RECOMMENDED COURSES NORMALLY INCLUDED IN PHYSIOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY FOR THE MS AND PhD DEGREES, AND FOR THE NON-THESIS MASTER OF PHYSIOLOGY PROGRAM
In addition to the required courses, graduate degree committees have developed programs of study by selecting courses from the following list. Although courses not included on the list may be more appropriate for certain students and will be considered on the plan of work, the courses listed are recommended as components of programs of study for Physiology doctoral and MS graduate students. Advisors for MOP students should ensure that the plan of work includes 21 credit hours from the recommended course list.
Many courses are cross-listed with other programs; cross-listed course prefixes are not indicated.

Department

Course Number

Title

Credits

Animal Science

 

 

 

 

ANS 452

Advanced Reproductive Physiology and Biotechnology

3

 

ANS 785

Digestion and Metabolism in Ruminants

3

Biochemistry

 

 

 

 

BCH 451

Principles of Biochemistry           

4

 

BCH 452

Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory

2

 

BCH 552

Experimental Biochemistry

3

 

BCH 553

Biochemistry of Gene Expression (Required)

3

 

BCH 601

Macromolecular Structure

3

 

BCH 761

Advanced Molecular Biology of the Cell

3

 

BCH 763

Biochemistry of Hormone Action

3

 

BCH 768

Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function

3

Biomathematics

 

 

 

 

BMA 567

Modeling of Biological Systems

4

 

BMA 771

Biomathematics I

3

 

BMA 772

Biomathematics II

3

Entomology

 

 

 

 

ENT 503

Insect Morphology and Physiology

4

Genetics

 

 

 

 

GN  701

Molecular Genetics

3

Geneomic Sciences

 

 

 

 

GS 850

Professionalism and Ethics

1

Microbiology

 

 

 

 

MB   714

Microbial Metabolic Regulation

3

 

MB   751

Immunology

3

Nutrition

 

 

 

 

NTR  415

Comparative Nutrition (plus distance education)

3

 

NTR  701

Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism

3

 

NTR 706

Vitamin Metabolism

3

 

NTR 708

Energy Metabolism

3

 

NTR 775

Mineral Metabolism

3

Philosophy

 

 

 

 

PHI 816

Introduction to Research Ethics

1

Physiology

 

 

 

 

PHY 502

Reproductive Physiology of Mammals

3

 

PHY 503

General Physiology I (Required)

3

 

PHY 504

General Physiology II (Required)

3

 

PHY 513

Comparative Physiology

3

 

PHY 595/795

Special Topics in Physiology

Variable

 

PHY 601/801

Physiology Seminar (Required PhD and MS)

1

 

PHY 602/802

Seminar In Biology of Reproduction

2

 

PHY 620/820

Special Problems in Physiology

Variable

 

PHY 693/893

Physiology Research (Not MOP)

Variable

 

PHY 764

Advances in Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology

3

 

PHY 780

Mammalian Endocrinology

3

Poultry Science

 

 

 

 

PO 405

Avian Physiology

4

 

PO 524

Comparative Endocrinology

4

 

PO 756

Immunogenetics

3

Psychology

 

 

 

 

PSY 703

Biological Factors in Abnormal Behavior

3

Statistics

 

 

 

 

ST 511

Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences I

3

 

ST 512

Experimental Statistics for Biological Sciences II

3

 

ST 711

Design of Experiments

3

Toxicology

 

 

 

 

TOX 710

Biochemical Toxicology

3

 

TOX 715

Environmental Toxicology

3

Comparative Biomedical Sciences

 

 

 

 

CBS 662

Professional Conduct in Biomedical Research

1

 

CBS 730

Veterinary Histology

3

 

CBS 740

Research Animal Care and Use

3

 

CBS 753

Veterinary Immunology

2

 

CBS 762

Principles of Pharmacology

3

 

CBS 770

Cell Biology

4

 

CBS 771

Cancer Biology

3

 

CBS 785

Advanced and Molecular Pharmacology

2

 

CBS 787

Pharmacokinetics

3

Zoology

 

 

 

 

ZO 405

Functional Histology (Distance education)

3

 

ZO 410

Introduction to Animal Behavior

3

 

ZO 414

Cell Biology

3

 

ZO 509

Brain, Sex and Gender

3

 

ZO 512

Animal Symbiosis

3

 

ZO 588

Neurobiology

3

 

ZO 592

Topical Problems

1-3

 

ZO 592S

Spinal Cord Inquiry and Repair

2

 

ZO 714

Advanced Cell Biology

3

 

ZO 791

Topics in Animal Behavior

3