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.
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.
At least 6 s.h. from these (organ system-based-coruses):


HHP:3450 Immunology in Health and Disease – 3
HHP:4110 Advanced Human Anatomy Laboratory – 4
HHP:4130 Skeletal Muscle Physiology – 3
HHP:4260 Respiratory Pathophysiology – 3
HHP:4300 Sensorimotor Neurophysiology – 3
HHP:4460 Cardiovascular Physiology – 3

At least 3 s.h. from these (integrative physiology courses):

HHP:4150 Clinical Exercise Physiology – 3
HHP:4250 Human Pathophysiology – 3
HHP:4410 Integrative Physiology of Exercise – 3
HHP:4470/ASP:4470 Physiology of Aging – 3
HHP:4510 Energetics in Health and Disease – 3

May include up to 9 s.h. from these:


HHP:3230/PSY:3230 Psychopharmacology – 3
HHP:3300 Human Growth and Motor Development – 3
HHP:3700 Health Care Communications – 1
HHP:3900 Writing for Health and Human Physiology – 3
HHP:3994 Undergraduate Research
(may be taken twice for up to 3 s.h. each) – 1-3
HHP:4200 Metabolic Exercise Testing and Prescription – 4
HHP:4210 Musculoskeletal Exercise Testing and Prescription – 4
HHP:4440 Physiology of Nutrition – 3
HHP:4450 Human Genetics and Disease – 3-4
HHP:4465 Environmental Exercise Physiology – 3
HHP:4490 International Medicine: Experiential Learning – 3
HHP:4500 Undergraduate Independent Study
(may be repeated; only 3 s.h. may be applied toward degree) –arr. 
HHP:4700 Health and Human Physiology Teaching Internship – 2-3
HHP:4800 Research Methods and Ethics – 3
HHP:4900 Honors Research – 3
HHP:4930 Health and Human Physiology Internship
(may be  repeated; up to 3 s.h. may be applied toward degree) – arr.
BIOL:2254 Endocrinology – 3
BIOL:2723 Cell Biology – 3
BMB:3110 Biochemistry – 3
MICR:2157 General Microbiology – 3
MICR:2158 General Microbiology Laboratory – 2
PCOL:4130 Drug Mechanisms and Actions – 3

May include one of these:

PSY:2130 Advanced Psychology for Pre-Medical Track – 3
PSY:2930 Abnormal Psychology: Health Professions – 3
SOC:3510 Medical Sociology – 3

Cognate Area Courses     31 s.h.
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):
 

HHP:3450 Immunology in Health and Disease – 3
HHP:3700 Health Care Communications – 1

HHP:4150 Clinical Exercise Physiology – 3
HHP:4200 Metabolic Exercise Testing and Prescription – 4

HHP:4250 Human Pathophysiology – 3
HHP:4260 Respiratory Pathophysiology – 3
HHP:4490 International Medicine: Experiential Learning – 3

 

Neuromuscular Physiology and Metabolism Area
(Four of these):
 

HHP:4110 Advanced Human Anatomy Laboratory – 4
HHP:4130 Skeletal Muscle Physiology – 3

HHP:4300 Sensorimotor Neurophysiology – 3

HHP:4410 Integrative Physiology of Exercise – 3
HHP:4440 Physiology of Nutrition – 3

HHP:4510 Energetics in Health and Disease – 3

 

Research Area
(All of these):
 

HHP:3994 Undergraduate Research – 3
HHP:4800 Research Methods and Ethics – 3

HHP:4900 Honors Research - 3