Curriculum

Biomedical specific courses focus on areas such as orthopaedic biomechanics, injury mechanics, biofluids, anatomy, biomedical equipment and industrial and clinical medical engineering. Many of these courses contain a project or research component that boost the students’ biomedical knowledge and help build the teamwork skills necessary to thrive in such a cross-disciplinary, robust and dynamic field. Students are also given the opportunity to experience the medical field first hand through visits to various research facilities and hospitals, and they often have a wide range of medical professionals invited into the classrooms to share their knowledge, experience and expertise. With small class sizes and accessible, supportive professors, students in the biomedical option get to know each other really well and build a strong relationship with each other and their professors.

The table below presents a list of the courses that are different between the biomedical option and the general option. The courses highlighted are courses that are unique to the biomedical option.

Note: Due to limited course availability, students in any option are required to follow the regular Co-op schedule, regardless of their Co-op status. It will thus take students a minimum of three years (after completing Mech 2) to complete their degree. For a comprehensive list of courses and schedules, see the UBC Calendar program listing.