PREPERATION

Students entering the biomedical engineering graduate program for MS and PhD degrees must have completed the following courses or the equivalent. Deficiencies can be filled during the first few quarters of graduate school. Description of the courses listed below can be found in the general catalog. To determine course equivalence, consult a graduate advisor listed below. Note that Quarter Units = 1.5 x Semester Units. The MS degree is not a prerequisite for the PhD program in BME.


General Undergraduate Preparation for Masters and Doctoral Degrees


Courses numbered 100 and above, not taken to satisfy graduate program prerequisites, may count toward fulfilling graduate unit requirements. Courses numbered 99 and below do not count toward graduate unit requirements
See Graduate Advisor for details.

Quarter Units

Course Description UCD Equivalent Units
Physics PHY 9A-9C 15
Physics PHY 9D 4*
Mathematics MAT 21A-21D, 22A, 22B 22
Cell Biology BIS 2A 4
Chemistry CHE 2A 5
Engineering (programming) ENG 6 4
Engineering (circuits) ENG 17 4
Engineering (materials) ENG 45 4*
Engineering (elect systems) ENG 100 3
Statistics STA 120 4

Total Units 62

* Students electing the biomedical imaging track are required to have taken a course in modern physics (PHY 9D or equivalent) but not necessarily engineering materials (ENG 45 or equivalent). Students electing the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics track are required to have taken a materials engineering course but not necessarily a modern physics course.

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