Minor in Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Biomedical Engineering Minor
To obtain a Biomedical Engineering (BME) minor, students must take at least 18 credits related to Biomedical Engineering. Two courses (8 credits) of biology are required. Two restricted requirements include Intro to Biomedical Engineering (required) and at least 3 credits of engineering electives related to BME. Two more courses (or at least 4 credits) may be chosen from the engineering and/or additional electives. The lists of electives will be modified as new related courses that fall into these categories become available.
REQUIRED courses (11 credits):
| CBEN110 | FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I | 4.0 |
| CBEN120 | FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II | 4.0 |
| CBEN310 | INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | 3.0 |
Plus at least 3 credits of engineering electives:
| BIOL300 | QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY I | 3.0 |
| CBEN35X/45X/X98/X99 | HONORS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, SPECIAL TOPICS, INDEPENDENT STUDY * | 1-4 |
| CBEN360 | BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING | 3.0 |
| CBEN413 | QUANTITATIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY | 3.0 |
| CBEN432 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS | 3.0 |
| CBEN470 | INTRODUCTION TO MICROFLUIDICS | 3.0 |
| CBEN555 | POLYMER AND COMPLEX FLUIDS COLLOQUIUM | 1.0 |
| CSCI478 | INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS | 3.0 |
| MATH472 | MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE | 3.0 |
| MEGN330 | INTRODUCTION TO BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 3.0 |
| MEGN430 | MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOMECHANICS | 3.0 |
| MEGN435 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HUMAN MOVEMENT | 3.0 |
| or MEGN535 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HUMAN MOVEMENT | |
| MTGN472 | BIOMATERIALS I | 3.0 |
| MEGN532 | EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS | 3.0 |
Plus at least 4 more credits from the list above and/or the list below:
Additional elective courses related to BME:
| CBEN304 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 3.0 |
| CBEN305 | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LAB | 1.0 |
| CBEN311 | NEUROSCIENCE | 3.0 |
| CBEN320 | CELL BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 3.0 |
| CBEN321 | GENETICS | 4.0 |
| CBEN331 | GENETICS LABORATORY | |
| CBEN322 | BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3.0 |
| CBEN35X/45X/X98/X99 | HONORS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, SPECIAL TOPICS, INDEPENDENT STUDY | 1-4 |
| CBEN411 | NEUROSCIENCE, MEMORY, AND LEARNING (NEUROSCIENCE, MEMORY, AND LEARNING) | 3.0 |
| CBEN412 | PHARMACOKINETICS (INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY) | 3.0 |
| CBEN431 | IMMUNOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS | 3.0 |
| or CBEN531 | IMMUNOLOGY FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS | |
| CBEN454 | APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS | 3.0 |
| or CBEN554 | APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS | |
| CHGN409 | BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3.0 |
| CHGN428 | BIOCHEMISTRY | 3.0 |
| CHGN429 | BIOCHEMISTRY II | 3.0 |
| CHGN441 | THE CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF PHARMACEUTICALS | 3.0 |
| CHGN462 | MICROBIOLOGY | 3.0 |
| MATH431 | MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY | |
| MTGN472 | BIOMATERIALS I | 3.0 |
| or MTGN572 | BIOMATERIALS | |
| PHGN433 | BIOPHYSICS | 3.0 |
| CHGN431 | INTRODUCTORY BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY | 2.0 |
*As the content of these courses varies, the course must be noted as relevant to the BME minor to count toward the minor, and noted as having sufficient engineering content to count as an engineering elective course as the engineering electives.
Primary Contact
Nanette Boyle, Department Head, Associate Professor
nboyle@mines.edu