<p>Hi, I'm currently a high school student and am interested in attending UCLA. I visited the ucla website and looked at the list of majors and saw biophysics was an option. The name kind of intrigued me and after doing some research on the subject as a whole I wanted to know about what the major is like at UCLA. I realize the major is a bit obscure and it's unlikely that there would be many people in that major actively posting on CC....I may be wrong...but I'm rambling. Could anyone enlighten me about biophysics and what it's like at ucla? What kind of people are in that major? What do people do typically after receiving a major in biophysics? How does it compare in difficulty to straight out physics and the other physical sciences in general? What kind of things do you learn in a biophysics class? Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>i looked into biophysics a couple months ago because i was intrigued as well. FIrst of all, don’t be fooled by the name. The only “biophysics” you’ll be doing is a little in junior year and some more in senior year. You’re mostly doing just general physics for undergrad. For specializations, such as biophysics, you have to go to grad school where you will focus 100% on biophysics. I don’t think there is much you can do with an undergrad degree in physics. If you go down the physics route (and don’t want to become a HS teacher), go all the way for a PhD and do some postdoc research at a prestigious lab. That’s about as far as it goes. Of course you could sidetrack and stuff. While it has a cool name, biophysics is pretty freakin’ hard.</p>
<p>that’s all i got</p>
<p>oh, i researched the course requirements from UCSD’s catalog, but i’m sure it is nearly if not completely the same at UCLA. They’re not going to throw you deep into biophysics when you’re only an undergrad.</p>