Biomedical Engineering (MS) < North Carolina State University

Degree Requirements

Students will complete the degree requirements of one of the concentrations below:

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required courses
PHY 503	General Physiology I ^1,2	3
or PHY 504	General Physiology II
MA 501	Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I ^1,3	3
or MA 502	Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists II
or MA 520	Linear Algebra
ST 511	Statistical Methods For Researchers I ^1,4	3
or ST 515	Experimental Statistics for Engineers I
Biomedical Engineering Courses ⁵		9
Select 510-590-level or 700-level BME courses approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Technical Elective Courses ⁵		9
Select a minimum of five courses of 500-level or 700-level technical coursework from the following course prefixes: BME (510 or higher), BEC, CHE, CE, ECE, ISE, MSE, MAE, NE, or MBA as approved in conjunction with the program advisor ¹
Masters Project ⁶		3
BME 581	Quality Management Systems for Engineers
or BME 582	Quality Management Standards for Biomedical Engineers
or BME 692	Individual MS Project in BME
Total Hours		30

¹: Other graduate courses in applied or technical fields at NC State or UNC-Chapel Hill must be approved by the program advisor.
²: Alternative course from UNC is BIOL 451 Comparative Physiology
³: Alternative courses from UNC are MATH 528 Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences I or MATH 535 Introduction to Probability or MATH 577 Linear Algebra
⁴: Alternative courses from UNC are BIOS 600 Principles of Statistical Inference or BIOS 650 Basic Elements of Probability and Statistical Inference I
⁵: Pursuant to the academic policies at both NC State and UNC, students will be able to take 12 credit hours of graduate level credits while still enrolled and working on their bachelor's degree requirements. These credits will “transfer” or be “double counted” into the MS degree upon completion of the BS if a grade of B or greater is earned.
⁶: Similar credentials, based on the culmination of coursework that also includes a project will also be considered as substitutes for the Master’s Project and exam substitute. Alternates must be approved by the BME Graduate Curriculum Committee. In these cases, students will enroll in BME 692 or BMME 992. Students must earn the credential to complete the requirements for graduation.