Physiology and Behavior

The Physiology and Behavior Concentration focuses on the mechanisms that control and regulate living things. Research spans from cellular to whole-organism and includes physiological and neurological mechanisms of behavior and how those mechanisms are modulated by the environment. This is a doctoral degree only concentration.

Required Coursework

• AEC502, Introduction to Biology Research (Fall)
• PHI816, Research Ethics (or equivalent)

Concentration Chair

Dr. Russell Borski
rjb@ncsu.edu

Quantitative Biology Requirement

Choose one course from the following:

• ST511 or ST512, Experimental Statistics in Biological Sciences I & II (Fall&Spring; Staff)
• Bioinformatics course, such as BIT815, or others, (with permission from Advisory Committee and Concentration chair)

Physiology or Neurobiology Requirement

Chose one course from the following:

• PHY503/504, General Physiology I & II (Fall&Spring; Staff)
• PHY513, Comparative Physiology (Term TBA; Staff)
• PHY702, Reproductive Physiology (Fall&Spring; Staff)
• BIO588, Neurobiology (Fall; Staff)
• BIO592, Endocrinology (Fall, Borski)
• BIO705, Fundamentals of Neuroscience (Fall; Staff)
• TBD, Graduate level Hormones and Behavior (Term TBA; staff)
• ST511 or ST512, Experimental Statistics in Biological Sciences I & II (Fall&Spring; Staff)

*Other Physiology and Behavior courses may fulfill this requirement; please consult your Mentor, Advisory Committee, and Concentration Chair if you have a course you would like to substitute in.

Biotechnology Requirement

One course appropriate based on thesis research. BIT courses are commonly taken to fulfill this requirement (http://biotech.ncsu.edu/courses), but other courses can also satisfy this requirement. Please consult your Mentor, Advisory Committee, and Concentration Chair.

• BIT510, Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Fall, Spring, Summer; Staff)
• BIT595, Special Topics (Fall, Spring, Summer; Staff)