Bachelor of Science in Human Physiology

The BS in Human Physiology requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including 62 s.h. of work for the major (31 s.h. in health and human physiology, and 31 s.h. in required cognates). Students also must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program.

Students majoring in human physiology (B.S.) may not earn a second major in health and human physiology (B.A.).

Human Physiology Curriculum

• The Human Physiology curriculum for students entering the major staring Fall 2023 can be found here: https://catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/health-human-physiology/human-physiology-bs/#requirementstext 
• For students that entered program prior to Fall 2023, please see the curriculum plan below:

COURSES FOR THE MAJOR: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

All of these:

HHP:2200 Physical Activity and Health 3 s.h.
HHP:3115 Anatomy for Human Physiology w/ Lab 5 s.h.
HHP:3550 Human Physiology w/ Lab 5 s.h.

At least 18 s.h. from these, of which at least 12 s.h. must be in HHP course work:

May include one of these:

PSY:2130 Advanced Psychology for Pre-Medical Track

PSY:2930 Abnormal Psychology: Health Professions

COURSES FOR THE MAJOR: COGNATES

Biology
8 s.h. required - BIOL:1411 Foundations of Biology and BIOL:1412 Diversity of Form & Function

Chemistry
8 s.h. required - CHEM:1110 Prin of Chem I and CHEM:1120 Prin of Chem II

Mathematics
4 s.h. required - MATH:1460 Calculus Biological Sciences, MATH:1850 Calculus I, or MATH:1550 Engineering Math I

Physics
8 s.h. required - PHYS:1511 College Physics I and PHYS:1512 College Physics II

Statistics
3 s.h. required - STAT:3510 Biostats, STAT:4143 / PSQF:4143 Intro Stat Methods, or STAT:2010 Stat Methods & Computing

HONORS REQUIREMENTS (optional)

HHP:4800 Honors Research I   2 s.h. (Fall)
HHP:4900 Honors Research II   3 s.h. (Spring)
Also requires an Honors thesis and oral presentation. 
Note: HHP:4800 Honors Research I does not count toward the 18 s.h. of major electives.