Program Requirements
To meet all requirements for graduation, you must complete the following (in addition to courses):
Qualifying Exams
Exams will be over 5 topics:
- BME 753 Cell and Tissue Biology
- BME 824 Foundations of Biomedical Physiology
- BME 758 Medical Devices
- BME 770 Biomedical Signal Processing
- Your choice of elective
Candidacy Exam
- Forming a Committee
- Evaluation Form (for committee use)
The candidacy exam report should be written as a research proposal. It should include the following:
- One page project summary
- ~25 pages of project description including:
- Overall goal
- 2-3 specific aims/objectives
- Hypotheses and significance
- Background (< 5 pages)
- Preliminary data
- Research plan including experimental details, expected outcomes and alternative approaches
- Brief conclusion
Dissertation
- Evaluation Form (for committee use)
- Dissertation Signature Form