Concurrent Majors in Biomedical (BME) and Mechanical Engineering (M E)
Only for students admitted first to BME with the Biomechanics Option
9 Semesters: Total Credits = 148
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
First Semester
(a,b,d)
(a,d)
MATH 140
MATH 140E
CHEM 110
CHEM 111
EDSGN 100
ENGL 015
ENGL 030
FYS
ECON 102
ECON 104
Third Semester
(a, d)
(c, d)
(a,d)
MATH 251
E MCH 210
CMPSC 200
PHYS 212
Calculus with Analytic Geometry I -orCalculus with Engineering Applications I
Chemical Principles I
Experimental Chemistry I
Introduction to Engineering Design
Rhetoric and Composition - or Honors Freshman Composition
First Year Seminar
Microeconomic Analysis and Policy (GS), - orMacroeconomic Analysis and Policy (GS),
Total
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
Statics and Strength of Materials
Programming for Engineers with MATLAB
General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
Total
Fifth Semester
(d)
(d)
(d,*)
(d,*)
M E 300
PHYS 214
M E 360
BME 303
BME 301
GHA
Engineering Thermodynamics I
Wave Motion and Quantum Physics
Mechanical Design
Bio-Continuum Mechanics
Analysis of Physiological Systems
Health & Physical Activity
Total
Seventh Semester
(d)
(*)
(d)
IE 312
M E 370
BME 440
M E 340
(*)
ENGL 202C
BME 429
Product Design and Manufacturing Processes
Vibration of Mechanical Systems
BME Professional Seminar
Mechanical Engineering Design
Methodology
Technical Writing
Biomechanics and Techniques Lab
Total
Ninth Semester
(h)
(d)
(g)
(i)
(i)
Related Elective (See BME guidelines)
M E 450
Modeling of Dynamic Systems
METE
M E Technical Elective
CAS 100A/B
Effective Speech
GA, GH, or GS Course
GA, GH, or GS Course
Total
CR
4
Second Semester
3
1
3
3
(a,d)
(a,b,d)
(d)
(d)
1
3
18
CR
4
5
3
4
16
CR
3
2
3
3
4
1.5
16.5
CR
3
3
1
3
3
2
15
CR
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
(a) Courses listed in boldface italic type require a grade of C or better for entrance to this
major.
(b) MATH 140E and MATH 141E are only available at University Park in the semester shown.
(c) E MCH 211 and E MCH 213 = E MCH 210
(d) Courses listed in bold face type require a grade of C or better for graduation in this
concurrent majors program.
(e) MATH 231 and MATH 232 = MATH 230
(f) To graduate, a student must take at least one of the following M E lab courses: M E 315,
M E 325, M E 355, or M E 375. E MCH 316 is a required course and will satisfy the
second M E Lab requirement. Note: If M E 445 is taken as a technical elective, one credit
can be used as an M E Lab Course.
MATH 141
MATH 141E
PHYS 211
CHEM 112
CHEM 113
BIOL 141
BIOL 142
GHA
(d)
(d,*)
MATH 230
MATH 220
E MCH 212
BME 201
E MCH 315
E MCH 316
Sixth Semester
(d,*)
(d,*)
(d,*)
(d,*)
(i)
Calculus and Vector Analysis
Matrices
Dynamics
Fundamentals of Cells and Molecules
Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials
Experimental Determination of Mechanical
Response of Materials
Total
MATSE 259
BME 409
BME 401
BME 402
Properties and Processing of Eng. Materials
Biofluid Mechanics
Numerical Simulations in BME
Biomedical Instrumentation and
Measurements
BME 403
Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory
GA, GH, or GS Course
Eighth Semester
(*)
(d)
(f)
(i)
(i)
4
3
1
3
1
1.5
Total
Fourth Semester
(e)
CR
4
Calculus with Analytic Geometry II - orCalculus with Engineering Applications II
General Physics: Mechanics
Chemical Principles II
Experimental Chemistry III
Physiology (or BIOL 240W)
Physiology Lab (240W has a lab)
Health & Physical Activity
Total
BME Related & ME ET Elective (Must complete BME&ME req)
BME 450W
Senior Design (CAPSTONE)
M E 410
Heat Transfer
M E Lab
GA, GH, or GS Course
GA, GH, or GS Course
Total
17.5
CR
4
2
3
3
2
1
15
CR
3
3
3
3
1
3
16
CR
3
3
3
1
3
3
16
Choose one from the courses enclosed within the brackets.
(*)
BME courses are offered only in the semester shown: Fall = odd-numbered semesters,
Spring = even-numbered semesters.
(g) A Mechanical Engineering Technical Elective (METE) is any three-credit, 400-level
mechanical engineering course, not required for the major. M E 494 or M E 496 may not be
used.
(h) A BME Related Elective is any Option (Biochemical, Device and Imaging, Biomechanical,
Biomaterial) Elective, any BME 400 level or BIOE 500 level course not otherwise required
(may not double count), CHEM 210, CHEM 212, ENGR 295, ENGR 395, ENGR 495 (3
credits max for ENGR x95), and courses for an approved minor (E L D, ESHIP, ENTI,
NANO)
(i) An elective course to satisfy General Education AHS requirements: GA - General Arts,
GH - Humanities, GS - Social & Behavioral Sciences, selected from the lists published in the
University General Education Handbook.