Biomedical Engineering Degree Requirements

Required 125 Credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above) including: 

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES Listing)

II. Biomedical Engineering Required Courses

III. College of Engineering and Mines Core Program Requirements  

One course from each block must be completed with the exception of Engineering Core Course, where both must be completed. Students who want to pursue a concentration in either Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical should refer to their preferred concentration for the corresponding required course. 

1. Programming Course (one of the following):

 2. Electrical Engineering Foundations (one of the following):

3. Statistics Elective (one of the following): 

4. Engineering Core Courses (must take both): 

IV. Requirements Outside of the College of Engineering and Mines 

V. Program Required Electives 

1.Biomedical Electives (9 credits from the following)**:

2. Technical Electives (36 credits)**:

A list of approved technical electives is available upon request from the program director. A minimum of 24 credits of technical electives must be taken from the College of Engineering and Mines. Students may take up to 12 credit hours outside the college with approval from the program director. If students plan on pursuing a concentration, courses from outside of the College of Engineering and Mines only count towards the maximum 12 credits allowed. 

Chemical Concentration (Required 125 Credits)

Students who pursue this concentration can fulfill a portion of the technical elective requirements with the following concentration specific requirements. The remaining technical electives must be chosen from the program approved list. Students who pursue this option are strongly encouraged to consider a double major.

Required courses:

Students fulfill technical electives with the above listed requirements. They will also fulfill the College of Engineering and Mines requirements with the following courses: ENGR 200 Computer Applications in Engineering, ENGR 206 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, and CHE 315 Engineering Statistics and Design of Experiments 

Electrical Concentration (Required 127 Credits) 

Students who pursue this concentration can fulfill a portion of the technical elective requirements with the following concentration specific requirements. The remaining technical electives must be chosen from the program approved list. Students who pursue this option are strongly encouraged to consider a double major.

Required courses:

Students fulfill technical electives with the above listed requirements. They will also fulfill the College of Engineering and Mines with the following courses: EE 304 Computer Aided Measurement and Controls, EE 206 Circuit Analysis/EE 206L Circuits Laboratory I, and EE 318 Engineering Data Analysis 

Mechanical Concentration (Required 125 Credits)

Students who follow pursue this concentration can fulfill a portion of the technical elective requirements with the following concentration specific requirements. The remaining technical electives must be chosen from the program approved list. Students who pursue this option are strongly encouraged to consider a double major.

Required courses:

Students fulfill technical electives with the above listed requirements. They will also fulfill the College of Engineering and Mines with the following courses: ENGR 200 Computer Applications in Engineering, ENGR 206 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, and MATH 321 Applied Statistical Methods 

Pre-Medicine

Students who are planning on applying to medical school may pursue this route as it contains critical information for students who plan on taking the MCAT. This is not a concentration and will not be added to the transcript as such. 

II. Biomedical Engineering Required Courses (as listed above)

III. College of Engineering and Mines Core Program Requirements (as listed above)

IV. Requirements Outside of the College of Engineering and Mines (as listed above)

V. Technical Electives:

Students would need to complete 48 credits of approved program technical electives. A list of approved technical electives is available from the program. For students planning on taking MCAT the following 12 credits are recommended and approved to count towards technical electives in the program: 

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Grade of "C" or better in these courses is required for graduation.

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Students must ensure all appropriate pre-requisites are met prior to registering for all courses in the curriculum. Two (2) credits of BME 397 Cooperative Education (40 hours/week) will earn 3 credits towards the program technical elective requirement. Students are allowed to completed up to 4 total credit hours of BME 397 Cooperative Education. 

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Students may petition program director for alternative courses to fulfill requirements.

 

Credit totals per concentration may vary 1-2 credit hours based on student course selection.