Program Structure and Requirements
Overall Program Structure
The MSc BMED program consists of a minimum 30 credit hours, distributed as follows: 12 credit hours of Program Core courses, 9 credit hours of Program Elective courses, 9 credit hours of Master’s Thesis and a zero credit Research Methods course. The components of the program are summarized in the table below.
| Program Component |
Credit Hours |
| Seminar in Research Methods |
0 |
| Program Core |
12 |
| Program Electives |
9 |
| Master’s Thesis |
9 |
| Total |
30 |
Program Requirements
Students seeking the degree of MSc in Biomedical Engineering must successfully complete a minimum 30 credit hours as specified in the program requirements detailed below, with a minimum CGPA of 3.0. Course selection should be made in consultation with the student’s Main Advisor. All courses have a credit rating of three credits each, except the Seminar in Research Methods and the Master’s Thesis.
Program Core (12 credit hours)
Students must complete the core courses listed below.
Core Courses
| ENGR 695 | Seminar in Research Methods | 0 |
| BMED 600 | Physiological Systems | 3 |
| BMED 601 | Experimental Biochemistry | 3 |
| BMED 602 | Innovation and Creativity in Technology Organizations | 3 |
| BMED 603 | Multivariate Statistics and Data Analysis | 3 |
Program Electives (9 credit hours)
Students must select any three elective courses from the list below. Subject to Main Advisor approval, up to two elective courses (6 credit hours) can be taken from other MSc programs in the College of Engineering at KU.
Program Elective Courses
| BMED 611 | Clinical Pathology | 3 |
| BMED 612 | Molecular Genetics & Genome Technologies | 3 |
| BMED 620 | Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience | 3 |
| BMED 621 | Applied Neuroscience and Engineering | 3 |
| BMED 630 | Deep Learning for Biomedical and Health Informatics | 3 |
| BMED 631 | Advanced Biosignal Processing | 3 |
| BMED 632 | Physiological Control Systems | 3 |
| BMED 633 | Advanced Rehabilitation Engineering | 3 |
| BMED 634 | Algorithms in Bioinformatics | 3 |
| BMED 635 | Healthcare Information Systems | 3 |
| BMED 640 | Biomaterials for Drug Delivery | 3 |
BMED 641
| Biosensors: Fundamentals and A | 3 |
| BMED 694 | Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering | 3 |
| ENGR 602 | Engineering Numerical Methods | 3 |
Master’s Thesis (minimum 9 credit hours)
Students must complete a Master’s Thesis that involves creative, research-oriented work within the broad field of biomedical engineering, under the direct supervision of a full-time faculty advisor from the Biomedical Engineering Department, and at least one other full-time faculty who acts as a co-advisor. The outcome of research should demonstrate the synthesis of information into knowledge in a form that may be used by others. The research findings must be documented in a formal thesis and defended successfully in a viva voce examination. Furthermore, the research should lead to publishable quality scholarly articles.
Thesis