Program Requirements

About the Major

Mercer’s Biomedical Engineering major includes 4 core areas: Biomechanics, Biofluids, Bioinstrumentation, and Tissue and Cell Engineering.

Additionally, students can select from 2 curricular paths:

  • The traditional path emphasizes more mathematics and engineering.
  • The pre-medical/science path emphasizes the sciences and meets the pre-requisite course requirements for medical schools.

Program Requirements

Students on both the traditional path and the pre-medical/science path are required to take the introductory class in each of the 4 core areas and take an advanced class in 2 of the 4 core areas.

Traditional path

  • General Education: 32 hours
  • Engineering Core: 45 hours
  • Additional Mathematics: 3 hours
  • Additional Science: 16 hours
  • Required Biomedical Engineering (BME) Courses: 24 hours
  • Technical Electives: 9 hours
  • Total: 129 hours

Pre-medical/science path

  • General Education: 32 hours
  • Engineering Core: 45 hours
  • Additional Science: 26 hours
  • Required Biomedical Engineering (BME) Courses: 24 hours
  • Technical Electives: 6 hours
  • Total: 133 hours

Learn more about program requirements and see a timeline of study.