Courses | MS in Physiology
Students are required to complete 30 credits of coursework, including 20 credits of required courses and 10 credits of elective courses. Students can select from a variety of electives across the biomedical departments to tailor the program to their interests.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
đź—ą 6 Required Courses (20 credits)
đź—ą 3-4 Electives (10 credits)
Required Courses
Elective Courses
Students in the MS in Physiology program must complete 10 credits of elective coursework. We require pre-med students to take PBIO 602 Biomedical Career Pathways as one of their elective credits in the fall semester.
- Students are welcome to take courses not on the pre-approved list by seeking approval from the Program Director (and in some cases additional approval from the course’s instructor or department are required) to count a course toward the degree before registering for that course; you can search the Schedule of Classes to see what is offered each semester.
- To gain approval, current students should email the course description to the program director.
- Some courses may also require approval from the instructor or from the department to which it belongs (ie, Physiology students may not have registration priority for courses in other departments).
- Even if the program director approves a course as an elective to count toward your MS in Physiology degree, your ability to enroll in the course is at the discretion of the course instructor and the department/program to which the course belongs.
- Note: Electives may not be offered every semester or could be offered in different semesters than those listed below. Check Schedule of Classes (new window) (Main Campus) for current and future semester course offerings; current students can also view the schedule on MyAccess. Also note: certain courses listed in the schedule may be cancelled due to low registration.
FALL SEMESTER PRE-APPROVED ELECTIVES
Note: Each elective below is offered at the instructor’s discretion and could be offered in a different semester
- PBIO602 Biomedical Career Pathways (1cr) (required as elective credit for all pre-med students)
- PHAR584 Introduction to Pharmacology (1cr)
- CLTR501 Introduction to Biostatistics in Clinical Research (3cr)
- MICB606 Public Policy for Scientists (3cr) (Permission of Instructor & MICB dept required)
- NSCI425 Topics in Neuroscience: Diseases, Research & Treatment (3cr) (Taught by PhD students)
- NSCI521 Functional MRI: Theory & Practice (3cr)
- TBIO523 Cancer Epigenetics (3cr)
- TBIO525 Cancer Genetics * (3cr)
- INNS520 Translational Neuroscience * (2cr) (Permission of Instructor required)
* This course has historically had a direct time conflict with our core courses in the fall and therefore is only available to our part-time students.
SPRING SEMESTER PRE-APPROVED ELECTIVES
Note: Each elective below is offered at the instructor’s discretion and could be offered in a different semester than where it is listed below.
- PBIO529 Human Nutrition and Health (2cr)
- PBIO906 Research in Physiology (2-4cr) (students must be approved by the program director)
- PHAR592 Introduction to Toxicology (1cr)
- PHAR604 Medicinal Plants and Pharmacognosy (3cr)
- PHAR605 Advanced Topics in Nutrition (3cr)
- NSCI558 Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration (3cr, permission of instructor required, must have strong background in Neuroscience)
- CLTR506 Study and Clinical Trial Design (2cr)
- CLTR507 Epidemiologic Methods (3cr)
- CLTR700 Aspects of Drug Development (3cr) (permission of CLTR department required)
- BCHB515 Intro to Bioinformatics (1cr)
- BCHB522 Drug Targets/Drug Design (2cr)
- MICB705 Science Diplomacy and World Health (2cr)
- TBIO536 Cancer Pharmacology (4cr)
SUMMER SEMESTER PRE-APPROVED ELECTIVES
- PBIO529 Human Nutrition & Health
- PBIO550 Evolutionary Medicine
Class Sizes
Below you’ll find the number of registered students in each of the core courses for 2021, as well as class sizes for electives taken by our current MS in Physiology students.
For elective courses that are not on the pre-approved list above, individual permission is required from the program director. Previous permission for a student to take a certain elective course does not guarantee future permission for a future student to take that same elective course.
Fall 2021 Course Name | Class Size |
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PBIO501: Fundamentals of Human Physiology | 54 |
PBIO504: Intro to Biostatistics | 30 |
PBIO534: Cellular & Molecular Physiology | 43 |
[Elective] PBIO602: Biomedical Career Pathways (1cr) | 143 |
[Elective] MICB606: Public Policy for Scientists (3cr) | 7 |
[Elective] MICB612: Immunology* (3cr) | 14 |
[Elective] NSCI425: Topics in Neuroscience (3cr) | 8 |
[Elective] MICB549: Infectious Diseases & Conflict* (2cr) | 23 |
[Elective] PHAR584: Intro to Pharmacology (1cr) | 30 |
[Elective] GLID501: Perspectives in Infectious Diseases* (3cr) | 13 |
[Elective] TBIO523:Â Cancer Genetics (3cr) | 17 |
[Elective] EPID507: Intro to Social/Behavioral Health & Health Disparities Research* (3cr) | 14 |
[Elective] NSCI521: Functional MRI: Theory & Practice (3cr) | 10 |
Spring 2021 Course Name | Class Size |
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PBIO568: Advanced Pathophysiology | 67 |
PBIO569: Intro to Neurophysiology | 40 |
[Elective] PBIO529/PHAR605 Nutrition (2/3cr) | 45 |
[Elective] PHAR592Â Â Introduction to Toxicology (1cr) | 10 |
[Elective] HESY460 Healthcare Management Consulting* (3cr) | 18 |
[Elective] BCHB522 Â Drug Targets/Drug Design (2cr) | 35 |
[Elective] BCHB540 Molecular Basis of Carcinogenesis* (3cr) | 15 |
[Elective] CLTR506 Study and Clinical Trial Design (2cr) | 11 |
[Elective] CLTR507 Epidemiological Methods (3cr) | 9 |
[Elective] GLID502 Perspectives in Infectious Disease* (3cr) | 7 |
[Elective] GLOH640 Reproductive & Maternal Health* (3cr) | 12 |
[Elective] GLOH650Â Â Combatting Non-Communicative Diseases* (3cr) | 14 |
[Elective] GLOH708 Access to Pharmaceuticals* (3cr) | 15 |
[Elective] MICB562 Shaping National Science Policy* (3cr) | 13 |
[Elective] MICB660 Concepts of Immunotherapy* (3cr) | 20 |
[Elective] MICB705 Science Diplomacy & World Health (2cr) | 19 |
[Elective] MICB803 Biosafety, Biosecurity, & Biodefense* (2cr) | 8 |
[Elective] NSCI558 Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration* (3cr) | 22 |