GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
(in addition to completing first year requirements in BBSP)
• Residency - be in residence at least 4 semesters
• Course Load - carry at least 9 credits per semester for 2 years
• Exams - successfully complete comprehensive qualifying exams (oral & written)
• Defense - successfully defend thesis before an examining committee
• Teaching - serve one semester as a teaching assistant in Biophysics modules
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
(term, # of credit hours in parentheses)
CORES:
- BIOC 704 Seminar Topics in Biophysics (Spring, 2)
- BIOC 712 Scientific Writing (Spring, 3)
- BIOC 715 Oral Scientific Presentation (Summer, 1)
- BIOC 650 Basic Principles: From basic models to collections of macromolecules (Fall, 1.5)
- BIOC 651 Macromolecular Equilibria: Conformation change and binding (Fall, 1.5)
- BIOC 652 Macromolecular Structure & Dynamics (Fall, 1.5)
- Choose 2 additional core courses from the following:
Molecular Biology, Systems Biology & Cellular Biochemistry
BIOC 631 Advanced Molecular Biology I (Fall, 3)
BIOC 632 Advanced Molecular Biology II (Spring, 3)
BIOC 643 Cell Biology I (Fall, 3)
BIOC 644 Cell Biology II (Spring, 3)
Physical Biochemistry
BIOC 601 Enzyme Properties, Mechanism and Regulation (Fall, 3)
BIOC 655 Case Studies in Structural Biology (Spring, 3)
Choose three from these modules to equal 1 core:
BIOC 660 Imaging (Spring, 1)
BIOC 662 Macromolecular Interactions (Spring, 1)
BIOC 663A and 663B Macromolecular NMR and Theory (Spring, 1 ea)
BIOC 664 Macromolecular Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications (Spring, 1)
BIOC 665 Advanced NMR (Spring, 1)
BIOC 666 X-ray Crystallography of Macromolecules (Spring, 1)
BIOC 667 Macromolecular Crystallographic Methods (Spring, 1)
BIOC 670 Structural Bioinformatics (Spring, 1)
BIOC 673 Proteomics, Protein Identification & Characterization by Mass Spec. (Spring, 1)
BIOC 674 Ion Channels Transporters (Spring, 1)
ELECTIVES:
- 2 courses (or a minimum of 4 credit hours)
- Choose from any graduate-level course in a biomedical discipline (can include list of cores above, but courses taken as a core requirement in the department and BBSP cannot count as an elective.
*More information on the Graduate School's Ph.D. Degree Requirements and Admission to Candidacy can be found in the Graduate School Handbook.
