Concentration

Complete one of the following concentrations:

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

31 total semester hours required 
Minimum 3.000 GPA required


Biophysics Concentration

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:
INSC 7100Biophysics Seminar0
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
PHYS 9984Advanced Research1-8

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

Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences Concentration

Core Requirements

EEMB 7103Seminar in Sustainability Sciences2
EEMB 8103Readings in Sustainability Sciences2
ENVR 5450Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling4
PSYC 5180Quantitative Methods 13
PSYC 5181Quantitative Methods 23
PSYC 5410Human Behavior and Sustainability3

Research

Complete a minimum of 6 semester hours from the following:6
Research Project
Research

Electives

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:8
Psychology Breadth Courses
Cognitive Science
Proseminar in Sensation
Proseminar in Perception
Proseminar in Biology of Behavior
Proseminar in Clinical Neuroscience
Social and Affective Science
Sustainability Breadth Courses
Population Dynamics
Biology and Ecology of Fishes
Ocean and Coastal Processes
Experimental Design Marine Ecology
Advanced Topics in Environmental Geology
Geographical Information Systems
Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
Coastal Processes, Adaptation, and Resilience
Streams and Watershed Ecology
Urban Ecology
Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
Food Security and Sustainability
Biostatistics
and Lab for ENVR 6500
Introduction to Computational Statistics
Information Design and Visual Analytics
Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Analyzing Complex Digitized Data
Climate and Development
Environmental Health
Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision Making
Sustainable Urban Coastal Policy
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
Climate Policy and Justice
International Environmental Policy
Psychology Depth Courses
Seminar in Clinical Neuroscience
Advanced Quantitative Analysis
Sustainability Depth Courses
Seminar in Marine Sciences
Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seminar in Sustainability Sciences
Seminar in Geosciences
Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 2
Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change
Social Networks
Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 1
Resilient Cities
Environment, Health, and Society