Physiology & Math Course Listing

Offered by:Physiology
Degree:Bachelor of Science

Program Requirement:

Required Courses (70 credits)

Bio-Physical Sciences Core

• BIOL 219 Intro to Phys Mol & Cell Biol 4 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Biology (Sci): An introduction to molecular and cell biology from a physical perspective. Techniques and methodologies, both experimental and computational, are included in the presentation of each thematic module.

  Offered by: Biology

  • Prerequisite(s): BIOL 112; CHEM 110 and CHEM 120; MATH 140, MATH 141 and MATH 133; PHYS 131 and PHYS 142; or the equivalents of these courses.
  • Corequisite(s): MATH 222 or equivalent
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212, BIOC 212, BIOL 200, and BIOL 201, or BIEN 219. Only open to students in Bioengineering, Computer Science-Biology, Biology-Mathematics, Biology-Quantitative Biology, Chemistry-Biophysical Chemistry, and Physics-Biological Physics Options.
  • This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• BIOL 395 Quantitative Biology Seminar 1 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Biology (Sci): Overview of concepts and current research in quantitative biology; theoretical ecology and evolution, computational biology, and physical biology.

  Offered by: Biology

  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: BIOL 219; or BIOL 200 plus BIOL 201 or ANAT 212 or BIOC 212; CHEM 212; COMP 202 or COMP 204 or COMP 250; MATH 222; or permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: Only open to U2 students in the following programs: B.Sc.; Major and Honours in Biology; Quantitative Biology, B.Sc.; Major and Honours Computer Science and Biology, B.Sc.; Major Biology and Mathematics, B.Sc.; Major Physiology and Mathematics, B.Sc.; Major Physiology and Physics, B.Sc.; Major and Honours Chemistry; Biophysical Chemistry, and B.Sc.; Major and Honours Physics; Biological Physics.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 222 Calculus 3 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Taylor series, Taylor's theorem in one and several variables. Review of vector geometry. Partial differentiation, directional derivative. Extreme of functions of 2 or 3 variables. Parametric curves and arc length. Polar and spherical coordinates. Multiple integrals.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Prerequisite: MATH 141. Familiarity with vector geometry or Corequisite: MATH 133
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 262.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 223 Linear Algebra 3 Credits*

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of matrix algebra, determinants and systems of linear equations. Vector spaces, linear operators and their matrix representations, orthogonality. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of Hermitian matrices. Applications.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall and Winter
  • Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent
  • Restriction: Not open to students in Mathematics programs nor to students who have taken or are taking MATH 236, MATH 247 or MATH 251. It is open to students in Faculty Programs

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  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra 3 Credits*

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Matrix algebra, determinants, systems of linear equations. Abstract vector spaces, inner product spaces, Fourier series. Linear transformations and their matrix representations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizable and defective matrices, positive definite and semidefinite matrices. Quadratic and Hermitian forms, generalized eigenvalue problems, simultaneous reduction of quadratic forms. Applications.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: Intended for Honours Physics and Engineering students
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 236, MATH 223 or MATH 251

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  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Eqns 3 Credits**

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First order ordinary differential equations including elementary numerical methods. Linear differential equations. Laplace transforms. Series solutions.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Prerequisite: MATH 222.
  • Corequisite: MATH 133.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 325.

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  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 323 Probability 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Sample space, events, conditional probability, independence of events, Bayes' Theorem. Basic combinatorial probability, random variables, discrete and continuous univariate and multivariate distributions. Independence of random variables. Inequalities, weak law of large numbers, central limit theorem.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Prerequisites: MATH 141 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: Intended for students in Science, Engineering and related disciplines, who have had differential and integral calculus
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 356

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 325 Honours ODE's 3 Credits**

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First and second order equations, linear equations, series solutions, Frobenius method, introduction to numerical methods and to linear systems, Laplace transforms, applications.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall and Winter
  • (3-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: MATH 222.
  • Restriction: Intended for Honours Mathematics, Physics and Engineering programs.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 263 (formerly MATH 261), MATH 315

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  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

* Students may take either MATH 223 or MATH 247.
** Students may take either MATH 315 or MATH 325.

Physiology and Mathematics Core

• BIOL 309 Mathematical Models in Biology 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Biology (Sci): Application of finite difference and differential equations to problems in cell and developmental biology, ecology and physiology. Qualitative, quantitative and graphical techniques are used to analyze mathematical models and to compare theoretical predictions with experimental data.

