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Minor Elective Courses

Engineering Introduction Electives

Last Revised: 2/12/2026

A second (introductory) engineering course from a department other than that of your major. The topic of the course should have ready application to later BME-related electives in that discipline. Students need to pick from this list or use other courses, if approved by the Biomedical Engineering curriculum committee, to satisfy this requirement.

Advanced Engineering Electives

Last Revised: 2/12/2026

3000-5000 level engineering course with clear biomedical engineering application. Students need to pick from this list or use other courses, if approved by the Biomedical Engineering curriculum committee, to satisfy this requirement.

  • BME 4900: Independent Study – Credits will vary. No more than 3 cr. of 4900 credit may be applied to this minor.
    Students are asked to prepare this plan in consultation with their project supervisor, whose approval verifies that the planned effort justifies the number of proposed credits. Click here for the BME 4900 Study Proposal Form. Note: this is a fillable form. It may be necessary to open it in a different program for full functionality. After the form is completed, it should be submitted to Dr. Ian Schneider at ians@iastate.edu or at 2031 Sweeney Hall. 
  • BME 4470 / IE 4470: Biomedical Materials Manufacturing and Design
  • CHE 4400 / BME 4400: Biomedical Applications of Chemical Engineering
  • EE 3410 / BME 3410: BioMEMs and Nanotechnology
  • EE 4500 / BME 4500: Biosensors
  • EE 5410: Biomedical Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy
  • IE 5710: Occupational Biomechanics
  • MATE 4560 / BME 4560: Biomaterials
  • ME 5500: Advanced Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications

Professional Electives

Last Revised: 2/12/2026

3000-5000 level engineering or life sciences course with clear biomedical engineering application OR BME 4900 OR departmental 4900 with biomedical engineering topic OR 2000+-level life sciences laboratory course (If a 2000-level course is chosen here, the student will need to meet the required 6 cr. of 3000+ courses by substitution of a higher-level course for the other requirements or by taking an additional course.), OR 3000-5000 level BME courses. Students need to pick from this list or use other courses, if approved by the Biomedical Engineering curriculum committee, to satisfy this requirement.

Labs and Methods

  • BIOL 2120L: Principles of Biology Laboratory II
  • BIOL 2560L: Fundamentals of Human Physiology Laboratory
  • BIOL 3350L: Principles of Human and Other Animal Physiology Laboratory
  • BMS 5020: Methods in Biomedical Sciences

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