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Minor in Biomedical Engineering

Overview

The Department of Biomedical Engineering offers a minor program for those students who desire coordinated training in biomedical engineering but may not have the time to pursue the Biomedical Engineering additional major. The Biomedical Engineering Minor is designed to train students to apply engineering techniques to problems in medicine and biology. Emphasis is placed on describing biological organisms as engineering systems and on applying engineering technology to clinical and laboratory situations. The Biomedical Engineering Minor accepts undergraduate students from both within and outside CIT.

Upon completing the Biomedical Engineering Minor, the student may elect to continue graduate studies in Biomedical engineering or basic biomedical sciences at either the master's or Ph.D. level. In addition, some of the courses in BME minor will assist students in preparing for medical school. Students who pursue jobs in biomedical engineering are involved in developing and improving medical devices, automating medical procedures using information technology, characterizing the operation of physiological systems, designing artificial organs, and altering microbes and mammalian cells for the production of useful drugs and chemicals.

Curriculum

Students in the minor program can choose from a wide range of electives to build skills in a number of areas of biomedical engineering. Students who wish to complete the Biomedical Engineering designated Minor should contact the Associate Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering Prof. Conrad Zapanta.

Requirements for CIT students classes of 2012-2015: five courses, minimum of 48 units
03-121          Modern Biology
42-101          Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (co-req. or pre-req. 03-121)
42-202          Physiology (pre-req. 03-121 or permission of instructor)
xx–xxx          Elective I
xx–xxx          Elective II

Requirements for non-CIT students classes of 2012-2015: six courses, minimum of 60 units
03-121          Modern Biology
42-101          Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (co-req. or pre-req. 03-121)
xx–100/101   A second Introductory Engineering Course*
42-202          Physiology (pre-req. 03-121 or permission of instructor)
xx–xxx          Elective I#
xx–xxx          Elective II+

Requirements for all minor students classes of 2016- : six courses, minimum of 57 units##
03-121          Modern Biology (9 units)
42-101          Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (co-req. or pre-req. 03-121; 12 units)
42-202          Physiology (pre-req. 03-121 or permission of instructor; 9 units)
42–xxx          BME Elective: Any course offered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering numbered 42-300 or higher (>= 9 units)
xx–xxx          Elective I# (>= 9 units)
xx–xxx          Elective II+ (>= 9 units)

Electives I and II may be selected from the following (see notes # and +):
1. Any Track Gateway, Track Elective, or Restricted Elective course selected from any of the four Biomedical Engineering tracks. A list of elective courses is provided on the page of Departmental Course Catalogue of this website.
2. Any course with a 42-5xx or 42-6xx number.
3. 42-203 Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (or the cross-listed version 03-206 for students in the Health Professions Program)**.
4. One semester of 42-200 Sophomore Biomedical Engineering Research, 42-300 Junior Biomedical Engineering Research, 42-400 Senior Biomedical Engineering Research or 39-500 CIT Honors Thesis, as long as the research project is on a subject of biomedical engineering supervised by a regular or courtesy Biomedical Engineering faculty member and the project is conducted for 9 or more units of credit.
5. Some Special Topics, newly offered or intermittently offered courses may be acceptable as track electives. Students should consult with their advisors and petition the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Affairs Committee for permission to include such courses as track electives.

Notes:
* Select either 06-100 Introduction to Chemical Engineering, 12-100 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering, 18-100 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering, 19-101 Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy, 27-100 Engineering the Materials of the Future, or 24-101 Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering. Note that corequisites are required for these courses.
# This course cannot be a required course in the student’s major.
+ This course must be a Biomedical Engineering Track Gateway, Track Elective or Restricted Elective course that is offered by one of the CIT Departments (06-xxx, 12-xxx, 18-xxx, 19-xxx, 24-xxx, 27-xxx or 42-xxx). The only exception is that 03-232, the biotechnology version of Biochemistry I taught each spring by the Department of Biological Sciences, is also acceptable provided students meet the prerequisite and corequisites for that course.
## Non-CIT students in the classes of 2012-2015 may petiition to follow the requirements of classes 2016-.
** Priority for enrollment in 42-203 or 03-206 will be given to students who have declared the Additional Major in Biomedical Engineering. If sufficient room in the course remains after all majors have been accommodated in a given semester, students who have declared the Biomedical Engineering Designated Minor will be given the next priority for enrollment. If space still allows, other students will be enrolled.

(updated 12/25/11)

Undergraduate Programs

"Sensing and Actuating Life"

Minor in Biomedical Engineering

Overview

Curriculum