What type of classes to biomechanical engineering students take?
Biomechanical engineering undergraduates at Stanford take classes from a variety of disciplines. Like all engineers, they must fulfill math requirements and science requirements. This means that they must obtain a set number of units in math and must also take either a year of chemistry and a quarter of physics or vice versa. Students in BME need to have a good background in biology and therefore must complete two quarters of the Biology or Human Biology core and a biology lab class. They also have a solid background in mechanical engineering by completing many core ME classes. Finally, BME students can choose between several ME and BME depth classes to focus in on areas that they are especially interested in. Please refer to the BME Program Sheet in the Stanford Engineering Handbook to see a comprehensive list of classes required for BME students.
