The Minor in Pediatric Engineering aims to train graduate students in related science, mathematics, technology, health, and engineering fields: 1) to develop a fundamental understanding of childhood injury and disease, healthcare, and treatment, and 2) to apply scientific and engineering concepts, methods, and approaches to address healthcare challenges with direct relevance to pediatric patients.

Pediatric patients suffer from injuries and diseases that are congenital due to genetic factors and that are acquired due to exposure to environmental or biological factors, such as trauma, bacteria or viruses. Infants and children have unique physiology that dramatically changes during growth and development, and the substantial heterogeneity of complex pediatric illnesses and rare childhood diseases is distinct from adult diseases.

Program Features

The Minor is divided among courses in biomedical engineering, entrepreneurship, clinical treatment, healthcare, psychology, biomedical ethics, and statistics. Key characteristics are:

• Designed for graduate students in science, mathematics, technology, health, and engineering programs
• Requires courses in pediatric engineering and entrepreneurship and 2 elective courses (15-17.5 credits).
• Can be completed in four quarters.

Eligibility

• Drexel graduate students in STEM or Health Science related disciplines are eligible to enroll.
• Requires that students have a minimum mathematical skill level equivalent to Calculus I.

Required Coursework

Select course topics include pediatric trauma or injury, congenital or acquired cardiovascular diseases, cancer, cerebral palsy, infectious diseases, autism, musculoskeletal diseases, neurological illness and defects, anxiety, ADHD, learning disabilities, and medical devices for pediatric usage.

The list of required courses and course-specific information is available in the course catalog.

* CNHP students only