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General
ENGMEDIC Information
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» Admission Requirements
» Program Requirements
» Module Requirements
» Engineering Requirements
Applications for the ENGMEDIC program are now available.
An ENGMEDIC Information Session will be held in the beginning of the spring 2010 semester. It will be held in ERB, 44 Cummington Street, Room 105.
The 2010 APPLICATION
DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010.
Introduction
The ENGMEDIC program was created in 1990 by the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering and the School of Medicine. It is an early selection program designed for biomedical engineering students who are interested in becoming physicians. A small number of highly qualified students, who have completed two years of the pre-medical option of the undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum, are admitted to the program each year. The program integrates elements of pre-clinical medical training with upper division requirements for the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering, thus enabling students to fulfill some of the medical school curriculum during the last two years of undergraduate study. The program utilizes a series of instructional modules which include biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, socio-medical sciences, medical histology, human physiology, public health, humanities and social sciences.
The ENGMEDIC program is not designed to accelerate either the undergraduate degree or medical training, but rather to effect a better transition from undergraduate engineering to graduate medical study. The B.S. in Biomedical Engineering is normally earned after four years of undergraduate study, the M.D. after an additional four years of study at the School of Medicine.
Tuition for the first two years of ENGMEDIC (i.e., the third and fourth years of study in the College of Engineering) is the same as that charged to other College of Engineering students. Tuition for the remaining years of ENGMEDIC (i.e., all post-baccalaureate study at the School of Medicine) is the same as that charged to students enrolled in the regular curriculum of the School of Medicine.
Program
Administration
The
administration of the ENGMEDIC program is the joint responsibility
of the College of Engineering and the School of Medicine.
Dean Eisenberg and Assistant Dean Zamansky are responsible
for overseeing the day-to-day administrative tasks associated
with advertising and running the program.
ENGMEDIC
Joint Admissions Committee
The
ENGMEDIC Joint Admissions Committee is composed of faculty
appointed by the Deans of the College of Engineering and
the School of Medicine. This committee is responsible for
reviewing applications, interviewing applicants, and admitting
students into the program. Admissions decisions are made
by June 15, so that grades from the spring semester are
available for consideration in the decision making process.
ENGMEDIC
Program and Promotions Committee
The ENGMEDIC Program
and Promotions Committee is composed of faculty from both
the School of Medicine and the College of Engineering, who
serve at the pleasure of their respective Deans. This committee
is charged with two tasks: 1) to review the academic component
of the ENGMEDIC program periodically for the purposes of
improving program quality, and 2) to review the records
of ENGMEDIC students to monitor each students program and
academic progress.
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Admission
Requirements
The ENGMEDIC program
accepts a small number of highly qualified students who
have completed two years of the pre-medical option of the
undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum. Students
apply to the program in the spring semester of the sophomore
year. Applications are available here.
To be considered
for admission, students must have completed, or be taking,
the following courses:
CAS MA 225 Multivariate
Calculus
CAS MA 226 Differential
Equations
CAS PY 212
Physics II
ENG BE 209
Principles of Molecular/Cellular Biology and Biotechnology
CAS CH 203 Organic
Chemistry I
CAS CH 204 Organic
Chemistry II
ENG EK 301
Engineering Mechanics
ENG EK 307
Electric Circuit Theory
ENG BE 200
Introduction to Probabilistic Systems
ENG EK 102
Introduction to Linear Algebra
or CAS MA 142 Introduction
to Linear Algebra
Applications
are evaluated by the ENGMEDIC Joint Admissions Committee
composed of representatives from the Department of Biomedical
Engineering and the School of Medicine. After an initial
review, the most competitive applicants will be contacted
for personal interviews with two members of the Admissions
Committee. Interviews will take place during April and early
May. Admission decisions will be made by June 15th.
Admission
to the program is based on the student's academic record,
interviews, letters of recommendations (one of which must
be from a College of Engineering faculty member), and a
statement of interest in pursuing the dual professions of
engineering and medicine. Involvement in college and community
activities, as well as less tangible qualities of personality,
character, and maturity, are also considered in the assessment
process.
At the end of each curricular year, the ENGMEDIC Program and Promotions Committee will request a report from the Office of Judicial Affairs and Student Safety Programs to determine if ENGMEDIC students have violated University policies, as well as from the Dean’s Office of the students’ college to determine whether students have engaged in academic misconduct. The content of these reports will be considered in all promotions decisions, including the decision of promotion to the School of Medicine. Any student who has violated University policies or engaged in academic misconduct will have the opportunity to submit a written explanation to the ENGMEDIC Program and Promotions Committee.
In addition, medical students may, in accordance with federal and state law, or institutional policy, be asked to consent to a criminal background check. For students in the ENGMEDIC Program, this may occur at the time of promotion to the School of Medicine and/or at other times in the course of the medical school curriculum. The results of this criminal background check will be considered in promotion decisions.
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Program
Requirements
ENGMEDIC students
must demonstrate their ability to master engineering concepts
and the modules of instruction, and must exhibit a high
degree of maturity and emotional stability to be promoted
to the medical phase of the program. The ENGMEDIC Program
and Promotions Committee periodically reviews each student's
academic progress.
Students are expected
to obtain a GPA of at least 3.20 each semester after entering
the program. They must also obtain a 3.00 cumulative average
in science/engineering courses taken after entry into the
program. In addition to maintaining a cumulative average
of 3.20 or higher, students must also earn grades of B or
better in the following courses: BE 401, BE 402, BE 420/BE
436, BE 491, BE 492, and EK 424. Students in the ENGMEDIC
program are subject to the rules and regulations of the
College of Engineering until they receive their B.S. degrees.
