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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
2003–2004 General Catalog
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Programs in Engineering Special Studies
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Ronald J. Roedel, Director
The major of Engineering Special Studies accommodates students whose educational objectives require more intensity of concentration on a particular subject or more curricular flexibility within an engineering discipline than the traditional departmental majors generally permit. The major is a School of Engineering program. Unlike the departmental major areas, however, there is not a separate faculty. The faculty teaching and advising in these programs are from the various departments within the School of Engineering.
For many students, engineering studies form the basis of preparation for professional engineering work where proficiency in the application of science and the physical and social technologies is brought to bear on problems of a large scope. The necessary breadth that these students seek often is not obtainable in traditional engineering fields. Rather, specially designed programs of course work that merge the required principles and approaches drawn from all fields of engineering and other pertinent disciplines are desired.
The B.S.E. degree in Engineering Special Studies is designed primarily for students intending to pursue engineering careers at a professional level in industry or graduate studies.
ENGINEERING SPECIAL STUDIES—B.S.E. - Back to Top
Premedical Engineering. In recent decades, the interrelation between engineering and medicine has become vigorous and exciting. Rapidly expanding technology dictates that engineering will continue to become increasingly involved in all branches of medicine. As this develops, so will the need for physicians trained in the engineering sciences—medical men and women with a knowledge of computer technology, transport phenomena, biomechanics, bioelectric phenomena, operations research, and cybernetics. This concentration is of special interest to students who desire entry into a medical college and who have medical interests in research, aerospace and undersea medicine, artificial organs, prostheses, biomedical engineering, or biophysics. Since both engineering and medicine have as their goal the well-being of humans, this program is compatible with any field of medical endeavor. This program is administered with the Harrington Department of Bioengineering.
A minimum of 128 semester hours is necessary for the B.S.E. degree in Engineering Special Studies with a concentration in Premedical Engineering. A minimum of 50 upper-division hours is required. Students must attain a GPA of at least 2.00 for the courses in the major field.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS - Back to Top
In addition to fulfilling school and major requirements, majors must satisfy all university graduation requirements. See “University Graduation Requirements.”
Note: To fulfill medical school admission requirements, BIO 187 General Biology is required in addition to the degree requirements and is best taken in summer session before the Medical College Admission Test.
The course work for the undergraduate degree can be classified into the following categories (in semester hours):
| First-Year Composition |
| Choose among the course combinations below (6) |
| ENG 101 First-Year Composition (3) |
| ENG 102 First-Year Composition (3) |
| ——— or ——— |
| ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition (3) |
| Elective chosen with an advisor (3) |
| ——— or ——— |
| ENG 107 English for Foreign Students (3) |
| ENG 108 English for Foreign Students (3) |
| Total: 6 |
| General Studies/School Requirements |
| Humanities and Fine Arts/Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| ECN 111 | Macroeconomic Principles SB1 (3)
or ECN 112 Microeconomic Principles SB1 (3) |
| HU/SB and awareness area courses2 (12) |
| Total: 15 |
| Literacy and Critical Inquiry |
| BME 413 | Biomedical Instrumentation L3 (3) |
| BME 423 | Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory L3 (1) |
| ECE 300 | Intermediate Engineering Design L (3) |
| Total: 7 |
| Natural Sciences |
| PHY 121 | University Physics I: Mechanics SQ4 (3) |
| PHY 122 | University Physics Laboratory I SQ4 (1) |
| PHY 131 | University Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism SQ5 (3) |
| PHY 132 | University Physics Laboratory II SQ5 (1) |
| Total: 8 |
| Mathematical Studies |
| ECE 100 | Introduction to Engineering Design CS (3) |
| ECE 384 | Numerical Methods for Engineers (4) |
| MAT 270 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I MA (4) |
| MAT 271 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II MA (4) |
