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Division of Physical and Biological Sciences
 

Undergraduate students in physical and biological sciences at UCSC have opportunities to conduct hands-on research with state-of-the-art research facilities. Students and professors have coauthored hundreds of papers in various fields.

 
Faculty Profile
Sandra Faber
University Professor and Chair, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomer, UC Observatories/Lick Observatory

Professor Faber is well known for having helped discover the Great Attractor, a massive supercluster of galaxies. She also helped plan the Keck Telescope on Hawaii and designed the Deep Extragalactic Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS), which can read high-quality spectra from over 100 galaxies at once. In 2003, Discover magazine named her one of the 50 most influential women scientists.


 

Physical and Biological Sciences Student
Name: Halima Williams
Year: Junior
Major: Health sciences
Hometown: San Diego, California
Transferred from: Grossmont College
Meet Halima



Majors in the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences include:

Applied Physics
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biology
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Evolution
Health Sciences
Marine Biology
Mathematics
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Neuroscience and Behavior
Physics
Physics (Astrophysics)
Physics Education
Plant Sciences


 

Major Sheets *
American Studies
Anthropology
Applied Physics
Art
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Biology
Business Management Economics
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Community Studies
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Evolution
Economics
Education and Teaching
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Studies
Feminist Studies
Field and Exchange Programs
Film and Digital Media
German Studies
Global Economics
Health Sciences
History
History of Art and Visual Culture
Individual Study
Information Systems Management
Italian Studies
Language Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Literature
Marine Biology
Mathematics
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Music
Neuroscience and Behavior
Philosophy
Physics
Physics (Astrophysics)
Physics Education
Plant Sciences
Politics
Prelaw
Premedicine
Psychology
Sociology
Theater Arts
Writing

*This information covers areas of study. Not all of the items in the above list are majors at UC Santa Cruz.

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