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BIOL 472Human Physiology

3 credits · Biology · Penn State

Physiology is the science explaining body function at system, organ, cellular, and biochemical levels. This course explores the fundamentals of human physiology and its clinical applications. The target audience is advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying in the life sciences, many of whom plan to study clinical medicine disciplines in the future. Physiology is an integrative science discipline and thus will apply principles developed in previous biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics courses to problem solving situations. Core elements of this course include integrating science knowledge and applying science principles to develop a broad understanding of physiology systems and solve physiology problems.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “BIOL 230W or BIOL 230M or BMB 251 or BMB 251H or BIOL 240W or BIOL 240M or BIOL 141 or ( BIOL 161 and BIOL 163 )”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Spring (2 programs).

One of the options in (6)

  • Biomedical Engineering, Minor
  • Neurobiology, B.S.
  • Neuroscience, Minor
  • Premedical-Medical, B.S.
  • Premedicine, B.S.
  • Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, B.S.
What it opens up

Courses that list BIOL 472 as a prerequisite (6)