COURSE CURRICULUM

The Biomedical Engineering program shares its first year with several engineering disciplines and includes core courses such as Introduction to Engineering, Writing Skills, General Chemistry, Calculus I, Linear Algebra, and Physics: Mechanics, along with a liberal studies course. In the second semester, students take Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Computer Programming Fundamentals, Principles of Engineering Economics, Electric Circuit Analysis, Calculus II, and Physics: Waves and Fields. The third and fourth semesters cover Biology, Biomedical Physics, Statics and Mechanics of Materials, Digital Systems, Differential Equations, Physiology, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Circuits, Devices and Sensors, and Communication in Engineering Professions. The fifth and sixth semesters focus on Anatomy, Bioinformatics, Introduction to Software, Fluid Mechanics, Signals and Systems I and II, Microprocessor Systems, Electrical Machines and Actuators, Control Systems and Bio-Robotics, Biomedical Instrumentation, and Statistics, with opportunities to join an internship or co-op program. The final two semesters include a two-term Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design course, liberal studies options such as Science Fiction and Technology and the Contemporary Environment, and core electives including Tissue Engineering, Radiation Therapy Devices, Rehabilitation Engineering, Medical Robotics, Biomedical Signal Analysis, and Emerging Topics. Additional electives focus on Human-Computer Interaction, Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Biomedical Systems Modelling, Biomedical Image Analysis, Design of Bio-MEMS, Computations in Genetic Engineering, and Selected Topics in Engineering. The capstone design course carries significant GPA weight.