The Biology and Kinesiology Departments have complementary strengths in medical sciences. The Medical Physiology Minor is designed to assist students pursuing health professional schools, biomedical graduate programs, or health-related careers.
The Medical Physiology Minor is available to students in all Honours and General plans.
Successful completion of this minor requires:
- 5.0 units distributed as follows:
- 1.0 BIOL unit: BIOL 239 and BIOL 373
- 1.0 BIOL unit chosen from: BIOL 341, BIOL 355, BIOL 376, BIOL 444, BIOL 473, and BIOL 476
- 1.0 KIN unit: KIN 404 and KIN 408
- 1.0 KIN unit chosen from: KIN 301, KIN 310/HLTH 310, KIN 343, KIN 356, KIN 406, KIN 407, KIN 416, and KIN 429
- 0.5 PHIL unit: PHIL 226 or PHIL 319J
- 0.5 PSYCH unit chosen from: PSYCH 207, PSYCH 261, PSYCH 307, and PSYCH 335
- An average of 60% in the above courses.
Additional conditions:
- A failed second attempt of a required course will result in removal from the minor. No third attempts are allowed for core required courses.
- Courses obtained on a Letter of Permission or by transfer credit must be equivalent to courses listed in the course requirements.
Notes
- A Medical Physiology Minor will not be awarded with a Biology Minor.
- BIOL 130, BIOL 273, and PSYCH 101 are prerequisites for one or more of this minor’s required courses; therefore, students must have taken them previously.
- Admission requirements vary greatly among professional schools. Students should consult schools directly when choosing courses to satisfy admissions requirements.
- Students interested in entering a health professional school should consider taking additional physical science courses (e.g., CHEM 120, CHEM 123, CHEM 266, CHEM 267, PHYS 111, PHYS 112), which may help them prepare for standardized admission examinations (e.g. MCAT, OAT, etc.).