Curriculum

Breadth

  • Biochem 6761 Advanced Biochemistry: Macromolecular Structure & Function
  • Biochem 6765.01: Advanced Biochemistry: Physical Biochemistry
  • Physics 6809 Introduction to Biophysics

Depth
The Executive Committee must approve at least two electives as meeting a depth requirement that develop expertise in a single core area of molecular biophysics.

Examples:

  • Statistics 6410 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
  • Chemistry 7140 - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Biochemistry 8900 - Biomolecular NMR
  • Biochemistry 8990 - X-Ray Crystallography
  • Biochemistry 7770 - Protein Engineering
  • Biochemistry 7766.02 - Advanced Biochemistry; Nucleic Acids
  • Chemistry 6510 - Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
  • Chemistry 7550 - Statistical Thermodynamics
  • Physics 8809 - SPecial Topics in Modern Biophysics
  • Chemistry 7470 - Computational Chemistry
  • CSE 5331 - Data Structures and Algorithms
  • CSE 5361 - Numerical Methods

RCR and Program Requirements

  • First Year Mentoring Seminar (Biophysics or OSBP 7600)
  • Annual RCR refresher in monthly workshop seires
  • Must meet all curricular requirements of home graduate program
  • Must attend seminar series in home graduate program
  • In the 4th year and beyond, all students must present at the Life Science IGP Annual Symposium