·Academic background:拥有工程、生物或其他自然科学的本科学位学生可以申请。申请者最好具备:2年的大学数学课程,包括微积分和微分方程,1年的物理和化学课程,也包括工程或者生物学科方面的高年级课程。也建议学生修线性代数。Anyone with a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, biology, or other sciences, is eligible for admission. Appropriate academic preparation includes a two-year college mathematics sequence, including calculus and differential equations, and a one-year sequence in physics and chemistry, plus extensive upper-division work in either engineering or biology. A course in linear algebra is highly desirable. 条件录取Outstanding students lacking some of these requirements may be admitted on the condition that they complete the basic entrance requirements immediately after admission to the Group.
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Perquisite courses before entering PHD program(进入PHD项目要求的先修课程)
·Anatomy, physiology, and biology: 9 semester or 13.5 quarter units of upper division or graduate level coursework.
·Biochemistry and/or intermediate chemistry: 3 semester or 4.5 quarter units of upper division or graduate level coursework.
·Engineering and/or computer science: 7 semester or 10.5 quarter units of upper division or graduate level coursework.
·Mathematics and/or statistics: 2 semester or 3 quarter units of upper division or graduate level coursework.
Sixteen semester units of graduate level coursework must be taken in the major field and eight units of upper division or graduate coursework in the minor field, exclusive of seminars and research.