Undergraduates.

Life Science Electives

Majors in Biomedical Engineering (BME) and dual majors in EE or ECE with BME are required to take a Life Science Elective in addition to the other specified courses in biology, chemistry and physics. This course should be relevant to biomedical engineering and medicine. Following is a list of approved life-science courses taken from the BME Undergraduate Handbook:

Biochemistry

BCH 227 Introductory Biochemistry I: Intermediary Metabolism

BCH 228 Introductory Biochemistry II

Biological Anthropology and Anatomy

BAA 133L The Human Body

BAA 136 Human Biology

BAA 151 Anatomy of the Lower Extremities

BAA 172L Primate Anatomy

Biology

BIOLOGY 103L General Microbiology

BIOLOGY 105 Introduction to Mathematical Biology

BIOLOGY 108L Developmental and Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates

BIOLOGY 118 Principles of Genetics and Cell Biology I

BIOLOGY 119 Principles of Genetics and Cell Biology II

BIOLOGY 120 Principles of Evolution

BIOLOGY 124 Molecular Evolution

BIOLOGY 149 Comparative Biomechanics

BIOLOGY 150L Physiology of Marine Animals

BIOLOGY 151L Principles of Animal Physiology

BIOLOGY 154 Fundamentals Neuroscience

BIOLOGY 155L Biochemistry of Marine Animals

BIOLOGY 158L Introduction to Modern Microscopy

BIOLOGY 164D Developmental Biology

BIOLOGY 176AL Marine Invertebrate Zoology

BIOLOGY 184L Experimental Cell and Molecular Biology

BIOLOGY 185L Experiments in Development and Molecular Genetics

BIOLOGY 187 Evolutionary Genetics

BIOLOGY 214 Biophysics in Cell and Developmental Biology

BIOLOGY 220L Mycology

BIOLOGY 244 Principles of Immunology (C-L: Immunology 244)

BIOLOGY 269 Advanced Cell Biology

BIOLOGY 283 Molecular Genetics of Organelles

BIOLOGY 284 Molecular Population Genetics

BIOLOGY 288 Mathematical Population Genetics

BIOLOGY 291 Mathematical Biology

Chemistry

CHEM 176 Biophysical Chemistry

Pharmacology

PHARM 150 Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Reactions

PHARM 160 Drugs, Brain, and Behavior

PHARM 233 Essentials of Pharmacology and Toxicology

PHARM 254 Mammalian Toxicology

Medical Physics

MP 205 Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physicists

Students who have studied biology in depth in high school but do not have AP credit (BIOLOGY 19) may, with instructor permission, take higher-level courses which have BIOLOGY 25L as a prerequisite.

Students wishing to substitute other life courses not on the above list should obtain prior approval from the BME Director of Undergraduate Studies.

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