The Whiting School of Engineering offers a minor in Computer Integrated Surgery (CIS) for full-time, undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins. The minor is particularly well suited for students interested in computer integrated surgery issues who are majoring in a variety of disciplines including biomedical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. The minor provides formal recognition of the depth and strength of a student’s knowledge of the concepts fundamental to CIS beyond the minimal requirements of his/her major.

If you are interested in declaring a CIS minor, please To add the minor, you must fill out the CIS Advising Plan, showing your plan to complete the minor (you can find this on the this page). Then email your completed course checkout sheet to Dr. Taylor ([email protected]) who oversees the CIS minor. Once Dr. Taylor has signed off on your plan, please send it to Brendan Guerzon [email protected]. You will need to then submit the add minor request in SIS for approval.

• Requirements

  To satisfy the requirements for the minor in CIS, a student must have a fundamental background in computer programming and computer science, sufficient mathematical background, and also take a minimum of six courses (with a total of at least 18 credits, for a letter grade, earning at least a C- in each course) directly related to concepts relevant to CIS. These six CIS courses must include two fundamental CIS core courses, which provide the student with the fundamental basis for CIS, and four approved upper-level courses (300-level or above) to allow the student to pursue an advanced CIS topic in depth.  The additional four upper-level courses must include at least one course designated as an “imaging” course or one course designated as a “robotics” course, as discussed below.

  Required Fundamental Computer Science Courses

  EN.500.112	Gateway Computing: JAVA
  or EN.500.113	Gateway Computing: Python
  or EN.500.114	Gateway Computing: Matlab
  EN.601.226	Data Structures

  Or equivalent experience determined by your CIS minor advisor.

  Required Fundamental Mathematics Courses

  AS.110.106	Calculus I
  or AS.110.108	Calculus I
  AS.110.107	Calculus II (For Biological and Social Science)
  or AS.110.109	Calculus II (For Physical Sciences and Engineering)
  AS.110.202	Calculus III
  or AS.110.211	Honors Multivariable Calculus
  EN.553.291	Lin Alg & Diff Equations
  or AS.110.201	Linear Algebra
  or AS.110.212	Honors Linear Algebra

  Required Fundamental Computer Integrated Surgery Courses

  • EN.601.455 Computer Integrated Surgery I
  • A design course in CIS. Either EN.601.456 Computer Integrated Surgery II or a design course in biomedical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, or mechanical engineering with substantial CIS content approved by the student’s faculty advisor in the CIS minor.

  Required Four Other Courses Related to CIS

  Students must also complete at least four other courses related to CIS.  Of these AT LEAST ONE must be in EITHER the Imaging Subgroup OR the Robotics Subgroup.

  Imaging
  EN.520.414	Image Processing & Analysis	3
  EN.520.432/EN.580.472	Medical Imaging Systems	3
  EN.520.433	Medical Image Analysis	3
  EN.601.461	Computer Vision	3
  EN.601.783	Vision as Bayesian Inferences	3
  Robotics
  EN.530.420	Robot Sensors/Actuators	4
  EN.530.421	Mechatronics	3
  EN.530.603	Applied Optimal Control	3
  EN.530.646	Robot Devices, Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control	3
  EN.601.463	Algorithms for Sensor-Based Robotics	3
  Other
  EN.520.448	Electronics Design Lab	3
  EN.530.445	Introduction to Biomechanics	3
  EN.580.471	Principles of Design of BME Instrumentation	4
  EN.601.453	Application of Augmented Reality	3
  EN.601.476	Machine Learning: Data to Models	3
  EN.601.482	Machine Learning: Deep Learning	3
  EN.601.454	Augmented Reality	3

• Advising Plan

  Download the advising plan.

• Minor Advising

  1. All students interested in the minor are required to send their minor checklist to Brendan Guerzon to be approved and added to the program.

     Phone: 410-516-4639

     Email: [email protected]

     When possible, you will be assigned an advisor in your department (though this is not required).

  2. Students who decide to pursue the minor should also review their academic transcript with their minor advisor to ensure they will be able to complete the requirements.
  3. Fill out and submit an Add Minor form (which can be obtained from the registrar’s office)
  4. Complete the Requirements Checkout tables in the CheckOut sheet, downloadable on this web page. You should meet with your minor advisor periodically (at least once per year), bringing a copy of this form for review.
  5. During your senior year, you must also note the CIS Minor on your Application for Graduation.
  6. When all requirements have been completed, take the completed form to the CIS Minor Program Coordinator for review and signature.