Minor in Biomedical Engineering

The Biomedical Engineering Minor (BME) program requires a total of seven subjects selected from a series of categories as outlined below.

Programming and Computational Modeling Core
6.100AIntroduction to Computer Science Programming in Python6
6.100BIntroduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science6
Mathematics Core
Choose 12 units each from two of the following options: 124
Option A
Differential Equations
Option B
Linear Algebra
Option C
Probability: Concepts and Applications
and Causal Inference for Data Analysis
Introduction to Probability
Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science
Probability and Random Variables
Human Physiology Core
Select one of the following:12
Quantitative and Clinical Physiology
Human Physiology 2
Introduction to Neuroscience
Biomedical Engineering and Applications
Select at least three of the following: 3, 430-36
Fluids and Diseases
Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease
Environmental Microbial Biogeochemistry
Biomolecular Feedback Systems
Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement
Bio-inspired Robotics
Medical Device Design 2
Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials 2
Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties, Applications 2
Biomaterials Science and Engineering 2
Materials Physics of Neural Interfaces
Biomedical Imaging with MRI: From Technology to Computation Applications
Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing
Quantitative and Clinical Physiology
Introduction to EECS via Medical Technology
Computational Biology: Genomes, Networks, Evolution
Computational Systems Biology: Deep Learning in the Life Sciences
Evolutionary Biology: Concepts, Models and Computation
Systems Neuroscience Laboratory 2
Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System 2
Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience 2
Perception
Introduction to Neural Computation 2
Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics
Chemical-Biological Engineering Laboratory
Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Future Medicine: Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics 2
Molecular Design and Bioprocess Development of Immunotherapies 2
Human Systems Engineering
Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems
Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience
Immunology
Computational Analysis of Biological Data
Principles of Synthetic Biology
Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Systems
Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics 2
Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems
Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Engineering
Total Units78-84

A maximum of four subjects taken for the biomedical engineering minor can also count toward a major or another minor.

1

Contact a minor advisor for additional 6–12 unit subjects that satisfy the requirement.

2

Subject has prerequisites that are outside of the program.

3

At least one of the subjects must be taken outside the student's major. See the BME Minor website for potential substitutions.

4

Approved biomedical engineering UROPs with sufficient medical focus carried out by students with junior or senior standing with prior approval may be substituted for up to 12 units.

Students should consult with their departmental BME minor advisor, preferably in sophomore year and no later than Add Date of spring term junior year, to choose a course of study, which must be approved in advance by the BME minor advisor. For the list of BME minor advisors and other information, please visit the Biological Engineering website or contact the BE Academic Office, Room 16-267, 617-253-1712.