Physiology Undergraduate Program Requirements

Skill Sets Stressed for Physiology Program Majors

• Development of a strong foundation in the biomedical sciences
• Understanding of normal physiology and disease processes
• Preparation for a wide variety of careers in biomedical research and allied health
• Critical thinking and problem solving in an integrative discipline
• Development of practical laboratory skills
• Use of computers for data acquisition and management
• Intensive exposure to the biomedical Literature
• Exposure to the use of animals in biomedical research

Basic Science Courses:

• Two semesters of biology with labs (molecular and cellular biology, population biology)
• Two semesters of general & inorganic chemistry with labs
• Two semesters of organic chemistry with labs
• One semester of physical chemistry
• Two semesters of physics with labs
• Two semesters of biochemistry
• Math through calculus I and II
• Probability and statistics

Upper Division Biology Courses

• Two semesters of physiology covering all the major organ systems
• Capstone laboratory in physiology
• Physiology in health and disease (an introduction to pathophysiology and chronic disease)
• Tier II topics in physiology (upper division writing course)
• 300-level anatomy or developmental biology elective