices Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 32100 - Electromechanical Motion Devices Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 36200 - Microprocessor Systems And Interfacing Credit Hours: 4.00
• ECE 36800 - Data Structures Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 43800 - Digital Signal Processing With Applications Credit Hours: 4.00
• ECE 44100 - Distributed Parameter Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 45500 - Integrated Circuit Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 45600 - Digital Integrated Circuit Analysis And Design Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 47300 - Introduction To Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 50653 - Fundamentals Of Nanoelectronics Credit Hours: 3.00
• ECE 51100 - Psychophysics Credit Hours: 3.00
• HSCI 31200 - Radiation Science Fundamentals Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 34300 - Engineering Economics Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 38600 - Work Analysis And Design I Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 47200 - Imagine, Model, Make Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 53000 - Quality Control Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 54600 - Economic Decisions In Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 55800 - Safety Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• IE 57700 - Human Factors In Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• MA 34100 - Foundations Of Analysis Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 35200 - Machine Design I Credit Hours: 4.00
• ME 36300 - Principles And Practices Of Manufacturing Processes Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 41300 - Noise Control Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 44400 - Computer-Aided Design And Prototyping Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 48900 - Introduction To Finite Element Analysis Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 50500 - Intermediate Heat Transfer Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 50700 - Laser Processing Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 51300 - Engineering Acoustics Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 55600 - Lubrication, Friction & Wear Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 55900 - Micromechanics Of Materials Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 56200 - Advanced Dynamics Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 58600 - Microprocessors In Electromechanical Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
• ME 58800 - Mechatronics - Integrated Design Of Electro-Mechanical Systems Credit Hours: 3.00
• MSE 33000 - Processing And Properties Of Materials Credit Hours: 3.00
• MSE 38200 - Mechanical Response Of Materials Credit Hours: 3.00
• MSE 52700 - Introduction To Biomaterials Credit Hours: 3.00
• MSE 56200 - Soft Materials Credit Hours: 3.00
• MSE 57600 - Corrosion Credit Hours: 3.00
• NUCL 30000 - Nuclear Structure And Radiation Interactions Credit Hours: 3.00
• NUCL 47000 - Fuel Cell Engineering Credit Hours: 3.00
• STAT 51300 - Statistical Quality Control Credit Hours: 3.00

• 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 49800 research for credit (with restrictions). This cannot be used to satisfy the 400-level BME Technical Elective requirement. 

Additional General Education Requirements

• At least 6 credits must be in non-introductory courses (30000-level or above OR from courses with a required pre-requisite in the same department) 
  
• At least 12 credits must be taken from the College of Liberal Arts, the Daniels School of Business, and/or the Honors College provided such courses are not focused primarily on engineering, technology, the natural sciences, or mathematics. 
• A course is not eligible for use towards the 21 credits of College of Engineering General Education requirement if that course is used to satisfy a different engineering degree requirement.