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The concept of a Personal Learning Plan (PLP) is to tailor educational experiences to meet individual needs. Courses are selected in consultation with the student's supervisor, dissertation committee, and the graduate advisor to ensure adequate breadth and depth. The PhD Program of Work includes 26 credit hours of required coursework. Except for the 1-hour seminar courses and when otherwise noted, all technical courses must be taken at the graduate level for a letter grade.
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| Requirement | Credit Hours | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Biological or Clinical Sciences | 3 | May be upper-division undergraduate level if a graduate cross-listing of the same course is not offered in the same semester. Must get written approval first from the Graduate Advisor unless the course is already on the approved coursework listing. |
| Basic or Applied Mathematics | 3 | A statistics course is encouraged, but another mathematics topic may be approved in some circumstances. |
| Technical Area 1: Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation | 3 | Choose one course from each of three of the four technical areas. |
| Technical Area 2: Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering | 3 | |
| Technical Area 3: Computational Biomedical Engineering | 3 | |
| Technical Area 4: Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics | 3 | |
| Technical Electives | 9 | One technical elective may be substituted with one approved graduate-level professional development course. All coursework must be approved by the Graduate Advisor in advance of registration. |
| BME 197S Seminar | 2 | Two semesters |
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BME 197S Seminar Series
You are required to take register for at least 2 semesters of BME 197S before graduation, presumably during your first two semesters. You are encouraged to attend the seminar series every semester, whether you are officially enrolled or not. All first through third year students should sign-in on the sheet located at the back of the seminar room before each seminar.
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The Program of Work is a form students complete to report their coursework status as they complete milestones such as the Qualifying Exam, Dissertation Proposal, and Final Oral DefenseExam. The Program of Work is most commonly documented via the BME Advising Form completed twice per year before summer/fall and spring registration.
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The overarching theme of this program is to train "comprehensive imaging scientists" in the skills necessary to identify clinically relevant problems. Topics include : developing instrumentation, sensors, and contrast agents to form images appropriate for the problem; and analyzing the resulting imaging data using signal processing, mathematical modeling, visualizations, and informatics techniques to improve the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases.
The basic requirement to complete this portfolio program is 12 hours of coursework (4 courses), which provide the requisite core knowledge for an imaging scientist.
- BME 381J.3 Biomedical Imaging Modalities / Biomedical Imaging: Signals & Systems (3 credit hours)
- Elective in Image Processing (3 credit hours)
- Elective in Modeling and Visualization (3 credit hours)
- Elective in Data Mining and Informatics (3 credit hours)
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