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BME - Biomedical Engineering Program Schedule

 
This recommended schedule is for students whose catalogue year is Fall 2008 or later.

A list of pre-approved technical electives may be found here.

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Schedule for students enrolled Fall 2008 and after

BS BME: First Year: Fall  
Course No. Course Title

Units

BME 101 Intro to Biomedical Engineering

3

CHEM 105aL General Chemistry

4

MATH 125 Calculus I

4

GE Category I or II

4

ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy

2

     
  Total Units

17

     
BS BME: First Year: Spring  
Course No. Course Title

Units

CHEM 105bL General Chemistry

4

MATH 126 Calculus II

4

GE Category VI

4

WRIT 140 Writing and Critical Reasoning

4

     
  Total Units

16

     
BS BME: Second Year: Fall  
Course No. Course Title

Units

BISC 120L General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

4

EE 150L Engineering Computational Methods

3

MATH 226 Calculus III

4

PHYS 151L Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics & Thermodynamics  4
     
  Total Units

15

     
BS BME: Second Year: Spring  
Course No. Course Title

Units

BISC 220L General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology

4

BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods

3

MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics & Engineering I

4

PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity & Magnetism

4

     
  Total Units

15

     
BS BME: Third Year: Fall  
Course No. Course Title

Units

CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry

4

EE 200L Foundations of Electrical Engineering Systems

4

BME 423 Stastical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

3

Technical Elective Choose from Approved List

3

GE Category II or I

4

     
  Total Units

18

     
BS BME: Third Year: Spring  
Course No. Course Title

Units

CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry

4

EE 202L Linear Circuits

4

BME 302L Medical Electronics

4

Technical Elective Choose from Approved List

3

WRIT 340 Advanced Writing

3

     
  Total Units

18

     
BS BME: Fourth Year: Fall  
Course No. Course Title

Units

BISC 320L Molecular Biology

4

BME 410 Intoduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

3

BME 403 Physiological Systems

3

GE Category V

4

     
  Total Units

14

     
BS BME: Fourth Year: Spring  
     
Course No. Course Title

Units

BME 402 Control & Communication in the Nervous System

3

BME 414 Rehabilitation Engineering

3

BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurment & Instrumentation

4

Technical Elective Choose from Approved List

3

GE Category IV

4

 
 
 
 
Total Units
17