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Biomedical Physiology BS



Overview

The Biomedical Physiology major has a comprehensive human physiology-focused curriculum that fosters a strong knowledge base in physiology – the study of how the body functions – as well as critical thinking skills. Introductory science courses (biology, chemistry, math, and physics) plus biostatistics and biochemistry strengthen and broaden the science-related skill set of students.

Upper-level physiology courses incorporate problem-solving and active-learning approaches. The curriculum also includes a career-skills course that targets core workplace competencies and enables students to explore opportunities in health and biotechnology fields. Moreover, flexibility is built into the curriculum to enable students to simultaneously meet pre-professional course requirements while also exploring different areas of interest in physiology. This multi-faceted approach will optimally prepare students for subsequent training in professional and graduate programs as well as meet the diverse needs of the healthcare, biomedical, and life-sciences industries.

Double Dawgs

This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Biomedical Physiology BS/Public Health MPH(Biostatistics)(non-thesis) Biomedical Physiology BS/Public Health MPH(Environmental Health Science)(non-thesis) Biomedical Physiology BS/Public Health MPH(Epidemiology)(non-thesis) Biomedical Physiology BS/Public Health MPH(Health Policy and Management)(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu

Contact

Paul Eubig, Program Coordinator paul.eubig@uga.edu (706) 542-4376

Four-Year Program of Study

Four-Year Program of Study

The following program of study provides a path for students to complete this degree program in four years.

Fall Year 1

Area V Social Sciences

CHEM 1211-1211D  General Chemistry I 3
    AND  CHEM 1211L  General Chemistry Laboratory I 1
ENGL 1101  English Composition I 3
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
MATH 2250  Calculus I for Science and Engineering 4
Spring Year 1

Area V Social Sciences

CHEM 1212-1212D  General Chemistry II 3
    AND  CHEM 1212L  General Chemistry Laboratory II 1
ENGL 1102  English Composition II 3

PEDB prefix course

Statistics Requirement

Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2

Area IV Humanities & the Arts

Area IV World Languages & Global Culture

BIOL 1107  Principles of Biology I 3
    AND  BIOL 1107L  Principles of Biology I Laboratory 1
CHEM 2211-2211D  Modern Organic Chemistry I 3
    AND  CHEM 2211L  Modern Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1
Spring Year 2

Additional Required Course

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

Biochemistry Requirement

BIOL 1108  Principles of Biology II 3
    AND  BIOL 1108L  Principles of Biology II Laboratory 1
Summer Year 2

N/A

Fall Year 3

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

Major Elective

PHYS 1111-1111L  Introductory Physics-Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics 4
VPHY 3107-3107D  Integrative Concepts in Physiology I 4
    AND  VPHY 3107L  Integrative Concepts in Physiology Laboratory 1
Spring Year 3

Area V Social Sciences

PHYS 1112-1112L  Introductory Physics-Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics 4
VPHY 3108  Integrative Concepts in Physiology II 3
VPHY 3110  Careers in Biomedical Physiology and Professional Skills 3

VPHY Elective

Summer Year 3

N/A

Fall Year 4

General Elective

General Elective

Major Elective

Major Elective

VPHY Elective

Spring Year 4

Additional Required Course

General Elective

General Elective

General Elective

General Elective

Summer Year 4

N/A

Statistics Requirement

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

BIOS 2010  Elementary Biostatistics 4
STAT 2000  Introductory Statistics 4
STAT 3110  Introduction to Statistics for Life Sciences 3
Biochemistry Requirement

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

BCMB 3100  Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4
BCMB 4020/6020  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II 3
Major Required Course

Choose 1 group(s) from the following:

VPHY 3107-3107D  Integrative Concepts in Physiology I 4

or

VPHY 3100  Elements of Physiology 3
    AND  VPHY 3101  Elements of Physiology Seminar 1
Major Required Courses

