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Graduate Programs
Approved Courses for Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Find a list of approved courses for students pursuing a graduate degree in biomedical engineering.
Graduate level courses given by other WashU departments and schools may be substituted for courses in these lists with the permission of the director of your program of study.
For PhD approved courses, see the BME PhD Policy Book.
Curriculum Core
BME Requirement (9 credit hours)
- BME 4400 Biomedical Data Science
- BME 4420 Biomacromolecules Design and Engineering
- BME 4710 Bioelectric Phenomena
- BME 4790 Biofabrication & Medical Devices
- BME 5190 Advanced Cognitive, Computational and Systems Neuroscience
- BME 5230 Biomaterial Science
- BME 524 Tissue Engineering *
- BME 5320 / 4320 Physics of Biopolymers and Bioinspired Polymers
- BME 5330 Biomedical Signal Processing
- BME 5430 Molecular and Cellular Engineering
- BME 5440 Biomedical Instrumentation
- BME 550 Numerical Methods for Computational Modeling in Biomedicine *
- BME 5501 Translational Neuroengineering
- BME 5565 Mechanobiology of Cells and Matrices *
- BME 5744 Open Challenges in Systems Neuroscience
- BME 559 Intermediate Biomechanics *
- BME 5610 Protein Structures and Dynamics *
- BME 562 Mechanics of Growth and Development *
- BME 564 Orthopedic Biomechanics – Cartilage/Tendon *
- BME 5642 Human-Machine Interfaces
- BME 5650 Biosolid Mechanics
- BME 5690 Cardiac Electrophysiology
- BME 5700 Mathematics of Imaging Science
- BME 5720 Biological Neural Computation
- BME 574 Quantitative Bioelectricity and Cardiac Excitation *
- BME 5750 Molecular Basis of Bioelectrical Excitation
- BME 5771 Biomedical Product Development
- BME 5772 Biomedical Business Development *
- BME 5780 Engineering for Women's Health
- BME 5901 Integrative Cardiac Electrophysiology
- BME 5903 Physical Methods for Biomedical Scientists *
- BME 5907 Advanced Concepts in Image Science *
- BME 5910 Biomedical Optics 1: Principles
- BME 5913 Molecular Systems Biology: Computation & Measurements for Understanding Cell Physiology and Disease *
- BME 5920 Biomedical Optics 2: Imaging
- BME 593 Computational Methods for Inverse Problems *
- BME 5940 Ultrasound Imaging
- BME 5950 Drug Delivery Systems: Principles and Applications
- BIOL 5014 Biotech Industry Innovators
- BIOL 5146 Principles and Applications of Biological Imaging
- BIOL 5147 Contrast Agents for Biological Imaging
- BIOL 5311 Dynamics in Mesoscopic Molecular Systems
- BIOL 5312 Macromolecular Interactions
- CSE 568M Imaging Sensors *
- CSE 5807 Computational Molecular Biology (Algorithms for Computational Biology)
- CSE 584A Algorithms for Biosequence Comparison *
- EECE 5190 Molecular Biochemical Engineering
- ESE 4380 Applied Optics
- ESE 546 Dynamics & Control in Neuroscience *
- ESE 5820 Fundamentals and Applications of Modern Optical Imaging
- ESE 588 Quantitative Image Processing *
- ESE 5890 Biological Imaging Technology
- ESE 5932 Computational Methods for Imaging Science *
- MEDPHYS 5010 Radiological Physics and Dosimetry
- MEDPHYS 5070 Radiation Oncology Physics
- MEMS 5560 Interfaces and Attachments in Natural and Engineered Structures *
- MEMS 5562 Cardiovascular Mechanics
- MEMS 5566 Engineering Mechanobiology
- MEMS 5606 Soft Nanomaterials
- MEMS 5607 Introduction to Polymer Blends and Composites
- MEMS 5608 Introduction to Polymer Science & Engineering
- PSYCH 4450 Functional Neuroimaging Methods *
* Courses no longer offered at WashU
+ New courses added to the approved list
Life Science (3 credit hours)
- ANTHRO 4598 Biomarkers: Measuring Population Health, Reproductive, and Social Endocrinology
- BIOL 4030 Biological Clocks
- BIOL 4040 Laboratory of Neurophysiology
- BIOL 5181 Population Genetics
- BIOL 4270 Problem Based Learning in Biomedical Sciences
- BIOL 4310 / 5309 Biology of Aging
- BIOL 4381 Cell-Based Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- BIOL 4510 (BIOL 451) General Biochemistry (4Cr)
- BIOL 4580 Principles of Human Anatomy & Development
- BIOL 4810 Gerenal Biochemistry I *
- BIOL 4820 Gerenal Biochemistry II *
- BIOL 4833 Protein Biochemistry *
- BIOL 5051 Foundations in Immunology (4Cr) *
- BIOL 5053 Immunobiology I (4Cr)
- BIOL 5062 Central Questions in Cell Biology *
- BIOL 5068 Fundamentals of Molecular Cell Biology
- BIOL 5079 The Science, Medicine, and Business of Vaccines & Drugs (2Cr)
- BIOL 5114 Neuroplasticity: Wiring and Rewiring of the Brain
- BIOL 5224 Molecular, Cell, and Organ Systems
- BIOL 5241 Immunology
- BIOL 5285 Current Topics in Human and Mammalian Genetics
- BIOL 5319 Molecular Foundations of Medicine
- BIOL 5352 Developmental Biology (4Cr)
- BIOL 5357 Chemistry and Physics of Biomolecules
- BIOL 5392 Molecular Microbiology and Pathogenesis
- BIOL 5480 Nucleic Acids & Protein Biosynthesis
- BIOL 5488 Genomics (4Cr)
