Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing
Biomedical Engineering Program
Bulletin Year: 2026-2027

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Semester One (14-17 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
	ENGL 101	Critical Reading and Composition (CC-CMW)	3	C
	MATH 122 or MATH 141	Calc. for Bus. Admin. & Soc. Sci. or Calculus I3 (CC-ARP)	3-4	C		C or better in MATH 111/111I/115 (MATH 122); C or better in MATH 112/115/116 (MATH 141); or through placement exam
	BIOL 101	Biological Principles I (CC-SCI)	3	C		Coreq: BIOL 101L
	BIOL 101L	Biological Principles I Lab (CC-SCI)	1	C		Prereq or Coreq: BIOL 101
	BMEN 101 or ENCP 101	Intro. to Biomedical Engr. or Intro. to Engineering (fall only) (MR)	1-3		*
		Specialty Course4 (UNIV 101 recommended) (PR)	3			See Bulletin listing

Semester Two (15 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
	ENGL 102	Rhetoric and Composition (CC-CMW, CC-INF)	3			C or better in ENGL 101
	BIOL 102	Biological Principles II (PR)	3			Coreq: BIOL 102L
	BIOL 102L	Biological Principles II Lab (PR)	1
	CHEM 111	General Chemistry I (CC-SCI)	3	C		C or higher in MATH 111 or higher (or by placement into MATH 115 or higher); Prereq or Coreq: C or higher in CHEM 111L
	CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab (CC-SCI)	1	C		Prereq or Coreq: C or higher in CHEM 111
	PHYS 201	General Physics I (PR)	3			C or better in MATH 111/111I/112/115/116/122/141 or by placement into MATH 122, 141 or higher
	PHYS 201L	General Physics Lab I (PR)	1			Prereq or Coreq: C or better in PHYS 201

Semester Three (17 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
!	BMEN 240	Cellular & Molecular Biol. with Engr. Applications fall only (MR)	4	C	*	C or better in BIOL 101
	CSCE 106	Scientific Applications Programming (PR)	3			C or better in MATH 111 or higher (or by placement exam into MATH 115 or higher)
	CHEM 112	General Chemistry II (PR)	3			C or higher in MATH 111 or higher MATH (or by placement exam into MATH 115 or higher); Prereq or Coreq: C or higher in CHEM 112L
	CHEM 112L	General Chemistry II Lab (PR)	1			C or higher in CHEM 111L or CHEM 141L; Prereq or Coreq: C or higher in CHEM 112
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Carolina Core AIU5 (CC-AIU)	3

Semester Four (17 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
	BMEN 345	Human Anat. & Phys. for BMEN spring only (MR)	4		*	C or better in BMEN 240
	STAT 201 or STAT 205 or STAT 206	Elementary Statistics or Elem. Stat. for the Biol. & Life Sci. or Elementary Statistics for Business (CC-ARP)	3	C		C or better in MATH 111 or higher or in STAT 110 or 112; or through placement exam (STAT 201); C or better in MATH 111 or higher or through placement exam (STAT 205 & 206)
	CHEM 333	Organic Chemistry I (PR)	3			C or higher in CHEM 112 or 142
	CHEM 331L or CHEM 333L	Essentials of Org. Chem. Lab I or Comprehensive Org. Chem. Lab I (PR)	1-2			Coreq: CHEM 333; Prereq: C or better in CHEM 112L or CHEM 142L (CHEM 331L); Prereq: C or better in CHEM 112 or 142L; Pre/Coreq: C or higher in CHEM 333 (CHEM 333L)
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Carolina Core GHS5 (CC-GHS)	3

Semester Five (15 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
	BMEN 270	Materials in Medicine fall only (MR)	3		*	C or better in BIOL 101
	BMEN 360	Biomedical Analysis fall only (MR)	3		*	D or better in BMEN 345 & BMEN 240
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Carolina Core GSS5 (CC-GSS)	3

Semester Six (15 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
	BMEN 302	Prof. Dev. & Ethics in BMEN spring only (MR, CC-INT)	2		*	D or better in BMEN 101 or ENCP 101
	BMEN 340	Biochem. with Engr. Applications spring only (MR)	4		*	C or better in BMEN 240
	BMEN 363	Biomed. Instrumentation spring only (MR)	3		*	D or better in BMEN 321 or 360
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing

Semester Seven (15 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
		Biomedical Engineering Major Elective6 (MR)	3		*	See Bulletin listing.
		Biomedical Engineering Major Elective6 (MR)	3		*	See Bulletin listing.
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Carolina Core VSR5 (CC-VSR)	3
		Carolina Core GFL7 or Elective (PR)	3

Semester Eight (12-15 Credit Hours)

