MS Curriculum

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:

• Advanced BME: 4 credits minimum
• Approved engineering courses: 4 credits minimum
• Approved biology courses: 4 credits minimum 

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:

• Advanced BME: 4 credits minimum
• Approved engineering courses: 4 credits minimum
• Approved biology courses: 4 credits minimum 

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

MS Course List

Advanced BME: Minimum 4 Credits

    BME 404  Computational Methods Applied to Biological Systems

    BME 412  Viscoelasticity in Biological Tissue

    BME 418  Introduction to Neuroengineering

    BME 420  Biomedical Nanotechnology (2 cr)

    BME 428  Physiological Control Systems

    BME 442  Microbiomechanics

    BME 445  Biomaterials Science and Engineering

    BME 448  Controlled Release Systems (2 cr)

    BME 451  Biomedical Ultrasound

    BME 452  Medical Imaging

    BME 453  Advanced Biomedical Ultrasound

    BME 454  Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    BME 455  Translational Biomedical Optics

    BME 460  Quantitative Physiology

    BME 462  Cell and Tissue Engineering

    BME 465  Cell Adhesion (2 cr)

    BME 466  Bioprocess Engineering

    BME 467  Models & Simulations of Biomedical Systems 

    BME 470  Biomedical Microscopy

    BME 474  Biomedical Sensors, Circuits & Interfacing

    BME 483  Biosolid Mechanics

    BME 485  Cell & Membrane Mechanics (2 cr)

    BME 486  Finite Elements

    BME 487  Nonlinear Finite Elements Analysis

    BME 489  Electrochemical Biosensor Design Syllabus

    BME 513  Intro to fMRI: Imaging, Computational Analysis and Neural Representations (3 cr)

    BME 515  Advanced Topics in Neural Control of Movement (2 cr)

    BME 592  Spec Topics: Mechanobiology

    BCS 521   Audition (3 cr)

    OPT 448   Vision and the Eye

Approved Engineering Courses: Minimum 4 Credits

Chemical Engineering

    CHE 411 Intro to Prob. for Chem. Engrs.     

    CHE 413  Molecular Self Assembly

    CHE 421 Thin Film Processing           

    CHE 441 Adv Fluid Dynamics

    CHE 447 Liquid Crystals                     

    CHE 454 Interfacial Engineering           

    CHE 460 Biochem&Tech Clinic Diag

    CHE 465 Biomass Conversion to Fuels

    CHE 469 Biotechnology & Bioengineering      

    CHE 480 Chemistry of Adv. Materials         

    CHE 482 Processing Microelectronic

    CHE 486 Polymer Science & Tech

    CHE 492 Biointerfaces

Computer Science

      CSC 449 Machine Vision

Electrical and Computer Engineering

   ECE 401  Adv Computer Architecture

   ECE 404  High Perf Microprocessor

   ECE 405  Adv Digitl Design Using FPGA

   ECE 423  Semiconductors

   ECE 425  Superconductivity

   ECE 431  Microwaves & Wireless

   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 & Estimation Theory

   ECE 444  Digital Communications

   ECE 446  Digital Signal Processing

   ECE 447  Digital Image Process

   ECE 450  Information Theory

   ECE 452  Med Imaging-Theor &Implemt

   ECE 461  Dig Iteg Circuit Design

   ECE 461  Dig Iteg Circuit Design Lab

   ECE 462  VLSI Design Project

   ECE 465  Issues in VLSL/IC Design   

   ECE 466  RF Integrated Circuits

   ECE 472  Audio Signal Processing

   ECE 585  Phy of Adv Opto-Electronic