Minor in Biomechanical Engineering
Biomechanical Engineering Minor
General Requirements
To obtain a Biomechanical Engineering Minor, students must take at least 11.0 credits from the courses listed below. Fundamentals of Biology I (CBEN110) and Introduction to Biomechanical Engineering (MEGN330) are required (7.0 credits). Three more courses may be chosen from the proposed list of electives. The list of electives will be modified as new related courses become available.
Required Courses (7.0 credits)
| CBEN110 | FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I | 4.0 |
| MEGN330 | INTRODUCTION TO BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 3.0 |
Biomechanical Engineering Elective Courses
| MEGN430 | MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOMECHANICS | 3.0 |
| MEGN435 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HUMAN MOVEMENT | 3.0 |
| or MEGN535 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HUMAN MOVEMENT | |
| MEGN532 | EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS | 3.0 |
| MEGN536 | COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS | 3.0 |
| MEGN553 | COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS | 3.0 |
| MEGNX98/X99 | SPECIAL TOPICS * | 3.0 |
| MTGN472 | BIOMATERIALS I | 3.0 |
| or MTGN572 | BIOMATERIALS | |
| MTGN570 | BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF MATERIALS | 3.0 |
| CBEN311 | NEUROSCIENCE | 3.0 |
| CBEN304 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 3.0 |
| CBEN305 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB | 1.0 |
| CBEN320 | CELL BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 3.0 |
| CBEN454 | APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS | 3.0 |
| or CBEN554 | APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS | |
| MATH431 | MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY | |
| PHGN433 | BIOPHYSICS | 3.0 |
| CBEN120 | FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II | 4.0 |
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As the content of these courses varies, the course must be noted as relevant to the biomechanical engineering minor.
Primary Contact
Mechanical Engineering Department
mechanical@mines.edu