This list contains previously approved coursework to meet requirements of the BME programs of work. This list is not exhaustive. If you are interested in courses not on this list, send a request to the Graduate Advisor (adunn@utexas.edu) and include the course number, name, and the requirement for which you want to use the course. Students must gain prior approval before enrolling in courses not on this list.
Biological and Clinical Sciences
These courses will satisfy the biological and clinical sciences requirement and technical elective requirements.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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BCH | 369 | Fundamentals of Biochemistry |
BCH | 387D | Physical Methods in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
BCH | 394 | Structure and Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids |
BCH | 395G | Structure and Function of Proteins and Membranes |
BIO | 383 | Current Topics in Cell Biology |
BIO | 383 | Topics in Membrane Biology |
BIO | 381K | Cellular and Molecular Basis of Neuro Development |
BIO | 382K | Biology for Big Data Scientists |
BIO | 382K | Cell Membrane Trafficking |
BIO | 383K | Membrane Trafficking in Eukaryotic Cells |
BIO | 383K | Topics in Membrane Biology |
BIO | 384K | Phylogenetic Perspectives |
BIO | 394M | Tumor Biology |
BIO | 391P | Advanced Virology |
BIO | 394M | Advanced Immunology |
BIO | 394M | Immunology |
BIO | 395G | Biochemistry |
BIO | 395H | Cell Biology |
BIO | 395J | Molecular Biology |
BIO | 395J | Genes/Genome/Gene Expression |
BME | 385J | Clinical Cardiology |
CH | 391 | Macromolecular Chemistry |
CHE | 384 | Quantitative Analysis of Cell and Molecular Biology |
CHM | 394 | Structure and Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids |
CH | 395 | Cell Biology |
CH | 395G | Biochemistry |
CSE | 392 | Geometric Modeling and Visualization |
CSE | 397 | Pathology and Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease |
GS07 | 1113 | Microbial Physiology |
KIN | 395 | Advanced Exercise Physiology |
KIN | 395 | Cardiovascular Responses and Adaptations to Exercise |
ME | 391 | Cardiovascular Pathology |
ME | 397 | Clinical Cardiology |
ME | 397 | Pathology and Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease |
NEU | 380G | Visual Neuroscience |
NEU | 381N | Basic Processes of Nerve Cells |
NEU | 382 | Cellular Neuroscience |
NEU | 383C | Functional Neuroanatomy |
NEU | 383D | Neuropharmacology |
NEU | 385L | Addiction Neuroscience |
NEU | 385L | Ion Channels |
NEU | 385L | Neurobiology of Disease |
NEU | 382T | Principles of Neuroscience |
NEU | 386D | Multivariate Pattern Analysis |
NEU | 394P | Introduction to Sensory-Motor Systems |
NEU | 394P | Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |
NEU | 394P | Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience |
NTR | 390 | Molecular Nutritional Sciences |
PGS | 380F | Biomedical Pharmacology |
PGS | 384L | Biochemistry and Molecular Toxicology |
PGS | 388C | Enzyme Catalysts, Mechanisms and Applications |
PGS | 388K | Molecular Mechanisms and Methods in Nutrition and Cancer |
PHR | 391 | Advanced Pharmaceutics |
PHY | 382P | Biophysics & Biological Physics |
PSY | 387S | Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience |
PSY | 380E | Vision Systems |
PSY | 394U | Introduction to Sensory Motor Systems |
Math and Statistics
These courses will satisfy the math and statistics requirement and technical elective requirements. Any graduate level Math (M) or Statistics (SDS) course will fulfill this requirement.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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ASE | 380P | Analytical Methods |
BME | 383 | Mathematical Modeling |
BME | 380J | 5-Biostatistics, Study Design, and Research Methods |
BME | 383J | Introduction to Mathematical and Physical Biology |
CH | 382L | Advanced Physical Chemistry: Statistical Mechanics |
CS | 384R | Geometric Bio-Modeling and Visualization |
CS | 395T | Computational Statistics with Application to Bioinformatics |
CSE | 383K | Numerical Analysis: Linear Algebra |
CSE | 384K | Theory of Probability |
CSE | 386L | Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering |
CSE | 389C | Introduction to Math Modeling in Science and Engineering |
CSE | 389D | Mathematical Modeling in Science and Engineering II |
CSE | 393F | Finite Element Methods |
CSE | 393H | Advanced Finite Element Theory |
CSE | 397 | Introduction to Mathematical and Physical Biology |
CSE | 397 | Validation and UQ in Computational Modeling |
EDP | 380E | Fundamentals of Statistics |
EDP | 482K | Experimental Design and Statistical Inference |
EE | 380L | Data Mining |
EE | 381J | Probability and Stochastic Process |
EM | 388 | Solid Mechanics I |
EM | 384K | Continuum Mechanics |
GEO | 384M | Inverse Theory |
M | 384C | Mathematical Statistics I |
M | 392C | Lie Groups |
M | 392C | Dynamical Systems |
PHR | 394M | Statistics |
SDS | 380C | Statistical Methods I |
SDS | 380D | Statistical Methods II |
SDS | 383C | Statistical Modeling I |
SDS | 384 | Mathematical Statistics |
SDS | 384 | Bayesian Statistics |
SDS | 384 | 4-Regression Analysis |
SDS | 384 | 6-Design and Analysis of Experiments |
SDS | 385 | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics |
SDS | 385 | Applied Regression |
SDS | 385 | Statistical Models for Big Data |
SDS | 386D | Monte Carlo Methods |
SDS | 392 | Introduction to Scientific Programming |
STA | 380 | 10-Mathematical Statistics for Applications |
Track 1: Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
