BIOMS Sample Course Plans
Student 1: PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Biomechanics
Year 1 Coursework
HESC 803 |
Introduction to Lab Instrumentation |
3 credits* |
MEEG 683 |
Orthopaedic Biomechanics |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (EMG: Theory & Techniques) |
3 |
HESC 690 |
Biomechanics Methods |
3 |
PHYT 667 |
Seminar in Locomotion Studies |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
Year 2 Coursework
BISC 667 |
Biological Statistics |
3 ** |
BMSC 667 |
Mathematics for Biomechanics |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
PHYT 667 |
Professional Issues in Academic Seminar |
1 |
PHYT 630 |
Human Motor Control |
3
√ |
PHYT 626 |
Advanced Regional Anatomy |
3
√ |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
Year 3 Coursework
BMSC 964 |
Pre-Doctoral Candidacy Study |
6 |
PHYT 867 |
Research Ethics |
2 |
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BMSC 969 |
Doctoral Dissertation |
9 |
33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar
No more than 6 credits of Research and 12 credits Special Problems and/or Research
 |
Student 2: PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Anatomy & Biomechanics
Year 1 Coursework
HESC 651 |
Neurophys Basis of Human MR |
3 credits √ |
HESC 803 |
Laboratory Instrumentation |
3 * |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
HESC 602 |
Elementary Computer Statistics |
3 ** |
HESC 690 |
Biomechanical Methods |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
Year 2 Coursework
BMSC 667 |
Math & Signal Processing |
3 |
HESC 657 |
Seminar in Motor Behavior |
3 √ |
HESC 687 |
Seminar in Biomechanics |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
MEEG 612 |
Biomechanics of Human Movement |
3 |
MEEG 682 |
Clinical Biomechanics |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
Year 3 Coursework
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Math Analysis of Knee Axis) |
3 |
MEEG 683 |
Orthopedic Biomechanics |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
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BMSC 969 |
Doctoral Dissertation |
9 |
33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar
Student 3: PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Physiology
Year 1 Coursework
| BISC 605 |
Applied Mammalian Physiology |
3 credits |
| BISC 667 |
Biological Statistics |
3 ** |
| BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
| PHYT 666 |
Advanced Regional Anatomy |
3 √ |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (MRI Analysis of Skeletal Muscle) |
3 |
PHYT 630 |
Human Movement Control |
3 √ |
PHYT 667 |
Professional Issues in Academia |
1 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Electromyography) |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
Year 2 Coursework
BISC 618 |
Computer Imaging in Biology |
3 * |
HESC 804 |
Clinical Measures in Exercise Physiology |
3 |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Research Ethics) |
2 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
Year 3 Coursework
BMSC 964 |
Pre-doctoral Candidacy Study |
6 |
| |
|
|
BMSC 969 |
Doctoral Dissertation |
9 |
33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar
No more than 6 credits of Research and 12 credits Special Problems and/or Research
 |
Student 4: PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Motor Control & Development
Year 1 Coursework
| HESC 803 |
Introduction to Lab Instrumentation |
3 credits * |
| MEEG 683 |
Orthopaedic Biomechanics |
3 √ |
| BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
| HESC 690 |
Biomechanics Methods |
3 |
PSYC 809 |
Research Design |
3 ** |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
Year 2 Coursework
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Action & Perception) |
3 |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Dev. of Action & Perception) |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Research Design & Methods in Movement Science) |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
6 |
Year 3 Coursework
BMSC 667 |
Mathematics for Biomechanics |
3 √ |
| PSYC 667 |
Developmental Psychobiology |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
BMSC 964 |
Pre-Candidacy Study |
9 |
PHYT 630 |
Human Movement Control |
3 |
| |
|
|
BMSC 969 |
Doctoral Dissertation |
9 |
33 credits of coursework with 9 credits of Dissertation
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Three semesters of BIOMS Seminar
 |
Student 5: MS in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Physiology
Year 1 Coursework
HESC 602 |
Elementary Computer Statistics |
3 credits ** |
PHYT 667 |
Human Movement Control |
3 √ |
CHEM 527 |
Introductory Biochemistry |
3 |
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 |
HESC 651 |
Neurophysiology of Human Movement |
3 |
HESC 601 |
Research Methods |
3 |
BMSC 866 |
Special Problem (Recruitment in Electrical Stim.) |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
Year 2 Coursework
MEEG 612 |
Biomechanics of Human Movement |
3 √ |
HESC 803 |
Intro to Lab Instruments |
3 * |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
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BMSC 869 |
Masters Thesis |
6 |
24 credits of coursework with 6 credits of Thesis
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Two semesters of BIOMS Seminar
Student 6: MS in Biomechanics and Movement Science. Primary focus on Applied Anatomy& Biomechanics
Year 1 Coursework
BMSC 868 |
Research |
3 credits |
HESC 687 |
Seminal in Biomechanics |
3 |
HESC 803 |
Laboratory Instrumentation |
3 * |
BMSC 667 |
Math for Biomechanics |
3 |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
PHYT 855 |
Advanced Regional Anatomy |
3 √ |
HESC 690 |
Biomechanical Methods |
3 |
| PHYT 630 |
Movement Control |
3 √ |
| HESC 602 |
Computer Statistics |
3 ** |
BMSC 865 |
BIOMS Seminar |
0 # |
| |
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|
BMSC 869 |
Masters Thesis |
6 |
24 credits of coursework with 6 credits of Thesis
* One course Instrumentation
** One course Statistics
√ Two courses outside concentration in Biomechanics program
# Two semesters of BIOMS Seminar
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