Programs of Study: Undergraduate Programs

Biomedical Engineering – Second Major
Class of 2012 and beyond

SECOND MAJOR IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
The second major in biomedical engineering is offered to engineering students. Students must enroll in conjunction with another engineering undergraduate departmental major. For the second major in biomedical engineering, students are required to complete ten courses. No more than five of these courses may be used to fulfill the concentration requirement of the first major. All ten courses must be taken for a letter grade.

The ten credits required for the second major in biomedical engineering as follows:

  1. Biology 13
  2. Biomedical Engineering 50
  3. Biomedical Engineering 62
  4. Biomedical Engineering 100
  5. Biomedical Engineering 101 or Biomedical Engineering 131
  6. Biomedical Engineering 164
  7. One Biomedical Engineering elective course
  8. Two concentration elective courses from a list available from the department
  9. One elective course approved by the BME Second Major advisor

SECOND MAJOR IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
The second major in biomedical engineering sciences is offered to liberal arts students. Students must enroll in conjunction with another undergraduate departmental major. For the second major in biomedical engineering sciences, students are required to complete ten courses. No more than five of these courses may be used to fulfill the concentration requirement of the first major. All ten courses must be taken for a letter grade.

The ten credits are required for the second major in biomedical engineering are as follows:

  1. Biomedical Engineering 50
  2. Biomedical Engineering 62
  3. Three Biomedical Engineering elective courses
  4. Five elective courses related to biomedical engineering, including independent studies, research, and design projects. These courses may be found on a list available from the department.

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