MS Curriculum

Please see the BME Graduate Studies Handbook for the most recent and detailed program information.

Plan A Requirements

BST 467: Applied Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences (3 credits)
IND 501: Ethics and Prof Integrity in Research (1 credit)

BME 496: Current Research Seminars (0 credit)
14 credits from:

Research: 6-12 credits
Total of 30 credit hours

Plan B Requirements

BST 467: Applied Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences (3 credits)

BME 496: Current Research Seminars (0 credit)
14 credits from:

6-13 additional credits (maximum 6 research credits )
Total of 30 credit hour

MS Course List

Advanced BME: Minimum 8 Credits

  • BME 404 Computational Methods Applied to Biological Systems
  • BME 406 Technical Computing in BME
  • BME 412 Viscoelasticity in Biological Tissue
  • BME 414 Biomed Printed Circ Bd Design & Prototyping
  • BME 418 Introduction to Neuroengineering
  • BME 420 Biomedical Nanotechnology (2 cr)
  • BME 425 Human Neurophysiological Measurement
  • BME 428 Physiological Control Systems
  • BME 429 Nanotechnology and NanoEngineering
  • BME 431 FDA and Intellectual Property
  • BME 432 FDA and Commercialization
  • BME 438 Introduction to Quality Engineering 
  • BME 442 Microbiomechanics 
  • BME 451 Biomedical Ultrasound
  • BME 452 Medical Imaging- Theory & Implementation
  • BME 453 Ultrasound Imaging 
  • BME 455 Translational Biomedical Optics
  • BME 460 Quantitative Physiology
  • BME 462 Cell and Tissue Engineering
  • BME 465 Cell Mechanics and Mechanobiology
  • BME 468 Intro to Structure & Analysis of Biomolecules 
  • BME 472 Advanced Biomedical Microscopy
  • BME 474 Biomedical Sensors, Circuits and Instrumentation
  • BME 483 Biosolid Mechanics
  • BME 486 Finite Elements
  • BME 492 Neuroenhancement & Rehabilitation Engineering
  • BCSC 513 Intro to fMRI: Imaging, Computational Analysis and Neural Representations (3 cr)
  • BCSC 521 Auditory Perceptions (3 cr)
  • ECE 410 Introduction to Augmented & Virtual Reality
  • OPT 448 Vision and the Eye

Approved Engineering Courses: Minimum 4 Credits

Chemical engineering:

  • CHE 411 Intro to Prob. for Chem. Engrs.
  • CHE 413 Engineering of Soft Matter
  • CHE 421 Thin Film Processing
  • CHE 441 Advanced Transport Phenonmenon
  • CHE 443 Fluid Dynamics 
  • CHE 447 Liquid Crystals Mat. 2
  • CHE 454 Interfacial Engineering
  • CHE 465 Biomass Conversion to Fuels
  • CHE 468 Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • CHE 469 Computational Chemistry
  • CHE 480 Intro to Nanoengineering
  • CHE 482 Processing Microelectronic
  • CHE 486 Polymer Science and Tech
  • CHE 487 Surface Analysis
  • CHE 492 Biointerfaces

Computer science:

  • CSC 441 Intro to Computational Neuroscience
  • CSC 442 Intro to Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC 446 Machine Learning
  • CSC 449 Machine Vision
  • DSCC 465 Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning

Electrical and computer engineering:

  • ECE 401 Adv Computer Architecture
  • ECE 404 Microprocessor Arch
  • ECE 423 Semiconductor Devices
  • ECE 432 Acoustic Waves
  • ECE 434 Microelectromechanical Systems
  • ECE 435 Intro to Optoelectronics
  • ECE 437 Wireless Communications
  • ECE 440 Intro to Random Processes
  • ECE 441 Detection and Estimation Theory
  • ECE 444 Digital Communications
  • ECE 445 Wireless Communications
  • ECE 446 Digital Signal Processing
  • ECE 447 Intro to Dip using Python
  • ECE 450 Information Theory
  • ECE 452 Med Imaging-Theor and Implement
  • ECE 461 Dig Integ Circuit Design
  • ECE 461 Dig Integ Circuit Design Lab
  • ECE 466 RF Integrated Circuits
  • ECE 472 Audio Signal Processing
  • ECE 477 Computer Audition

