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Twin Cities Campus
Neuroengineering MinorDepartment of Biomedical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Graduate Minor in Neuroengineering, 7-105 Nils Hasselmo Hall, 312 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-8396; fax 612-626-6583)
Email:
bmengp@umn.edu
Website: http://neuroengineering.umn.edu/
The graduate minor in neuroengineering (NE) is motivated by the notion that future breakthroughs in this rapidly-growing area of research will be made by engineers who understand the fundamental issues and principles of neuroscience that occur during neural interventions, and by neuroscientists who are truly competent in engineering concepts and tools. The minor trains doctoral students to develop the skills to revolutionize technologies for interfacing with the brain and to advance our understanding of the neuroscience processes that arise when we interface with and modulate the brain.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Enrollment in the neuroengineering minor is open to all currently enrolled PhD students in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and neuroscience. PhD students majoring in other programs may obtain approval from the neuroengineering director of graduate studies to participate in the minor program if they have the necessary science background to complete the coursework and are in good standing in their major program.
Students must officially declare the minor before taking the Oral Preliminary Examination (OPE).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Coursework must be approved by the neuroengineering director of graduate studies (DGS) - see http://neuroengineering.umn.edu/faculty.html.
For any course listed in multiple categories, students must choose which requirement that course will fulfill. A single course cannot be counted simultaneously toward multiple categories. The only exception is BMEn 8411 Neuroengineering Seminar, which must be taken once for the Seminar requirement and can be taken a second time to count as an Elective.
Students may not use any of their minor courses to satisfy the core course requirements for their major program (i.e., a Neuroscience student cannot count NSC 5561 as both a Neuroengineering Minor course and a core Neuroscience course).
Neuroengineering Seminar
BMEN 8411 - Neuroengineering Seminar
(2.0 cr)
Engineering Core
It is strongly recommended that students take BMEn 5411 Neural Engineering, unless they have previously completed a neural engineering course. The Engineering Core course must be completed for a letter grade (A-F), and a minimum grade of B- is required for the course to count toward the minor.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
BMEN 5411 - Neural Engineering
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 5412 - Neuromodulation
(3.0 cr)
Neuroscience Core
The Neuroscience Core course must be completed for a letter grade (A-F), and a minimum grade of B- is required for the course to count toward the minor.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
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NSCI 5101 - Neurobiology I: Molecules, Cells, and Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
NSC 5561 - Systems Neuroscience
(4.0 cr)
Electives
Additional coursework in engineering or neuroscience discipline is required - students must take enough elective credits to reach a total of 12 minimum for the minor. Additional courses may be approved as electives by the neuroengineering DGS. Elective Courses must be completed for a letter grade (A-F), and a minimum grade of B- is required for the course(s) to count toward the minor.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
BMEN 5401 - Advanced Biomedical Imaging
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 5411 - Neural Engineering
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 5412 - Neuromodulation
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 5413 - Neural Decoding and Interfacing
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 8101 - Biomedical Digital Signal Processing
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 8151 - Biomedical Electronics and Implantable Microsystems
(3.0 cr)
·
BMEN 8411 - Neuroengineering Seminar
(2.0 cr)
·
BMEN 8502 - Physiological Control Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
EE 5231 - Linear Systems and Control
(3.0 cr)
·
EE 5239 - Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization
(3.0 cr)
·
EE 5542 - Adaptive Digital Signal Processing
(3.0 cr)
·
ME 5281 - Feedback Control Systems
(4.0 cr)
·
ME 5286 - Robotics
(4.0 cr)
·
MPHY 5178 - Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(3.0 cr)
·
MPHY 8147 - Advanced Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
(3.0 cr)
·
NSC 8111 - Quantitative Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
·
NSC 8217 - Systems and Computational Neuroscience
(2.0 cr)
·
PSY 5036W - Computational Vision
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5038W - Introduction to Neural Networks
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5063 - Introduction to Functional MRI
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5065 - Functional Imaging: Hands-on Training
(3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Doctoral
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Prerequisites: | 8101 or equiv |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
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Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
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