BME Graduate Program Curriculum
Total minimum number of required hours: 34
NOTE: All courses (except JPE 610) should be completed prior to your thesis proposal.
- BMED 7001
- Time taken: Fall and Spring semesters of both Year 1 and Year 2
- Hours: 1 hour each (four hours total)
- Form needed: A Seminar Participation Form documenting seminars attended MUST be completed and signed by each student, and uploaded to the semester-specific BMED 7001 T-Square site by 5 pm on the last day of the semester.
- Purpose: To provide students with exposure to a variety of research and professional development subjects and a diverse pool of speakers from academia, industry, and government. Attendance is also a great opportunity for students to interact with other faculty and students within BME and from other programs.
- This course requires the attendance of five research seminars and two professional/career development seminars each semester that meet the guidelines below.
- Must be hosted by Georgia Tech, Emory University, or Georgia State University.
- Three of the five research seminars must be sponsored by BME or IBB/BIOE.
- These requirements of five research seminars and two professional/career development seminars apply for all students enrolling in BMED 7001 starting Fall 2016.
- Failure to attend seven seminars and/or failure to submit the form on time will result in an Unsatisfactory (U) for the course.
- Time taken: while PKU Beijing students are in Atlanta.
- PKU Beijing students may elect to take one Global Perspective course while in Atlanta. Courses that fill this requirement include:
- MGT 4030: International Accounting
- MGT 4055: International IT Issues
- MGT 4070: International Finance
- MGT 4117: Global Workforce Management
- MGT 4335: International Marketing
- MGT 4360: Global Operations
- MOT 6126: International Issues in MOT
- MOT 6129: International Business & Finance
- BMED 9XXX (course is Advisor-specific)
- Time taken: throughout time as a graduate student
- Purpose: each student takes the 9000 course specifically assigned to his/her advisor. These hours should reflect time spent doing research and will makeup the remainder of your hours after coursework each semester to reach your total required (21 hours in Fall and Spring, and 16 hours in Summer)