BS in Biomedical Engineering
Program Requirements
A minimum total of 128-129 credit hours is required for the BS in biomedical engineering program and includes 49 credit hours of major courses that must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.000. Prerequisite courses to BME courses must have a grade point average of 2.000. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WSU General Education Program and the requirements of the College of Engineering, students in the biomedical engineering program must take the following courses:
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education (34-35 credit hours) | ||
| Select courses to meet General Education requirements 1, 2 | 24 | |
| General Education courses that will also meet Program Requirements | ||
| PHIL 385 | Engineering Ethics | 3 |
| or PHIL 386 | Biomedical Engineering Ethics | |
| CHEM 211 | General Chemistry I | 5 |
| MATH 242 | Calculus I | 5 |
| Mathematics/Natural Sciences | ||
| MATH 243 | Calculus II | 5 |
| MATH 555 | Differential Equations I | 3 |
| IME 254 | Engineering Probability and Statistics I | 3 |
| PHYS 313 | Physics for Scientists I | 4 |
| PHYS 314 | Physics for Scientists II | 4 |
| BIOL 210 | General Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL 223 | Human Anatomy and Physiology | 5 |
| BIOL 420 | Molecular Cell Biology | 3-4 |
| or CHEM 661 | Principles of Biochemistry | |
| CHEM 212 | General Chemistry II | 5 |
| CHEM 533 | Elementary Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| Major Courses | ||
| AE 223 | Statics | 3 |
| ECE 282 | Circuits I | 4 |
| ME 398 | Thermodynamics I | 3 |
| IME 255 | Engineering Economy | 3 |
| BME 115 | Biomedical Engineering Seminar (taken in the first semester) | 0 |
| BME 335 | Biomedical Computer Applications | 3 |
| BME 452 | Biomechanics | 3 |
| BME 462 | Introduction to Biofluids | 3 |
| BME 477 | Introduction to Biomaterials | 3 |
| BME 480 | Bioinstrumentation | 3 |
| BME 482 | Design of Biodevices | 3 |
| BME 585 | Capstone Design I | 3 |
| BME 595 | Capstone Design II | 3 |
| Technical Electives | ||
| BME Technical Electives (see technical elective requirements below) | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 128-129 | |
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Required major courses may also count towards General Education requirements. Students will need to select additional electives to reach 128-129 credit hours required for graduation with assistance from an advisor.
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See the requirements of the WSU General Education program. Starting in fall 2021, first-year college students must take a First-Year Seminar (FYS) within their first two semesters at WSU. The FYS course should be completed in either fine arts or humanities or social/behavioral sciences.
Technical Elective Requirements
Students must complete 15 credit hours of technical electives, selected from a combination of a required BME concentration and the approved list of technical electives. Selection of the 15 credit hours of technical electives must satisfy the following conditions:
- At least 6 of the 15 credit hours must be from a selected BME concentration, and at least one course taken in the BME concentration must be a BME course.
- At least 12 of the 15 credit hours of technical electives must be engineering courses.
