Online Master's in Biomedical Engineering Curriculum

Select two of the following:

  • BME50100 Biostatistics
  • BME51100 Biomedical Signal Processing
  • BME52100 Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications
  • BME53000 Medical Imaging Diagnostic Technologies
  • BME54200 Cell & Tissue Mechanics
  • BME58100 Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) & Biomedical Microsystems
  • BME51000 Neural Mechanisms of Health and Disease
  • BME55500 MRI Theory
  • BME59500 Applied Medical Image Processing
  • BME59500/ABE59100 Polymeric Biomaterials
  • MSE52700 Introduction to Biomaterials

Select one of the following:

  • AAE55400 Fatigue of Structures and Materials
  • BME 50100 Biostatistics
  • BME 51100 Biomedical Signal Processing
  • ECE60000 Random Variables
  • BME 59500 Applied Medical Image Processing
  • ECE60200 Lumped System Theory
  • ECE60400 Electromagnetic Field Theory
  • ECE63700 Digital Image Processing I
  • IE53000 Quality Control
  • IE53300 Industrial Applications of Statistics
  • IE58000 Systems Simulation
  • IE59000 Applied Engineering Statistics: Fundamentals
  • IE59000 Applied Engineering Statistics: Linear Regression
  • MA51100 Linear Algebra with Applications
  • MA52700 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists I
  • MA52800 Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists II
  • ME51600 Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • ME58700 Engineering Optics
  • MSE59700 Mechanical Properties and Behaviors of Polymers
  • STAT51300 Quality Control
  • STAT51400 Design of Experiments
  • STAT51600 Basic Probability and Applications
  • STAT51700 Statistical Inference

Select one of the following:

  • BME51000 Neural Mechanisms of Health and Disease
  • BME54200 Cell & Tissue Mechanics
  • BME55600 Introduction to Clinical Medicine
  • BME59500/ABE59100 Polymeric Biomaterials
  • MSE52700 Introduction to Biomaterials

Select four of the following:

  • BME56100 Preclinical and Clinical Study Design
  • BME56200 Regulatory Issues Surrounding Approvals of Biomedical Devices
  • BME56300 Quality Systems for Regulatory Compliance
  • BME56400 Ethical Engineering of Medical Tech
  • BME59500 Entrepreneurship in BME
  • ECE50836 Intro to Data Mining
  • GRAD59000 Program Management: A Comprehensive Overview of the Discipline
  • IE53000 Quality Control
  • IE54500 Engineering Economic Analysis
  • IE54600 Economic Decisions in Engineering
  • IE55800 Safety Engineering
  • IE57700 Human Factors in Engineering
  • IE57800 Applied Ergonomics
  • IE59000 Human Factors of Medical Devices
  • IE59000 Project Management
  • MSE 53500 Lean Manufacturing
  • SYS50000 Perspectives on Systems
  • SYS51000 Tools and Methodologies for Designing Systems
  • SYS53000 Practical Systems Thinking
  • SYS59000 Systems Engineering Processes and Professional Competencies

Courses listed on our courses page will fulfill this requirement, including available non-engineering courses.

Courses not eligible as elective credit are:

  • STAT51100 Statistic Methods
  • STAT51200 Applied Regression Analysis

All questions regarding courses and transfer credits should be directed to a student’s academic advisor.

Creating Your Plan of Study

The MS in Biomedical Engineering program offers a range of flexibility in course options. After you begin your studies at Purdue, an academic advisor will help you create an Electronic Plan of Study (EPOS) to best fit your educational needs and career goals. Students may use the Plan of Study Worksheet (PDF) to initially help map their courses, but this is not a substitute for submitting an official EPOS.

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements. This website is a knowledge source for specific requirements and completion.

Sample Plan of Study

This sample plan of study is one example of many possible course combination options. Students may choose to shorten or elongate their time to completion. A degree must be earned within five years of beginning the program. The course list page provides future course availability information.

Sample part-time plan of study by semester, course, credit hours, and course type.
Semester Course Credit Hours Course Type
1 - Fall BME50100 Biostatistics 3 Biomedical Engineering
2 - Spring BME58100 Fundamentals of MEMS 3 Biomedical Engineering
3 - Summer BME56300 Quality Systems for Regulatory Compliance 3 Regulatory Affairs & Professional Skills
4 - Fall BME56100 Preclinical and Clinical Study Design 3 Regulatory Affairs & Professional Skills
5 - Spring BME59500/ABE59100 Polymeric Materials 3 Life Sciences or Elective
6 - Summer GRAD59000 Program Management: A Comprehensive Overview of the Discipline 3 Elective
7 - Fall BME51100 Biomedical Signal Processing 3 Quantitative/Analytical
8 - Spring BME56200 Regulatory Issues Surrounding Approval of Medical Devices 3 Regulatory Affairs & Professional Skills
9 - Summer Semester Off 0  
10 - Fall BME55600 Introduction to Clinical Medicine 3 Life Sciences or Elective
11 - Spring BME56400 Ethical Engineering of Medical Tech 3 Regulatory Affairs & Professional Skills