POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
ADMISSION AND DEGREE
REQUIREMENTS
The Master of Science degree is intended
for students from various backgrounds
seeking in-depth knowledge in
biomedical engineering. Students may
apply to the master’s program if they
have one or more of the following: (1)
BS or a more advanced degree in any
engineering discipline, (2) BS or more
advanced degree in mathematics or (3)
BS or more advanced degree in any of
the natural sciences.
Admission into the program may be
contingent upon the student satisfying certain
course work that is deemed necessary
for the student to succeed in the MS in
Biomedical Engineering program. For
example, in most cases students with a BS
in Biology will be asked to take MA 1132
Numerical Methods for Calculus, MA
2012 Elements of Linear Algebra I and
MA 2132 Ordinary Differential Equations.
Alternatively, they can satisfy this admission
requirement if they have already completed
these courses or their equivalent.
A program adviser will review with successful
applicants what undergraduate
courses, if any, must be taken. Such
courses will not count towards the master’s
degree. In addition, students may
enter the program with sufficient background
knowledge so that they can petition
the program director to waive the
Program Bridge Courses.
THE CURRICULUM
To satisfy the requirement for the MS in
Biomedical Engineering, students must
complete a minimum of 36 units of
courses, with an overall average of B in
all graduate courses, as required by the
University.
Two tracks have been established to
accommodate entrance of students with
formal undergraduate biology, mathematics
or engineering training and bachelor’s
degrees. This is accomplished by
“bridge” courses that are specially
designed to meet the individual needs of
students who come to the program from
different backgrounds.
Students may elect BE 871/872 Thesis
Research in Biomedical Engineering (6
units). An oral defense of the thesis is
held after the typed written thesis has
been submitted. A grade of A or B is
required. Students not electing to write a
thesis may elect to take BE 873/874
Guided Studies in Biomedical
Engineering (6 units) and submit a written
report. Alternatively, a student may
substitute BE 871/872 or BE 873/874
with electives chosen from the list of
electives given below. Students who do
not plan further graduate studies are recommended
to take the MS in Biomedical
Engineering Program without Thesis.
In consultation with their academic
adviser, students should define a plan of
study that satisfactorily meets University
requirements. The program 36 units may
be taken from Bridge Courses, Core
Courses, Track Courses, a Guided
Studies or Thesis Option and
Recommended Technical Electives. The
division of credits between these different
components of the program is as follows:
6 units of Bridge Courses
12 units of Core courses
6 units of Track courses
The remaining 12 units may be taken
from:
(a) A combination of 6 units of Guided
Studies or Thesis Option and 6 units of
the Recommended Technical Electives
(b) 12 units of the Recommended
Technical Electives
At least 21 of the 36 units must be taken
from biomedical engineering or other
engineering courses.
Bridge Courses
Required courses for students entering
with a Bachelor of Science in any scientific
or mathematical discipline:
CH 615 Applied Mathematics in Chemical
BE 616
Engineering
Transport Phenomena in Biological
Systems
or
Required course for students entering
with a bachelor’s degree in any engineering
discipline:
CM 950 Principles of Biological Systems
Core Courses
Required courses for all students in the
MS in Biomedical Engineering Program:
BE 625 Biosensors
BE 650 Biomedical Instrumentation I
BE 630 Bio-optics
BE 670 Materials in Medicine
Track Courses
Students in the Biomedical Engineering
Program are required to take the two
courses in either the (1) Biomedical
Instrumentation Track or the (2)
Biomaterials and Therapeutic Systems
Track. In addition, students in the program
may choose to select courses from
the other track as part of the elective
course options.
1. Biomedical Instrumentation
BE 620 Biomedical Imaging I
BE 621 Biomedical Imaging II
2. Biomaterials and Therapeutic Systems
CM 792 Natural Polymers and Materials
BE 660 Drug Delivery
Total units satisfied prior to taking electives
and/or guided studies/thesis
research: 24
Recommended Technical Electives
Twelve additional units must be selected
from the following technical electives. Of
these, 3 or 6 of the units may be selected
from the remaining track courses. The student
may choose to take 6 of their remaining
units by doing either the Guided Study
or Thesis for Bioengineering Option. In
choosing technical electives, students
must make selections so that a minimum
of 21 of the total 36 units taken for the
master’s degree are in biomedical engineering
or another engineering discipline.
Some of the technical electives below
may have prerequisites or requirements
associated with their corresponding specialization.
Students may be permitted to
take other technical electives at the discretion
of the program director.
Guided Study/Thesis Option
BE 871/872 Guided Studies in Biomedical Engineering
BE 873/874 Thesis for Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
CM 53 Bioinformatics I: Sequence Analysis
CM 754 Bioinformatics II: Protein Structure
CM 755 Bioinformatics III: Functional Prediction
Molecular Engineering
CM 905 Enzyme Catalysis in Organic Synthesis
CM 906 Combinatorial Chemistry
CM 5714 Molecular Modeling and Simulation
BE 660 Drug Delivery*
Materials
CM 792 Natural Polymers and Materials*
CM 771 Introduction to Polymer Science
CM 782 Macromolecules in the Solid State
MT 600 Structure-Property Relationships in
Materials
MT 620 Plastic Deformation and Fracture
Instrumentation
BE 620 Biomedical Imaging I*
BE 621 Biomedical Imaging II*
MT 603 Introduction to Electron Microscopy
EL 611 Signals, Systems and Transforms
EL 522 Sensor Based Robotics
EL 621 System Theory and Feedback Control I
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