Second year The coursework in the second year normally emphasizes engineering and mathematics, and most courses are taken on the Homewood campus. A normal schedule includes four graduate courses each semester. It is vital that students consider the prerequisite structure for advanced courses in their program planning. A list of courses taken by our students in recent years may be obtained in the program directors office. In addition, a list of current students who have taken each course is being prepared.
Many students also begin to take specialty seminar courses in their second year.
These courses, often given by the faculty in Biomedical Engineering, examine current research problems at an advanced level. Extensive reading of the primary literature is usually required. Students are often assigned homework problems. Many courses require that students organize class sessions. Necessarily, there is a certain amount of strategic planning in choosing courses that will lead to a coherent body of knowledge, testable in a Graduate Board Oral Examination.