Physiology Liberal Program - Core Science Component (B.Sc.)

48 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (33 credits)

  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 202 Basic Genetics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 301 Cell and Molecular Laboratory (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • CHEM 222 Introductory Organic Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
  • PHGY 200 Cutting-Edge Research in Physiology (1 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 212 Introductory Physiology Laboratory 1 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 213 Introductory Physiology Laboratory 2 (1 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 312 Respiratory, Renal, and Cardiovascular Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 313 Blood, Gastrointestinal, and Immune Systems Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

Upper-Level Physiology (ULP) Courses (6 credits)

6 credits selected from the Upper-Level Physiology (ULP) course list as follows:

  • BIOL 532 Developmental Neurobiology Seminar (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BMDE 505 Cell and Tissue Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BMDE 519 Biomedical Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EXMD 502 Advanced Endocrinology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EXMD 503 Advanced Endocrinology 02 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EXMD 506 Advanced Applied Cardiovascular Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EXMD 507 Advanced Applied Respiratory Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EXMD 508 Advanced Topics in Respiration (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 414 Advanced Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 509 Inflammatory Processes (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 425 Analyzing Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 451 Advanced Neurophysiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 459D1 Physiology Seminar (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 459D2 Physiology Seminar (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 461D1 Experimental Physiology (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 461D2 Experimental Physiology (4.5 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHGY 488 Stem Cell Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 502 Exercise Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 513 Translational Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 515 Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 516 Physiology of Blood (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 518 Artificial Cells (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 524 Chronobiology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHGY 525 Cortical Plasticity (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHGY 531 Topics in Applied Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 550 Molecular Physiology of Bone (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 556 Topics in Systems Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 560 Light Microscopy-Life Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 470 Memory and Brain (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYT 500 Advances: Neurobiology of Mental Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BIOC 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 314 Integrative Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BIOL 309 Mathematical Models in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 373 Biometry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 204 Computer Programming for Life Sciences (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 305 Statistics for Experimental Design (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

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