Help advance the technology needed to enhance today's healthcare technology by earning a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET) from DeVry University. Combining traditional engineering expertise with an understanding of biological processes, Biomedical Engineering Technology degree holders work with physicians, therapists, and other technicians in the design, construction, implementation, and maintenance of sophisticated healthcare equipment and lifesaving devices. BMET graduates can play essential roles on the biomedical team, typically designing and implementing hardware and software solutions to complex biological or medical problems.
With a Biomedical Engineering Technology degree from DeVry University, you'll be equipped to use cutting-edge engineering principles to analyze and facilitate the biological and medical technology innovations needed to solve these problems, and ultimately, improve the healthcare technology system.
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Technology
Graduation Requirements: 9 full-time semesters, 139 credit hours
Locations: Find out which DeVry University locations offer the Biomedical Engineering Technology degree program. Please note that program and course availability varies by location.
Related Programs: Interested in an online option in engineering technology? Consider a bachelor's degree program in Engineering Technology-Computers or Engineering Technology-Electronics
Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering TechnologyBiomedical Engineering Technology CoursesFocusing on applying concepts and skills to real-world situations, DeVry's BMET curriculum may include these career-enhancing courses:
- Introduction to Bioengineering – Students in this biomedical engineering course analyze biological and biomedical problems using fundamental concepts and tools, including electrodes, biopotential measurements, electrocardiogram equipment, pacemakers, defibrillators, and ultrasonics. Applications of engineering in medicine and healthcare are introduced and focus on acquiring, monitoring, and analyzing biological signals.
- Biomedical Instrumentation Systems – This course covers principles of medical instrumentation, and includes study of medical diagnostic instruments as well as techniques for measuring physiological variables in living systems. Product liability and safety issues are also discussed.
- Computer Techniques in Medical Imaging – In this biomedical engineering course, students use computer tools to design and implement data and image acquisition, as well as analysis systems in biomedical environments. The physics of producing images in applications such as X-ray, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonic imaging are covered.
- Signal Processing – After exploring analog signal processing (ASP) and digital signal processing (DSP), students in this lab course will program ASP and DSP chips for applications in communications, control systems, digital audio processing, and digital image processing.
- Microprocessor Interfacing – Introducing microprocessor interfacing to peripheral devices, this course covers basic input/output operations and specific peripheral devices, including A/Ds, D/As, keyboards, displays, and serial and parallel communication channels. Software (high-level and assembly) and hardware aspects of these devices are developed.
To learn more about required and elective Biomedical Engineering Technology courses for this bachelor's degree program, request information or see the undergraduate academic catalog.