Biomedical Engineering

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

The minimum number of credit hours for the degree is 128.

Footnotes

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. BMED 4010 may be taken in either Spring Year 3 or Fall Year 4, or part of the Arch Summer.

4. The minimum total credit hours of free electives is 12, with no restrictions on the included number of 3-and 4-credit hour courses.

5. Capstone writing-intensive course.

6. 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
• Two credits must meet the Professional Development 2 requirement.

Core BMED Courses

All of these courses are required for a BME degree and they need to be taken for a letter grade. No substitutions with other courses offered at Rensselaer are allowed.

• BMED 2100 - Biomaterials Science and Engineering Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 2300 - Bioimaging and Bioinstrumentation Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 2540 - Biomechanics Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 4010 - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 4200 - Modeling of Biomedical Systems Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 4260 - Biomedical Product Development and Commercialization Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4500 - Advanced Systems Physiology Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 4600 - Biomedical Engineering Design Credit Hours: 3

BME Technical Elective

Two BME Technical Elective courses need to be taken. These courses need to be 3- or 4-credit hour courses and they have to be taken for a letter grade. The BME Technical Elective courses can be chosen from the attached list or they can be any formal 4000-level BMED course, i.e., no “Studies in BME”, “Topics in BME” or research courses. It is not possible to take the same course at the 4000- and 6000-level, nor is it possible to receive credit twice for a course (once as an elective and once as a concentration course). BME Technical Electives can be taken to either add depth to an existing concentration or to add breadth to the degree.

• BMED 4280 - Biomechanics of Soft Tissues Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4410 - BioMEMs Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4420 - Clinical Orthopaedics and Contemporary Research Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 4440 - Biophotonics Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4450 - Drug and Gene Delivery Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4460 - Biological Imaging Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4470 - Biostatistics for Life Science Applications Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4480 - Biomedical Data Science Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 4510 - Mechanobiology Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4550 - Cell Biomechanics Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4590 - Medical Imaging Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4650 - Intro to Cell and Tissue Engineering Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 4660 - Muscle Mechanics and Modeling Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6280 - Biomechanics of Soft Tissues Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6410 - BioMEMs Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6420 - Clinical Orthopaedics and Contemporary Research Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 6440 - Biophotonics Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6450 - Drug and Gene Delivery Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6460 - Biological Imaging Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6470 - Biostatistics for Life Science Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6480 - Biomedical Data Science Credit Hours: 4
• BMED 6510 - Mechanobiology Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6550 - Cell Biomechanics Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6590 - Medical Imaging Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6650 - Introduction to Cell and Tissue Engineering Credit Hours: 3
• BMED 6660 - Muscle Mechanics and Modeling Credit Hours: 3
• ECSE 4090 - Mechatronics Credit Hours: 3
• ECSE 4480 - Robotics I Credit Hours: 3
• ENGR 2300 - Electronic Instrumentation Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 4050 - Introduction to Polymers Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4250 - Mechanical Properties of Materials Credit Hours: 4
• MANE 4030 - Elements of Mechanical Design Credit Hours: 4
• MANE 4500 - Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems Credit Hours: 3
• MANE 4240 - Introduction to Finite Elements Credit Hours: 3
• MANE 4670 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials Credit Hours: 3
• MANE 6480 - Health Physics and Medical Aspects of Radiation Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4470 - Biology in Materials Science Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4720 - Applied Mathematical Methods in Materials Credit Hours: 3