The Physical Option provides a thorough background in the subject areas involved in Computational and Integrative Biology (CIB) Major, with a stronger emphasis on biophysics.
Follow your progress using this checklist.
Required Courses for Physical Option (71-72 credits)
Basic courses (39 credits)
- Gen Bio 1 and 2 plus labs 50:120:101,107 and 50:120:102,108 (8 credits)
- Chem Principals 1 and 2 plus labs 50:160:115, 125 and 50:160:116,126 (8 credits)
- Calculus 1 and 2 50:640:121, 122 (8 credits)
- Elements of Physics 1 and 2 plus labs 50:750:131, 133 and 50:750:132, 134 (8 credits)
- Prog. Fundamentals plus Object Oriented Prog. 50:198:111, 113 (7 credits)
Electives (28-29 credits)
- Modern Physics plus lab 50:750:232, 238 (4 credits)
- Biophysics 50:750:362 (3 credits)
- Organic Chemistry I plus lab 50:160:335, 339 (5 credits)
- Thermal Physics 50:750:351 (3 credits)
- Analytical Mechanics 50:750:309 (3 credits) or Electromagnetic Theory 50:750:301 (3 credits) or Elements of Quantum Mechanics 50:750:413 (3 credits)
- Molecular Biology plus lab 50:120:305, 306 (4 credits) or General Biochemistry I plus lab 50:115:403, 407 (4 credits)
- Mathematical Methods for Scientists I & II 50:640:468, 469 (6 credits) or Unified Calculus III (4) plus Differential equations (3) 50:640:221, 50:640:314 (7 credits)
Capstone (4 credits)
To all students.
Recommended Electives
It is recommended that students pick a total of 22 credits from the list below.
- 3 Computational Physics a 50:750:309
- 3 Analytical Mechanics a 50:750:309
- 3 Electromagnetic Theory a 50:750:301
- 3 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics 50:750:302
- 3 Elements of Quantum Mechanics a 50:750:413
- 3 Condensed Matter and Material Physics 50:750:406
- 3 Mathematical Physics 50:750:464
- 3 Molecular Liquids 50:750:363
- 3,4 Molecular Biology plus lab a,b 50:120:305, 306
- 3,4 General Biochemistry I plus lab a,b 50:115:403, 407
- 3,4 General Biochemistry II plus lab b 50:115:404, 408
- 5 Organic Chemistry II plus lab b 50:160:336, 340
- 3,4 General Microbiology plus lab b 50:120:330, 331
- 3 Molecular Evolution 50:120:312
- 3 Numerical Methods 50:198:481
- 3 Theory of Numbers 50:640:356
- 3 Computational Mathematics 50:640:357
- 3 Bioinformatics 56:121:550
- 3 Cell Membranes 56:121:562
- 3 Genetics plus lab 50:120:307, 308
- 3 Introduction to Biostatistics 50:960:452
- 3 Structure and Bonding 50:160:343
- Maybe taken as an elective if not already taken as a compulsory course.
- Maybe be taken with or without the lab section.
Note: All basic courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.