- BIOL 5501 The Biology and Pathology of the Visual System
- BIOL 5571 Cellular Neurobiology (6Cr)
- BIOL 5651 Systems Neuroscience (6Cr)
- BIOL 5663 Neurobiology of Disease
- BIOL 5716 Advanced Cancer Biology
- BIOL 5928 Experimental Cancer Biology
- BIOL 5940 Advanced Cancer Biology
- BME 503A Cell & Organ Systems *
- BME 5300 (BME 530A) Molecular Cell Biology for Engineers
- BME 538 Cell Signal Transduction
- BME 5900 Cellular Neurophysiology *
- BME 5909 Physiology of the Heart *
- CHEM 4810 General Biochemistry I
- CHEM 4820 General Biochemistry II
- CHEM 4833 Protein Biochemistry
- IPMS 5611 (IPMS/PhysTher 5610) Movement Science III--Biocontrol Mechanics
- MEDPHYS 5060 (MED 505) Radiobiology (2Cr)
- PSYCH 5631 Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science *
- PSYCH 5665 (BIOL 5665) Science of Behavior
- REPRSCI 5000 Human Reproductive Physiology
* Courses no longer offered at WashU
+ New courses added to the approved list
Mathematics & Computer Science (3 credit hours)
- BME 5400/4400 Biomedical Data Science
- BME 5700 Mathematics of Imaging Science
- BME 5912 Applied Mathematics for Biomedical Sciences *
- BME 593 Computational Methods for Inverse Problems *
- CLNV 5151 Intermediate Statistics for the Health Sciences
- ESE 5010 Mathematics of Modern Eng. I
- ESE 5020 Mathematics of Modern Eng. II
- ESE 5200 Probability and Stochastic Processes
- EECE 5030 Mathematical Methods in EECE
- MATH 4501 Numerical Applied Mathematics
- MATH 4540 Partial Differential Equations
- MEMS 5001 Optimization Methods in Engineering *
- PHFN 5001 Biostatistics
- PHYSICS 5010 Methods of Theoretical Physics I
- PHYSICS 5020 Methods of Theoretical Physics II
- PHY 5027 Introduction to Computational Physics
- PHYSICS 5030 Advanced Math Methods for Physicist & Eng. I *
- PHYSICS 5040 Advanced Math Methods for Physicist & Eng. II *
- SDS 4020 Mathematical Statistics
- SDS 5210 Statistical Computation
- SDS 5480 Topics in Statistics: Machine Learning Methods in Biological Sciences
- BME 550 Numerical Methods for Computational Modeling in Biomedicine *
- BME 5913 Molecular Systems Biology: Computation & Measurements for Understanding Cell Physiology and Disease *
- BMI 5015 Introduction to Biomedical Data Science I
- CSE 4102 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
- CSE 4107 Introduction to Machine Learning
- CSE 501N Introduction to Computer Science *
- CSE 502N Data Structures & Algorithms *
- CSE 504N Object-oriented Software Development Lab *
- CSE 5105 Bayesian Methods in Machine Learning
- CSE 5107 Machine Learning
- CSE 5306 Rapid Prototype Development and Creative Programming
- CSE 5401 Advanced Algorithms
- CSE 5403 Algorithms for Nonlinear Optimization
- CSE 5504 Geometric Computing for Biomedicine
- CSE 5509 Computer Vision
- CSE 5515 Computational Photography
- CSE 5804 Algorithms for Biosequence Comparison
- ESE 4170 Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Classification
- MEMS 5515 Numerical Simulation in Solid Mechanics I
- PHEL 6005 Applied Machine Learning Using Health Data
- PhysTher 5110 Instrumentation and Measurement in Movement Science
- SDS 5020 Mathematical Statistics
- SDS 5210 Statistical Computation
* Courses no longer offered at WashU
+ New courses added to the approved list
Electives (15 credit hours)
Students may choose from the list below and the list above to meet the elective requirement. In addition, BME, CSE, EECE, ESE and MEMS courses that are 4000-5000 level and carry engineering topics units will count towards elective credit, with the exception of BME 4000-4003 Independent Study, BME 4970 Senior Capstone Design A, BME 4971 Senior Capstone Design B,BME 4980 Biomedical Engineering Design, BME 4981 Senior Design II, which will not count towards the degree.
- BIOL 5075 Introduction to Coding and Statistical Thinking for Genetics and Genomics (Fundamentals of Biostatistics for Graduate Students) (2Cr)
- BMI 5005 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics I
- CHEM 5830 Bioorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 5811 / BHEM 5580 Special Topics in Organic Chemistry: Introduction to Biomolecules
- CHEM 4511 Synthetic Polymer Chemistry
- DAT 5561 Introduction to Python and Data Science
- IPMS/PhysTher 5611 Movement Science III--Biocontrol Mechanics
- MGT 5240 Business Planning for New Enterprises (The Hatchery)
- MGT 5775 Launching and Scaling New Enterprises (The League)
- PHY 547 Intro to Elementary Particle Physics *
- PHYSIS 5810 Critical Analysis of Scientific Data
- PHY 589 Selected Topics in Physics 1 *
- PHY 590 Selected Topics in Physics 2 *
- PSYCH 4631 Introduction to Computational Cognitive Science
- PSYCH 8373 Neural Systems of Behavior and Psychopathology
- SDS 5480 Machine Learning Methods in Biological Data
- SDS 5800 Optimization Methods For Machine Learning
* Courses no longer offered at WashU
+ New courses added to the approved list