Undergraduates.

Sample Electrical Engineering (EE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) Dual Major

• Required Courses: All course requirements and options for the EE/BME program are shown in this sample program, except that, if prerequisites are met and schedules permit, students may take courses in a different order from that shown. Different courses may also be added if some requirements are met through AP credit, transfer credits, summer school, or schedule overload. Students should discuss options with their faculty advisor before electing alternatives.
• 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 electives, 5 required semester-course electives, appropriately distributed.
• 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.
• ECE 54L: Students who successfully completed BME 171 in Spring 2006 or earlier need not take ECE 54L.
• Life Science Elective (and BME 100L): 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.
• EE Concentration Electives: For the dual major, two courses selected from any one area of concentration from the set of approved concentration courses for the EE program. (The required courses BME 101L/100L and BME 154L are considered to be EE Concentration Electives, bringing the total to the four specified in the EE Program Requirements.)
• BME Elective: At least one BME Elective must be at the 200 level.
• Independent Study: Independent-study courses are accepted for Duke BSE course credits and for the BME Elective, but not for other required courses in the EE/BME 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.