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Apr 17, 2025
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Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 [Archived Catalog]
Biomedical Engineering
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In lieu of the general core engineering program presented earlier, students who identify biomedical engineering as their discipline may follow the program outlined below. This curriculum requires a minimum of 128 credits.
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Fall
- HASS Elective- Credit Hours:4
(See footnote 1 below) Spring
- HASS Elective - Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 1 below) Summer Arch*
* For students who have applied for and been granted an exception, the Summer Arch courses would be taken during the fall semester. For listing of the exception process go to: http://info.rpi.edu/arch/students/#ExceptionProcess. Take 4 out of the 5 options below: - Concentration I - Credit Hours: 4
- HASS Elective - Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 1 below) - Free Elective - Credit Hours: 3
(See footnote 4 below) Fall OR Spring
- Concentration II - Credit Hours: 4
- Free Elective- Credit Hours: 3
(See footnote 4 below) - HASS Elective - Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 1 below) - Professional Development II- Credit Hours: 2
(See footnote 2 below) Fall
- Concentration III - Credit Hours: 3
- Concentration IV - Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective - Credit Hours: 3
(See footnote 4 below) Spring
- Concentration V - Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective - Credit Hours: 3
(See footnote 4 below) - HASS Elective - Credit Hours: 4
(See footnote 1 below) The mininum number of crediit hours for the degree is 128.
Footnotes
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Placement of humanities and social science electives can be varied with free electives. The courses counted as free electives must show a minimum of 12 credit hours. -
Professional Development II will be fulfilled from a published list at the start of each semester and can be taken either semester. Professional Development III can be taken either semester of the senior year. Professional Development I is part of ENGR 2050. -
BMED 4010 may be taken in either Spring Year 3 or Fall Year 4, or part of the Summer Arch. -
The minimum total credit hours of free electives is 12, with no restrictions on the included number of 3-and 4-credit hour courses. -
Capstone writing-intensive course. -
ENGR 1400 may be taken as an alternative to ENGR 1200. This course may be taken either semester. Humanites, Arts, and Social Science Requirements
- The total HASS core requirement is 22 credits. Included in these credits are the following:
- A minimum of two 4-credit courses in Humanities
- A minimum of two 4-credit courses in the Social Sciences
- No more than three 1000-level HASS courses may be applied to the HASS core
- No more than 6 credits may be taken Pass/No Credit
- At least one 4-credit course must be at the 4000 level
- Depth requirement: Two 4-credit courses in the same H or SS subject area with at least one above the 1000 level and none on Pass/No Credit
- 2 credits must meet the Professional Development 2 requirement.
Concentration Courses
Each concentration includes three required courses and two elective courses, such that the total number of credit hours for a concentration is equal to or greater than 17. The elective courses can be chosen from the list of concentration electives or they can be any 4000- or 6000-level BMED course. It is not possible to take the same course at the 4000- and 6000-level. Biomaterials Concentration
BMED Required Biomaterials Concentration courses (Three courses required)
Plus an additional five or more credit hours from concentration electives.
Biomechanics Concentration
BMED Required Biomechanics concentration courses: (Three courses required)
Plus an additional six or more credit hours from concentration electives.
Bioimaging/Instrumentation Concentration
BMED Required Bioimaging/Instrumentation Concentration: (Three courses required)
Plus an additional six or more credit hours from concentration electives.
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