There are four components to the Undergraduate Minor program in Biomedical Engineering (BME): Science, Engineering, BME Core, and Restricted Electives. To satisfy the Minor, complete the requirements noted for each of the components listed below:

Science Core

• 5.07 Biological Chemistry -or- 7.05 General Biochemistry
• 5.12 Organic Chemistry I

Engineering Core

• 18.03 Differential Equations -or- 3.016 Mathematical Methods for Materials Scientists and Engineers

plus one of:

• 2.003 Modeling Dynamics and Control I
• 2.005 Thermal Fluids Engineering I
• 6.002 Circuits and Electronics
• 3.022 Microstructural Evolution in Materials
• 10.301 Fluid Mechanics
• 16.03/16.04 Unified Engineering III/IV
• 22.01 Introduction to Ionizing Radation

Biomedical Engineering Core

• two of the following:
• 20.110J Statistical Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems ( 5.601J)
• 20.309 Biological Engineering II: Instrumentation and Measurement ( 2.673)
• 20.310J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics (2.797J, 6.024J)
• 20.320 Biomolecular Kinetics and Cell Dynamics
• 20.330J Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems (2.793J, 6.023J)
• 20.340J Materials for Biomedical Applications (3.051J)
• 20.360J Cell and Tissue Engineering (10.449J)
• 20.361J Molecular and Engineering Aspects of Biotechnology (7.37J, 10.441J)
• 20.370J Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues (2.791J, 6.021J, HST.541J)
• 20.371J Quantitative Physiology: Organ Transport Systems (2.792J, 6.022J, HST.542J)
• 20.390J Foundations of Computational and Systems Biology (7.36)

BME Restricted Electives

at least one subject of the following:*

• 20.380J Biotechnology and Engineering (5.22J, 10.02J)
• 20.342 Molecular Structure of Biological Materials
• 20.411J Cell-Matrix Mechanics (2.785J, 3.97J, HST.523J)
• 20.441J Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions (2.79J, 3.96J, HST.522J)
• 20.451J Design of Medical Devices and Implants (2.782J, 3.961J, HST.524J)
• 3.052 Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials
• 6.121J Bioelectronics Project Laboratory (HST.575J)
• 6.555J Biomedical Signal and Image Processing (16.456J, HST.582J)
• 20.482J Foundations of Algorithms and Computational Techniques in Systems Biology ( 6.581J)
• 6.807 Computational Functional Genomics
• 9.29J Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (8.261J)
• 9.641J Introduction to Neural Networks
• 10.28 Biological Engineering Laboratory
• 10.29 Biological Engineering Projects Laboratory
• 16.400 Human Factors Engineering
• 16.423J Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Engineering (ESD.65J, HST.515J)
• 22.01 Introduction to Ionizing Radiation
• 22.058 Principles of Tomographic Imaging
• HST.574 Introduction to Sensorimotor Neuroengineering

*Students who take a 3rd BME Core subjects can use it to satisfy the BME Restricted Elective requirement

Science/Engineering Elective

One of the following in addition to 1 BME Restricted Elective, or if students take 2 BME Restricted Elective subjects, no additional Science/Engineering Elective subject is required.

• 20.104J Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health (1.081J, ESD.053J)
• 20.109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering
• 20.201 Mechanisms of Drug Actions
• 20.450 Molecular and Cellular Pathophysiology
• 3.034 Organic and Biomaterials Chemistry
• 7.02 Introduction to Experimental Biology and Communication
• 7.03 Genetics
• 7.06 Cell Biology
• 7.20J Human Physiology (HST.540J)
• 10.702 Introductory Experimental Biology and Communication