Must take all of the following courses

VPHY 3108  Integrative Concepts in Physiology II 3
VPHY 3107L  Integrative Concepts in Physiology Laboratory 1
VPHY 3110  Careers in Biomedical Physiology and Professional Skills 3
Additional Required Courses

Choose 2 course(s) from the following:

BMSC 4500/6500  Basic Medical Histology 3
BMSC 4997E  Pre-Veterinary/Pre-Medical Histology 3
CBIO 3050E  Medical Histology 3
VPAT 3200  Introduction to Histology and Histopathology 3
BMSC 4999E  Comparative Veterinary Anatomy for Pre-Veterinary Students 3
CBIO 2210-2210L  * Anatomy and Physiology II 4
CBIO 3200L  Medical Anatomy 1-3
CBIO 3400  Cell Biology 4
GENE 3200-3200D  Genetics 4
MIBO 2500  Microbiology and Health Care 3
    AND  MIBO 2500L  Microbiology and Health Care Laboratory 1
MIBO 3500  Introductory Microbiology 3
    AND  MIBO 3500L  Introductory Microbiology Laboratory I 1
CHEM 2212-2212D  ** Modern Organic Chemistry II 3
    AND  CHEM 2212L  Modern Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1

*Pre-professional students who require CBIO 2200&L and CBIO 2210&L should take CBIO 2210&L; CBIO 2200&L is its prerequisite and will count as a general elective.

**Pre-professional students who require two semesters of Organic Chemistry should take CHEM 2212-CHEM 2212D and CHEM 2212L.

VPHY Required Electives

Choose 2 course(s) from the following:

VPHY 3990  Herd Health Study Away 4
VPHY 3995-3995L  Course-Based Research in Physiology 4
VPHY 4050  Peer-Learning Assistants in Physiology 3
VPHY 4300/6300  Endocrine Physiology 3
VPHY 4400/6400  Principles of Neurophysiology 3
VPHY 4401/6401  Advanced Neurophysiology and Neurological Disorders 3
VPHY 4500/6500  Integrative Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology 3
VPHY 4600/6600  Physiological Toxicology 3
VPHY 4700/6700  Gastrointestinal Physiology 3
VPHY 4800/6800  Comparative Physiology 3
VPHY 4950  Special Topics in Biomedical Physiology 1-4
VPHY(KINS) 5690/7690  Skeletal Muscle and Mitochondria Physiology 3
    AND  VPHY(KINS) 5690L/7690L  Mitochondrial Physiology Laboratory 1
Major Electives

Choose a minimum of 9 credit hour(s) from the following:

Physiology-related courses

Choose a maximum of 4 credit hour(s) from the following:

Research Hours in the sciences, e.g., 4960R courses, can count toward the required major electives hours

