MS BME – Non-thesis option

Concentrations:

Biomedical Device Development  - 30 credits of academic coursework

Biomedical Device Development with Industry Immersion  - 30 credits of academic coursework plus 6-9 month internship in industry

Courses and Core Competency Areas:

All courses listed are 3 credits. Experimental 59500 course numbers indiciate that coureses might not be offered in future years and/or could be changed before being offered in a future semester.

This is not an exhaustive list of the graduate-level courses that could be used to meet the requirment of the plan of study. Check the current, Purdue course schedule available online to find coureses being offerd.

Courses with * are available as distance learning through ProEd. Courses "VC" are offered from the IUPUI campus to grad students on the WL campus. 

Biomedical Engineering (minimum 6 credits)

  • BME 52100*      

Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications (every 2 years)
  • BME 55100*

Tissue Engineering (every 2 years)
  • BME 58300*

Biomaterials
  • BME 57700*

Human Motion Kinetics
  • BME 59500*

Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technologies
  • BME 59500

Engineering Principles for Biomolecular Interactions (VC - Spring; in even years)
  • BME 59500

Musculoskeletal Biology and Mechanics (VC - Spring; in odd years)
  • BME 52800

Measurement and Stimulation of the Nervous System

 

Life Sciences (minimum 3 credits)

  • BME 59500*      

Neural Mechanisms of Health and Disease (Biology courese cross-listed in BME)
  • BME 59500*

Regenerative Biology and Tissue Repair
  • BMS 51000*

Human Anatomy for BioMed Scientists/Engr.
  • BIOL 53700

Immunobiology (BIOL 42000 recommended as pre-req)
  • BIOL 57300

The Molecular Biology of Animal Cells
  • BME 59500*

Introduction to Clinical Medicine
  • BCHM 56100

General Biochemistry

 

Quantitative/Analytical (minimum 3 credits)

  • BME 59500*

Biostatistics (preferred)
  • ECE 60000*

Random Variables and Signals
  • ECE 60200*

Lumped System Theory
  • IE 53300*

Industrial Applications of Statistics
  • MA 51100*

Linear Algebra with Applications
  • MA 52500

Introduction to Complex Analysis (not currently scheduled)
  • MA 52700*

Advanced Mathematics for Engineerings and Physics I
  • MA 52800*

Advanced Mathematics for Engineerings and Physics II
  • STAT 51400*

Design of Experiments
  • STAT 51700*

Statistical Inference

 

Regulatory Sciences and Professional Skills (minimum 12 credits with at least 3 credits from regulatory group)

  • BME 59500*      

Preclinical and Clinical Study Design (Regulatory series)
  • BME 59500*

Regulatory Issues Surrounding Approvals of Biomedical Devices (Regulatory series)
  • BME 59500*

Regulatory Compliance for Biomedical Devices (Regulatory series)
  • GRAD 590*

Program Management: A Comprehensive Overview of the Discipline
  • IE 59000

Project Management
  • BME 59500

Biomedical Entreprenuership (Biomedship) (MGMT 59000)

 

Other Graduate Courses (minimum 6 credits)

  • IE 59000*

Financial Engineering
  • IE 59000*

Perspectives on Systems Engineering
  • MGMT 60000

Accounting for Managers
  • MGMT 65000

Strategic Management
  • SOC 57200

Comparative Healthcare Systems
  • SOC 57300

Human Side of Medicine
  • SOC 57400

Social Organization of Healthcare