Undergraduate Programs Calendar
2006-07
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Undergraduate Programs Calendar |
11.12.27 Physiology (PHGY)
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1021
3655 Promenade Sir William Osler
Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6Telephone: (514) 398-4316
Fax: (514) 398-7452
Website: www.medicine.mcgill.ca/physioChair
John Orlowski
Emeritus Professors
G. Melvill Jones; B.A., M.A., M.B., B.Ch., M.D.(Cant.)
Kresmir Krnjevic; O.C., B.Sc., Ph.D., M.B., Ch.B.(Edin.), F.R.S.C.
Professors
Thomas M.S. Chang; B.Sc., M.D., C.M., Ph.D.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C)
Monroe W. Cohen; B.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.)
Ellis J. Cooper; B.Eng.(Sir G.Wms.), M.Sc.(Surrey), Ph.D.(McM.)
Mony M. Frojmovic; B.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.)
Leon Glass; B.S.(Brooklyn), Ph.D.(Chic.) (Isadore Rosenfeld Professor of Cardiology)
Phil Gold; C.C., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D.,C.M.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C.), F.R.S.C. (joint appoint. with Medicine)
David Goltzman; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M.(McG.) (Antoine G. Massabki Professor of Medicine) (joint appoint. with Medicine)
John Hanrahan; Ph.D.(Br. Col.)
Mortimer Levy; B.Sc., M.D., C.M.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C) (joint appoint. with Medicine)
Michael Mackey; B.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) (Joseph Morley Drake Professor of Physiology)
Jacapo P. Mortola; M.D.(Milan)
John Orlowski; B.Sc.(McG.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Qu.) (James McGill Professor)
Premsyl Ponka; M.D., Ph.D.(Prague)
Alvin Shrier; B.Sc.(C'dia), Ph.D.(Dal.) (Hosmer Professor of Physiology)
Douglas G.D. Watt; M.D., Ph.D.(McG.)
Assistant Professors
Erik Cook; Ph.D.(Baylor College, Houston)
Julie Desbarats; Ph.D.(McG.)
Pejmun Haghighi; Ph.D.(McG.)
Julio Martinez-Trujillo; Ph.D.(Tübingen)
Peter Swain; Ph.D.(Univ. London)
Associate Professors
Kathleen Cullen; B.Sc.(Brown), Ph.D.(Chicago) (William Dawson Scholar)
Riaz Farookhi; B.Sc., M.Sc.(MIT), Ph.D.(Tufts)
Mladen Glavinovic; B.Sc.(Zagreb), M.Sc.(Tor.), Ph.D.(McG.)
Michael Guevara; B.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.)
Sheldon Magder; M.D.(Tor.) (joint appoint. with Medicine)
Ursula Stochaj; Ph.D.(Cologne)
Teresa Trippenbach; M.D., Ph.D.(Warsaw)
Ann Wechsler; B.A.(Tor.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.)
John White; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Car.), Ph.D.(Harv.)
Associate Professor (Part Time)
Nicole Bernard; B.Sc.(McG.), Ph.D.(Duke)
Associate Members
Anaesthesia: Steven Backman
Biomedical Engineering: Robert E. Kearney, Satya Prakash, Tomoko Takano
Dentistry: James Lund
Medicine: Albert Aguayo, Andrey Cybulsky, Abraham Fuks, Claude Gagnon, Raymonde Gagnon, Harry Goldsmith, Geoffrey Hendy, Louise Larose, Anne Marie Lauzon, James Martin, Shree Mulay, Mariana Newkirk, Barry Posner, Shafaat Rabbani, J. Enrique Silva, Alan Sniderman, Mary Stevenson, Simon Wing, Hans Zingg
Nephrology: Serge Lemay
Neurology: David Ragsdale
Neurology & Neurosurgery: Massimo Avoli, Charles Bourque, Sal T. Carbonetto, Pierre Drapeau, Daniel Guitton, Michael Rasminsky
Ophthalmology: Curtis Baker
Otolaryngology: Bernard Segal
Pediatrics: Immanuela Moss, Charles Rohlicek
Pharmacology: Terence Hebert
Psychiatry: Bernardo Dubrovsky, Christina Gianoulakis
Adjunct Professors
Roy Caplan, Montreal
John Milton, Chicago
Serge Rossignol, Montreal
Malmur R.I. Sairam, Montreal
Physiology has its roots in many of the basic sciences including biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. Physiology overlaps with other biomedical sciences such as anatomy, biochemistry, pathology and pharmacology, and with psychology and biomedical engineering, and is one of the prime contributors of basic scientific knowledge to the clinical medical sciences.
Members of the Department of Physiology at McGill are engaged in studies dealing with molecules, single cells, or entire systems in a variety of vertebrates, including man. A wide range of interest and expertise is represented, including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and renal physiology, the physiology of exercise, neurophysiology, endocrinology, immunology, biophysics and biomathematics. Some faculty members have formal or informal links with the departments of mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, and chemistry, and with clinical departments (medicine, surgery, pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics, psychiatry, anesthesia), reflecting and reinforcing the close ties between physiology and other disciplines.
