{"id":1148,"date":"2026-02-12T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/bme\/?page_id=1148"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:24:02","slug":"minor-electives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/bme\/degree-programs\/undergraduate-minor\/minor-electives\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor Electives (2026 Catalog)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--button-set\">\n\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"#introduction\">Engineering Introduction Electives\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"#advanced\">Advanced Engineering Electives\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"#professional\">Professional Electives\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\" id=\"introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>Engineering Introduction Electives<\/h2>\n<p><em>Last Revised: 2\/12\/2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/abe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABE 3780<\/a>: Mechanics of Fluids<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/c_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CE 2710 &amp; CE 2720 OR CE 2740<\/a>: Engineering Statics<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/ch_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHE 2100<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Material and Energy Balances <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/cpr_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPRE 2810<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Digital Logic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/e_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 2010<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Electric Circuits<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/e_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 3140<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Electromagnetics for Non-Electrical Engineers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/e_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 4420<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Introduction to Circuits and Instruments &amp; <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/e_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 4480<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Introduction to AC Circuits and Motors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/e_m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EM 3240<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Mechanics of Materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/i_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IE 2710<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Applied Ergonomics and Work Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/mat_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MATE 2730<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Principles of Materials Engineering <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/m_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ME 2310<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Engineering Thermodynamics I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\" id=\"advanced\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>Advanced Engineering Electives<\/h2>\n<p><em>Last Revised: 2\/12\/2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BME 4900<\/a>: Independent Study \u2013 Credits will vary. <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">No more than 3 cr. of 4900 credit may be applied to this minor.<\/span><br \/>\nStudents are asked to prepare this plan <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">in consultation with their project supervisor<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, whose approval verifies that the planned effort justifies the number of proposed credits. Click here for the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/bme\/student-opportunities\/#reu\"><strong>BME 4900 Study Proposal Form<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">. <\/span>Note: this is a fillable form. It may be necessary to open it in a different program for full functionality<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">. After the form is completed, it should be submitted to Dr. Ian Schneider at <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"mailto:ians@iastate.edu\"><strong>ians@iastate.edu<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> or at 2031 Sweeney Hall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BME 4470 \/ IE 4470<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Biomedical Materials Manufacturing and Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHE 4400 \/ BME 4400<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Biomedical Applications of Chemical Engineering <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 3410 \/ BME 3410<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: BioMEMs and Nanotechnology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 4500 \/ BME 4500<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Biosensors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/e_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EE 5410<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Biomedical Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/i_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IE 5710<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Occupational Biomechanics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MATE 4560 \/ BME 4560<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Biomaterials<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/m_e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ME 5500<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Advanced Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\" id=\"professional\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>Professional Electives<\/h2>\n<p><em>Last Revised: 2\/12\/2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3>Labs and Methods<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 2120L<\/a>: Principles of Biology Laboratory II<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 2560L<\/a>: Fundamentals of Human Physiology Laboratory<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 3350L<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Principles of Human and Other Animal Physiology Laboratory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/b_m_s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMS 5020<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Methods in Biomedical Sciences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Homeostasis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/fs_hn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FSHN 3650<\/a>: Obesity and Health<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/fs_hn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FSHN 5890<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Systems Neuroscience: Brain, Behavior, and Nutrition-Related Integrative Physiology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/kin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIN 3550<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Biomechanics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/kin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIN 3580<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Exercise Physiology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/kin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIN 3630<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Basic Electrocardiography <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/kin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIN 4800<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Functional Anatomy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Disease Bases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 3280<\/a>: Molecular and Cellular Biology of Human Diseases<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/tox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TOX 4010<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Principles of Toxicology <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/v_pth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPTH 3530 \/ BIOL 3530 \/ MICRO 3530<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: <\/span>Introductory Parasitology<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/v_pth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPTH 4020 \/ BIOL 4020<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Introduction to Pathology <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/v_mpm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMPM 5010<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Basic Principles of Microbiology<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Therapeutic Action<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/b_m_s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMS 4390<\/a>: Principles of Pharmacology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Enabling Biology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/bbmb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBMB 4050<\/a>: Biochemistry II<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 3130 \/ GEN 3130<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Principles of Genetics <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 3140<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Principles of Molecular Cell Biology <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 3500<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Comprehensive Human Anatomy <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/biol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOL 4360<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Neurobiology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iastate.edu\/azcourses\/b_m_s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMS 4470<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">: Introduction to Human Gross Anatomy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget 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