  Offered by: Biology

  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisites:BIOL 200, BIOL 201 (or ANAT 212/BIOC 212); or BIOL 219

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• BMDE 519 Biomedical Signals & Systems 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Biomedical Engineering: An introduction to the theoretical framework, experimental techniques and analysis procedures available for the quantitative analysis of physiological systems and signals. Lectures plus laboratory work using the Biomedical Engineering computer system. Topics include: amplitude and frequency structure of signals, filtering, sampling, correlation functions, time and frequency-domain descriptions of systems.

  Offered by: Biomedical Engineering

  • (3-0-6)
  • Prerequisites: Satisfactory standing in U3 Honours Physiology; or U3 Major in Physics-Physiology; or U3 Major Physiology-Mathematics; or permission of instructor

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 242 Analysis 1 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): A rigorous presentation of sequences and of real numbers and basic properties of continuous and differentiable functions on the real line.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: MATH 141
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or who have taken MATH 254.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 243 Analysis 2 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Definition and properties of Riemann integral, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Taylor's theorem. Infinite series: alternating, telescoping series, rearrangements, conditional and absolute convergence, convergence tests. Power series and Taylor series. Elementary functions. Introduction to metric spaces.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: MATH 242 or MATH 254.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 248 Honours Vector Calculus 3 Credits***

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Partial derivatives and differentiation of functions in several variables; Jacobians; maxima and minima; implicit functions. Scalar and vector fields; orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Multiple integrals; arc length, volume and surface area. Line and surface integrals; irrotational and solenoidal fields; Green's theorem; the divergence theorem. Stokes' theorem; and applications.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall and Winter and Summer
  • Prerequisites: MATH 133 and MATH 222 or consent of Department.
  • Restriction: Intended for Honours Physics, Computer Science, Physiology and Engineering students.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 314 or MATH 358.

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  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 314 Advanced Calculus 3 Credits***

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Derivative as a matrix. Chain rule. Implicit functions. Constrained maxima and minima. Jacobians. Multiple integration. Line and surface integrals. Theorems of Green, Stokes and Gauss. Fourier series with applications.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Prerequisites: MATH 133, MATH 222
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 248 or MATH 358.

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  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 317 Numerical Analysis 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Error analysis. Numerical solutions of equations by iteration. Interpolation. Numerical differentiation and integration. Introduction to numerical solutions of differential equations.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: MATH 315 or MATH 325 or MATH 263, and COMP 202 or permission of instructor.
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken COMP 350

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 319 Partial Differential Equations 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First order equations, geometric theory; second order equations, classification; Laplace, wave and heat equations, Sturm-Liouville theory, Fourier series, boundary and initial value problems.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Winter
  • Prerequisites: MATH 223 or MATH 236, MATH 314 or equivalent, MATH 315
  • Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 475.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 324 Statistics 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, contingency tables, nonparametric inference, regression, Bayesian inference.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall and Winter
  • Prerequisite: MATH 323 or equivalent
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 357
  • You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 326 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Linear systems of differential equations, linear stability theory. Nonlinear systems: existence and uniqueness, numerical methods, one and two dimensional flows, phase space, limit cycles, Poincare-Bendixson theorem, bifurcations, Hopf bifurcation, the Lorenz equations and chaos.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: MATH 222, MATH 223
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 376

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• MATH 437 Mathematical Meth in Biology 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): The formulation and treatment of realistic mathematical models describing biological phenomena through qualitative and quantitative mathematical techniques (e.g. local and global stability theory, bifurcation analysis and phase plane analysis) and numerical simulation. Concrete and detailed examples will be drawn from molecular and cellular biology and mammalian physiology.

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

  • This course is offered in the winter semester.
  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 315 or MATH 325, and MATH 326 or MATH 376, and COMP 202 or COMP 204 or COMP 208 or equivalent.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Fall
  • 3 hours lectures weekly
  • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisites: BIOL 200, CHEM 212 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHGY 211 or students who are taking and who have taken NSCI 200.
  • Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: Physiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine and renal systems.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Winter
  • 3 hours lectures weekly
  • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisite: BIOL 200, BIOL 201, BIOC 212, CHEM 212 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor
  • Although PHGY 210 may be taken without the prior passing of PHGY 209, students should note that they may have some initial difficulties because of lack of familiarity with some basic concepts introduced in PHGY 209