- At least 9 of the 15 credit hours must be BME courses.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BME Concentrations | ||
| Students are required to select one BME concentration, and select a minimum of two courses from the concentration, where one course from the selected concentration must be a BME course | ||
| Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering | ||
| BME 777 | Biodegradable Materials | 3 |
| BME 779 | Tissue Engineering | 3 |
| BME 771 | Polymer Processing and Technology | 3 |
| BME 743 | Mechanobiology of Cells and Tissue | 3 |
| BME 748 | Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering | 3 |
| BME 746 | Drug Delivery | 3 |
| BME 747 | Biochemical Engineering | 3 |
| BIOL 760 | Experimental Molecular Biology Lab | 4 |
| Biomechanics and Mechanobiology | ||
| BME 735 | Biocomputational Modeling | 3 |
| BME 743 | Mechanobiology of Cells and Tissue | 3 |
| BME 752 | Applied Human Biomechanics | 3 |
| BME 757 | Clinical Biomechanics Instrumentation | 3 |
| ME 709 | Injury Biomechanics | 3 |
| IME 549 | Industrial Ergonomics | 3 |
| Instrumentation, Sensors and Imaging | ||
| BME 735 | Biocomputational Modeling | 3 |
| BME 738 | Biomedical Imaging | 3 |
| BME 758 | Biomedical MEMS | 3 |
| BME 760A | Brain-Computer Interfaces | 3 |
| ME 728 | Advanced Electronic Materials | 3 |
| Biorobotics and Controls | ||
| BME 722 | Introduction to Biorobotics | 3 |
| BME 760A | Brain-Computer Interfaces | 3 |
| ME 737 | Robotics and Control | 3 |
| ECE 684 | Introductory Control System Concepts | 3 |
Approved Technical Electives
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | ||
| AE 333 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| AE 373 | Dynamics | 3 |
| Biological Sciences | ||
| BIOL 760 | Experimental Molecular Biology Lab | 4 |
| BIOL 773 | Statistical Applications in Biology | 3 |
| Biomedical Engineering | ||
| BME 722 | Introduction to Biorobotics | 3 |
| BME 735 | Biocomputational Modeling | 3 |
| BME 738 | Biomedical Imaging | 3 |
| BME 743 | Mechanobiology of Cells and Tissue | 3 |
| BME 747 | Biochemical Engineering | 3 |
| BME 748 | Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering | 3 |
| BME 752 | Applied Human Biomechanics | 3 |
| BME 757 | Clinical Biomechanics Instrumentation | 3 |
| BME 758 | Biomedical MEMS | 3 |
| BME 760A | Brain-Computer Interfaces | 3 |
| BME 760C | Medical Image Processing | 3 |
| BME 746 | Drug Delivery | 3 |
| BME 771 | Polymer Processing and Technology | 3 |
| BME 777 | Biodegradable Materials | 3 |
| BME 779 | Tissue Engineering | 3 |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | ||
| ECE 684 | Introductory Control System Concepts | 3 |
| Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering | ||
| IME 524 | Descriptive Analytics | 3 |
| IME 549 | Industrial Ergonomics | 3 |
| IME 554 | Statistical Quality Control | 3 |
| IME 557 | Safety Engineering | 3 |
| IME 561 | Applied Control Systems | 3 |
| IME 664 | Engineering Management | 3 |
| IME 749 | Ergonomic Assessment Methods | 3 |
| IME 759 | Ergonomic Interventions | 3 |
| IME 761 | Robot Programming and Applications | 3 |
| IME 764 | Systems Engineering and Analysis | 3 |
| IME 780AN | Big Data Analytics in Engineering | 3 |
| IME 780AP | Neural Networks and Machine Learning | 3 |
| Mechanical Engineering | ||
| ME 250 | Materials Engineering | 3 |
| ME 659 | Mechanical Control Systems | 3 |
| ME 709 | Injury Biomechanics | 3 |
| ME 728 | Advanced Electronic Materials | 3 |
| ME 737 | Robotics and Control | 3 |
Premed Students
Curriculum differences for premed students in the biomedical engineering program consist of the following:
- BIOL 211 is required for premed students;
- 1-credit-hour labs, PHYS 315 and PHYS 316, must be taken with the 4-credit-hour lecture courses of PHYS 313 and PHYS 314, respectively;
- CHEM 531 and CHEM 532 are required for biomedical engineering students in the premed curriculum, and will satisfy the biomedical engineering curriculum's organic chemistry requirement.
Biomedical engineering students who are in the premedicine curriculum are encouraged to also meet frequently with the WSU premed advisors to learn about other premed requirements. WSU premed advisors are located in Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Center, 115 Grace Wilkie Hall, 316-978-3700.
Applied Learning
Students in the BS in biomedical engineering program are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from the program. The requirement can be met by successfully completing BME 595 Capstone Design II.