Critical	Course Code	Subject and Title	Credit Hours	Min. Grade1	Major GPA2	Prerequisites
		Biomedical Engineering Major Elective6 (MR)	3		*	See Bulletin listing.
		Biomedical Engineering Major Elective6 (MR)	3		*	See Bulletin listing.
		Specialty Course4 (PR)	3			See Bulletin Listing
		Carolina Core CMS or Elective (PR/CC)	3
		Carolina Core GFL7 or Elective (only if needed to meet CC or hours to graduate) (PR)	0-3

Graduation Requirements Summary

Minimum Total Hours	Minimum Major Requirements Hours	College and Program Requirements Hours	Carolina Core Hours	Minimum Institutional GPA
120	36	46-52	32-42	2.00

1. Regardless of individual course grades, students must maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA.
2. Some colleges require a minimum GPA for major courses. Courses indicated in this column are included in the BMEN program GPA of 2.00.
3. Students who place into MATH 115 will be required to successfully complete it before taking MATH 141.
4. Specialty Courses: Students must take 27 credit hours of specialty courses. Undergraduate courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement are: ACCT 222; ANTH 101 and above; BIOL 120 and above; CHEM (except CHEM 111/111L, 112/112L, 333/333L/331L); CLAS 220 and above; CRJU 101 and above; CYBR 390; CSCE higher than 106; ECHE 200 and above (except for ECHE 310); ECIV 200 and above; ECON 224; EDCE 210, 340, 350, 360; EDEX 205, 301, 523; EDFI 300, 361; EDLP 317; EDPY 401; EDTE 202, 218; ELCT 200 and above; EMCH 200 and above; ENCP 200 and above; ENGL 300 and above; ENHS 223 and above; ENTR 201, 301, 401, 501; ENVR 101 and above; EPID 349 and above; EXSC 191 and above (except EXSC 335 if used as Biomedical Elective); FINA 333; HGEN 400 and above; HPEB 300 and above; HSPM 401 and above; INDE 200 and above; ITEC 200 and above; MATH (except MATH 122); MGMT 371; MGSC 290; MKTG 350; MKTG 457; NSCI 300 and above; PEDU 302, 420, 520; PHIL 200 and above; PHYS 200 and above (except PHYS 101/101L, 102/102L, 151/151L, 155/155L, 201/201L); POLI 101 and above; PSYC 101 and above; PUBH 302 and above; SOCY 101 and above; SPCH 200 and above; STAT (except for STAT 201, 205, or 206); UNIV 101.
5. The Carolina Core provides the common core of knowledge, skill and academic experience for all Carolina undergraduate students.
6. Biomedical Engineering Major Electives (12 hours): BMEN 212, 263, 290, 342, 346, 389, 392, 499, 532, 537, 546, 547, 548, 565, 572, 575, 589; ECHE 430, ELCT 391; EMCH 580; EXSC 335.
7. Students in the Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing are required to demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to the 121 course by 1) a score of two or better on the foreign language placement test; or 2) completion of the 109 & 110 courses in FREN, GERM, LATN, or SPAN or completion of the 121 course in another foreign language. Students who do not place out of the GFL requirement may need to take additional hours to meet this requirement.

Program Notes

• Courses identified as “critical” must be completed by the semester in which they are listed in order to ensure a timely graduation due to prerequisite requirements for subsequent required courses.
• All undergraduate students must take a 3-credit course or its equivalent with a passing grade that covers the founding documents. This course may fulfill any requirement in the program of study. Courses that meet this requirement are listed in the academic bulletin.
• A student cannot repeat courses from the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing in which they earned a grade of C or better. In addition, a student cannot repeat any course from the College a second time. No more than four courses from the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing may be repeated in order to satisfy the requirements for any degree from the College, regardless of satisfactory work. For this purpose, withdrawal from a course with a grade of W is not regarded as enrollment in that course. A student that does not satisfactorily complete a degree-required College course within two attempts must change major or transfer out of the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing.
• The last 25% of a student’s degree must be completed in residence at the University, and at least half of the hours in the student’s major courses and in the student’s minor courses (if applicable) must be taken at the University.
• Disclaimer: Prerequisites on courses are subject to change. Please refer to Bulletin.

Code Definitions

University Requirements: Bachelor’s degree-seeking students must meet Carolina Core (general education) requirements.

Code	Definition
CC	Carolina Core
CC-AIU	Carolina Core – Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding
CC-ARP	Carolina Core – Analytical Reasoning and Problem-Solving
CC-CMS	Carolina Core – Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Spoken Component
CC-CMW	Carolina Core – Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Written Component
CC-GFL	Carolina Core – Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language
CC-GHS	Carolina Core – Historical Thinking
CC-GSS	Carolina Core – Social Sciences
CC-INF	Carolina Core – Information Literacy
CC-INT	Carolina Core – Integrative Course
CC-SCI	Carolina Core – Scientific Literacy
CC-VSR	Carolina Core – Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
CR	College Requirement
MR	Major Requirement
PR	Program Requirement