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Polymeric Biomaterials Program of Study

This program of study is for students entering Case on or before the fall semester of 2003. If you are unsure about which version of the sequence you should follow, please read the guide here or consult with your academic advisor. Transfer and binary students should contact Professor David Wilson to discuss individual requirements.

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NOTE: Please remember that these pages on the BME website are your most up to date resource for classes to take. If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQ then contact your advisor. Remember, more communication is always better than less communication.

KEY TO COLOR CODING
Engineering Core courses
BME Core courses
BME Specialty Sequence courses

Freshman Year [Fall]
EBME 105 Intro to BME
(or Open Elective)1
3
CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry
4
MATH 121 Calculus I
4
ENGL 150 Expository Writing
3
ENGR 131 Computer Programming
3
PHED Physical Education
0
Total  
17
Freshman Year [Spring]
ENGR 145 Chemistry of Materials
4
MATH 122 Calculus II
4
PHYS 121 Physics I
4
H/SS ELEC Humanities/Social Science
3
PHED Physical Education
0
Total  
15

Sophomore Year [Fall]
EBME 201 Physiology - Biophys. I
3
MATH 223 Calculus III
3
PHYS 122
or 124
Physics II
4
CHEM 223 Intro. to Organic Chem1
3
CHEM 233 Organic Chemistry Lab
(recommended)
2
EMAC 270 Introduction to Polymers
3
Total  
18
Sophomore Year [Spring]
EBME 202 Physiology - Biophysics II
3
MATH 224 Elementary Differential Eqns.
3
ENGR 210 Intro to Circ. & Instrum.
4
ENGR 225 Thermodynamics
4
SCI ELEC Science Elective
3
Total  
17

Junior Year [Fall]
EBME 313 BME Laboratory I
2
EBME 306 Intro to Biomaterials
3
EBME 308 Biomedical Signals & Sys.
4
EMAC 351 Phys. Chem. for Engineer.
3
ENGR 200 Statics & Strength of Mat.
3
ENGL 398N Professional Commun.
3
Total  
18
Junior Year [Spring]
EBME 314 BME Laboratory II
2
EBME 310 Principals of BME Instrum.
3
EBME 360 BME Instrumentation Lab
1
EBME 303 Structure of Biological Mat.
3
H/SS ELEC Humanities/Soc. Science
3
H/SS ELEC Humanities/Soc. Science
3
Total  
15

Senior Year [Fall]
EBME 380 or
EBME 398
Design for Biomed. Eng.
or Senior Project2
3
STAT 312 Statistics for Eng. & Sci.3
3
OPEN ELEC Open Elective
3
TECH ELEC Technical Elective
3
H/SS ELEC Humanities/Soc. Sci.
3
Total  
15
Senior Year [Spring]
EBME 309 Modeling of Biomed. Sys.
3
EBME 359 BME Computer Simul. Lab
1
TECH ELEC Technical Elective
3
TECH ELEC Technical Elective
3
H/SS ELEC Humanities/Soc. Science
3
H/SS ELEC Humanities/Soc. Science
3
Total  
16

Technical Electives
Fall Semester Spring Semester
 
Intro to Drug Delivery
 
Intro to Tissue Engineering
 
Materials for Prosthesis & Orthotics
ECHE 360
 
Transport Phenomena
EMAC 377
 
Polymer Processing
EMAC 370
 
Polymer Chemistry and Industry
 
Structure of Biological Materials
 
Applied Tissue Engineering
 
Quantitative Molec. Bioengineering
 
Polymers in Medicine
 
Tissue and Cell Engineering
 
Gene and Drug Delivery
EMAC 376
 
Polymer Engineering
EMAC 276
 
Polymer Properties and Design
EMAC 352
 
Physical Chemistry for Engineers II

Requirements for Math and Science Elective
Approved courses include almost any 200 level or above course having 3 or more credits in biology, physics, biochemistry, chemistry, or math. Approved courses include BIOL 205, BIOL 214, BIOL 215, CHEM 223 , CHEM 224 , PHYS 221 , and BIOC 307, BIOC 308, and BIOL/EBME 300. Students can consult with their advisor to use another course not on this list. Understand that one cannot double count by applying this course toward another graduation requirement such as a technical elective in a BME sequence. Please be advised that BIOL 216 , PHYS 204 , PHYS 208 , and PHYS 250 will probably not be approved because of overlap with the BME curriculum.

NOTES

If you are interested in a minor in the Macromolecular science, it is required that you take EMAC 276, 351, 352, 377, and 470 in addition to the Macro courses in the sequences.

1. CHEM 223 can be substituted by CHEM 323.

2. If accepted by the course coordinator, a semester coop project can be used as a senior project.

3. STAT 312 (eng. & sci) can be substituted by STAT 313 (experimenters), STAT 332 (signal), STAT 333 (uncertainty, spring).

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