Mechanical engineering:

  • ME 400 Applied Boundary Value Problems
  • ME 401 Methods of Applied Math
  • ME 402 Partial Differential Eq.
  • ME 406 Dynamical Systems
  • ME 411 Mech Properties of Polymers
  • ME 424 Robust Design/Quality
  • ME 437 Incompressible Flow
  • ME 440 Mechanics of Structures
  • ME 441 Finite Elements
  • ME 443 Mechanical Vibrations
  • ME 444 Continuum Mechanics
  • ME 445 Precision Instrument Design
  • ME 449 Elasticity
  • ME 458 Nonlinear Finite Elements
  • ME 459 Applied Finite Elements
  • ME 461 Fracture and Adhesion
  • ME 463 Microstructures
  • ME 481 Mechanical Properties

Optics:

  • OPT 407 SEM Practicum
  • OPT 411 Math/Theoretic.
  • OPT 421 Opt Properties of Materials
  • OPT 425 Radiation and Detectors
  • OPT 428 Opt. Commun. Systm
  • OPT 441 Geometrical Optics
  • OPT 442 Instrumental Optics
  • OPT 443 Found. of Mod Opt Systs
  • OPT 444 Lens Design
  • OPT 446 Optical Interference Coating
  • OPT 447 Adv Opt Coating Design
  • OPT 452 Medical Imaging: Th.and Prac.
  • OPT 461 Fourier Optics
  • OPT 462 Electromagnetic Waves
  • OPT 463 Wave Optics and Imaging
  • OPT 465 Principles of Lasers  
  • OPT 467 Non-Linear Optics 
  • OPT 468 WAveguides & Optoelectronic Devices
  • OPT 476 Biomedical Optics
  • OPT 551 Intro to Quantum Optics
  • OPT 552 Quant. Opt Electromag. Field (Spring)
  • OPT 553 Quant. Opt Atom-Field
  • OPT 563 Statistical Optics
  • OPT 564 Electr Imaging Sys.
  • OPT 592 Nano-Optics

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Approved Biology Courses: Minimum 4 Credits

Basic courses:

  • BME 411 Cell and Molec Bio Foundations
  • BME 459 Applied Human Anatomy
  • IND 408 Biochemistry
  • IND 409 Cell Biology
  • IND 410 Molecular Biology
  • MBI 414/514 Mech of Microbial Pathogenesis
  • PHP 403 Human Cell Physiology (3)
  • PHP 404 Principles of Pharmacology
  • PTH 507 Cancer Biology (3)
  • PTH 509 Pathways to Human Disease
  • PTH 510 Pathways to Human Disease

Advanced courses:

  • ANA 531 Integrative Neuroscience (6)
  • BIO 419Nuc Structure and Function
  • BIO 422Biology of Aging
  • BIO 426Developmental Biology
  • BIO 428Lab in Cell and Dev Biolo
  • CVS 401 Cardiovascular Bio and Disease (3)
  • GEN 506 Principles in Stem Cell Biology
  • GEN 507 Advanced Genetics
  • GEN 508 Genes, Devel and Disease
  • IND 407 Cytoplasmic Structures and Functions
  • IND 411 Methods in Structural Biology
  • IND 443 Eukaryotic Genome I
  • IND 447 Signal Transduction
  • IND 525 Cell and Membrane Biophysics
  • MBI 473 Immunology (3)
  • NSC 512 Cellular Neuroscience (6)
  • PHP 440 Topics in Vascular Biology (2)
  • PTH 571 Mol. Basis of Human Disease (3)
  • PTH 593 Nuclear Hormone Receptors (2)
  • TOX 521Biochemical Toxicology

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