ADSC 3300  Animal Nutrition and Metabolism 3
ADSC 3400  Physiology of Reproduction in Domestic Animals 3
ADSC 3420  Physiology of Lactation in Farm Animals 3
ADSC(POUL) 4380/6380  Food Animal Growth and Development 3
ADSC 4390/6390-4390L/6390L  Equine Nutrition 3
ADSC 4410/6410-4410L/6410L  Applied Reproductive Management in Cattle and Swine 3
ADSC 4420  Engineering Living Organisms 3
ADSC 4430/6430-4430L/6430L  Equine Exercise Physiology 3
ADSC 4520/6520  Animal Cognition and Behavior 3
ANNU(ADSC) 4360/6360  Ruminant Nutrition 3
ANNU(ADSC)(POUL) 4370/6370  Monogastric Nutrition 3
BCMB 3433  Biology for Medicine 4
BCMB(CHEM) 4110/6110  Physical Biochemistry 3
BCMB 4120/6120  Human Biochemistry and Disease 4
BCMB 4130  Human Biochemistry II 3
BCMB(ENTO)(BTEC) 4200/6200  Biotechnology 3
BIOL(WILD) 3700W  Animal Behavior 3
BIOL 4200W  Science and Health Writing 3
BIOL 4300W/6300W  Scientific Research Writing 3
BMSC 4500/6500  Basic Medical Histology 3
BMSC 4997E  Pre-Veterinary/Pre-Medical Histology 3
BMSC 4998E/6998E  Principles of Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology 3
BMSC 4999E  Comparative Veterinary Anatomy for Pre-Veterinary Students 3
BTEC(BCMB)(PBIO) 4000L  Methods in Biotechnology 4
CBIO 3000-3000L  Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 4
CBIO 3010-3010L  Functional Human Anatomy 4
CBIO 3050  Medical Histology 3
CBIO 3200L  Medical Anatomy 1-3
CBIO 3400  Cell Biology 4
CBIO 3600  Developmental Biology 4
CBIO 3710  Principles of Physiology 3
CBIO 3800  Neurobiology 4
CBIO(MIBO)(IDIS) 4100/6100-4100D/6100D  Immunology 4
CBIO(IDIS) 4500/6500  Medical Parasitology 3
CHEM 4120/6120  Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action 3
ECOL(IDIS) 3820  Evolutionary Medicine 3
ECOL 4050/6050-4050L/6050L  Ichthyology 4
ECOL(BIOL)(IDIS) 4150/6150-4150L/6150L  Population Biology of Infectious Diseases 4
ECOL 4240-4240L  Physiological Ecology 4
ECOL 4775/6775-4775L/6775L  Ecological Developmental Biology and Ecotoxicology 4
EHSC 3060  Introduction to Environmental Health Science 3
EHSC 4490  Environmental Toxicology 3
ENGL 3860W  Science Writing for General Audiences 3
ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L  General Entomology 4
ENTO 4450/6450  Insect Behavior 3
FISH(ECOL)(MARS)(WILD) 4300/6300  Environmental Biology of Fishes 3
FISH 4500/6500  Fish Physiology 3
    AND  FISH 4500L/6500L  Fish Physiology Lab 1
GENE 4200/6200  Advanced Genetics 3
GENE(CBIO) 4310/6310  Genetic Approaches to Developmental Neuroscience 3
GENE 4500/6500  Human Genetics 3
GRNT 3100E  Early Life Influences on Aging 3
GRNT 3400  Cognition and the Aging Brain 3
GRNT 7600  Pharmacology, Health, and Aging 3
IDIS 3100  People, Parasites, and Plagues 3
IDIS(POPH) 3110  Food Animal Infectious Diseases 3
IDIS 3120  Special Topics in Vector Ecology and Vector-Borne Disease 1
IDIS(NUTR) 4200/6200  We Are What We Eat! How Your Gut Influences Your Overall Health 3
KINS 3115E  Structural Kinesiology 3
KINS 3450S  Practicum in Fitness and Conditioning 1-3
KINS 3500-3500L  Personal Training 3
KINS 3600  Applied Biomechanics 3
KINS 3700  Applied Exercise Physiology 3
KINS 4150/6150  Global Issues in Sports Medicine 3
KINS 4600/6600  Measurement and Surveillance of Physical Activity 3
KINS 4630/6630  Exercise Physiology 3
KINS 4680/6680  Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology 3
KINS 4690/6690  Neuromuscular Physiology 3
KINS 4750S/6750S  Service Learning in Kinesiology 1-3
KINS 5140/7140  Current Problems in Kinesiology 1-3
