BMED at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate BMED coursework.

• ENGR 2211Introduction to Mechanicsopens 27 courses (5.8 directly)
• BMED 2420Principles and Applications of Biomaterialsopens 15 courses (3.6 directly)
• ENGR 2212Introduction to Engineering Dynamicsopens 13 courses (2.3 directly)
• ME 2212Engineering Dynamicsopens 13 courses (1.6 directly)
• MATE 1220Principles of Materials Engineering for Non-Majorsopens 11 courses (1.7 directly)
• CHEM 2240Organic Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applicationsopens 10 courses (2.7 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate BMED work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 68 BMED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more BMED courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on BMED, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in BMED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at BMED 4433

  1. MATH 1262Calculus II
  2. ENGR 2211Introduction to Mechanics
  3. ENGR 2212Introduction to Engineering Dynamics
  4. ME 3341Fluid Mechanics
  5. BMED 3425Biomedical Engineering Transport
  6. BMED 4432Microfluidics/MEMS Design
  7. BMED 4433Microfluidics/MEMS Design and Fabrication Laboratory

• 6 courses deep, ending at BMED 4445

  1. MATH 1262Calculus II
  2. PHYS 1143General Physics II
  3. BMED 2311Introduction to Electrical Design in Biomedical Engineering Lab

• 6 courses deep, ending at BMED 4466

  1. MATH 1262Calculus II
  2. ENGR 2211Introduction to Mechanics
  3. ENGR 2212Introduction to Engineering Dynamics

• 6 courses deep, ending at BMED 5504

  1. MATH 1262Calculus II
  2. ENGR 2211Introduction to Mechanics
  3. ENGR 2212Introduction to Engineering Dynamics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for BMED yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BMED yet.

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Department events

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