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He puts whole essay's worth of information on every slide. Not easy to keep up since the exams will cover everything in the slides. I took this class early on in my undergrad so my study strategies had room for improvement. I recommend taking this class later if you can, even if you are on the biomaterials track.Rate My Professors ↗
Long readings are assigned with reading quizzes before each lecture and the readings are pretty dense. Three exams make up most of your grade. Dr. Ashton is a nice person and very passionate about his research in biomaterials, but he goes through lecture slides quickly considering how much information they contain and lectures can be a bit dry.Rate My Professors ↗
Hands down worst BME class I have taken. The first day he tells you the only way to succeed in the class is to memorize the slides. Then, he proceeds to give you a 50 page reading assignment every lecture. I spent days studying for the exams (which make up the entire grade btw) just to get average. Lectures are boring, he just reads off the slides.Rate My Professors ↗
If you are interested in biomaterials and tissue engineering, you wont be after this class. Dr. Ashton doesnt explain any background information and spends the entire hour and fifteen minutes talking at you about concepts you dont understand and refuses to clarify them. The reading makes no sense and he tests you on it after admitting its hard.Rate My Professors ↗
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BME 200 is a client-centered biomedical engineering design project course.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025BME 300 focuses on leadership and design analysis through client-centered projects.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025BME 399 offers directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026BME 790 is a Master's Research and Thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
BME 799 is an advanced independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sampleBME 890 is a pre-dissertation research course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
BME 990 is a research and thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | BME 200 | Biomedical Engineering Design |
| Fall 2026 | BME 300 | Biomedical Engineering Design and Leadership |
| Fall 2026 | BME 399 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | BME 790 | Master's Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | BME 799 | Advanced Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | BME 890 | Pre-dissertation Research |
| Fall 2026 | BME 990 | Research and Thesis |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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