Please see Cross-Disciplinary Science PhD for further information on PhD programs available.
Students who do not qualify for the PhD Biophysics degree or the PhD Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences degree, but who have completed required coursework with a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or better, may be eligible to receive a terminal MS Cross-Disciplinary Science degree. Note that no students will be admitted directly into this degree program to pursue a masterʼs degree.
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
Electives
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 12 |
| 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 | |
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Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences Concentration
Core Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| EEMB 7103 | Seminar in Sustainability Sciences | 2 |
| EEMB 8103 | Readings in Sustainability Sciences | 2 |
| ENVR 5450 | Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | 4 |
| PSYC 5180 | Quantitative Methods 1 | 3 |
| PSYC 5181 | Quantitative Methods 2 | 3 |
| PSYC 5410 | Human Behavior and Sustainability | 3 |
Research
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 6 |
| Research Project | |
| Research |
Electives
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 8 |
| Cognitive Science | |
| Proseminar in Sensation | |
| Proseminar in Perception | |
| Proseminar in Biology of Behavior | |
| Social and Affective Science | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Seminar in Clinical Neuroscience | |
| 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 | |
