B.S. Biochemistry to M.S. Biomedical Engineering

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<p>I was wondering what people think of this? My university offers this. I am a biochem major right now and the school offers fast track BS Biochem to MS biomedical engineering. </p>

<p>How my question is, how can this be done really, I look at the difference in curriculum and there is a huge difference. Obviously biochem has a vast amount of math and chemistry involved but the fast track option also includes classes such as fluid mechanics. Here is the link to the class layout. What do you think, would it be worth it? </p>

<p>I considered doing engineering from the get go however I want to do chemical engineering and my school does not offer it and I do not want to do mech E or EE. </p>

<p>Any thoughts on this degree plan?</p>

<p><a href="http://www.uta.edu/chemistry/undergraduate/undergraduate-programs/fast-track-program-in-biochemistry-biomedical-engineering-road-map.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uta.edu/chemistry/undergraduate/undergraduate-programs/fast-track-program-in-biochemistry-biomedical-engineering-road-map.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I also notice that many jobs in the area are hiring people with biomedical engineering degrees but I am not sure if they would care what my undergrad is in as long as I had an engineering degree. Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Come on people. Some of you must have some sort of feedback that you can provide me.</p>

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<p>I personally saw quite a few doing this route. However, if you are in Canada, the masters of BME would not give you EIT or P.Eng status, but this does not apply in the states.</p>

<p>Depending on which branch of BME you are going to, there might be a huge learning curve (ie. you may want to avoid bioimagery or bioelectricity as they are heavy engineering base).</p>