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 212 Introductory Physiology Lab 1 1 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: Exercises illustrating fundamental principles in physiology: Biological Signals Acquisitions, Blood, Immunology, Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Physiology.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • (One 3-hour lab and one 1-hour lecture every second week.)
  • Corequisite: PHGY 209.
  • Restrictions: Required for Physiology students enrolled in PHGY 209. Open to BA &Sc. students and to others by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken PHGY 212D1/D2.
  • Note: For students in a Physiology program, PHGY 212 should be taken concurrently with PHGY 209.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 213 Introductory Physiology Lab 2 1 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: Exercises illustrating fundamental principles in physiology: Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular, Respiration, Exercise Physiology, Molecular Endocrinology.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • (One 3-hour lab and one 1-hour lecture every second week.)
  • Prerequisite: PHGY 212
  • Corequisite: PHGY 210.
  • Restrictions: Required for Physiology students enrolled in PHGY 210. Open to BA &Sc. students and to others by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken PHGY 212D1/D2.
  • Note: For students in a Physiology program, PHGY 213 should be taken concurrently with PHGY 210.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 312 Resp.,Renal,&Cardio Physiology 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of topics in renal, respiratory and cardiovascular functions explored beyond the introductory level.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Winter
  • 3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 Wednesday afternoons per term
  • Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and PHGY 210 or equivalent, PHGY 311 or permission of the instructor

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 313 Blood,GI,Imm.Syst.Physiol 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of topics in immunology, blood and fluids, and gastrointestinal physiology.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Winter
  • 3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 Wednesday afternoons per term
  • Prerequisites: PHGY 209 and PHGY 210 or equivalent, PHGY 311 or permission of the instructor

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 461D1 Experimental Physiology 4.5 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: Individual project work under the supervision of Departmental Staff members.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Fall
  • Restrictions: Departmental approval required. This course is a requirement for U3 students in the Honours Physiology program, the Major Program in Physiology and Mathematics, and the Major program in Physiology and Physics, and is open to a limited number of other U3 Physiology students.
  • Students must register for both PHGY 461D1 and PHGY 461D2.
  • No credit will be given for this course unless both PHGY 461D1 and PHGY 461D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 461D2 Experimental Physiology 4.5 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: See PHGY 461D1 for course description.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: PHGY 461D1
  • No credit will be given for this course unless both PHGY 461D1 and PHGY 461D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

*** Students may take either MATH 248 or MATH 314.

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

3 credits, one of:

• COMP 204 Comp. Programming for Life Sci 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Computer Science (Sci): Computer Science (Sci): Computer programming in a high level language: variables, expressions, types, functions, conditionals, loops, objects and classes. Introduction to algorithms, modular software design, libraries, file input/output, debugging. Emphasis on applications in the life sciences.

  Offered by: Computer Science

  • Prerequisite(s): CEGEP level mathematics course.
  • Co-requisite: BIOL 112
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 202, COMP 208, or GEOG 333; not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 206 or COMP 250.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• COMP 250 Intro to Computer Science 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Computer Science (Sci): Mathematical tools (binary numbers, induction, recurrence relations, asymptotic complexity, establishing correctness of programs), Data structures (arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary trees, binary search trees, heaps, hash tables), Recursive and non-recursive algorithms (searching and sorting, tree and graph traversal). Abstract data types, inheritance. Selected topics.

  Offered by: Computer Science

  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisites: Familiarity with a high level programming language and CEGEP level Math.
  • Students with limited programming experience should take COMP 202 or equivalent before COMP 250. See COMP 202 Course Description for a list of topics.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

3 credits, one of:

• PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses & Hormones 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses on cellular communication in the nervous system and the endocrine system.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Fall
  • 3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 afternoons per term
  • Prerequisite: PHGY 209 or permission of the instructor.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHGY 314 Integrative Neuroscience 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physiology: In depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of how single neurons and ensembles of neurons encode sensory information, generate movement, and control cognitive functions such as emotion, learning, and memory, during voluntary behaviours.

  Offered by: Physiology

  • Fall
  • 3 hours of lectures per week
  • Prerequisites: PHGY 209

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

3 credits, one of:

• PHYS 413 Physical Basis of Physiology 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physics: Analytic and computer simulation techniques are used to examine the role of nonlinearities and time delays in determining the dynamic behaviour of physiological control systems and their relation to normal and pathophysiological states. Examples drawn from the control of respiration, cellular proliferation and differentiation, biochemical feedback networks, thermoregulatory mechanisms, and neural feedback.

  Offered by: Physics

  • Fall
  • 3 hours lectures
  • Prerequisite: MATH 315, or MATH 325, and permission of the instructor
  • Intended for Major or Honours students in Physics, Physiology, Physiology and Physics, or Mathematics and others with permission

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
• PHYS 519 Advanced Biophysics 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Physics: An advanced biophysics course, with a special emphasis on stochastic and out of equilibrium physical processes in living matter.

  Offered by: Physics

  • Prerequisites: (PHYS 329 or PHYS 333 or PHYS 362 or MATH 437) and (PHYS 340 or PHYS 350), or permission of the instructor.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year