Undergrads.Curriculum

Curriculum

Duke BME students learn the classical engineering disciplines, as well as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. They also gain broad exposure to Duke University's excellent offerings in social sciences and humanities.

Students take five social science and humanities courses; one undergraduate writing course; two introductory courses each in physics and chemistry; two life-science courses; five mathematics courses; one statistics course; one computational methods course. The numbers of required and elective courses in BME as well as unrestricted electives depend on the choice of majors (e.g., single BME major or BME/EE dual major). For details, please download the Undergraduate Program Handbook.

To obtain depth in the curriculum, students can declare a dual major in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering or mechanical engineering . Or, they can choose an elective-course sequence to learn specific knowledge in biomedical imaging and instrumentation, biomechanics, electrobiology, or biomolecular and tissue engineering. With advance preparation, students may also undertake a second major or a minor in any fields offered by the University. To do it, they can use unrestricted electives to take specific courses in these fields.