This program is designed to provide a firm foundation in physiology. Students interested in vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant physiology will find this concentration appropriate. The program is especially suited for preparation for advanced study at the postgraduate level or to prepare for careers in the health professions. In addition to major curricula in physiology, service courses are provided for nursing, clinical science, exercise physiology, kinesiology, and physical therapy majors.
See the Undergraduate Degree Programs in Biology section for general information for all biology students.
| Lower Division Requirements (38-39 units) | Units | |
| BIOL 230 | Introductory Biology I | 5 |
| BIOL 240 | Introductory Biology II | 5 |
| CHEM 115 | General Chemistry I: Essential Concepts of Chemistry | 5 |
| CHEM 130 | General Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 215/216 | General Chemistry II: Quantitative Applications of Chemistry Concepts/Laboratory (3/2) | 5 |
| MATH 226 | Calculus I | 4 |
| Units selected from the following: | 3-4 | |
| MATH 124 | Elementary Statistics | |
| MATH 227 | Calculus II (4) | |
| BIOL 458 | Biometry (4) | |
| One set of the following: | 8 | |
| PHYS 111/112 | General Physics I/Laboratory (3/1) and | |
| PHYS 121/122 | General Physics II/Laboratory (3/1) or | |
| PHYS 220/222 | General Physics with Calculus I/Laboratory (3/1) and | |
| PHYS 230/232 | General Physics with Calculus II/Laboratory (3/1) | |
| Total lower division requirements | 38-39 | |
| Upper Division Requirements (29-31 units) | ||
| BIOL 350 | Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 355 | Genetics | 3 |
| CHEM 340 | Biochemistry I or | 3 |
| CHEM 349 | General Biochemistry | |
| Physiology core courses selected from the following (1 laboratory component must be taken): | 10-11 | |
| BIOL 525/526 | Plant Physiology/Laboratory (3/2) | |
| BIOL 612/613 | Human Physiology/Laboratory (3/2) | |
| BIOL 620 | Endocrinology | |
| BIOL 616 | Cardiorespiratory Physiology | |
| BIOL 617 | Advanced Topics in Physiology | |
| BIOL 621 | Reproductive Physiology | |
| BIOL 622 | Hormones and Behavior | |
| BIOL 640 | Cellular Neuroscience | |
| BIOL 642 | Neural Systems Physiology | |
| BIOL 630/631 | Animal Physiology/Laboratory (3/2) | |
| Electives selected in consultation with an adviser from the following: | 10-11 | |
| Criteria for elective units: 1 elective must contain a laboratory component; 1 elective must be chosen from each of the emphases listed below; and additional electives may be selected from the list of physiology core courses and/or either of the emphases listed below. | ||
| Cellular and Molecular Emphasis | ||
| BIOL 343 | Cellular and Molecular Immunology | |
| BIOL 351 | Experiments in Cell and Molecular Biology (4) | |
| BIOL 357 | Molecular Genetics | |
| BIOL 361 | Human Genetics | |
| BIOL 382 | Developmental Biology | |
| BIOL 615 | Molecular Pathophysiology | |
| BIOL 699 | Special Study in Biology (1-3) | |
| BIOL 730 | Pharmacology | |
| BIOL 865 | Advances in Physiology and Behavioral Biology (2)2 | |
| CHEM 343 | Biochemistry I Laboratory | |
| Ecological, Anatomical, and Evolutionary Emphasis | ||
| BIOL 328 | Human Anatomy (4) | |
| BIOL 337 | Evolution | |
| BIOL 482 | Animal Ecology (4) | |
| BIOL 504 | Biology of Fungi (4) | |
| BIOL 505 | Comparative Anatomy of Vascular Plants (4) | |
| BIOL 529 | Plant Ecology (4) | |
| BIOL 555 | Marine Invertebrate Zoology (4) | |
| BIOL 585 | Marine Ecology (4) | |
| BIOL 600 | General Animal Behavior (4) | |
| BIOL 606 | Behavior and Physiology of Marine Mammals | |
| BIOL 614 | Vertebrate Histology (4) | |
| BIOL 699 | Special Study in Biology (1-3) | |
| BIOL 865 | Physiology and Behavioral Biology Seminar (2)2 | |
| Total upper division requirements | 29-31 | |
| Total for major | 67-70 | |
NOTE: Any courses taken to fill the physiology requirements may not also be used as elective credit. No more than one BIOL 699 or BIOL 865 may be used as an elective.
Students interested in pursuing graduate study in physiology should take the one-year organic chemistry sequence (CHEM 333/335) and the one-year biochemistry sequence (CHEM 340/341) in place of CHEM 130 and CHEM 349.