Biophysics Major Course Sequence

The biophysics program is highly interdisciplinary, providing students with the background and techniques of biology, chemistry and physics necessary to enter this rapidly growing field. The program’s flexibility is intended to allow students to tailor their experience toward their personal interests, be it in industrial research, engineering, teaching, or health-science. The program’s structure is intended to prepare a student for the rigors of advanced degree programs in biophysics as well as a wide variety of other fields of physics, law, medicine, health sciences, and biotechnology.

Small classes, seminars, individual discussions, and student-faculty research are an integral part of the study program. The physics faculty believes that the best teaching can be done only when there is a direct individual relationship between a student and a good teacher – a situation in which there is close faculty-student interaction for discussing, thinking and exploring. A key component of the program is the hands on experience gained in numerous laboratory settings across the disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics, culminating in a senior capstone research experience in the biophysics area.

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year