In the early days of biomechanics, there probably were not many dedicated biomechanics courses and instead a regular mechanics curriculum was studied by people interested in tissues and biosystems. However, now that there are so many dedicated bioengineering programs at Universities throughout the world, it seems as though it is more likely that much of students' basic mechanics knowledge comes through dedicated biomechanics courses. This then in turn raises the interesting question of what is taught in these courses? How much classical mechanics is taught, versus content specific to biological materials and systems?

To try and get a feel for the existing approaches, I have been collecting information on biomechanics courses offered at different institutions; here are some examples for which there is a full syllabus available on the web:

• From Utah, a biomechanics course with primarily continuum mechanics content
  
• From Michigan, a biomechanics course with substantial bio-focused content (nonlinear elasticity and time-dependence, both visco- and poro-elasticity) but still emphasizing continuous media
• From MIT, a biomechanics course with continuum and non-continuum approaches including cellular and molecular aspects

If you teach a basic biomechanics course or know of biomechanics courses in your department, could you please add a link to any available information (especially a syllabus) here in the comments section?