Life Science Selectives

Life Science Selectives

Life Science selectives are courses approved by the BME curriculum committee that provide a student more knowledge about biological and chemical principles to supplement their engineering coursework. Life Science selectives are taken from various departments including Biology, Chemistry, Public Health, and Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.

If you would like to request that a course not on the list be considered for one-time approval as a Life Science selective, please contact your primary advisor. Approval requests submitted after the second week of classes will not be considered. The deadline for Spring 2024 approval requests is January 19, 2024.


Life Science Selective Policy

A total of 6 credit hours must be completed with the following restrictions:

  • Students cannot count both PUBH 40000 and PUBH 40500 towards their Life Science selectives.

Please select each drop-down below to view each Selective's details.

  • BIOL 43600: Neurobiology
  • BIOL 59900: Quantitative Physiology
  • BMS 52500: Principles of Neuroanatomy (2 credits)
  • SLHS 30200: Acoustic Basis of Speech and Hearing
  • BIOL 20300: Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 20400: Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 43600: Neurobiology
  • BIOL 51600: Molecular Biology of Cancer
  • BIOL 53800: Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Neurobiology
  • BIOL 56200: Neural Systems
  • BMS 51000: Human Anatomy for Biomedical Scientists and Engineers (4 credits)
  • BMS 52500: Principles of Neuroanatomy (2 credits)
  • HSCI 54000: Radiation Biology
  • BIOL 20300: Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 20400: Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
  • BMS 51000: Human Anatomy for Biomedical Scientists and Engineers (4 credits)
  • SLHS 30200: Acoustic Basis of Speech and Hearing
  • BCHM 30700: Biochemistry
  • BCHM 56100: General Biochemistry I
  • BCHM 56200: General Biochemistry II
  • BIOL 20300: Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 20400: Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 24100: Genetics & Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 41500: Introduction to Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 41600: Viruses and Viral Disease
  • BIOL 42000: Eukaryotic Cell Biology
  • BIOL 43200: Reproductive Physiology
  • BIOL 43600: Neurobiology
  • BIOL 43800: General Microbiology
  • BIOL 47800: Introduction to Bioinformatics
  • BMS 51000: Human Anatomy for Biomedical Scientists and Engineers (4 credits)
  • PUBH 40000: Human Diseases and Disorders
  • PUBH 40500: Principles of Epidemiology
  • AGRY 32000: Genetics
  • BCHM 42100: R for Molecular Biosciences
  • BCHM 42200: Computational Genomics
  • BCHM 43400: Medical Topics in Biochemistry
  • BCHM 46200: Metabolism
  • BCHM 53600: Biological and Structural Aspects of Drug Design and Action
  • BIOL 44400: Human Genetics
  • BIOL 51100: Introduction to X-Ray Crystallography
  • BIOL 51700: Molecular Biology: Proteins (2 credits)
  • BIOL 53300: Medical Microbiology
  • BIOL 53700: Immunobiology
  • BIOL 55900: Endocrinology
  • BIOL 56200: Neural Systems
  • BIOL 59500: Methods & Measurements in Biophysical Chemistry
  • BIOL 59500: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • BMS 53400: Systemic Mammalian Physiology (4 credits)
  • CHM 37200: Physical Chemistry (different from CHM 373 & 374)
  • CHM 37300: Physical Chemistry (different from CHM 372 & 374)
  • CHM 37400: Physical Chemistry(different from CHM 372 & 373)
  • CHM 43800: Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology
  • CHM 57900: Computational Chemistry
  • HK 30200: Applied Clinical Anatomy
  • HK 30800: Athletic Health Care
  • HK 59000: Neuroscience of Mvmnt Disordrs (this title only)
  • HSCI 30500: Basics of Oncology
  • HSCI 33300: Introduction to Immunology
  • HSCI 42000: Applied Anatomy for Medicine
  • HSCI 53400: Applied Health Physics
  • HSCI 54700: Fundamentals of Epidemiology
  • HSCI 56000: Toxicology
  • HSCI 57500: Introduction to Environmental Health
  • IPPH 58300: Advanced Biopharmaceutics
  • MCMP 42200: Immunology
  • MCMP 57000: Basic Principles of Chemical Action on Biological Systems
  • SLHS 30100: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
  • SLHS 30300: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
  • SLHS 41900: End of Life Care and Management
  • SLHS 41900: Intro to Hearing Loss (this title only)
  • SLHS 41900: Intro to Neurodegen Disorders (this title only)
  • SLHS 50100: Neural Bases of Speech and Hearing
  • SLHS 56100: Medical Audiology