Graduates at the B.Sc. level have found rewarding careers in teaching, in secondary schools and CEGEPs, government service, and laboratory technical assistance, such as in pharmaceutical houses, hospitals, and institutions of higher learning. Moreover, physiology provides an excellent background for medicine, dentistry or other postgraduate work, in such fields as physiology, experimental medicine, pharmacology, biochemistry or physiological psychology.
The programs offered in Physiology differ in their orientation but they all have a common core of material covering cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and renal physiology, neurophysiology, endocrinology and immunology. The specified U1 courses are identical for all programs except the Joint Major Programs in Physiology and Physics, Physiology and Mathematics, and the Joint Honours Program in Immunology and thus afford the student maximal flexibility before deciding on a particular program to follow in U2 and U3.
Academic advising is compulsory. All new students to the Department, Freshman and CEGEP, must see an adviser upon entering the program. Contact the Student Affairs Officer at (514) 398-3689 for more information.
Returning students are required to consult with their advisers during the advising period for returning students, and regularly throughout the year. It is important that graduating students have their record checked by their adviser at the beginning of their final year.
PLEASE NOTE: Complementary courses are not electives.
The difference between Complementary courses and Required courses is that Complementary courses are defined as offering an element of choice, however small that choice may be. Students may choose from the two (or more) courses specified within Complementary Course segments of a program description, but ONLY from those. For further information, refer to (see "Course Information, Regulations and Descriptions (Appendix B)" ).
A Science Major Concentration in Biomedical Sciences is available to students pursuing the B.A. & Sc. degree. This Major Concentration is described in the Bachelor of Arts and Science section of the Calendar; see "Biomedical Sciences", in section 5.12.4 for details.
FACULTY PROGRAM IN PHYSIOLOGY
(55 credits)
If not previously taken CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 must be completed in addition to the 55 program credits.
Required Courses
(34 credits)
Complementary Courses
(21 credits)
MAJOR IN PHYSIOLOGY
(64-65 credits)
The Major Program includes, in addition to some intensive studies in Physiology, a strong core content of related biomedical sciences. Admission to the Major Program will be in U2, upon completion of the U1 required courses, and in consultation with the student's adviser.
If not previously taken CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 must be completed in addition to the 64-65 program credits.U1 Required Courses
(18 credits)
U2 and U3 Required Courses
(19 credits)
Complementary Courses
(27-28 credits)
JOINT MAJOR IN PHYSIOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS
(77 credits)
U1 Required Courses
(14 credits)
U1 Complementary Courses
(15 credits)
U2 Required Courses
(24 credits)
U2 or U3 Required Courses
(6 credits)
U3 Required Courses
(18 credits)
JOINT MAJOR IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PHYSICS
(80 credits)
This program provides a firm foundation in physics, mathematics and physiology. It is appropriate for students interested in applying methods of the physical sciences to problems in physiology and allied biological sciences.
U1 Required Courses
(17 credits)
U1 Complementary Courses
(9 credits)
U2 Required Courses
(21 credits)
U2 Complementary Course
(6 credits)
MATH 315
(3)
Ordinary Differential Equations
or MATH 325
(3)
Honours Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 314
(3)
Advanced Calculus
or MATH 248
(3)
Honours Advanced Calculus
U2 or U3 Required Courses
(6 credits)
U3 Required Courses
(21 credits)
HONOURS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(75 credits)
All admissions to the Honours program will be in U2, and the student must have a U1 GPA of 3.30, with no less than a B in PHGY 209 and PHGY 210. Admission to U3 requires a U2 CGPA of 3.20 with no less than a B in U2 Physiology courses. Decisions for admission to U3 will be heavily influenced by student standing in U2 courses.
The Department reserves the right to restrict the number of entering students in the Honours program. Students who do not maintain Honours standing may transfer their registration to the Major Program in Physiology.
The deadline to apply to the Honours Program is June 1. Application forms are available in McIntyre 1021. Students should include in their letters telephone numbers where they can be reached during the last week of August. Students are responsible for picking up their letters of decision in McIntyre 1021 no later than one week before classes start.
Graduation: To graduate from the Honours Physiology Program the student will have a CGPA of 3.20 with a mark no less than a B in all Physiology courses.
If not previously taken CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 must be completed in addition to the 75 program credits.
Required Courses
(60 credits)
Complementary Courses
(15 credits)
INTERDEPARTMENTAL HONOURS IN IMMUNOLOGY, under "Immunology Interdepartmental Honours", in section 11.12.15. This program is offered by the Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology. Physiology students interested in the program should contact Dr. Julie Desbarats, julie.desbarats@mcgill.ca, (514) 398-5126.
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