Biomedical Engineering

Minor Department of Biomedical Engineering · UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog

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.

Requirements

NOTE: Students may not receive both a minor in Biomedical Engineering and a specialization in Biochemical Engineering within the Chemical Engineering major.

CourseTitleUnits
Mathematics Courses:
MATH 3AIntroduction to Linear Algebra
MATH 3DElementary Differential Equations
Engineering Topics Courses:
BME 1Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
BME 50A & BME 50BCell and Molecular Engineeringand Cell and Molecular Engineering
BME 120Sensory Motor Systems
BME 121Quantitative Physiology: Organ Transport Systems
Technical Electives:
Students select, with the approval of a faculty advisor, two technical elective courses:
BME 110ABiomechanics I
BME 110BBiomechanics II
BME 130Biomedical Signals and Systems
BME 135/BIO SCI D130Photomedicine
BME 136Engineering Medical Optics
BME 140Design of Biomedical Electronics
BME 160Tissue Engineering
BME 199Individual Study
CBE 181Polymer Science and Engineering
EECS 179Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
EECS 188Optical Electronics

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