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Jul 03, 2025
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Xavier University Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Biophysics, B.S.
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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. 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. 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.
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Requirements for the Biophysics Major
Core Curriculum Requirements:
See Undergraduate Core Curriculum 39 credit hours outside of major courses, assuming 103 language placement and that ER/S and DCR flags are satisfied in other core courses Mathematical Perspectives, Scientific Perspectives, Natural Science Elective, Quantitative Reasoning, Writing, and Oral Communication Flags:
- Included within the major.
Major Requirements:
72 credit hours, including: 27 hours of physics courses:
19 hours of chemistry courses:
4 hours of biology courses:
12 hours of mathematics courses:
13 credit hours of natural sciences electives:
At least three hours of electives must be in physics. Notes:
- Specific requirements are modifiable for the needs and interests of each individual student.
- A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained within the major, as listed in Degree Works.
- Pre-med students must take and in order to qualify for medical, dental, and veterinary schools. Additionally, General Psychology, Introduction to Sociology and Biochemistry, must be completed by the end of the junior year in order to take the MCAT between the junior and senior year. is required for admission to some medical schools but is not required for MCAT performance. and are listed in the minimal competences for first year medical students but are not required for MCAT performance. In order to be on track, pre-med students should take General Chemistry I and II (plus labs) during their first year, Organic Chemistry I and II (plus labs) and General Biology I and II (plus labs) during their second year, and Biochemistry during their third year.
- Pre-med students are strongly encouraged to speak to their advisor regarding their course schedule as soon as possible.
- Upper level biology courses may require and
TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours
B.S., Biophysics
This block serves as a guideline for progress towards a degree. See your academic advisor. First Semester
- PHYS 170 - University Physics I
- PHYS 171 - Explorations in Physics I
- BIOL 160 - General Biology I
- BIOL 161 - General Biology I Lab
- MATH 170 - Calculus I
- CORE 100, First Year Seminar
- CORE 101, GOA
Total (15) Second Semester
- PHYS 172 - University Physics II
- ENGR 173 - Explorations in Engineering
- MATH 171 - Calculus II
- THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
- CORE 102, GOA
- PHIL 100 - Ethics as Intro to Philosophy
Total (14) First Semester
- PHYS 330 - Modern Physics I
- PHYS 331 - Modern Physics I Lab
- CHEM 160 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 161 - General Chemistry I Lab
- MATH 220, Calculus III
- Second Language 103 level
Total (16) Second Semester
- PHYS 340 - Modern Physics II
- PHYS 341 - Modern Physics II Lab
- CHEM 162 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 163 - General Chemistry II Lab
- ENGL 101 - English Composition or ENGL 115 - Rhetoric
- Second Language 201 level
Total (14) First Semester
- CHEM 240 - Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I Lab
- Program Elective (3)
- PHYS 382 - Thermodynamics
- Lit. & Moral Imagination 205
- Diversity Flag or General elective
Total (16) Second Semester
- CHEM 242 - Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM 243 - Organic Chemistry II Lab
- PHYS 387 - Biophysics
- Historical Perspectives
- Theological Perspectives
- Program Elective (3)
Total (16) First Semester
- CHEM 440 - Biochemistry
- PHYS 395 - Physics Research
- PHYS 355 - Advanced Physics Lab
- Social Sciences elective
- Humanities elective
- E/RS or General elective
Total (15) Second Semester
- PHYS 398 - Physics Thesis
- Program Elective (4)
- Program Elective (3)
- Philosophy 200 - Philosophical Perspectives
- Creative Perspectives elective
Total (14) Scheduling Notes:
- Consult the Core Curriculum requirements in the Catalog.
- The E/RS Focus Elective and Diversity Curriculum Elective requirements may be used to satisfy another element of the core or the major.
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