Biomedical Engineering

For students attending: Elgin Community College
Who plan to major in: Biomedical Engineering

Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs with any questions regarding the course equivalencies below.

I. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - Please consult the General Education section of the current IIT Bulletin for complete requirements.

Basic Writing Proficiency - Students must show basic writing proficiency by receiving a satisfactory score on the Writing Proficiency Examination or by passing an English Composition course.
Humanities - Choose one course from the following: HIS 101, 102, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 151, 152, 160, 201; HUM 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 110, 112, 113, 117, 118, 124, 170, 202, 203, 204, 205, 216, 217, 231; INS 107, 204; or LIT 201, 202, 203, 205, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 223, 230, 231, 235, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245.
Social Sciences - Choose one course from the following: ATR 110, 120, 170, 210, 220; BEC 101, 102, 103; ECN 111; GEO 116; INS 131, 133, 135, 138, 224; POS 150, 151, 152, 250, 251, 253; PSY 100, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 225; or SOC 100, 201, 209, 210, 211, 215, 220, 225, 230.
Choose one course from section B or section C or from the following: ART 115, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155; HIS 130, 131, 140, 141; HUM 208, 224; INS 159, 208; LIT 222, 225, 229; MUS 104, 105, 106, 107; or THE 100, 122, 124.

II. EQUIVALENCIES - Following is a list of courses that will transfer into the Biomedical Engineering program at IIT and their direct equivalents at Elgin Community College:

ELGIN COURSE	TITLE	IIT EQUIVALENT
MTH 133	Calculus with Analytic Geometry I	MATH 151
MTH 134	Calculus with Analytic Geometry II	MATH 152
MTH 201	Calculus with Analytic Geometry III	MATH 251
MTH 202	Introduction to Differential Equations	MATH 252
CIS 207 or	JAVA Programming	CS 115 and 116
CIS 121 and 223 or	Computer Science I and II	CS 115 and 116 or CS 201
CIS 224	C++ Object Oriented Programming	CS 115 and 116 or CS 201
PHY 111	Engineering Physics I	PHYS 123
PHY 112	Engineering Physics II	PHYS 221
CHM 142	General Chemistry I	CHEM 124
CHM 143	General Chemistry II	CHEM 125
CHM 234	Organic Chemistry I	CHEM 237 (see note 1)
CHM 235	Organic Chemistry II	CHEM 239 (see note 1)
BIO 130 or	Human Anatomy & Physiology	BIOL 115 and 117
BIO 135	Human Anatomy & Physiology	BIOL 115 and 117
EGR 152 and 252	Statics and Dynamics	MMAE 200 (see note 1)

Note 1. Required only for the Cell and Tissue Engineering Track.

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