Department of Electrical Engineering

Biomedical Option

The biomedical option within the electrical engineering degree program allows graduates to pursue a career in the biomedical engineering discipline or to pursue a graduate degree in biomedical engineering.  An additional 15 course credit hours beyond the 122 required for the degree will qualify graduates to apply for a post graduate medical degree program. The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.  Graduates are eligible to practice and become licensed professional engineers.

It is highly recommended that all freshmen engineering students purchase a laptop computer. The recommended laptop computer specifications are at: https://www.atu.edu/engineering/specifications.php. 

For a detailed policy regarding transfer credit for the Electrical Engineering programs, please see the Department of Electrical Engineering page. 

The following curriculum represents the program of study and a suggested sequence for the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree with the biomedical engineering option. The student should be aware that not all courses are offered each semester and the ordering of courses is subject to change. In order to minimize scheduling difficulties, each student should schedule a special session with their advisor at the beginning of their junior year to plan the remaining coursework.

Curriculum

Program: Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering with Biomedical Option

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this major.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  BIOL 1114 Principles of Biology	4	BIOL 2014 Human Anatomy	4
  MATH 2914 Calculus I	4	MATH 2924 Calculus II	4
  CHEM 2124 General Chemistry I	4	CHEM 2134 General Chemistry II	4
  CHEM 2120 General Chemistry I Lab	0	CHEM 2130 General Chemistry II Lab	0
  ELEG 1011 Introduction to Electrical Engineering	1
  TECH 1001 Orientation to the University	1
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	15

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  CHEM 3254 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4	U.S. History/Government1	3
  MATH 3243 Differential Equations I	3	SOC 1003 Introduction to Sociology	3
  PHYS 2000 General Physics l Lab	0	COMS 2104 Foundations of Computer Programming I	4
  PHYS 2114 Calculus-Based Physics I	4	ELEG 2111 Electric Circuits Lab	1
  ELEG 2103 Electric Circuits I	3	ELEG 2113  Electric Circuits II	3
  Total Hours	14	Total Hours	14

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  COMS 2203 Foundations of Computer Programming II	3	ELEG 3123 Signals and Systems	3
  MATH 2934 Calculus III	4	ELEG 3143 Electromagnetics	3
  PHYS 2124 Calculus-Based Physics II	4	ELEG/MATH 3173  Math Methods for Engineers	3
  PHYS 2010 General Physics II Lab	0	ELEG 4103 Electronics II	3
  ELEG 3103 Electronics I	3	ELEG 4122 Electrical Systems Lab	2
  		ELEG/MCEG 4202 Engineering Design	2
  Total Hours	14	Total Hours	16

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  PSY 2003 General Psychology	3	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  ELEG 2130 Digital Logic Design Lab	0	BIOL 3074 Human Physiology	4
  ELEG 2134 Digital Logic Design	4	ELEG 3133 Microprocessor Systems Design	3
  ELEG/MCEG 3003 Engineering Modeling & Design	3	ELEG 4192 Electrical Design Project II	2
  ELEG 4113 Digital Signal Processing	3	ELEG 4303 Control Systems	3
  ELEG 4143 Communication Systems I	3
  ELEG 4191 Electrical Design Project I	1
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	15

 ¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".

The following courses are not required for the Biomedical Option major; however, they are recommended for application to an advanced medical degree program:

Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Credits
Sophomore Fall	BIOL 3034	Genetics*	4
Sophomore Spring	CHEM 3264	Mechanistic Organic Chemistry*	4
Junior Fall	CHEM 3344	Principles of Biochemistry*	4
Senior Spring	BIOL 4033	Cell Biology*	3
Total			15