Animal Physiology program requirements
What the Animal Physiology Major requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.
Animal Physiology Major
- Science program
- 8.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ1538
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(8.0 credits)
First Year:
1BIO120H1, BIO130H1; (CHM135H1, CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1
21.0 credit from JMB170Y1/ MAT130H1/ MAT135H1/ MAT136H1/ (MAT148H1, MAT149H1)/ MAT137Y1/ (MAT158H1, MAT159H1)/ MAT157Y1/ PHY131H1/ PHY132H1/ PHY151H1/ PHY152H1
Higher Years:
1BIO220H1, BIO230H1/ BIO255H1
2BIO270H1, BIO271H1
3CSB325H1
40.5 credit from: CJH332H1, CSB343H1, CSB346H1
51.5 credits (at least 0.5 credit must be at the 300+ level) from: BCH210H1; BIO260H1/ HMB265H1; CJH332H1; CSB299Y1, CSB327H1, CSB328H1, CSB329H1, CSB330H1, CSB331H1, CSB334H1, CSB343H1, CSB345H1, CSB346H1, CSB348H1, CSB352H1, CSB397Y0; CSB399Y1; EEB263H1; PSY397H1; STA220H1
60.5 credit at the 400-level from CSB426H1, CSB427H1, CSB430H1, CSB431H1, CSB432H1, CSB434H1, CSB445H1, CSB447H1, CSB483H1, CSB492H1, CSB497H1, CSB498Y1, CSB499Y1; HMB430H1, HMB472H1, HMB496Y1, HMB499Y1; PSL432H1, PSL452H1
Students in this program have the option to complete the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream.
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
- CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
- CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
- CHM151Y1Chemistry: The Molecular Science
- JMB170Y1Biology, Models, and Mathematics last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
- MAT135H1Calculus I
- MAT136H1Calculus II
- MAT148H1Calculus I with Proofs
- MAT149H1Calculus II with Proofs
- MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MAT158H1Analysis 1A
- MAT159H1Analysis 1B
- MAT157Y1Analysis I last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- PHY131H1Introduction to Physics I
- PHY132H1Introduction to Physics II
- PHY151H1Foundations of Physics I
- PHY152H1Foundations of Physics II
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- BIO230H1From Genes to Organisms
- BIO255H1From Genes to Organisms with Advanced Laboratory
- BIO270H1Animal Physiology I
- BIO271H1Animal Physiology II
- CSB325H1Endocrine Physiology
- CJH332H1Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology of the Synapse
- CSB343H1Animal Energetics
- CSB346H1Neurobiology of Respiration
- BCH210H1Biochemistry I: Proteins, Lipids and Metabolism
- BIO260H1Concepts in Genetics
- HMB265H1General & Human Genetics
- CSB299Y1Research Opportunity Program
- CSB327H1Extracellular Matrix Dynamics and Associated Pathologies
- CSB328H1Animal Developmental Biology
- CSB329H1Stem Cell Biology: Developmental Models and Cell-based Therapeutics
- CSB330H1Techniques in Molecular and Cell Biology
- CSB331H1Advanced Cell Biology
- CSB334H1Methods and Analysis in Behavioral Neuroscience
- CSB345H1Introductory Biology of Sleep
- CSB348H1Laboratory in Comparative Animal Physiology
- CSB352H1Bioinformatic Methods
- CSB397Y0Research Abroad in Cell & Systems Biology
- CSB399Y1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB263H1Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- PSY397H1Biological Rhythms
- STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
- CSB426H1Physiology of Stress and Reproduction
- CSB427H1Drosophila as a Model in Cancer Research
- CSB430H1Neurogenesis
- CSB431H1Evolution and Development: Gastrulation
- CSB432H1Advanced Topics in Cellular Neurophysiology
- CSB434H1Advanced Methods in Systems Neuroscience
- CSB445H1Sleep Biology in Health and Disease
- CSB447H1Living Without Oxygen: Microbes to Mammals
- CSB483H1Seminar in Development
- CSB492H1Advanced Topics in Cell and Systems Biology
- CSB497H1Independent Research in Cell and Systems Biology I
- CSB498Y1Independent Research in Cell and Systems Biology I
- CSB499Y1Independent Research in Cell and Systems Biology II
- HMB430H1Trends in Neuroscience
- HMB472H1Exercise Physiology
- HMB496Y1Research Project in Human Biology
- HMB499Y1Research Project in Human Biology II
- PSL432H1Theoretical Physiology
- PSL452H1Membrane Physiology
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