Biomedical Engineering
Robots for eye surgery, implantable defibrillators, artificial organs and tissues, prosthetics and bicycle helmets. Thanks to biomedical engineering, these and other devices and systems help us not only live better lives, but longer ones. By applying engineering methods to solve medical and biological problems, biomedical engineering aims to improve our quality of life.THREE MAJORS: Biocomputing, Bioelectronics and Biomechanics
THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE
ENGINEERING PROBLEMS SOLVED. With your senior-year capstone course, you and fellow classmates will be on a design team commissioned to solve real biomedical problems.
The Student Perspective
TAKE YOUR DEGREE FARTHER. You can complete two degrees in five years through Marquette's unique combined bachelor's and master's degree program, or join the 15 percent of our graduates who enter medical school following graduation.
BE AN ENGINEER BEFORE YOU GRADUATE. Seventy-five percent of our biomedical engineers either co-op or intern while they're undergraduates - one of the highest percentages in the nation.
BME IN D.C. Learn about biomedical research and regulatory issues at the FDA through internships at Marquette's Les Aspin Center for Government in Washington, D.C.
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Suggested curriculum
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Freshman
- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Methods I & II
Calculus I, II & III
General Biology I & II
Rhetoric and Composition I
General Physics with Calculus I & II - Introduction to Computer Programming
- Rhetoric and Composition II
BIOCOMPUTING
BIOELECTRONICS & BIOMECHANICS
Sophomore
- Engineering Orientation
- Diverse Cultures/Histories of Cultures & Societies Elective
- Biomedical Statistics
- Differential Equations
- General Chemistry I & II
- Principles of Biological Investigation
- Introduction to Computing for Biomedical Engineers
- Biomedical Circuits and Electronics
- Introduction to Computer Hardware and Software
- Software Methodologies
- Rhetoric and Composition II
- Individual and Social Behavior Elective
- Circuits Lab I & II
- Electric Circuits I & II
- Electronic Devices and Applications
- Individual and Social Behavior Elective
- Dynamics
- Materials Science
- Statics
BIOCOMPUTING
BIOELECTRONICS
BIOMECHANICS
Junior
- Control Systems for Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Applications in Biomedical Engineering
- Introduction to Theology
- Literature/Performing Arts Elective
- Biocomputing Elective
- Computer Hardware
- Data Structures for Engineers
- Digital Electronics
- Embedded Biomedical Instrumentation
- Signals and Systems for Biomedical Engineering
- Software Systems
- Analog Electronics
- Digital Electronics
- Linear Systems Analysis
- Statics and Dynamics
- Systems Physiology
- Biomedical Engineering Elective
- Biomedical Circuits and Electronics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering Elective
- Principles of Thermofluids
- Signals and Systems for Biomedical Engineering
- Systems Physiology
- Biomedical Engineering Elective
BIOCOMPUTING
BIOELECTRONICS
BIOMECHANICS
Senior
- Biomedical Instrumentation Design
- Principles of Design
- Senior Design Project
- Two Biomedical Engineering Electives
- Philosophy of Human Nature
- Theology Elective
- Theory of Ethics
- Biocomputers Design Lab I & II
- Systems Physiology
- Individual and Social Behavior Elective
- Bioelectronics Engineering Design Lab I & II
- Digital Electronics Lab
- Physiological Transport Phenomena
- Biomechanical Engineering Design Lab I & II
- Mechanical Engineering Elective
- Physiological Transport Phenomena
BIOCOMPUTING
BIOELECTRONICS
BIOMECHANICS
WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO
Recent employers of Marquette graduates include:
- Baxter Health Care
- Boston Scientific Corp. – Scimed
- Emageon
- Epic Systems Corporation
- GE Healthcare
- Medtronic Inc.
- Siemens Medical Systems
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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