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BMEL - Biomedical (Mechanical) Engineering Program Schedule

 
This schedule is for students whose catalogue year is Fall 2007 or later.

If your catalogue year is between Fall 2004 and Fall 2007, please click here to see your course plan. If you are following the pre-2004 curriculum, please click here to see your course plan and pre-approved technical elective list.

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Schedule for students enrolled Fall 2007 and after
BS BMEL: First Year: Fall  
Course No. Course Title

Units

BME 101 Intro to Biomedical Engineering

3

MATH 125 Calculus I

4

WRIT 140 Writing & Critical Reasoning

4

ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy

2

GE Category VI

4

     
  Total Units

17

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

Units

CHEM 105aL General Chemistry

4

PHYS 151L Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Thermodynamics

4

MATH 126 Calculus II

4

CSCI 101L Fundamentals of Computer Programming

3

 
 
 
  Total Units

15

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

Units

CHEM 105bL General Chemistry

4

MATH 226 Calculus III

4

PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity & Magnetism

4

AME 201 Statics

3

     
  Total Units

15

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

Units

BME 210 Biomedical Computer Simulation Methods

3

MATH 245 Mathematics of Physics & Engineering I

4

AME 204 Strength of Materials

3

BISC 220L General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

4

GE Category V

4

     
  Total Units

18

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

Units

BME 423 Statistical Methods in BME

3

AME 301 Dynamics

3

AME 309 Dynamics of Fluids

4

MASC 310 Materials Behavior & Processing

3

GE Category I

4

     
  Total Units

17

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

Units

EE 200L Foundations of Electrical Engineering Systems

4

CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry

4

AME 308 Comp.-Aid. Analysis for Design

3

Technical Elective Choose from Approved List

3

GE Category II

4

     
  Total Units

18

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

Units

BME 404 Biomechanics

3

AME 302 Design of Dynamic Systems

3

PHYS 153L Optics & Modern Physics

4

BME 403 Physiological Systems

3

BISC 320 Molecular Biology

4

     
  Total Units

17

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

Units

BME 402 Control & Communication in the Nervous System

3

WRIT 340 Advanced Writing

3

BME 405L Senior Projects: Measurement and Instrumentation

4

Technical Elective Choose from Approved List

4

GE Category IV

4

     
  Total Units

17


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.