Biomedical Engineering Minor (B.Eng.)

21 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Complementary Courses (21-25 credits)

Introductory Life Sciences

Minimum of 3 credits from the courses below:

  • ANAT 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 219 Introduction to Physical Molecular and Cell Biology (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 219 Introduction to Physical Molecular and Cell Biology (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Specialization Courses

Minimum of 12 credits from courses below: Students must select 6 credits from courses outside their department and at least one BMDE course. BMDE courses are best taken near the end of the program, when prerequisites are satisfied.

Physiological Systems, Artificial Cells and Organs

  • BIEN 340 Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 360 Physical Chemistry in Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 462 Engineering Principles in Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 540 Biocomputation and Biosimulation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BMDE 505 Cell and Tissue Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 312 Respiratory, Renal, and Cardiovascular Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 313 Blood, Gastrointestinal, and Immune Systems Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 518 Artificial Cells (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics

  • ANAT 365 Cellular Trafficking (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANAT 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 310 Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 410 Computational Methods in Biomolecular Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 420 Biodevices Design for Diagnostics and Screening (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 540 Biocomputation and Biosimulation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 590 Cell Culture Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • BIOC 311 Metabolic Biochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 312 Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 508 Introduction to Micro and Nano-Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 424 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 462 Computational Biology Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Biomaterials, Biosensors and Nanotec hnology

  • BIEN 330 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 510 Engineered Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 550 Biomolecular Devices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIEN 560 Design of Biosensors (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 504 Biomaterials and Bioperformance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 505 Cell and Tissue Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BMDE 508 Introduction to Micro and Nano-Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 380 Materials Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 424 Human-Computer Interaction (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 553 Design and Manufacture of Microdevices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 360 Phase Transformations: Solids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 362 Mechanical Properties (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 470 Engineering Biomaterials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Biomechanics and Prosthetics

  • BIEN 320 Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 570 Active Mechanics in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 512 Finite-Element Modelling in Biomedical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 563 Biofluids and Cardiovascular Mechanics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MECH 315 Intermediate Dynamics (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MECH 321 Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 530 Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 561 Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 563 Biofluids and Cardiovascular Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 360 Phase Transformations: Solids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 362 Mechanical Properties (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Medical Physics and Imaging

  • BIEN 350 Biosignals, Systems and Control (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 530 Imaging and Bioanalytical Instrumentation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 512 Finite-Element Modelling in Biomedical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 519 Biomedical Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 424 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 558 Fundamentals of Computer Vision (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 206 Introduction to Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 412 Discrete Time Signal Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 557 Nuclear Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Neural Systems and Biosig nal Processing

  • BIEN 350 Biosignals, Systems and Control (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIEN 462 Engineering Principles in Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 501 Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 502 BME Modelling and Identification (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 503 Biomedical Instrumentation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 519 Biomedical Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 206 Introduction to Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 517 Neural Prosthetic Systems (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 526 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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