Undergraduates.

Sample Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) Dual Major [with AP credit for MATH 31 and one SS-H Course]

• Chemistry: All BME majors are required to take two chemistry courses. Students who receive and accept AP credit (CHEM 19) for chemistry must take a second course, typically CHEM 22L or CHEM 23L, and, if planning to attend medical school, the two courses CHEM 151L and CHEM 152L, these latter usually in sophomore or junior year.
• WRITING 20: University Writing Program, required in the first year.
• SS-H (Social Sciences and Humanities): Five SS-H semester-course electives, appropriately distributed, are required. The illustrated sample program assumes that one of the required SS-H coures is covered by an AP credit.
• PHYSICS 61L & 62L: Matriculating students who have AP credit for PHYSICS 61L (but not 62L) take PHYSICS 62L; those who have AP credit for PHYSICS 61L and 62L take PHYSICS 63L; and international students who have credit for the equivalent of PHYSICS 51L & 52L take PHYSICS 143L.
• BIOLOGY 25L: Students may not substitute BIOLOGY 147 for BIOLOGY 25L in this dual major.
• ECE 54L: Students who successfully completed BME 171 in Spring 2006 or earlier need not take ECE 54L.
• ME 83L: If ME 83L is elected, EGR 75 or BME 110 should be taken first (prerequisite).
• Life Science Elective: Semester course selected from approved Life Science Electives.
• Pre-Med Students: Students planning to attend medical school should consult with Kay Singer (kay.singer@duke.edu), the Duke undergraduate premed adviser, about course planning. Premeds will need to take CHEM 151 and 152, normally during sophomore or junior year. Fitting these courses into the schedule may require an overload or summer school.
• ECE Concentration Electives: From the set of approved concentration courses for the ECE program. At least two courses must be taken from the same Concentration Area. (The required courses BME 101L/100L and BME 154L are considered to be ECE Concentration Electives, bringing the total to the four specified in the ECE Program Requirements.)
• BME Elective: At least one BME Elective must be at the 200 level. The program must also include at least one of the BME-ECE Design Electives BME 236, 261, or 264L, here shown in either the Fall or Spring semester.
• Independent Study: Accepted for up to two of the Elective ECE Courses and for any of the Free Electives, but not for any other required course in the ECE Program. Independent Study and Undergraduate Research are encouraged for qualified students, and required for Graduation with Departmental Distinction, but may require overload or summer study to fit into the above dual-major program.