{
  "college": "uc-irvine",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Department of Biomedical Engineering",
  "id": "department-of-biomedical-engineering--biomedicalengineering-minor",
  "name": "Biomedical Engineering",
  "award": "Minor",
  "department": "department-of-biomedical-engineering",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalogue.uci.edu/thehenrysamuelischoolofengineering/departmentofbiomedicalengineering/biomedicalengineering_minor/",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "The minor in Biomedical Engineering requires a total of nine courses: two advanced mathematics courses, five core Biomedical Engineering courses, and two Biomedical Engineering electives. Some of these courses may include prerequisites that may or may not be part of a student’s course requirements for their major. Private biomedical industry has indicated a keen interest in engineers that have a more traditional engineering degree (i.e., electrical engineering), but also possess some in-depth knowledge of biomedical systems. Hence, the minor in Biomedical Engineering is designed to provide a student with the introductory skills necessary to perform as an engineer in the biomedical arena."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\nNOTE: Students may not receive both a minor in Biomedical Engineering and a specialization in Biochemical Engineering within the Chemical Engineering major."
    },
    {
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Mathematics Courses:"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MATH 3A",
          "title": "Introduction to Linear Algebra",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MATH 3D",
          "title": "Elementary Differential Equations",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Engineering Topics Courses:"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 1",
          "title": "Introduction to Biomedical Engineering",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 50A & BME 50B",
          "title": "Cell and Molecular Engineeringand Cell and Molecular Engineering",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 120",
          "title": "Sensory Motor Systems",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 121",
          "title": "Quantitative Physiology: Organ Transport Systems",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Technical Electives:"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Students select, with the approval of a faculty advisor, two technical elective courses:"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 110A",
          "title": "Biomechanics I",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 110B",
          "title": "Biomechanics II",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 130",
          "title": "Biomedical Signals and Systems",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 135/BIO SCI D130",
          "title": "Photomedicine",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 136",
          "title": "Engineering Medical Optics",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 140",
          "title": "Design of Biomedical Electronics",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 160",
          "title": "Tissue Engineering",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BME 199",
          "title": "Individual Study",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CBE 181",
          "title": "Polymer Science and Engineering",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "EECS 179",
          "title": "Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "EECS 188",
          "title": "Optical Electronics",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}