Course Description

Medical Biophysics 302 General Biophysics

Proceeds from the basics of surface energy of biological interfaces, and the physical properties of membranes and cells, to convective and diffusive transport within organisms and the bioelectrical phenomena that underlie nervous control. Experimental methodology is given particular emphasis and the laboratory includes one six-week project.

Antirequisite: The former Biology 302.

Prerequisites: Calculus 050a/b plus one of 051a/b or 081a/b, or Applied Mathematics 026, and Physics 020, 024 or 025. Open to second-year students with at least a 78% average in first year.

2 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours.

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