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Typical Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering
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Joint Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Typical Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering
Typical semester patterns for course selection with project, thesis, and dissertation effort that leads to a thesis-based MS degree followed by a Ph.D. Graded courses for the regular curriculum appear in italics. Including the optional electives, more than 72 credits of such work are shown in the schedule. The minimum graduate school requirement for the Joint Program is 57 credits. Students and their faculty committee agree on the actual number of credits; few take the number shown. Some courses can be chosen from lists; others are chosen with the consent of the faculty advisor and committee. The term "engineering choice" is understood to include applicable course work. Experience-based (project, thesis, and dissertation) and pass-fail courses are shown in roman font in the middle of the box. Exams associated with the doctoral degree are shown at the bottom of the cells in ALL CAPS.
For the clinical orientation, a number of 1-credit courses provide exposure over the time to training; these are shown at the bottom of the cell. A number of 3-credit regular academic courses could be taken in the available regular hours. Further explanation appears on our web site, http://www.uthsc.edu/bme/.
Year |
Fall |
Spring |
Summer |
| First |
Life Sciences for BME, Part I (3) Analysis for BME (3) Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements (3) Professional Development Initial Clinical Project (1) |
Life Sciences for BME, Part II (3) Math Elective (3) Engineering Choice (3) Professional Development Issues in Clinical Instrumentation (1) |
Thesis Professional Development Second Clinical Project (1) |
| Second |
Engineering Choice (3) Control Theory [from approved list] (3) Thesis Professional Development LEVEL A EXAM |
Life Science Requirement [from approved list] (3) Math Elective [from approved list] (3) Engineering Choice (3) Professional Development Clinical Research and Device Development (1) |
Engineering Choice (3) Dissertation Proposal submitted Professional Development Student Director for a Clinical Project (1) |
| Third |
Life Science Requirement [from approved list] (3) Math Elective [from approved list] (3) Engineering Choice (3) Professional Development LEVEL B EXAM |
Engineering Choice (3) Engineering Choice (3) Medical/Clinical Science Elective (3) Professional Development Dissertation |
Engineering Choice (3) Professional Development Dissertation Student Director for a Clinical Project (1) |
| Fourth |
Engineering Choice (3) Engineering Choice (3) Professional Development Dissertation |
Optional Elective Optional Elective Engineering Choice (3) Professional Development Dissertation |
Professional Development Dissertation (The pattern in this cell continues until dissertation is defended. Often, selected courses are taken with permission or encouragement by the faculty committee.) |
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