Physiology and Neuroscience Minor

Program Description

The Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology offers a program leading to a minor in Physiology and Neuroscience. The curriculum offers students an in-depth foundation in physiology and neuroscience, focusing on foundational neuroscience topics related to cellular neuroscience, physiological neuroscience, and behavioral neuroscience. Additionally, coursework will be complemented with foundational physiology and anatomy topics related to homeostasis, metabolism, and the function and structure of various organ systems of the body. 

This Program will aid in students being competitively prepared for careers in a variety of fields, including, but not limited to:  scientific research and medicine.

Admission Requirements

All students are eligible to be directly admitted into the minor in Physiology and Neuroscience.

Program Learning Objectives and Outcomes

The minor in Physiology and Neuroscience is focused on in-depth physiology and neuroscience content knowledge centered around four main learning goals: organization of the various systems of the body, cellular and organ system physiology, peripheral and central information processing, and how various systems of the body work together to elicit behavioral and physiological responses to conditional needs.

Program Learning Objectives

Students enrolled in the Physiology and Neuroscience minor will learn to:

• Map out the various systems of the body.
• Predict direct changes to the physiology of cells and organ systems, as various perturbations occur.
• Describe how the body senses, processes, and perceives stimuli to elicit a response.
• Model how various organ systems work together to meet the biological needs of an organism due to intrinsic or extrinsic demands.

Program Learning Outcomes

As a result of their learning experience, students completing a minor in Physiology and Neuroscience can:

• Map out the various systems of the body.
• Predict direct changes to the physiology of cells and organ systems, as various perturbations occur.
• Describe how the body senses, processes, and perceives stimuli to elicit a response.
• Model how various organ systems work together to meet the biological needs of an organism due to intrinsic or extrinsic demands.

For Mor Information

• Physiology and Neuroscience, BS
• Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
• College of Science and Mathematics