Programs in Biomedical Engineering

The Minister of Advanced Education has given formal approval to the Biomedical Engineering program and the Faculty of Engineering will begin offering the new program in September 2012. Students who have completed first year engineering may enter the second year of the program in September 2012, and students admitted into first year engineering in September 2012 may enter the program in their second year.

Undergraduate Programs

The Faculty of Engineering offers a program leading to the BEng degree in Biomedical Engineering. The new program is designed to be accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers. Accreditation ensures that graduates of the programs satisfy the academic requirements for registration with the provincial Associations of Professional Engineers. Accreditation will be sought as soon as possible, immediately following the first graduating class.

Consistent with all BEng programs, the curriculum consists of the common set of first year courses, six terms unique to the degree and four Co-operative Education terms.

Business Minor

An optional Business Minor develops business skills that are frequently required by practicing Engineers. See page 221 of the Academic Calendar for requirements.

Program Requirements

Many courses are offered only one time per year. Refer to the Faculty web site for course scheduling information. Consult with a program advisor for schedule planning advice.

Year 1	Units
CHEM 150	1.5
CSC 111	1.5
ENGR 020, 110, 120, 141	6.5
MATH 100, 101, 110	4.5
PHYS 122, 125	3.0
ENGR 001	4.5
Total	21.5

Year 2	Units
BME200, 201	3.0
CHEM 231	1.5
CSC 115	1.5
ELEC 216, 250	3.0
MATH 200, 201	3.0
MECH 220, 240	3.0
ELEC 260 or MECH 242	1.5
ELEC 220 or MECH 285	1.5
ENGR 002	4.5
Total	22.5

Year 3	Units
BIOC 299	1.5
BME 350	1.5
ELEC 330 or 365, 335	3.0
ELEC 360 or MECH 280	1.5
ENGR 280	1.5
MECH 345	1.5
STAT 254 or STAT 260	1.5
Two of: ELEC 300, 310, 320, 340, MECH 320 or 335	3.0
One of: ELEC 350, 3701, 3801, MECH 330, 360, or 395	1.5
Complementary Studies Elective (1)2	1.5
ENGR 003	4.5
Total	22.5

¹Not acceptable if student presents credit in ELEC 365

²A Complementary Studies Elective course deals with central issues in humanities or social sciences. The chosen course must be approved, prior to registration, by the Faculty of Engineering. Consult the Faculty website for a current list of approved courses.

Year 4	Units
CSC 349A	1.5
ENGR 297, 446, 498	4.0
ELEC 499 or MECH 400 or SENG 499	1.5
Two Biomedical Engineering Electives (list below)	3.0
Technical Electives (list below)	7.5
ENGR 004	4.5
Total	22.5

Biomedical Engineering Electives

ELEC 434          Biophotonics

ELEC 435          Medical Image Processing

MECH 450          Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

MECH 450F          Mechanics & Energy Conversion in Living Cells

PHYS 432¹          Medical Physics

CSC 428          Computational Biology Algorithms

¹ Additional prerequisites required

Technical Electives*

CENG 455          Real Time Computer Systems Design Project

ELEC 404          Microwaves and Fiber Optics

ELEC 412          Electronic Devices II

ELEC 420          Nanotechnology

ELEC 450          Communications Theory and Systems II

ELEC 452          Optical Communication Technology

ELEC 453          Antennas and Propagation

ELEC 466          System on a Chip Engineering for Signal Processing

ELEC 484          Audio Signal Processing

ELEC 485          Pattern Recognition

ELEC 498          Honours Thesis

MECH 410          Computer Aided Design

MECH 420          Finite Element Applications

MECH 421          Mechanical Vibrations

MECH 423          Engineering Ceramics

MECH 430          Robotics

MECH 458          Mechatronics

MECH 466          MEMS

MECH 494          Thermofluids and Introduction to Mass Transfer

MECH 495          Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

MECH 498          Honours Thesis

MECH 499          Technical Project

*One of these electives may be replaced by a 300 level CEng, Elec, Mech, SEng course. Also additional BME electives can be used toreplace technical electives from this list.