This page is to be used as a planning tool. Your degree audit is the official record of degree requirements. Updated August 2023.
The major in Human Physiology is designed primarily for individuals who intend to continue their education beyond the BS in the health professions, including medicine, physician assistant, physical therapy, dentistry, occupational therapy, chiropractic, and optometry, and for those who intend to pursue graduate degrees in basic life sciences.
Major courses may fulfill the following General Education Requirements:
Diversity & Inclusion; Natural Science; Natural Science w/lab; Quantitative or Formal Reasoning; Values & Culture
Human Physiology Requirements
Bachelor of Science from Health and Human Physiology
Core Courses | 14 | Cognate Area Courses | 31 |
Elective Coruses | 18 | ||
Total Hours | 63 |
core courses | 14 s.h. | ||
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All of these: | |||
HHP:1050 Exploring Health & Human Physiology | 1 | HHP:3550 Human Physiology with Laboratory | 5 |
HHP:3115 Anatomy for Human Physiology with Lab | 5 | ||
One of these: | |||
HHP:2200 Physical Activity & Health | 3 | HHP:2310 Nutrition and Health | 3 |
HHP:2280 Cultural Competency & Health | 3 |
Electives (At least 12 s.h. in HHP courses) | 18 s.h. |
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At least 6 s.h. from these (organ system-based-coruses):
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At least 3 s.h. from these (integrative physiology courses): HHP:4150 Clinical Exercise Physiology – 3 |
May include up to 9 s.h. from these:
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May include one of these: PSY:2130 Advanced Psychology for Pre-Medical Track – 3 |
Cognate Area Courses | 31 s.h. | ||
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Biology - This Sequence: | Physics - This Sequence: | ||
BIOL:1411 Foundations of Biology | 4 | PHYS:1511 College Physics I | 4 |
BIOL:1412 Diversity of Form and Function | 4 | PHYS:1512 College Physics II | 4 |
Chemistry - This Sequence: | Statistics - One of these: | ||
CHEM:1110 Principles of Chemistry I | 4 | STAT:2010 Statistical Methods and Computing | 3 |
CHEM:1120 Principles of Chemistry II | 4 | STAT/IGPI:3510 Biostatistics | 3 |
STAT/PSQF:4143 Introduction to Statistical Methods | 3 | ||
Mathematics - One of these: | |||
MATH:1460 Calculus for the Biological Sciences | 4 | ||
MATH:1550 Engineering Math I: Single Variable Calculus |
4 | ||
MATH:1850 Calculus I | 4 |
Areas of Emphasis
Students majoring in Human Physiology may declare an emphasis area but are not required to do so to satisfy major requirements. Declaring an emphasis area does not require completion of elective coursework beyond that already required for the major. Major elective requirements can be met through emphasis area courses.
Clinical Physiology Area (Four of these): |
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HHP:3450 Immunology in Health and Disease – 3 |
HHP:4250 Human Pathophysiology – 3 |
Neuromuscular Physiology and Metabolism Area (Four of these): |
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HHP:4110 Advanced Human Anatomy Laboratory – 4 |
HHP:4410 Integrative Physiology of Exercise – 3 |
Research Area (All of these): |
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HHP:3994 Undergraduate Research – 3 |
HHP:4900 Honors Research - 3 |