The rapid growth of knowledge about the nature and function of biological mechanisms has made physiology a corner-stone of the biological and medical sciences. The Physiology program at San Francisco State University is designed to provide students with a strong background in the basic sciences and an opportunity to obtain either a general overview of the field or to specialize. Emphases in Physiology include the neurosciences, reproductive and endocrine physiology, and comparative and ecological physiology, and aging. Studies at the master's level may include, in addition to the above, emphases in ethology, the neural mechanisms of behavior, and human psychophysiology.

Teaching and research facilities include a modern, fully-equipped eight-story building with a variety of laboratories for behavioral, biochemical, electrophysiological, and anatomical studies. Additional fieldwork may be done in association with the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Sierra Nevada Field Campus, the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, the San Francisco Zoo, and Marine World. Research internships are currently being conducted in cooperation with the University of California, San Francisco; Veterans Administration Hospital; and the Pacific Medical Center.

The highly competent faculty, all with Ph.D. degrees, have research interests in comparative biochemistry, endocrinology, reproductive physiology, human sexuality, ecological physiology, environmental enrichment and behavior of captive wild animals, population biology and physiology of marine mammals, neurophysiology, and sensory electrophysiology.

Lower-Division Requirements (38 - 39 units)

Units

BIOL 230

Introductory Biology I

5

BIOL 240

Introductory Biology II

5

CHEM 115

General Chemistry I

5

CHEM 130

General Organic Chemistry

3

CHEM 215/216

General Chemistry II and Laboratory (3/2)

5

MATH 226

Calculus I

4

One course selected from the following:

3 - 4

MATH 124

Elementary Statistics

3

MATH 227

Calculus II

4

BIOL 458*

Biometry

4

One set of the following:

8

PHYS 111/112

General Physics I Laboratory (3/1) and

PHYS 121/122

General Physics II and Laboratory (3/1) OR

PHYS 220/222

General Physics with Calculus I and Laboratory (3/1) and

PHYS 230/232

General Physics with Calculus II and Laboratory (3/1)

Total lower-division requirements

38 - 39

Upper-Division Requirements (29-33 units)

BIOL 350

Cell Biology

3

BIOL 355

Genetics

3

CHEM 340 OR CHEM 349

Biochemistry I OR General Biochemistry

3

Physiology core courses selected from the following (one lecture must be Biol 612 or Biol 630)

9

BIOL 525

Plant Physiology (3)

BIOL 612

Human Physiology (3)

BIOL 616

Cardiorespiratory Physiology (3)

BIOL 617

Environmental Physiology (3)

BIOL 620

Endocrinology (3)

BIOL 621

Reproductive Physiology (3)

BIOL 622

Hormones and Behavior (3)

BIOL 630

Animal Physiology (3)

BIOL 640

Cellular Neurosciences (3)

BIOL 642

Neural Systems Physiology (3)

One Physiology Lab selected from the following:

2-4

BIOL 526

Plant Physiology Lab (2)

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