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
| 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: | ||
| INSC 7100 | Biophysics Seminar | 0 |
| 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 9984 | Advanced Research | 1-8 |
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 | ||
Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences Concentration
Core Requirements
| 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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete a minimum of 6 semester hours from the following: | 6 | |
| Research Project | ||
or EEMB 8984 | Research | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||