BME at Cornell University

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 BME 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 84 BME and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 63 more BME courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 7 courses deep, ending at BME 4090

  1. BIOMG 1350Introductory Biology: Cell and Developmental Biology
  2. BME 2010Physiology of Human Health and Disease
  3. BME 3020Cellular Principles of Biomedical Engineering
  4. BME 3110Cellular Systems Biology
  5. BME 4190Laboratory Techniques for Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Engineering
  6. BME 4080Biomedical Engineering Design I
  7. BME 4090Biomedical Engineering Design II

• 4 courses deep, ending at BME 4490

  1. BIOMG 1350Introductory Biology: Cell and Developmental Biology
  2. BME 2210Biomaterials: Foundations and Application in Medicine
  3. BME 3210Biomaterial Foundations

• 4 courses deep, ending at BME 4640

  1. ENGRD 2020Statics and Mechanics of Solids
  2. MAE 2120Mechanical Properties and Selection of Engineering Materials
  3. MAE 3250Analysis of Mechanical and Aerospace Structures

• 4 courses deep, ending at BME 5030

  1. CS 1110Introduction to Computing Using Python
  2. ECE 2200Signals and Information
  3. ECE 4250Digital Signal and Image Processing

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on BME sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Ben Cosgrove
• Brittany Schutrum
• Christiane Linster
• David Putnam
• Esak Lee
• Ilana Brito
• Iwijn De Vlaminck
• James Antaki
• Jan Lammerding
• John Zimmerman
• Karl Lewis
• Kayla Wolf
• Lara Estroff
• Lawrence Bonassar
• Marjolein van der Meulen
• Michael Drues
• Mridusmita Saikia
• Nate Cira
• Newton de Faria
• Nozomi Nishimura
• Peter Doerschuk
• Shaoyi Jiang
• Shivaun Archer
• Steven Adie
• Suelia Fleury Rosa
• Warren Zipfel
• Yadong Wang

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under BME yet.

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Department events

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