<p>Is a minor in Biomedical Engineering worth it? Would I be able to graduate in 4 years?
Sorry for being so vague; thanks in advance for answering my questions.</p>
<p>What classes would a minor in BME entail? Regardless, I can’t imagine it being very useful.</p>
<p>It depends on you really. Where you place into and the like. It also depends on requirements of the school. Some schools have less requirements than other for the same major which obviously changes the graduation time. Although in general, its not uncommon for engineering students to graduate between 5 and 7 years. There are a lot of requirements, you may not place in calculus and almost every class is a prereq for another class. And with schools continuing reducing the number of classes, its becomes more difficult every year to get your lower divisional work. That said, you may not get your ME degree in 4 years. Adding a minor would increase that probability.</p>
<p>They would probably just make you take Cell & Molecular Bio, Anatomy and Physiology, Organic Chemistry, and things like that.</p>
<p>I’m a Bioengineering major, and these are really the things that separate us from ME’s. I’ve taken, dynamics, Biomechanics, Thermo, Statics, Probability & Stats, Programming, Biomedical Device design, etc… </p>
<p>I just got an internship doing ME work. They both overlap. Don’t worry about the minor. You can still apply and get accepted into many biotech companies.</p>
<p>Just concentrate on graduating as soon as you can and then get a Masters in whatever you want to specialize in. You’ll be golden.</p>
<p>@HANDxOFxGOD Thanks for the response and for the others before you as well; it has been very helpful. I have endeavors to work with medical devices/ prosthetics.</p>
<p>Does minor even matter career-wise?</p>