These courses will satisfy the Track 1 technical requirement and technical elective requirements.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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BME | 381J | 3-Biomedical Imaging: Signals and Systems |
BME | 381J | 8-Functional Imaging Laboratory |
BME | 381J | Electrophysiology Frontiers |
BME | 381J | 9-Fundamental Biomedical Optical Imaging |
BME | 381J | 11-Medical Imaging |
BME | 381J | 12-Optical Imaging |
BME | 381J | Rehabilitation Engineering |
BME | 384J | 1-Biomedical Instrumentation |
BME | 384J | 5-Projects in Biomedical Engineering |
BME | 385J | Biomedical Micro and Nanotechnology |
BME | 381J | 10-Optics and Lasers |
BME | 381J | 13-Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy |
BME | 381J | Introduction to Neural Engineering |
EE | 381K | Digital Video |
EE | 371R/Q | Digital Image Processing |
EE | 381K | Digital Signal Processing |
EE | 381V | Genomic Signal Processing |
PSY | 394U | Methods for fMRI |
Track 2: Cell and Biomolecular Engineering
These courses will satisfy the Track 2 technical requirement and technical elective requirements.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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BME | 380J | 4-Fields, Forces and Flows |
BME | 382J | 1-Cell and Tissue Engineering |
BME | 382J | 3-Molecular Sensors and Nanodevices for BME Applications |
BME | 382J | 4-Advanced Engineering Biomaterials |
BME | 382J | 5-Structured Surfaces, Fabrication, Characterization and Application |
BME | 382J | 6-Biopolymers and Drug/Gene Delivery |
BME | 382J | 7-Cell and Molecular Biomechanics |
BME | 382J | 8-Molecular Biophysics: Measurements and Methods |
BME | 382J | 9-Biomimetic Design and Engineering |
BME | 382J | 10-Immune Engineering |
BME | 382J | Polymer and Bioconjugate Chemistry |
BME | 383J | Modeling Biological Signal and Regulatory Systems |
BME | 385J | 7-Tissue/Cells with Biomechanical Applications |
BME | 385J | Tissue/Scaffold Biomechanics |
BME | 385J | Cancer Bioengineering |
BME | 385J | Tissue Microenvironments |
BME | 385J | Growth and Remodeling of Tissue Systems |
BME | 385J | Systems Immunology: Health and Disease |
CHE | 384T | Nanomaterials Chemistry and Engineering |
Track 3: Computational Biomedical Engineering
These courses will satisfy the Track 3 technical requirement and technical elective requirements.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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BCH | 394P | Bioinformatics |
BME | 383J | 5-Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems |
BME | 383J | 9-Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineers I |
BME | 383J | 10-Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineers II |
BME | 383J | Analysis of Biological Systems |
BME | 383J | Computational Biomolecular Engineering |
BME | 383J | Data Mining |
BME | 383J | Introduction to Computational Oncology |
BME | 385J | Computational Modeling in Bioengineering and Medicine |
BME | 385J | Medical Decision Making |
CS | 388 | Natural Language Processing |
CS | 391L | Machine Learning |
CS | 395T | Foundations of Predictive Machine Learning |
SDS | 385 | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics |
Track 4: Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics
These courses will satisfy the Track 4 technical requirement and technical elective requirements.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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BME | 381J | Rehabilitation Engineering |
BME | 383J | 2-Musculoskeletal Biomechanics |
BME | 383J | 4-Biomechanics of Human Movement |
BME | 384J | 4-Bioelectric Phenomena |
BME | 385J | Modeling/Simulating Cardiac Function |
BME | 382J | Cell and Molecular Biomechanics |
BME | 382J | 8-Molecular Biophysics: Measurements and Methods |
BME | 385J | 7-Tissue/Cell Biomechanical Applications |
BME | 385J | Thin Film Mechanics |
BME | 385J | Tissue/Scaffold Biomechanics |
BME | 385J | Tissue Biomechanics |
BME | 385J | Clinical Cardiology |
BME | 385J | Growth and Remodeling of Tissue Systems |
EM | 384K | Continuum Mechanics |
Technical Electives
These courses will satisfy satisfy the technical elective requirements only. They will not count toward any of the Track 1-4 technical requirements.
Students are allowed to substitute one professional development (PD) elective for one technical elective.
Dept. | Num. | Course Name |
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ASE | 382Q | Fundamentals of Incompressible Flow |
BGS | 380 | Health Law: A New Approach (PD) |
BIO | 382K | Informatics/Data Analysis for Life Sciences |
BIO | 384K | Python Programming for Biology |
BME | 385J | Medical Device Design and Manufacturing |
BME | 385J | Inquiry-Based Instruction Design |
CE | 397 | Environmental Implications of Nanomaterials |
CHE | 392 | Polymer Science |
CHE | 392P | Introduction to Polymer Materials Science |
CHE | 384P | Entrepreneurship (PD) |
CHE | 386K | X-Ray Diff Theory |
CS | 386L | Programming Languages |
CS | 395T | Scalable Machine Learning |
CS | 395T | Physical Simulation |
CS | 395T | Introduction to Cognitive Science |
CSE | 380 | Tools and Techniques for Computational Science |
EE | 382N | Computer Architecture |
KIN | 386 | Qualitative Research Methods |
ME | 387R | Practical Electron Microscopy |
ME | 390N | Health Physical Laboratory |
ME | 395 | The Enterprise of Technology (PD) |
MIS | 381N | User Generated Content Analytics |
PGS | 381G | Advanced Manufacturing Pharmacology |
PGS | 380M | Advanced Pharmaceutics Experimental Design |
PGS | 382V | Pharmaceutical Biotechnology |
PSY | 381D | Brain Connectivity |
TXA | 395 | Body Scanning and Virtual Clothing |