Question Regarding BME Program

Colleges & Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>As a future ED applicant to JHU and the BME Program, if I were to be accepted into BME at JHU, would it still be possible to do a Double-Major? or would I have to stick with BME only?</p>

<p>I really wanted to do something like BME+philosophy, or BME+Neuroscience, but my thinking is that BME is so restricted program that it will be impossible to do a double-major, while in that program.</p>

<p>Also, is it possible to do a minor, while in the BME program?</p>

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<p>What do you plan on doing with your BME degree?</p>

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<p>Well, I am really interested in seeing where stem cell/tissue engineering is going towards. But my main goal with BME is to use what I have learned in the undergraduate program, and carry it onto a carrier in pediatric-cardiovascular surgery, which will be studied at JHU-medicine.</p>

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<p>and with that states, I would love to do a M.D/Ph.d program, which i think they offer.</p>

<p>I really wanna do a B.Eng/M.Eng in BME to, because I am highly interested in it, and would pursue a career in that, just incase I don’t want to start off with being a surgeon.</p>

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<p>You seem like me. The reason I ask is because JHU offers a BS degree and a BA degree in BME. </p>

<p>From the website:</p>

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<p>The three main ways the BA offers more flexibility are:

  1. 24 credits in humanities and social sciences instead of 18, including one 300-level course.
  2. 4 (W) courses instead of 2.
  3. At least two semesters of a foreign language.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I think I’ll probably be doing the B.A. in BME once I enroll in the fall since I’m planning on going into more of a med-related field over pure research/engineering.</p>

<p>Can anyone who’s currently pursuing the B.A. in BME give us any more info about it?</p>

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<p>From what I understand, very very few people do the BA in BME - other than the website, its not publicized at all, and everyone is assumed to be doing the BS when we go for advising etc. I’ve been told (don’t know if this is true) that the only people who have done the BA (1 or 2 in the past couple years) have done so because they couldn’t fulfill their concentration requirements. I would strongly recommend the BS. If you want to talk to someone about the BA, email Elizabeth Brotman, the Assistant Program Coordinator, at <a href=“mailto:ebrotman@jhu.edu”>ebrotman@jhu.edu</a>.</p>

<p>As far as the original questions, yes its definitely possible to a minor and quite possible to double major in BME and something else. I’m personally a BME/Econ double major (planning to apply to MD/PhD programs). I know of double majors in BME/Spanish, BME/Material Sciences, BME/ChemE, BME/Philisophy. I’d say its easier to double major if your second major is either humanities or an engineering major (humanities, because it fills your H/S distribution requirements and engineering, because you can double count your upperlevel electives that overlap since many of your upper level electives will be in other departments anyway). BME/Neuroscience would be intense, but if you came in with a decent amount of AP credits and planned your schedule well, it should be possible. It would basically be an additional 24 credits of courses, 2 more writing classes and 6 credits of research.. which would come out to, on average, 2 or 3 more classes per semester.</p>

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<p>Great response tanman … thanks … i couldn’t have written a better answer. Actually, I really couldn’t have written a better response since I didn’t even know there was a BA option for BME. </p>

<p>As always tanman stands as the true expert of BME info !!!</p>

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<p>I have also heard from my sister, an JHU engineer alumni (not BME though) that usually the classes that a required by a BA are the harder ones and the only classes it lets you opt out of are the easier/more interesting courses.</p>

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<p>the b.a. in BME is not ABET certified apparently</p>

<p>has there seriously been only 1 or 2 B.A. in BME grads the last few years???</p>

<p>also, I couldnt find a plan of study for the B.A on JHU’s website, so which courses are omitted & replaced?</p>

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<p>It’s in the course catalog, page 366.</p>

<p>[JHU</a> Catalog 2005-2007](<a href=“http://catalog.jhu.edu/]JHU”>http://catalog.jhu.edu/)</p>

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<p>yeah, its there, thanks runforfun</p>

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<p>thanks for the great info tanman.. BME/Philosophy is probably what i wanna do… but neuroscience looks SOOO COOOL!!!.. i dont know… i usually dont back down from a challenge… intense is my middle name(lol i wish..) figuratively speaking.</p>

<p>Thanks for a small insight into the field of BME and answering me question to :D</p>

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<p>And most likely ill be doing B.Sc. no decision in that… B.A. was no option for me lol… B.Sc or B.Engineering (im pretty sure theres a degree like that, because my friend has one at Carleton University in Ottawa,ontario)</p>

<p>cool thanks again for the info and response to my questions.</p>

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<p>Neuroscience is really cool and the BME core curriculum includes at least one class (Systems Bioengineering II) that’s entirely about Neuro. Beyond that, you can take neuro classes even if you’re not a major (I took Functional Human Neuroanatomy my sophomore year) and you can get involved in neuroengineering research in BME (check out Dr. Thakor’s lab, for example: <a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/nthakor/)%5B/url%5D”>http://www.jhu.edu/nthakor/)</a>. Hope that helps!</p>