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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM: FIRST AND SECOND YEARS
CLASS OF 2012 AND LATER
SEMESTER I SEMESTER II SEMESTER III SEMESTER IV
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
(three tracks, choose one)
CHEMISTRY
(three tracks, choose one)
ENGLISH
COMPOSITION
(three tracks, choose one)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
GATEWAY LAB
MATH V1101 (3) MATH V1102 (3) MATH V1201 (3) MATH V1202 (3)
C1401 (3) C1402 (3) C1403 (3)
C1601 (3.5) C1602 (3.5) C2601 (3.5)
C2801 (4.5) C2802 (4.5)
C1403 (3.5) C1404 (3.5) C3443 (3.5)
and Lab C1500 (3) either semester
C1604 (3.5) C2507 (3) C3443 (3.5)
C3045 (3.5) C3046 (3.5), C2507 (3)
C1010 (3)
Z1003 (0) C1010 (3)
Z0006 (0) Z1003 (0) C1010 (3)
C1001 (1) C1002 (1)
E1102 (4) either semester
COMS W1005 (3) Matlab (in semester I or III)
NONTECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS
HUMA C1001, C0CI C1101, HUMA C1002, C0CI C1102,
HUMA W1121 (3) or Global Core (3–4) or Global Core (3–4)
or W1123 (3)
ECON W1105 (4) and
W1155 recitation (0)
TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS
ELEN E1201
APMA E2101
Intro. to EE (3.5) Intro. to applied math (3)
Professional-level course
(except ELEN E1201)
ENME E3105
(either semester) Mechanics (4)
STAT W1211 (3) Intro to statistics
(either semester)
BMEB W4011x Computational neuroscience:
Circuits in the brain
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professors Lazar and Yuste.
Prerequisite: ELEN E3801 or BIOL W3004.
Biophysics of computation, the Hodgkin-Huxley
neuron, modeling and analysis of ion channels,
basic dendritic integration. Integrate-and-fire and
other spiking neuron models, stimulus representation
and the neural code, time encoding and stimulus
recovery, information representation with
time encoding machines, fast algorithms for stimulus
recovery, elements of spike processing and
neural computation. Modeling synapses and
synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity and
learning algorithms. Projects in Matlab.
ECBM E4060x Introduction to genomic
information science and technology
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Anastassiou.
Introduction to the information system paradigm of
molecular biology. Representation, organization,
structure, function, and manipulation of the biomolecular
sequence of nucleic acids and proteins. The
role of enzymes and gene regulatory elements in
natural biological functions as well as in biotechnology
and genetic engineering. Recombination
and other macromolecular processes viewed as
mathematical operations with simulation and visualization
using simple computer programming. This
course shares lectures with ECBM E3060, but the
work requirements differ somewhat.
BMEN E4103x Anatomy of the thorax and abdomen
Lect: 2. 2 pts. Professor April.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in biomedical
engineering. This course is designed for the biomedical
engineering graduate student interested
in acquiring in-depth knowledge of anatomy relevant
to his/her doctoral research. Lectures and
tutorial sessions may be taken with or without the
associated laboratory (BMEN E4104).
BMEN E4104x Anatomy laboratory: thorax
and abdomen
Lab: 2. 2 pts. Professor April.
Prerequisite: graduate standing in biomedical
engineering. Corequisite: BMEN E4103.
BMEN E4105x Anatomy of the extremities
Lect: 2. 2 pts. Professor April.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in biomedical
engineering. This course is designed for the biomedical
engineering graduate student interested
in acquiring in-depth knowledge of anatomy rele-
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