KINS 5140/7140  Current Problems in Kinesiology 1-3
KINS 5140/7140  Current Problems in Kinesiology 1-3
VPHY(KINS) 5690/7690  Skeletal Muscle and Mitochondria Physiology 3
LAMS 3000E  Foundations of Clinical Medicine I 3
LAMS 3010E  Foundations of Clinical Medicine II 3
LAMS 3020E  Foundations of Clinical Medicine III 3
MARS 3550  Life in Fluids 3
MIBO 4700/6700  Medical Mycology 3
NUTR 3100  Macronutrients and Energy Balance 3
NUTR 4050/6050  Optimal Nutrition for the Life Span 3
NUTR 4100/6100  Micronutrient Nutrition 3
NUTR(KINS) 4220/6220  Nutrition in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport 3
NUTR 4530/6530  Medical Nutrition Therapy II 4
NUTR 4590/6590  Metabolism and Physiology of Energy Balance and Obesity 3
NUTR 4800/6800  Nutrition and Pharmacotherapy for Disease Management 3
PATH(PBIO) 3010  Fungi: Friends and Foes 3
PHIL 3220  Biomedical Ethics 3
PHRM(PMCY) 4000/6000  The War on Cancer 3
PHRM(PMCY) 5050/7050  Abused Drugs 3
PMCY 4020/6020  Human Physiology 3
PMCY 4800/6800  Human Pharmacology 3
PMCY 4200/6200  Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 3
PMCY 4300/6300  Medicinal Chemistry 3
PMCY 4600/6600  Biological Therapeutics 3
POUL 3000-3000L  Avian Surgical Techniques 4
POUL 3123  Avian Biology: Ecology, Physiology, and Behavior 3
POUL 3750  Integrated Animal Nutrition 4
POUL(BIOL) 4060/6060  Reproductive Endocrinology 3
POUL 4175  Avian Anatomy and Physiology 3
POUL 4200/6200-4200L/6200L  Avian Anatomy and Physiology 4
POUL 4300/6300  Nutritional Immunology in Health and Production 3
PSYC 3700  Schizophrenia 3
PSYC 4120  Sensation and Perception 3
PSYC 4130  Physiological and Comparative Psychology 3
PSYC 4140  Cognitive Neuroscience 3
PSYC 4150  Biological Foundations of Health Psychology 3
PSYC 5850  Psychopharmacology - Drugs and Behavior 3
VPAT 3100H  Introduction to Disease (Honors) 3
VPAT 3200  Introduction to Histology and Histopathology 3
VPAT 4000/6000  On the Origins of Disease 3
VPAT 4100  Common Diseases of Production Animals 3
VPHY 3990  Herd Health Study Away 4
VPHY 3995-3995L  Course-Based Research in Physiology 4
VPHY 4050  Peer-Learning Assistants in Physiology 3
VPHY 4200/6200  Physiologic Basis of Diseases 3
VPHY 4300/6300  Endocrine Physiology 3
POPH(VPHY) 4330W/6330W  Scientific Writing - Communication Across Audiences 3
VPHY 4400/6400  Principles of Neurophysiology 3
VPHY 4401/6401  Advanced Neurophysiology and Neurological Disorders 3
VPHY 4500/6500  Integrative Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology 3
VPHY 4600/6600  Physiological Toxicology 3
VPHY 4700/6700  Gastrointestinal Physiology 3
VPHY 4800/6800  Comparative Physiology 3
VPHY 4950  Special Topics in Biomedical Physiology 1-4
VPHY(KINS) 5690/7690  Skeletal Muscle and Mitochondria Physiology 3
    AND  VPHY(KINS) 5690L/7690L  Mitochondrial Physiology Laboratory 1
WILD(ECOL) 4040/6040-4040L/6040L  Herpetology 4
WILD(ECOL) 4060/6060-4060L/6060L  Ornithology 4
WILD 4400/6400  Wildlife Physiology and Nutrition 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

ENTO 3645  Medical Entomology Lecture 3
ENTO 3650  Medical Entomology 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

GENE 3200-3200D  Genetics 4
GENE 3200H  Honors Genetics 4

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

MIBO(POPH) 4220/6220  Pathogenic Bacteriology 3
MIBO(POPH) 4220S/6220S  Pathogenic Bacteriology 3

University-Wide Requirements

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