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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Biomedical Engineering B.Bm.E.
Sub-plan: Biomechanics
Sample Plan: Biomechanics Sample Plan
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 18.0 cr
MATH 1371 - CSE Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH : Preferred Course
BMEN 1601 - Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Seminar I : 1.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI : Preferred Course
CSE 1001 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
MATH 1372 - CSE Calculus II : 4.0 cr : Preferred Course
BMEN 1602 - Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Seminar II : 1.0 cr
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
PHYS 1302W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI : Preferred Course
LE (Global Perspectives, Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 12.0 cr
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
BMEN 2401 - Programming for Biomedical Engineers : 2.0 cr
BMEN 2501 - Cellular and Molecular Biology for Biomedical Engineers : 4.0 cr : BIOL
LE (Social Sciences, Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
BMEN 2101 - Biomedical Thermodynamics and Kinetics : 3.0 cr
STAT 3021 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US, Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities, Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
BMEN 3011 - Biomechanics : 3.0 cr
BMEN 3211 - Bioelectricity and Bioinstrumentation : 3.0 cr
PHSL 3061 - Principles of Physiology : 4.0 cr : Preferred Course
PHSL 3701 - Physiology Laboratory : 2.0 cr : Preferred Course
BMEN 3015 - Biomechanics Lab : 1.0 cr
BMEN 3215 - Bioelectricity and Bioinstrumentation Lab : 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
BMEN 3111 - Biomedical Transport Processes : 3.0 cr
BMEN 3311 - Biomaterials : 3.0 cr
BMEN 3411 - Biomedical Systems Analysis : 3.0 cr
BMEN 3315 - Biomaterials Lab : 1.0 cr
BMEN 3115 - Biomedical Transport Processes Lab : 1.0 cr
BMEN 3415 - Biomedical Systems Analysis Lab : 1.0 cr
AEM 3031 - Deformable Body Mechanics : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
BMEN 4001W - Biomedical Engineering Design I : 3.0 cr : WI
BMEN 5201 - Advanced Biomechanics : 3.0 cr
ME 5228 - Introduction to Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Design : 4.0 cr
AEM 4502 - Computational Structural Analysis : 3.0 cr
AEM 5501 - Continuum Mechanics : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
BMEN 4002W - Biomedical Engineering Design II : 3.0 cr : WI
AEM 5503 - Theory of Elasticity : 3.0 cr
ME 5241 - Computer-Aided Engineering : 4.0 cr
AEM 4511 - Mechanics of Composite Materials : 3.0 cr
AEM 4501 - Aerospace Structures : 3.0 cr