Biomedical Engineering, B.S.

The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program aims to offer perspective students the educational opportunity to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering and take the inside track to a career that combines engineering and medical technology to find ways to improve the quality of human life. The curriculum of the program consists of core engineering courses, major electives, supportive science and math courses, and the general education courses.

 

Program Educational Objectives:

The UMES Biomedical Engineering program produces graduates who are expected to achieve the following objectives within a few years after graduation:

• Objective 1: Work as a technically competent engineer at the professional level in industry, government agencies or pursue graduate studies by drawing upon their biomedical science and engineering foundations.
• Objective 2: Effectively work on industry or government engineering project teams.
• Objective 3: Be engaged as an effective member of the engineering profession as it relates to and interacts with the global society.
• Objective 4: Actively take steps to remain current with advancing engineering tools and technologies.

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

Engineering program graduates will be able to demonstrate the following outcomes or competencies:

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6.  An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

 

BME-specific Outcomes

1. Applying principles of engineering, biology, human physiology, chemistry, calculus-based physics, mathematics (through differential equations), and statistics.
2. Solving bio/biomedical engineering problems, including those associated with the interaction between living and non-living systems.
3. Analyzing, modeling, designing and realizing bio/biomedical engineering devices, systems, components, or processes;
4. Making measurements on and interpreting data from living systems. 

General requirements of the degree

The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program consists of 125 total credit hours. The curricula include 28 credit hours of general education courses in English, arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and emerging issues. An additional 12 credits in mathematics and physical sciences are required under the General Education program, which are included as a part of the requirements for the BME major. This makes the total credits for General Education to be 40 credit hours. The Biomedical Engineering curriculum also requires 27 credits of supportive math, physics and biology courses. Students should take 43 credit hours of core biomedical engineering courses. Students also choose 15 credit hours of elective courses from either of the two elective tracks of 1) biomechanics and tissue engineering, or 2) bioelectrics and biocomputational engineering. The program is on semester base.