/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2022-2023/Undergraduate-Catalog-local.json
/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2022-2023/Undergraduate-Catalog.json
Biomedical Engineering (B.S.B.M.E.)
Discipline-specific degrees such as the BSBME cannot be reviewed for accreditation until a student graduates with each degree. Program leadership has designed new degrees with accreditation expectations in mind. We anticipate an accreditation review for each discipline-specific degree (BSBME, BSCE, BSEE, BSME) during the 2022-23 academic year.
Program Learning Outcomes
Program Educational Objectives
- Graduates will be technically competent in their Engineering specialty area and able to perform essential engineering functions in their career of choice.
- Furthermore, graduates will continue to learn and hone competencies necessary to their career through graduate education, participation in professional activities/societies, or other means relevant to their work.
- Graduates will be broadly educated, prepared to
- work effectively in an interdisciplinary, diverse, and team-based environment
- generate creative solutions
- lead others in bringing ideas to reality
- communicate clearly in both technical and lay settings
- Graduates will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Christian faith, pursuing their work with a servant’s heart and a keen awareness of social responsibility.
Student Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s Engineering program demonstrate:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
Six credits distributed over multiple semesters from:
The sequence of the required six credits of
ENGR 415 is typically 1-1-2-2 over the last four semesters in the program of study. Alternative sequencing must be approved by the Engineering Department chair.
Biomedical Engineering requirements:
At least seven credits from the following science electives, one of which must include a lab:
QuEST Requirements
Experiential Learning requirement (ENGR 302) |
met/major |
QuEST requirements |
Credits |
First Year Seminar |
3 |
Oral Communication |
3 |
Created and Called for Community (W) |
3 |
Mathematical Sciences (MATH 111) |
met/major |
Laboratory Science (CHEM 105, GEOL 210, PHYS 211) |
met/major |
Science, Technology & the World |
waived |
Two of the following (6 credits total):
Social Science
European History
United States History |
6 |
Literature |
3 |
Philosophy and Religion |
3 |
Arts |
waived |
First Semester of Language |
3 |
Second Semester of Language |
3 |
One of the following*:
Third Semester of Language
Cross Cultural
Non-Western Studies |
2 or 3 |
Bible |
3 |
Christian Beliefs |
3 |
Wellness course |
1 |
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism |
3 |
QuEST requirements |
39-40 |
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration) |
92-93 |
Total credits |
131-133 |