Only Physiology Minor Program Physiology Major Program Physiology Specialist Program Theoretical Physiology Specialist Program Biophysics Specialist Program Neuroscience Specialist Program Counselling Admission to Graduate Studies Admission to Medicine New Program by Arts and Science. Introduction to the Program Physiology is the study of living matter in action, i.e. the study of organ system function by physical or chemical means. It is an integrating discipline dealing with controls, compensations and interrelationships. Interaction with the environment is always a major factor.
Physiology serves as a bridge between cellular biology and control theory and systems analysis.
In this respect it resembles Engineering with which it shares a foundation in physics and chemistry. Physiologists are needed in hospitals and schools of medicine as teachers and research personnel, as well as in research institutes and government laboratories. Other outlets would be agriculture and veterinary schools, in military research establishments and in pharmaceutical industries. The development of air and space travel, the exploration of the continental shelf, the development of northern regions, an increased emphasis on exercise and fitness, all provide problems and research opportunities for the person trained in Physiology. At the research level, Physiology covers a variety of specialties each with very different technical and analytical methods.