Program Requirements

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

At least 2 First Author Peer-Reviewed Publications

More detailed information can be found here.