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 

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
CHEM 5636Statistical Thermodynamics3
or PHYS 7305 Statistical Physics
Chemistry
CHEM 5621Principles of Chemical Biology3
or CHEM 5638 Molecular Modeling
or CHEM 5641 Computational Chemistry
Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 6301Molecular Cell Biology4
Biological Physics
PHYS 7731Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 14
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

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

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
Dissertation Term 1
Dissertation Term 1
Dissertation Term 2
Dissertation Term 2
Dissertation Term 2
Complete the following (repeatable) course until graduation:
Dissertation Continuation
Dissertation Continuation
Dissertation Continuation

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

31 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required