What Can I do With a Major

Major: Physiology

Description of Major:

Branch of biological sciences involving study of life processes and functions. Study requires close observation, recording, and analysis of cellular and sub-cellular constructions, tissues, and organs to understand how they function and why. In this program, you will focus on the scientific study of biochemical and biophysical communications within organisms and between living systems. You may study other related sciences such as molecular and cell physiology, endocrinology, reproductive biology, neurobiology, cardiovascular science, pathology, and oncology and cancer biology. Instruction will include topics in all of these majors, for instance, disease processes, genetic information transfer, cell and molecular biology, gene and cell regulation, reproductive systems, neurotransmission, physiology of specific exercises and activities, ocular development, immunopathology, and growth factors in cancer cells.

Related Career Titles:

Anatomist
Anesthesiologist
Biochemist
Biophysicist
Botanist
Cardiologist
Chemist
Dental assistant
Geneticist
Gynecologist
Lab assistant
Medical assistant
Microbiologist
Mortician
Nutritionist
Operating room technician
Osteopathic physician
Pathologist
Pediatrician
Pharmacist
Physician’s assistant
Physiologist
Psychiatrist
Radiological technician
Toxicologist
Urologist
Veterinarian
Zoologist

Employment Areas

Plant physiology
Animal physiology pharmaceutical
Biotechnology
Chemical
Food industries
Hospitals
Commercial or nonprofit research, testing, and development laboratories
Colleges and universities
Federal, state, and local governments

Related Links:

American physiological society
http://www.the-aps.org/

American society for microbiology
http://www.asm.org/

American society for biochemistry and molecular biology
http://www.asbmb.org/ASBMB/site.nsf?Open