| MAT 272 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry III MA (4) |
| MAT 274 | Elementary Differential Equations MA (3) |
| Total: 22 |
| General Studies/school requirements total: 52 |
| Engineering Core |
| ECE 201 | Electrical Networks I (4) |
| ECE 210 | Engineering Mechanics I: Statics (3) |
| ECE 334 | Electronic Circuits (4) |
| ECE 340 | Thermodynamics (3) |
| ECE 350 | Structure and Properties of Materials (3) |
| Total: 17 |
| Engineering Special Studies Program Major—Premedical Engineering Concentration |
| BIO 188 | General Biology II SQ (4) |
| BME 201 | Introduction to Bioengineering L (3) |
| BME 318 | Biomaterials (3) |
| BME 331 | Biomedical Engineering Transport: Fluids (3) |
| BME 334 | Bioengineering Heat and Mass Transfer (3) |
| BME 416 | Biomechanics (3) |
| BME 417 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I (3) |
| BME 435 | Physiology for Engineers (4) |
| BME 470 | Microcomputer Applications in Bioengineering (4) |
| BME 490 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II (3) |
| CHM 113 | General Chemistry SQ (4) |
| CHM 116 | General Chemistry SQ (4) |
| CHM 331 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 332 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 335 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| CHM 336 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| ECE 380 | Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving CS (3) |
| Technical elective (1) |
| Total: 53 |
| 1 | ECN 111 or 112 must be included to fulfill the HU and SB requirements. |
| 2 | Engineering students may not use aerospace studies (AES) or military science (MIS) courses to fulfill HU and SB requirements. |
| 3 | Both BME 413 and 423 must be taken to secure L credit. |
| 4 | Both PHY 121 and 122 must be taken to secure SQ credit. |
| 5 | Both PHY 131 and 132 must be taken to secure SQ credit. |
Premedical Engineering
Program of Study
Typical Four-Year Sequence
First Year
| First Semester |
| CHM 113 | General Chemistry SQ (4) |
| ECE 100 | Introduction to Engineering Design CS (3) |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition (3) |
| MAT 270 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I MA (4) |
| Total: 14 |
| Second Semester |
| CHM 116 | General Chemistry SQ (4) |
| ENG 102 | First-Year Composition (3) |
| MAT 271 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II MA (4) |
| PHY 121 | University Physics I: Mechanics SQ1 (3) |
| PHY 122 | University Physics Laboratory I SQ1 (1) |
| Total: 15 |
Second Year
| First Semester |
| BIO 188 | General Biology II SQ (4) |
| BME 201 | Introduction to Bioengineering L (3) |
| ECE 210 | Engineering Mechanics I: Statics (3) |
| MAT 272 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry III MA (4) |
| PHY 131 | University Physics II: Electricity and
Magnetism SQ2 (3) |
| PHY 132 | University Physics Laboratory II SQ2 (1) |
| Total: 18 |
| Second Semester |
| CHM 331 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 335 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| ECE 201 | Electrical Networks I (4) |
| ECE 350 | Structure and Properties of Materials (3) |
| ECN 111 | Macroeconomic Principles SB (3)
or ECN 112 Microeconomic Principles SB (3) |
| MAT 274 | Elementary Differential Equations MA (3) |
| Total: 17 |
Third Year
| First Semester |
| BME 331 | Biomedical Engineering Transport: Fluids (3) |
| BME 435 | Physiology for Engineers (4) |
| ECE 300 | Intermediate Engineering Design L (3) |
| ECE 340 | Thermodynamics (3) |
| ECE 384 | Numerical Methods for Engineers (4) |
| Total: 17 |
| Second Semester |
| BME 318 | Biomaterials (3) |
| BME 334 | Bioengineering Heat and Mass Transfer (3) |
| CHM 332 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 336 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| ECE 334 | Electronic Circuits (4) |
| HU/SB and awareness area course3 (3) |
| Total: 17 |
Fourth Year
| First Semester |
| BME 413 | Biomedical Instrumentation L4 (3) |
| BME 416 | Biomechanics (3) |
| BME 417 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I (3) |
| BME 423 | Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory L4 (1) |
| HU/SB and awareness area courses3 (6) |
| Total: 16 |
| Second Semester |
| BME 470 | Microcomputer Applications in Bioengineering (4) |
| BME 490 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II (3) |
| ECE 380 | Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving CS (3) |
| HU/SB and awareness area course3 (3) |
| Technical elective (1) |
| Total: 14 |
| Total degree requirements: 128 |
| 1 | Both PHY 121 and 122 must be taken to secure SQ credit. |
| 2 | Both PHY 131 and 132 must be taken to secure SQ credit. |
| 3 | Engineering students may not use aerospace studies (AES) or military science (MIS) courses to satisfy HU or SB requirements. |
| 4 | Both BME 413 and 423 must be taken to secure L credit. |