Biological Physics : Requirements

Requirements for the Biological Physics Concentration

Required Courses (12)

Basic Biology (2)
  • BIOL 112 Evolution and Genetics With Lab
  • BIOL 246 Cell and Molecular Biology With Lab
  • BIOL 352 Biochemistry With Lab and BIOL 124 Physiology and Ecology With Lab are also recommended but not required).

Basic Chemistry (3)
  • CHEM 110 Introductory Chemistry I With Lab
  • CHEM 120 Introductory Chemistry II With Lab
  • CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry I With Lab
Minimal Mathematics Preparation (2)
  • MATH 112 Calculus I
  • MATH 113 Calculus II
  • Further work in mathematics and computer science recommended

Basic Physics (3)
  • PHYS 150 Introductory Physics I With Lab
  • PHYS 152 Introductory Physics II With Lab
  • CHEM 310 Physical Chemistry I With Lab or PHYS 360 Thermal Physics

Courses with Biological Physics Topics (2)
  • PHYS 210 Nuclear and Medical Physics With Lab
  • PHYS 215 Introduction to Complex Systems
  • PHYS 270 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  • COMP/PSYC 415 Computational Neuroscience