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Undergraduate Courses

See BME Undergraduate Degrees for degree plans.

A list of approved technical electives (PDF), both department-specific and general, is available. The department also offers a technical electives selection guide (PDF), to help students choose the appropriate upper-division classes for their specializations and career goals.

For an example of coursework recommended for students applying to medical school, please refer to the UA College of Medicine - Tucson prerequisites.

For a full list of UA biomedical engineering courses, please see the UA Catalog.

BME 210: Intermediate Engineering Design: Electronics, Mechanisms, Controllers

Units: 3
Required: Yes

Introduction to engineering design, development and fabrication tools. Concepts of mechanical, electronic and software design.

Prerequisite(s): BME majors only; ECE 175 or CSC 250
Usually offered: Spring

BME 214: Introduction to Biomechanics

Units: 3
Required: Yes

Fundamentals of statics and dynamics in the context of real-world problems in biomechanics.

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 141 and MATH 129
Usually offered: Fall

BME 295C: Challenges in Biomedical Engineering

Units: 1
Required: Yes

Themes of biomedical engineering in the context of health-related challenges.

Usually offered: Spring

BME 302: Applications of Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Units: 3
Required: No

This course introduce numerical methods for solving mathematical problems from various fields of engineering especially biomedical engineering. We will cover the concepts of numerical interpolation, linear algebra, numerical differentiation and integration, and numerical solution of differential equations. We will use computer programming to solve problems in science and engineering with a theme of biomechanics and mechanobiology.

Prerequisite(s): MATH 223, MATH 254
Usually offered: Spring

BME 330: Biomedical Instrumentation

Units: 4
Required: Yes

Design, conduct and analyze measurements on living systems.

Prerequisite(s): BME 210, PSIO 201
Usually offered: Spring

BME 331: Introduction to Fluid Dynamics

Units: 3
Required: Yes

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics.

Prerequisite(s): AME 230 or ABE 284, AME 250 or PHYS 141, and MATH 254
Usually offered: Fall

BME 376: Biomedical Statistics

Units: 3
Required: Yes

Statistics in biomedical engineering and research.

Prerequisite(s): MATH 129
Usually offered: Fall

BME 416: Biomedical Imaging

Units: 3
Required: No

Introduction to the mathematical, physical, engineering and biological principles important to a variety of biomedical imaging methods including optical imaging, X-ray imaging, CT, PET, SPECT and MRI.

Usually offered: Spring

BME 417: Measurement and Data Analysis

Units: 3
Required: No

Biomedical instrumentation, sensors, physiological measurements, analog and digital signal processing, data acquisition, data reduction, statistical treatment of data, and safety issues.

Prerequisite(s): Senior standing
Usually offered: Spring

BME 420: Biophotonics

Units: 3
Required: No

Interaction of light with biological material. Use of photonics in medical diagnostics. Introductory biological concepts such as DNA, proteins, cells and tissues. Principles and applications of bioimaging, spectroscopy and biosensors, as well as summarized recently published progress in the field.

Prerequisite(s): BME 330 or OPTI 210 or OPTI 310
Usually offered: Spring

BME 447: Sensors and Controls

Units: 3
Required: Yes

Selection, interfacing and calibration of digital and analog sensors to measure physical variables. Optical electrochemical and piezoelectric biosensors. Basic bioprocess control.

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 151, or CHEM 103A and CHEM 103B, or CHEM 105A and CHEM 105B, or MSE 110
Usually offered: Fall

BME 461: Biological and Synthetic Materials

Units: 3
Required: No

Structure and properties of biological materials and composites, such as bone, teeth and elastin. Synthetic materials as substitutes for biological materials, biocompatibility.

Usually offered: Fall

BME 466: Biomechanical Engineering

Units: 3
Required: No

Biosolids, biofluids, biotransport; physiological systems; bioheat transfer.

Usually offered: Fall

BME 477: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics

Units: 3
Required: No

Topics at the intersection of people, health information and technology.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 175 or CSC 127A or CSC 110
Usually offered: Fall

BME 480: Translational Biomedical Engineering

Units: 3
Required: Yes

Benefits, methods and difficulties of translating laboratory results into products that are successful in the clinic and in the marketplace.

Usually offered: Spring

BME 481A: Innovation, Translation and Entrepreneurship

Units: 2
Required: No

Innovation in the medical arena.

Usually offered: Spring

BME 481B: Cell and Tissue Engineering

Units: 3
Required: No

Applied genetics, metabolic regulation and bioreactors employed in industrial processes for manufacture of pharmaceuticals and in the design of tissue engineered devices to replace normal physiological function.

Prerequisite(s): MATH 254
Usually offered: Spring

BME 483: Micro Biomechanics

Units: 3
Required: No

Thermodynamics, mechanics, and structures of biomolecules (e.g., proteins and DNA) and cells. Deformation mechanisms and theories for both flexible and semi-rigid chains, and the applications in biomolecules and cells. Experimental micro biomechanics techniques for both biomolecules and cells.

Prerequisite(s): AME 230 or ABE 284; MATH 223; AME 324A or CE 215
Usually offered: Spring

BME 485: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Biomedical Engineers

Units: 3
Required: No

Fundamental concepts underlying nano technological advances, such as quantum mechanics, chemical kinetics and materials science.

Prerequisite(s): BME majors
Usually offered: Fall

BME 486: Biomaterial-Tissue Interactions

Units: 3
Required: No

Biomaterials and their applications; protein-surface and blood-biomaterial interactions, inflammation, wound healing, biocompatibility, implants and tissue engineering.

Usually offered: Spring

BME 492: Directed Research

Units: 1
Required: No

Please submit Directed Research Form to the BME adviser. (1-6 units)

Usually offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

BME 497G: Clinical Rotation

Units: 1
Required: Yes

An introduction to clinical practice for undergraduate students in biomedical engineering.

Prerequisite(s): BME majors
Usually offered: Fall
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