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(BIOL 261) Human Physiology

The function of the human body from cells through organ systems. Designed for those interested in the health professions including, but not limited to medical, dental, nursing, physical therapy, and all other fields of allied health.

Credit Hours 3.0 Lecture
Prerequisite BIOL 112/L or BIOL 101, CHEM 101/L or CHEM 105
Corequisite BIOL 261L
Offered Fall, Winter
Programs Biology (BS), Biology Education (BS), Health and Human Science (BS), Health and Human Science Education (BS), Introduction to Nutritional Science Minor

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Be able to explain the function and integration of the ten human organ systems: endocrine, nervous, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, gastrointestinal, reproductive, immune, integumentary.
  2. Understand the physiological homeostatic controls of the efferent nervous and endocrine systems that govern the processes of circulation, respiration, filtration, metabolism, growth, and reproduction.
  3. Be able to apply critical thinking and reasoning skills when confronted with complex integrative physiological processes and pathophysiology.