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School of Medicine
2003-2005
Academic Bulletin

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Medical Biophysics

Director: Professor Rhoades

Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered
General Information
Special Program Requirements
Master of Science Degree
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Courses
Relevant Courses in the Purdue School of Science at Indianapolis

Graduate Faculty

Graduate Advisor: Professor Thomas Hurley, Medical Science Building, Room 4019, (317) 278-2008

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Degrees Offered

Degrees Offered: Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy

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General Information

An interdepartmental committee is responsible for the administration of the medical biophysics degree programs. The committee is composed of representatives from the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology and Biophysics from the Indiana University School of Medicine and from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics from the Purdue University School of Science at Indianapolis. Graduate training in the program is oriented primarily toward research at the molecular and cellular level with focus points at the boundaries of the traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, and biology. Research programs include, but are not restricted to, membrane biophysics, structure-function relations in cells and macromolecules, muscle biophysics, biological magnetic resonance, x-ray crystallography, photobiology, and bioenergetics. Detailed descriptions of faculty research interests are available.

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Special Program Requirements

(See also general University Graduate School requirements.)

Admission Requirements
Bachelor's degree in biochemistry, biology, biophysics, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an equivalent major. Graduate Record Examination scores on both the General Test and a Subject Test are required as a part of the application.

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Master of Science Degree

Course Requirements
At least 30 credit hours, of which 20 credit hours must be in biophysics, including 7 credit hours in research; remaining credit hours in related courses.

Thesis
Optional.

Final Examination
Written or oral or both.

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Doctor of Philosophy Degree

Course Requirements
A total of 90 credit hours, with a minimum of 36 credit hours in course work (including those for the minor). Required core courses include J611 and J612, Biochemistry B807 or equivalent, one course in quantum mechanics (can be chosen from Physics 550 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 660 Quantum Mechanics I, and Chemistry 672 Quantum Chemistry), one course in cell infrastructure (chosen from F650, G865, F705, and B807). Additional elective courses totaling at least 9 credit hours are determined by the advisory committee in discussion with the student and selected from a list compiled by the faculty. (See list of courses to follow.)

Minor
A minimum of 12 credit hours in course work in a departmental minor or an interdepartmental minor in physical science or in cellular and molecular biology.

Qualifying Examination
Written and oral.

Research Proposal
A dissertation research proposal is required.

Final Examination
Oral defense of the dissertation.

Other Provisions
Three research rotations, each a brief project in a preceptor's laboratory, before an advisor is chosen. Presentation of three seminars during graduate study.

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Courses

A610 Research in Biophysics (cr. arr.)

A611 Seminar in Biophysics (1 cr.)

A612 Special Topics in Biophysics (cr. arr.)

A620 Molecular Structure (3 cr.)

B807 Protein Structure and Function (3 cr.)

B808 Physical Biochemistry (3 cr.)

B841 Methods of Protein Chemistry (3 cr.)

F616 Molecular Pharmacology (3 cr.)

F650 Membrane Biophysics (3 cr.)

F705 Molecular and Cellular Physiology (3 cr.)

F710 Physiology of Membranes (2 cr.)

F724 Physiology of the Nervous System (3 cr.)

F725 Macromolecules and Contraction of Muscle (2 cr.)

F835 Molecular Mechanism of Drug Action (3 cr.)

G865 Fundamental Molecular Biology (2-5 cr.)

G890 Methods in Molecular Biology and Pathology (3 cr.)

J611 Introduction to Biophysics I (3 cr.)

J612 Introduction to Biophysics II (3 cr.)

J805 Immunology (3 cr.)

Q612 Molecular and Biochemical Genetics (3 cr.)

Q650 Introduction to Biostatistics I (3 cr.)

Q651 Introduction to Biostatistics II (3 cr.)

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Relevant Courses in the Purdue School of Science at Indianapolis

Biology 569 Cellular Neurobiology (2 cr.)

Biology 570 Biological Membranes (3 cr.)

Biology 641 Microbial Genetics (2 cr.)

Chemistry 575 Intermediate Physical Chemistry (3 cr.)

Chemistry 636 Biochemical Mechanisms (3 cr.)

Chemistry 657 Reaction Mechanisms (3 cr.)

Chemistry 672 Quantum Chemistry (3 cr.)

Chemistry 675 Chemical Kinetics (3 cr.)

Chemistry 682 Statistical Thermodynamics (3 cr.)

Chemistry 696 Special Topics in Chemistry (1-3 cr.)

Mathematics 526 Principles of Mathematical Modeling (3 cr.)

Mathematics 532 Elements of Stochastic Processes (3 cr.)

Physics 550 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.)

Physics 556 Introduction Nuclear Physics (3 cr.)

Physics 600 Methods of Theoretical Physics (3 cr.)

Physics 630 Advanced Theory of Electricity and Magnetism (3 cr.)

Physics 660 Quantum Mechanics I (3 cr.)

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