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Xavier University Catalog 2020-2021 
    
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Engineering Physics, B.S. with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering


Requirements for the Engineering Physics Major - Biomedical Engineering Concentration


Core Curriculum Requirement


See Undergraduate Core Curriculum  

36 credit hours outside of major courses, assuming 103 language placement and that ER/S and DCR flags are satisfied in other core courses

Mathematical Perspectives, Humanities Elective, Scientific Perspectives, Natural Science Elective, Quantitative Reasoning and Oral Communication:


Included within the major.

Major Requirements:


86 credit hours in physics, as follows:

Additional Major Requirements:


Notes


  • Specific requirements are modifiable for the needs and interests of each individual student.
  • A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained within the major, as listed in Degree Works.

TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 122 Semester Hours


  • This number assumes that at the ER/S and DCR flags are fulfilled with other core courses.

B.S. Engineering Physics


This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree.  See your academic advisor.

Freshman Year


First Semester


  • PHYS 170 - University Physics I
  • PHYS 171 - Explorations in Physics I
  • MATH 170 - Calculus I
  • BIOL 160 - General Biology I
  • BIOL 161 - General Biology I lab
  • CORE 100 - First Year Seminar
  • CORE 101, GOA

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • PHYS 172 - University Physics II
  • ENGR 173 - Explorations in Engineering
  • MATH 171 - Calculus II
  • THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
  • CORE 102, GOA
  • ENGL 101 - English Composition or ENGL 115 - Rhetoric. 
  • PHIL 100 - Ethics as Intro to Philosophy

Total (17).

Sophomore Year


First Semester


  • PHYS 242 - Circuit Analysis
  • PHYS 243 - Design Experience: Circuit Analysis
  • MATH 220 - Calculus III    
  • Second Language 103 level
  • PHYS 330 - Modern Physics I
  • PHYS 331 - Modern Physics I Lab

Total (16)

Second Semester


  • ENGR 180, Intro to MATLAB
  • PHYS 340 - Modern Physics II
  • PHYS 341 - Modern Physics II Lab
  • ENGR 244, Electronics
  • ENGR 245, Design Experience: Electronics
  • MATH 230 - Intro to Ordinary Diff Equat
  • Second Language 201 level

Total (15)

Junior Year


First Semester


  • CHEM 160 - General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 161 - General Chemistry I lab
  • ENGR 350, Digital Logic & Circuit Design
  • ENGR 370, Fluid Mechanics
  • PHIL 329 - Bioethics
  • Theological Perspectives elective

Total (16)

Second Semester


  • ENGR 354, Microprocessors
  • ENGR 396, Colloquium
  • ENGR 420 - Biomedical Sensors and Instrumentation
  • ENGR 421 - Design Experience: Biomedical Sensors
  • PHYS 387 - Biophysics
  • Lit. & Moral Imagination 205
  • ER/S Flag (if needed)

Total (14 - 17)

Senior Year


First Semester


  • ENGR 346, Signals, Systems & Measurements
  • ENGR 347, Design Experience: Signals & Systems
  • ENGR 395, Senior Project I
  • MATH 256 - Intro to Probability and Statistics
  • Creative Perspectives elective
  • Social Science Elective
  • DCR Flag course (If Needed)

Total (15-18)

Second Semester


  • ENGR 380, Control Systems
  • ENGR 398, Senior Project II
  • ENGR 410, Biomaterials
  • Philosophical Perspectives 
  • Historical Perspectives elective

Total (14)

Scheduling Notes:


  • Consult the Core Curriculum requirements of the Catalog.
  • The E/RS Focus Elective and Diversity Curriculum Elective may be used to satisfy another element of the core or the major.