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Biomedical Engineering

The field of Biomedical Engineering has been defined as follows:

The biomedical engineering profession is devoted to improving human health and well-being by usingengineering principles and technologies. It develops fundamental theories, systems, and products tosupport medical industries, health care providers, governmental agencies, and academic entities.(Adapted from the vision and mission statements of the Biomedical Engineering Society,http://www.bmes.org/aws/BMES/pt/sp/mission .)

Source This report is one in a series of reports for the Lumina Foundation for Education initiative “ MakingOpportunity Affordable in Texas: A Student-Centered Approach .” Wording and concepts in this reportwere aligned, where appropriate, with wording and concepts of reports for other disciplines.Therefore, tuning reports were aligned not only with words and concepts of the disciplines’ particularprofessional organizations, such as the Biomedical Engineering Society or the Regulatory AffairsProfessional Society, but may have also been informed and aligned with ideas, concepts, and wordingof other professional societies, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Vision for

Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge 2nd Edition (BOK2E). EMP LOYMENT OPPORTUNITI ES

Upon graduation with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, opportunities for employmentwill fall within the following fields (click on the image to open a larger view:)

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EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION

In becoming a Biomedical Engineer, a student will focus studies in the following areas (inaddition to core subject areas) at the college and university levels (click on the image toopen a larger view:)

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COURSEWORK FOR TRANSFER:

The following diagram illustrates a recommended two-year transfer plan leading to abachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering (click on the image to open a larger view:)

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To ensure that you are ready for courses as shown, please take note of the prerequisiteflowchart shown below (click on the image to open a larger view:)

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS:

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The Voluntary Statewide Transfer Compact for Engineering has recently expanded toinclude institutions offering bachelor's degree programs in Biomedical Engineering. Thedocument can be viewed here . You can download the entire Biomedical EngineeringTuning Packet, which outlines critical skill areas needed by students and graduates of Biomedical Engineering programs, here .

Institutions of higher learning participating in the Voluntary Statewide Transfer Compact

for Engineering may be seen by clicking the button below. This means that theseinstitutions have agreed: a) to teach courses at the lower level as listed in the AcademicCourse Guide Manual, updated and published each year by the Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board, and 2) to accept the courses listed for transfer into the CivilEngineering program at the university level as specified in the Compact.

Institutional Participation by Discipline

For further or more specific information regarding transfer to a Biomedical Engineeringprogram in a Texas university, it is recommended that you contact the engineeringdepartment at the institution in which you are interested.

For questions regarding the Tuning project or the Compact itself, please contact MarySmith , Program Coordinator, or Debbie Rodriguez , Program Specialist at the TexasHigher Education Coordinating Board.back to Tuning Texas for Students and Parents

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