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Typical Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering and Imaging

Typical semester patterns for course selection with project, thesis, and dissertation effort that leads to a thesis-based MS degree followed by a Ph.D. Graded courses for the regular curriculum appear in italics. Including the optional electives, more than 72 credits of such work are shown in the schedule. The minimum graduate school requirement for the Joint Program is 57 credits. Students and their faculty committee agree on the actual number of credits; few take the number shown. Some courses can be chosen from lists; others are chosen with the consent of the faculty advisor and committee. The term "engineering choice" is understood to include applicable course work. Experience-based (project, thesis, and dissertation) and pass-fail courses are shown in roman font in the middle of the box. Exams associated with the doctoral degree are shown at the bottom of the cells in ALL CAPS.

For the clinical orientation, a number of 1-credit ourses provide exposure over the time to training; these are shown at the bottom of the cell. A number of 3-credit regular academic courses could be taken in the available regular hours. Further explanation appears on our web site, http://memphis.mecca.org/BME/.

Year

Fall

Spring

Summer
First Life Sciences for BME, Part I (3)
Analysis for BME (3)
Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements (3)
Professional Development
Initial Clinical Project (1)		 Life Sciences for BME, Part II (3)
Math Elective (3)
Engineering Choice (3)
Professional Development
Issues in Clinical Instrumentation (1)		 Thesis
Professional Development
Second Clinical Project (1)
Second Engineering Choice (3)
Control Theory [from approved list] (3)
Thesis
Professional Development
LEVEL A EXAM		 Life Science Requirement [from approved list] (3)
Math Elective [from approved list] (3)
Engineering Choice (3)
Professional Development
Clinical Research and Device Development (1)		 Engineering Choice (3)
Dissertation Proposal submitted
Professional Development
Student Director for a Clinical Project (1)
Third Life Science Requirement [from approved list] (3)
Math Elective [from approved list] (3)
Engineering Choice (3)
Professional Development
LEVEL B EXAM		 Engineering Choice (3)
Engineering Choice (3)
Medical/Clinical Science Elective (3)
Professional Development
Dissertation		 Engineering Choice (3)
Professional Development
Dissertation
Student Director for a Clinical Project (1)
Fourth Engineering Choice (3)
Engineering Choice (3)
Professional Development
Dissertation		 Optional Elective
Optional Elective
Engineering Choice (3)
Professional Development
Dissertation		 Professional Development
Dissertation

(The pattern in this cell continues until dissertation is defended. Often, selected courses are taken with permission or encouragement by the faculty committee.)

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