Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Milestones
Annual review
Lab rotations
Identify PhD advisor
Dissertation committee
Dissertation proposal and presentation
Candidacy
Dissertation/dissertation defense
Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics | ||
CHEM 5636 | Statistical Thermodynamics | 3 |
or PHYS 7305 | Statistical Physics | |
Chemistry | ||
CHEM 5621 | Principles of Chemical Biology | 3 |
or CHEM 5638 | Molecular Modeling | |
or CHEM 5641 | Computational Chemistry | |
Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
BIOL 6301 | Molecular Cell Biology | 4 |
Biological Physics | ||
PHYS 7731 | Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 1 | 4 |
Graduate Biophysics Seminar | ||
Complete this repeatable course each semester of the program: | 0 | |
Biophysics Seminar | ||
Laboratory Rotation | ||
Complete the following variable credit course twice (register at 3 semester hours for the first lab rotation and at 2 semester hours for the second lab rotation): | 5 | |
Advanced Research |
Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 12 semester hours from the following: | 12 | |
Physics Breadth Courses | ||
Network Science 1 | ||
Principles of Experimental Physics | ||
Classical Mechanics/Math Methods | ||
Electromagnetic Theory | ||
Quantum Theory 1 | ||
Computational Physics | ||
Nonequilibrium Physics | ||
Dynamical Processes in Complex Networks | ||
Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 2 | ||
Biology Breadth Courses | ||
BIOL 5103 to BIOL 6961 | ||
Chemistry Breadth Courses | ||
Dissertation
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
After achieving candidacy, students complete Dissertation Term 1 in the department of their PhD advisor. In the following semester, they complete Dissertation Term 2. | ||
Dissertation Term 1 | ||
or CHEM 9990 | Dissertation Term 1 | |
or BIOL 9990 | Dissertation Term 1 | |
Dissertation Term 2 | ||
or CHEM 9991 | Dissertation Term 2 | |
or BIOL 9991 | Dissertation Term 2 | |
Complete the following (repeatable) course until graduation: | ||
Dissertation Continuation | ||
or CHEM 9996 | Dissertation Continuation | |
or BIOL 9996 | Dissertation Continuation |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
31 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required