MS BME

Technical Electives

MS BME (Neuroengineering)

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Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

The 28 unit M.S. in Biomedical Engineering degree (M.S. BME) is designed to be completed in two years or less of full-time study beyond the Bachelor of Science Degree. The M.S. in Biomedical Engineering can be completed with a thesis, requiring 4 units of BME 594abz, or without a thesis, requiring coursework only.

MS BME
Program of Study

Fall Semester - Year One
*Required Courses*		*Units*
BME 502	Advanced Studies of the Nervous System	4
BME 513	Signal and Systems Analysis	3
BME 533	Seminar in Bioengineering	1
Elective	See Approved Technical Elective List	3

Spring Semester- Year One
*Required Courses*		*Units*
BME 501	Advanced Topics in Biomedical Systems	4
BME 511	Physiological Control Systems	3
Elective	See Approved Technical Elective List	3

Fall Semester- Year Two
*Required Courses*		*Units*
BME 594a	Master's Thesis	2
Elective	See Approved Technical Elective List	3
or
Elective	See Approved Technical Elective List	4


Spring Semester -Year Two
*Required Courses*		*Units*
BME 594b	Master's Thesis	2
or
Elective	See Approved Technical Elective List	3

Total Degree Units		28

MS BME
Approved Technical Electives

The following list of technical electives may be used in your program without prior approval. If you wish to take a course as a technical elective not listed below, please consult the Graduate Student Affairs Coordinator.

Department of Biomedical Engineering

		*Units*
BME 404*	Biomechanics	3
BME 414*	Rehabilitation Engineering	3
BME 416*	Development and Regulation of Medical Products	3
BME 423*	Statistical Methods in Biomedical Engineering	3
BME 425*	Basics of Biomedical Imaging	3
BME 523	Measurement and Processing of Biological Signals	3
BME 525	Advanced Biomedical Imaging	4
BME 527	Integration of Medical Imaging Systems	3
BME 528	Medical Imaging Informatics	3
BME 535	Ultrasonic Imaging	3
BME 551	Introduction to Bio-MEMS and Nanotechnology	3
BME 591a	Mathematical Biophysics	3
BME 650	Biomedical Measurement and Instrumentation	3
BME 670	Early Visual Processing	4
BME 671	Late Visual Processing	4
BME 675	Computational Vision	3

*Graduate students who wish to take 400-level BME courses must seek prior approval from the professor.

Department of Computer Science

		*Units*
CSCI 445	Introduction to Robotics	4
CSCI 460	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	3
CSCI 542	Neural Computation with Artificial Neural Networks	3
CSCI 545	Robotics	3
CSCI 561	Foundations of Artificial Intelligence	3
CSCI 564	Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence	3
CSCI 566	Neural Network Self-Organization	3
CSCI 567	Machine Learning	3
CSCI 574	Computer Vision	3

Department of Electrical Engineering

		*Units*
EE 479	Analog and Non-Linear Integrated Circuit Design	3
EE 482	Linear Control Systems	3
EE 500	Neural and Fuzzy Systems	3
EE 553	Computational Solution of Optimization Problems	3
EE 559	Mathematical Pattern Recognition	3
EE 562a	Random Processes in Engineering	3
EE 563	Estimation Theory	3
EE 565ab	Information Theory	3,3
EE 566	Optical Information Processing	3
EE 569	Introduction to Digital Image Processing	3
EE 592	Computational Methods for Biomedical Imaging	3

Department of Business Entrepreneurship

		*Units*
BAEP 557	Technology Commercialization	3

Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology

		*Units*
MPTX 511	Introduction to Medical Product Regulation	3
MPTX 513	Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics	3
MPTX 515	Quality Systems and Standards	3
MPTX 517	Structure and Management of Clinical Trials	4

Department of Neuroscience

		*Units*
NEUR 524	Advanced Neuroscience I	4
NEUR 525	Advanced Neuroscience II	4

***All information contained here is summarized from the USC Catalogue and is considered non-official. For all rules, regulations, procedures, and outlines, please see the current academic year USC catalogue.