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 | ||
6.100A | Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python | 6 |
6.100B | Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science | 6 |
Mathematics Core | ||
Choose 12 units each from two of the following options: 1 | 24 | |
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, 4 | 30-36 | |
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 Units | 78-84 |
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.