Departments, Schools, Colleges

PHYSIOLOGY DEPARTMENT (PSIO)

Contact Information:

Department of Physiology The University of Arizona Physiology Undergraduate Program Ina Gittings Building, 101 PO Box 210093 Tucson, AZ 85721-0093

Phone: (520) 621-4850 Fax: (520) 621-8170 Email: nbanks@email.arizona.edu Web: Department Homepage Web: Program Homepage

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• PSIO Course Descriptions

For descriptions of medical student electives, see the College of Medicine Electives Manual.

Degrees, Majors, Minors and Options:

Baccalaureate Degree

• Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (B.S.H.S.)

Graduate Degrees

The department participates in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Physiological Sciences.

Majors and Degrees

• Physiology (B.S.H.S.)

Students may declare the following prior to admission to a degree granting program:

• Pre-Physiology

Undergraduate Minor

• Physiology Minor

The Department:

The Department of Physiology is in the College of Medicine.

The undergraduate Physiology major is designed for individuals who, following completion of their four-year degree, plan to continue their studies at the graduate level in such areas as physiology, medicine, dentistry, or another of the wide range of academic, research, or health care professions. Majors receive basic grounding in calculus and the biological and physical sciences, and more extensive instruction in the physiological sciences such as advanced human physiology, cell physiology, endocrine physiology, exercise and environmental physiology, cardiovascular physiology, and neurophysiology.

For more information contact the department office listed above.