Students are expected to take a full-time course load each
semester.
Students must take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), usually in the spring of the third year of undergraduate study. ENGMEDIC students are expected to earn a combined score equal to or greater than 30 on the three numerically scored sub-sections of the MCAT before being promoted to the School of Medicine. The writing sample component of the MCAT must also be completed. The academic record of each student is reviewed by the ENGMEDIC Program and Promotions Committee before the student can begin the School of Medicine curriculum. Formal admission to the School of Medicine is granted upon satisfactory completion of the first two years of the ENGMEDIC program. (Please note that the School of Medicine does not accept AP credits to fulfill its admissions requirements. If you have questions regarding AP credits and medical school requirements, please consult the Pre-professional Advising Office in CAS B-2.)
A student who for any reason (academic,
motivational, or emotional) is found to be ill-suited to
continue the ENGMEDIC program will be terminated from the
program but can remain in the College of Engineering without
loss of credit. Such students may apply for entry to the
School of Medicine or any other medical school by the conventional
pre-medical route. Students may voluntarily leave the program
at any point and continue working towards a B.S. degree
in Biomedical Engineering.
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Module Requirements for ENGMEDIC Students
Four modules of instruction must be completed in order to be eligible for promotion to Medical School. Normally, students use GMS PH 730/731 and PH 750 and humanities electives to fulfill these modules. However, students who enter Boston University with AP credit or who take courses over the summer, may satisfy this requirement in other ways.
Things to bear in mind, when choosing modules:
- Students must complete GMS PH 730/731 and PH 750 with no grade below B- and at least a B average in the three course sequence to fulfill the MED Physiology requirement.
- The two semester sequence GMS BI 555 and GMS BI 556 or the one semester course GMS BI 751 can fulfill the MED Biochemistry requirement
- Newly admitted ENGMEDIC students are strongly encouraged to take a genetics or advanced biology course during the summer between the sophomore and junior years, either at Boston University or at another school. (Students who wish to take a course at another institution must complete a transfer credit approval form in the College of Engineering prior to registering for the course in order to ensure that the credits will transfer upon successful completion of the course.)
- Two of the modules must be in biochemistry, physiology, virology/ parasitology, or microscopic anatomy (histology).
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Engineering
Requirements
The Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program leads to a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). An ENGMEDIC program planning sheet is available which illustrates a course sequence incorporating the ENGMEDIC/MMEDIC modules that will assure that all Biomedical Engineering B.S. requirements are met. There are several ENGMEDIC / MMEDIC modules offered, which may be interesting to ENGMEDIC students, but that do not satisfy either engineering requirements or medical school requirements. ENGMEDIC students with AP credit or who have taken courses during the summer session will find that they have additional flexibility in their programs, and may elect to take additional ENGMEDIC / MMEDIC modules. Course descriptions for the ENGMEDIC/MMEDIC program
are also available here.
1. General
Education Requirements
See the College
of Engineering Student Handbook (www.bu.edu/eng/ugrad/handbook)
for details of the general education requirements for all
engineering students. It is recommended that ENGMEDIC students
use the Social Science and Humanities ENGMEDIC/MMEDIC courses
(Medical Ethics, Ethics of Health Care)
to satisfy these requirements. Students should note that
some of these courses are equivalent to Medical School courses
that are normally taken in the first two years of medical
school.
ENGMEDIC/MMEDIC courses CAS PH 251, Medical Ethics, and CAS PH 452, Ethics of Health Care, are humanities courses. If both are taken, they will satisfy the ENG depth requirement in the humanities. However, these courses do not meet any medical school requirements.
2. Biomedical Engineering Course Requirements:
Professional
Electives
In general the
Biomedical Engineering curriculum requires two Professional
Electives. These are satisfied by Organic Chemistry I and
II, which are required for ENGMEDIC applicants.
The following additional
courses are required during the junior and senior years
for the Biomedical Engineering degree:
ENG EC 410 Introduction
to Electronics, 4 credits
ENG BE 401 Signals
and Systems in Biomedical Engineering, 4 credits
ENG BE 491 Engineering
Physiology Laboratory I, 2 credits
GSM PH 730 Introduction
To Human Physiology, 4 credits
ENG EK 424 Energy
and Thermodynamics, 4 credits
ENG BE 402 Control
Systems in Biomedical Engineering, 4 credits
ENG BE 492 Engineering
Physiology Laboratory II, 2 credits
either ENG BE 436
Fundamental of Fluid Mechanics, 4 credits or
ENG BE 420 Introduction to Solid
Biomechanics, 4 credits
Biomedical Elective
1 (GMS PH 543), 4 credits
Biomedical Elective
2*, 4 credits
Engineering Elective*,
4 credits
ENG BE 465 Senior
Project, 2 credits
ENG BE 466 Senior
Project, 4 credits
ENG BE 467 Design,
Development, Marketing and Entrepreneurship in BME, 2 credits
*One of these must
be from the design elective list.
Biomedical and
Engineering Electives
The Biomedical
Engineering curriculum requires two Biomedical Electives
and one Engineering Elective. GMS PH731/750 satisfies one BME
elective (see above). The engineering elective or the remaining
Biomedical Elective must be chosen from the list of acceptable
design electives that appears on the back of the junior
and senior Biomedical Engineering program planning sheets.
Medical School Requirements for ENGMEDIC Students
All ENGMEDIC students must complete 2 courses in English. These are typically completed through CAS WR 100 and CAS WR 150. Additionally, ENGMEDIC students must complete 2 humanities courses. These cannot be fulfilled by AP credits; they must be posted on a college or university transcript.
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