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Table of Contents (UCSD, 2013)
Lower Division Requirements: ...................................................................................................................... 1
Upper division Requirements: ...................................................................................................................... 1
Learning Goals:.............................................................................................................................................. 2
Understand: .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Have an in-depth understanding of: ......................................................................................................... 2
Skills: What should students be able to do with their knowledge?.......................................................... 3
Attitudes and Values: What should students value? ................................................................................ 3
Physiology and Neuroscience (UCSD,
2013)
This major is designed to provide students with the fundamental courses required for entry into medical
school, graduate school in biological or neural sciences, or entry into other health related professions
such as nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, physical education
agriculture and wildlife management.
Lower Division Requirements:
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BILD 1, 2 & 3 (Note: BILD 2 is required for students starting at UC San Diego fall 2011 or later)
Mathematics 10A, B, 11/10C or 20A, B, C
Chemistry 6A, B, C, and 7L
Physics 1A+1AL, 1B+1BL, 1C+1CL or 2A, B, C, and lab (2BL, 2CL or 2DL)
Upper division Requirements:
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Organic Chemistry (Chemistry 140A, 140B, and 143A)
Metabolic Biochemistry (BIBC 102)
Genetics (BICD 100)
Molecular Biology (BIMM 100)
Four from the following eight courses (APN Core):
Mammalian Physiology I (BIPN 100)
Mammalian Physiology II (BIPN 102)
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Comparative Physiology (BIPN 106)
Cellular Neurobiology (BIPN 140)
Systems Neurobiology (BIPN 142)
Developmental Neurobiology (BIPN 144)
Computational Neurobiology (BIPN 146)
Cellular Basis of Learning and Memory (BIPN 148)
One of three AP&N Laboratories:
Embryology Lab (BICD 131)
Animal Physiology Lab (BIPN 105)
Neurobiology Lab (BIPN 145)
One upper-division lab to be chosen from the following: BIBC 103, BICD 101, 111, 123, 131, 145,
BIEB 121, 131, 165, 167, BIMM 101, 121, BIPN 105, 145.
Three additional upper-division courses (each course must be at least four units) taken through
the UC San Diego Division of Biological Sciences are required. These may include courses from
requirements #5, 6, 7 that have not already been taken. These may include no more than one
quarter of BISP 195 and one quarter of either BISP 196, 197 or 199. Subsequent quarters of 195,
196, 197 or 199 may be applied toward college and university requirements. The following
Scripps Institution of Oceanography courses may be taken and applied to this requirement: 126,
132, 134, 147, 181 and 189. Students are required to meet the Division of Biological Sciences
residency requirement.
Learning Goals:
Understand:
evolution and diversity of living organism
heredity and its molecular basis
the correlation of biological structure, function and processes at all levels of biological organizations
how energy, nutrients, metabolites and information are acquired and organized, and how they flow
through biological systems
biotic interactions and the relationship of organisms to the physical environment
how mathematics, physics and chemistry are integrated into the study of biology
Have an in-depth understanding of:
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the physiological mechanisms that coordinate functions within and between organ systems,
considering all levels of organization from molecules to whole organisms
how the nervous system carries out its central role of acquiring information about information, and
generating effective behavior
Skills: What should students be able to do with their knowledge?
Construct reasonable hypotheses to explain biological phenomena and design effective experiments
to test the hypotheses
Implement contemporary biological research techniques to conduct experiments, and use
quantitative and/or statistical approaches to analyze the results and draw appropriate conclusions from
them
Use digital technologies to search the scientific literature, and to retrieve and analyze information
from reliable databases
Clearly and accurately communicate biological concepts.
Attitudes and Values: What should students value?
Recognize the interactions between biology and society: the impact of biological discoveries on
society, the long-term and ethical implications of biological discoveries, and the impact of social context
on scientific progress.
Habitually analyze every-day events using the principles of scientific inquiry to evaluate the credibility
and value of information acquired from many different sources
Learning outcomes published:
Divisional Undergraduate website
Bibliography
UCSD. (2013). Physiology and Neuroscience. Retrieved April 18, 2013, from
http://biology.ucsd.edu/undergrad/maj-min/majors/physio-neuro.html