So I’ll most likely be entering case this fall as a BME major. However, lately I’ve been having some doubt’s about my major. I enjoy BME, but I’ve read some threads on how BME isn’t too great of an undergraduate major. But I’ve also heard great things about Case’s BME programs. Currently I’m panning on going on to grad school. Would it be wiser to perhaps major in a more traditional engineering program such as chemical or mechanical engineering, despite Case’s during BME undergraduate program?
Traditionally, many BME professors and professionals, had Electrical Engineering backgrounds. Today, there has been a proliferation of different undergraduate degrees. We have BME professors who have undergraduate degrees in Chemistry or Materials, which bring a fresh perspective to the problems. Within the Electrical Engineering Department, there is a biomedical concentration. https://engineering.case.edu/eecs/node/210
To answer you question, having a broad undergraduate degree in a traditional discipline can be invaluable.It will broaden your opportunities if you change your mind, and it will give you a different perspective when analyzing BME problems.
Alright so now I guess my question would be whether it’s better to do BME with a specialization in ee or me (as bopper said) or to do ee with a BME concentration (as cle4life said), if my intention is to attend grad school. Also, would it be possible to make in both, or is that way to much work?
If you study BME and get a job in that field after you graduate.
If you study BME and go to grad school.
The awesome thing is that the beginning freshman classes for BME/EE/ME are all the same and you can talk to a professor or ten when you are there and see what they think. I think you should study what you are interested in and it will work out.