Biomedical Engineering
For students attending: Triton 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:ENG 101, 02, 103, 105, 113, 114, 121, 122, 123, 231, 285, 288; HIS 121, 122, 141, 142, 151, 152; HUM 151, 152; or PHL 101, 103, 104, 105, 106.
- Social Sciences - Choose one course from the following: ANT 101, 102, 103, 105, 150, 201, 275; ECO 102, 103, 150; GEO 104, 105, 106; PSC 150, 151, 184; PSY 100, 105, 201, 210, 216, 222, 228, 238, 245; SSC 190; or SOC 100, 120, 131, 175, 180, 201, 210, 225, 231.
- Choose one course from section B or section C or from the following: ARC 210; ART 110, 111, 112, 114, 210; ENG 170; HIS 155, 156, 191, 192; HUM 101, 102, 104, 105, 131, 165; IDS 101, 102; or MUS 110, 215, 216.
II. EQUIVALENCIES - Following is a list of courses that will transfer into the Biomedical Engineering program at IIT and their direct equivalents at Triton College:
| TRITON COURSE | TITLE | IIT EQUIVALENT |
| MAT 131 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry I | MATH 151 |
| MAT 133 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry II | MATH 152 |
| MAT 135 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry III | MATH 251 |
| MAT 341 | Differential Equations | MATH 252 |
| PHY 106 | General Physics I | PHYS 123 |
| PHY 107 and 108 | General Physics II and III | PHYS 221 and 224 |
| BIS 110 | Principles of Biology | BIOL 107 and 109 |
| BIS 103 or | Introduction to Human Physiology | BIOL 115 and 117 |
| BIS 136 | Functional Human Anatomy I | BIOL 115 and 117 |
| CHM 140 | General Chemistry | CHEM 124 |
| CHM 141 | General Chemistry II | CHEM 125 |
| CHM 234 | Organic Chemistry I | CHEM 237 (see note 1) |
| CHM 235 | Organic Chemistry II | CHEM 239 (see note1) |
| EGR 154 | Engineering Statics & Dynamics | MMAE 200 (see note 1) |
| EGR 260 | Elementary Circuits | ECE 215 |
| CIS 121 or | Introduction to Programming | CS 105 or 115 |
| CIS 195 or | Programming for Engineers | CS 105 or 115 |
| CIS 255 | Programming in C ++ | CS 105 or 115 |
| CIS 295 | Data Structures with C++ | CS 116 (see note 2) |
Note 1. Required only for the Cell and Tissue Engineering track.
Note 2. Required only for the Neural Engineering and Medical Imaging track. IIT CS 115 and 116 is equivalent to IIT CS 201.