Starting in the fall of 2007 the Department of Physics & Astronomy Department is offering a Biophysics
                  track within its B.S. degree program. This is designed to prepare students for graduate studies and careers
                  in Physics, Biochemistry, Biology, Medicine and interdisciplinary fields.

                1.) Lower-division requirements (75–76 units):

                      a.) Physics 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E

                      b.) Mathematics 8B (or 9A), 9B, 9C, 10A, 10B and 46

                      c.) Chemistry 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1LA, 1LB, 1LC

                      d.) Biology 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5LA

            2.) Upper-division requirements (72 units):

                      a.) Physics 130A, 130B, 134, 135A, 135B, 136

                           Physics 145A, 145B, 145C

                           Physics 156A

                      b.) Statistics 155

                      c.) Chemistry 112A, 112B, 112C

                      d.) Biochemistry 110A, 110B, 110C. Students may substitute Biology 107A

                           for Biochemistry 110C.

                      e.) 4 units of experimental research in either special studies (Physics 190), an
                          approved senior thesis (Physics 195), undergraduate research (Physics 197),
                          or an internship (Physics 198-I).

                      f.) 12 units of elective courses (chosen after consultation with a faculty advisor)
                          from the following list:

                                      Physics 142L (Advanced Physics Laboratory) .

                                      Physics 150A, 150B (Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics)

                                      Physics 151 (Topics in Modern Condensed Matter Physics)

                                      Physics 156B (Quantum mechanics)

                                      Physics 163 (Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy)

                                      Physics 164 (Introduction to Nuclear Physics)

                                      Physics 168 (Environmental Physics)

                                      Physics 177 (Computational Methods for Physical Sciences)

                                      Physics 190 (Special studies)

                                      Physics 195A, 195B, 195C 195D (Senior thesis)

                                      Physics 197 (Research for undergraduates)

                                      Physics 198-I (Individual internship in Physics)

                                      Biology 107A (Advanced molecular biology)

                                      Biology 110 (Biology of human problems)

                                      Biology 113 (Advanced cell biology: membranes, organelles and the cytoskeleton)

                                      Biology 114 (Advanced cell biology: cellular reproduction and signaling)

                                      Biology 121 (Introductory microbiology)

                                      Biology 128/CBNS 128 (Immunology)

                                      Biology 171 (Human anatomy and physiology)

                                      Biochemistry 110C (General biochemistry)

                                      Biochemistry 120 (General biochemistry related to biomedical sciences)

                                      Biochemistry 184 (Topics in physical biochemistry)

                                      Cell Biology & Neuroscience 101 (Fundamentals of cell biology)

                                      Cell Biology & Neuroscience 106 (Introduction to neuroscience)

                                      Cell Biology & Neuroscience 120 (Cellular neuroscience: membrane and

                                                                       synaptic phenomena)

                                      Cell Biology & Neuroscience 126 (Neurobiology of learning and memory)

                          g.) Students are encouraged to complete one or two courses in a foreign language
                               such as Spanish 1 and 2.

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