<p>I want to major in biomedical engineering but I am having some scheduling problems for the fall semester. I don't believe they are offering this course during the spring semester. I don't want to wait till sophomore year. Is it possible to take this course in the summer either at Wash U or another college? Has any one done or heard about doing this before?</p>
<p>Is it even offered? You should check with your advisor to see if this is a possibiity.</p>
<p>No. It’s a course exclusive to Wash U, it’s required for your major, and it’s only offered in the fall.</p>
<p>What “scheduling problems” are you having? BME 140 should be a top priority.</p>
<p>What scheduling difficulties are you having? BME 140 is a lot of people’s first introduction to what BME really entails, so I would encourage taking it freshman year. Plenty of people drop the major because of this class, and you want to know that early on. </p>
<p>I doubt it would be offered over the summer, because while it’s required for the major, there isn’t a demand for it beyond a couple people trying to fit more classes in their first semester. Not many people want to take it as an elective unless they have to. Its also somewhat specific to Wash U, since you have a bunch of the BME department come in to guest lecture. [Transfer</a> Courses](<a href=“Undergraduate Transfer Course Equivalency Database | McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis”>Undergraduate Transfer Course Equivalency Database | McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis) has the accepted courses from various universities, and the ones you’d expect for BME (JHU, Duke) don’t have an equivalent.</p>
<p>Basically, my advice is to arrange take BME 140 your first semester, so that you’ll know sooner rather than later if you’re gonna stick with it.</p>
<p>Exactly. You pretty much have to take it your first semester.</p>
<p>Even if you were to take it sophomore year, you’d be in bad shape. The course is so difficult that it is almost a necessity to work with others on the assignments. Freshmen taking BME 140 can flock to their common rooms to collaborate, but as a sophomore you’d have to put forth much more effort to be able to work with the other freshmen taking the course.</p>
<p>The Biomedical Engineering department doesn’t offer any summer engineering courses. Most engineering departments offer two or fewer classes per summer.</p>
<p>I’m also curious as to what scheduling problems the OP has. Don’t most BME’s take pretty much the same schedule?</p>
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um what?</p>
<p>I have no idea how you could possibly have a scheduling conflict. If you want to be bme, then bme 140 is your first priority.</p>