<p>I want to major in BME. What can you guys tell me in terms of:</p>
<p>Availability to Undergrads/or only for grad students</p>
<p>Workload</p>
<p>Difficulty</p>
<p>Prestige/Recognition</p>
<p>Breadth of Research opportunities</p>
<p>Overall perception of the entirety of the programs</p>
<p>Thanks everyone in advance</p>
<p>Uh, the JOINT program with State is only like two years old, so how could anybody possibly have all this info? Besides, I'm pretty sure only State offers the actual undergrad BME degree, with UNC having something different</p>
<p>oh I see
Okay, I'll acknowledge that some of the stuff I asked for may not be answerable.</p>
<p>However, there must be at least some people on CC currently in UNC's BME programming who can share their experience.</p>
<p>If you're looking for BME State is where you need to go.</p>
<p>But, UNC has a hospital and they are virtually linked. So, there is no real difference that I can readily see.</p>
<p>Yes, it is a joint program with NCSU. UNC does not have a school of engineering. lol.</p>
<p>Actually, the two schools are NOT linked undergraduate yet, though they are planning on it. I, too, am considering going to UNC for BME; this decision is not based on prestige or recognition, only becuase I feel that I will love going to college there. I plan on double majoring to back up my BME degree, but we will see what happens.
NCSU's BME program is ABET accredited, but when they are linked they both will be. This may happen next year, at the earliest, but BME majors at UNC don't take core classes until junior year, so any later would be okay, too.
The thing that I feel will make UNC a better program is the presence of the UNC hospital. For BME majors, this could open up a lot of research oppurtunites.
I do not, however, know the specifics of the program; but, I have spent a lot of time looking it up on the internet. Their graduate program is established, although, and has been around since the 60's. UNC offers a 5 year BS/MS that I believe is a good option later in a student's undergraduate career.</p>
<p>Hope this helped. I am interested if any one that actually GOES to UNC has an opinion, though.</p>
<p>I have a friend at UNC who's in the Applied Science program (planning to go into nanoscience). She always has a <em>big</em> workload, but she has time to participate in activities on campus too. She managed to get a job as a lab assistant in the Cystic Fibrosis Center as a freshman, so research positions are definitely available. </p>
<p>One thing to keep in mind for UNC is that Duke and its BME program are only a 30 min busride away (1 course per semester). :)</p>
<p>Would it be possible to concurrently take classes at Duke, becuase UNC starts their BME cores junior year. I wonder how this would work.</p>
<p>I know that if you are a Robertson Scholar, you have access to the Duke and UNC campuses concurrently. However, I am very much interested in how to get to both campuses and pursue BME as a freshman. How easy is it to do this. Is there any admission officer or student from Duke or UNC actively participating in such a program that might have any insight. Thanks everyone else for your input--its been pretty helpful.</p>
<p>I registered for a class at UNC this semester, but I had to drop it because I was taking way too many classes. :o </p>
<p>It's actually really easy to do. If your university doesn't offer the course that semester, you fill out a form, get the head of the department and your premajor advisor to sign it, they fax it to the other university, and you're done. You're allowed to take one inter-instititional course per semester. The Robertson bus runs every 30 minutes between UNC and Duke, so transportation is easy. The only thing you have to be careful about is how many II courses will count for your major; some departments put a cap at 2-3.</p>
<p>There's an engineering prof on the Duke board (DukeEgr93), so you might want to PM him for specific info.</p>
<p>All-hail the inter-institutional agreement. Actually, some of us have been trying to figure out, for the Robertson Scholars, what it would mean to have someone with a home-base at UNC who wanted to be an engineer (and not just BME, but any of the four departments). Heck - a triangle scholars program for BME might just be the thing to get that started...</p>
<p>In any event, if there's interest, I can dig around for info on the UNC program, how it relates to NCSU, and how it might relate to Duke. The Undergraduate Coordinator for the program, Dr. Cartee, previously taught the same class I am teaching at Duke. I am really excited that UNC is jumping back into engineering, especially BME with their great medical programs.</p>
<p>Just PM or AIM and I'll see what I can do.</p>