Bioengineering?

[D0CTORX]

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Question about the bioengineering major.

Do you learn all about body mechanics(i.e. how the body moves/normal motions, etc)?

I was thinking about applying into the major in hopes that I could learn/apply the information to exercise science, etc. Does it lend itself to that? Or should I just stick with learning this stuff on my own.

 

[EnginrTheFuture]

Kinesiology may be what you are looking for.

 

[D0CTORX]

Kinesiology may be what you are looking for.

School doesn't offer that.

What would be the next best thing? I'm currently on track for a biochem major.

 

[mokhoras]

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[nmj3236]

Mokhoras is spot on. Biomechanics is a branch of study in bioengineering - it's basically applying your understanding of physiology/anatomy and engineering mechanics to study body mechanics. It seems easy on the surface, but the advanced calculus/DE involved with modeling biomechanics always challenged the hell out of me.

I think the understanding you'd get from bioengineering would be too much/in depth to really apply it to exercise science. The poster who said kinesiology is probably right.