Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology PhD Program

UMass Dartmouth offers PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology as part of the intercampus, interdisciplinary program on BMEBT.

Requirements

To receive the PhD every student must earn 63 credits. Thirty of these credits are research credits. Two of the credits are earned by participating in the doctoral seminar series (BMB 710). That means 31 credits are earned by taking classes. Of these classes, 12 credits are specialization credits, which means you can take any graduate level class that your advisor approves from any department. You have four classes that are completely up to you and your advisor. The remaining 19 credits are required courses for the program. For your first two years in this program you should concentrate on taking those 19 required credits.

CORE COURSES for BMEBT

The candidate should first concentrate on taking following six classes:

• BMB 510: Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
• BMB 520: Quantitative Physiology
• BMB 530: Instrumentation and Laboratory Experience
• BMB 540: Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology
• BMB 571: Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research
• Required Math that is appropriate for you.

Specialization Course Requirements

Specialization courses will help the student attain depth in focused areas. Each specialization option represents an area in biotechnology or biomedical engineering, within which are found a selection of appropriate graduate courses.

Faculty involved in each specialization will see to an appropriate combination of depth and breadth in the student�s selection of specialization courses. They may announce some structure to the course selections allowed within the area. With the approval of their advisor, students will select 12 credits of course work (minimum) from within one of the specializations. Any graduate course approved by the advisor may be used to satisfy this requirement. Many specialization options will require more than 12 credits of additional course work.

• BMB 620: Capstone Project

MASTER OF SCIENCE AWARDED

Following successful presentation of the capstone project and with a minimum of 31 credits completed or transferred in required and approved courses, the student will be awarded the Master of Science degree as a credential along the way toward the doctorate. Students must have at least a cumulative B average to receive the MS degree and advance to the Qualifying Examination.

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