BME approved accelerated MS classes

4+1 BS to MS approved classes

To help accelerate progress towards the M.S. degree, up to 12 credits of graduate level coursework (500-level or above) taken during a student's undergraduate degree can be transferred to the M.S. degree. The student may use up to 6 of those credits (i.e., two courses) to satisfy degree requirements in both their undergraduate and graduate programs. These “double counted” courses will be from the below list of approved classes  Additionally, a student may take up to 6 credits of independent study over the summer after their senior year working with a faculty advisor.

BME-approved 4+1 Accelerated MS classes

  • Clinical Orthopedics for Engineers (BME 501/601)
  • Drug Delivery (BME 502/602)
  • Biomedical Imaging (BME 503/603)
  • Intro to Gene Therapy (BME 504/604)
  • Biotransport (BME 505/605)
  • Intro to Biophotonics (BME 508/608)
  • Biomedical Signals and Systems (BME 509/609)
  • Tissue Engineering (BME 510/610)
  • Immunoengineering (BME 511/611)
  • Intro to Force Spectroscopy (BME 512/612)
  • Frontiers of Bioelectronics (BME 513)
  • Biosensing: Fundamentals & Applications (BME 514/614)
  • AI in Biomedicine (BME 515/615)
  • Intro to Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Microrobots (BME 519/619)
  • Nature’s Materials (BME 575/675)
  • Orthopedic and Dental Biomaterials (BME 590STC)
  • Drugs and Pharmaceutical Engineering (BME 590STE)
  • Ultrasound Imaging (BME 590STF)
  • Scientific Method in Biomedical Engineering Research (BME 650)*
  • Medical Physiology & Anatomy (BME 651)* 
  • Independent Study (BME 596/696)*
  • Masters Thesis (BME 699)*

    * only applicable to the MS program, not BS technical electives
     
    BME MS 4+1 students are permitted to take 9 credits (3 classes) of non-major classes from the approved list to count towards their degree. 
     


A potential sequence of courses for an accelerated M.S. student would be as follows:

Senior Year (credits double-counted):

  • Nature’s Materials (BME 675) (3 credits)
  • Clinical Orthopedics for Engineers (BME 601) (3 credits)

Summer:

  • Independent Study (BME696) (6 credits)

Fall:

  • Drug Delivery (BME 601) (3 credits)
  • Biotransport (BME 605 (3 credits)
  • Fundamentals of Sensors Science and Technology (MIE 619) (3 credits)

Spring:

  • Medical Physiology & Anatomy (BME 651) (3 credits)
  • Intro to Gene Therapy (BME 604) (3 credits)
  • Tissue Engineering (BME 610) (3 credits)