<p>The college that I will be attending next year is GMU. I am interested in BME but this school does not have a BME major. I signed up for EE as my major. I plan on pursuing BME in grad school or later so would I be ok with an EE major and some bio courses?</p>
<p>yes of course. ppl with undergrad in EE or ME can easily go to BME for grad school, since BME itself covers so many fields.</p>
<p>thanks alot !!</p>
<p>yes, that should be better than majoring in BME since most programs are too generalized at the undergraduate level and put you at a disadvantage should you decide to work right after graduating.</p>
<p>I disagree. Some BME programs are little more than EE or ME with some bio courses dropped in for seasoning. Other BME programs are more comprehensive, requiring the student to take classes designed to teach engineering analysis of biological systems and then to take a concentration in one or more areas of engineering, like EE, ME, or ChemE. Obviously, the latter types of programs will be more marketable than the former.</p>
<p>Many medical device manufacturing firms look specifically for BME graduates because there is much less in-house training to get the new hire up to speed on the biological side of the equation.</p>
<p>Finding the right school and BME program has as much to do with getting that important first job as your GPA. If you get an ME or EE degree and expect to work in the medical device field, you're going to need a high GPA because the company will expect you to go through a crash course in anatomy/physiology to be able to do more than design a circuit or a casing.</p>