BME Specialty Sequences
BME Specialty Sequences provide students
with a solid background in a well-defined area in biomedical
engineering. Each Specialty Sequence includes essential
coursework to establish a foundation in the specialty area,
and also includes technical electives to provide flexibility
to meet specific educational needs. A customized Specialty
Sequence may also be developed through consultations with
an academic advisor and faculty approval.
BME Specialty Sequences
• Bioelectric
Engineering
• Biological Imaging
• Biomechanics
• Imaging & Computing
• Instrumentation
• Orthopedic
Biomaterials
• Polymeric
Biomaterials
• Systems and
Control
• Tissue Engineering
Which version should I follow?
In spring 2006, the Department of Biomedical
Engineering has greatly enhanced course offerings and modified
sequences. All sequences will include a new course, Biomedical
Engineering Design (EBME
370, 2 credits) to be offered
in fall 2007. This new course will greatly improve our
curriculum by adding engineering design principles. In
addition, EBME
313 & 314 (Biomedical
Engineering Laboratory I and II) with 2 credits each has
been replaced with EBME
318 & 319 (Biomedical
Engineering Laboratory I and II, junior year) with 1 credit
each. As a result, there is no change to the number of
total credit hours for graduation. Changes will be in effect
for students entering as freshmen in fall 2004 (juniors
in the 2006-2007 academic year) and for students entering
in subsequent years. Unfortunately it will take some time
for EBME
318/319 to
appear on the Searchable
Schedule of Classes and on the
BME web pages. In the meantime, students can sign up for EBME
313/314 and
then drop/add to accomodate the change.
In addition to these changes, there are
new biomaterials, tissue engineering, and imaging course
offerings (EBME
315 (spring), EBME
316 (fall), EBME
322, and EBME
325 (fall)) for 2006-2007!
Finally, all students entering as freshmen
in 2005-2006 are in SAGES. As a result, we now have three
separate programs of study, as given below. You will find
all three programs of study on the BME sequence web pages.
If you are confused because you fall "between" years as a result of coop,
transfer, etc., please read on. You should probably consult your advisor, but
here are some rules of thumb. If you have already taken EBME
313/314 you
will not be required to take EBME
370, especially if you
plan to take EBME
398 or EBME
380 in the 2006-2007 academic
year. However, EBME
370 will be recommended if you plan
to take EBME
398 or EBME
380 in 2007-2008 academic year, because
it will provide engineering design material not otherwise
available. If you take EBME
318/319,
then you need to take EBME
370 in fall 2007. We would allow
someone to take EBME
313/319/EBME
370. Note that EBME
313/314
will be offered in 2006-2007 AY.
All three sets of sequences will be available
as long as there are students following them.
Students entering on or before fall
2003
The first set of sequences are for students entering Case
on or before the fall semester of 2003. These sequences
do not include the requirement of EBME
370, and EBME
313/314 are
still 2 credit classes.
Students entering in fall 2004
The second set of sequences are for students entering Case
in the fall semester of 2004. These sequences include
the requirement of EBME
370, and EBME
313/314 are
replaced with EBME
318/319. SAGES is not yet a requirement
for all students. Students who chose to participate in
SAGES and entered in fall 2004 can consult the third
set of sequences.
Students entering in fall 2005 or later
The third set of sequences are for students entering Case
in the fall semester of 2005 or later. These sequences
include the requirement of EBME
370, and EBME
313/314 are
replaced with EBME
318/319. SAGES is now a requirement for all
students. |
