The academic curriculum consists of seven one-semester courses, of which four must be satisfactorily completed in the student's first year as well as four 9-week laboratory rotations and the non-credit course CONT 300b. In subsequent years, students choose advanced-topics elective courses offered throughout the School of Science.Students in the PhD program are eligible to participate in the interdepartmental Graduate Program in Quantitative Biology, which provides training in new research fields that cross the traditional boundaries between the life sciences and the physical sciences. <br><br>Students can engage with BioMaterials research by taking courses within the Quantitative Biology Training Program and then joining research laboratories funded by the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).