Advanced Physiology

Catalog description

Integrative and systems physiology fosters breakthroughs in all areas of life sciences, and a complete understanding of physiology requires an in-depth understanding of normal biological processes to understand how these processes breakdown in cardiovascular, circulatory, respiratory, renal, endocrine and other diseases. In this advanced physiology course, students gain knowledge through mastery of fundamental physiological concepts and principles as a foundation for advanced study at the graduate level and to build a firm foundation for cutting edge research skills in physiology and related disciplines. A major focus of this course is to learn fundamental physiological principles and gain skills in presentation and critical reading/reasoning of primary literature through a combination of self-directed learning (pre-work) and presenting published papers.