Strong program (essp with environmental physiology), few people. Third year drop rate seems high (roughly 1/3) but probably the most interesting bio (imho...). Makes you think over memorize (or, let's you think/get away with thinking it out instead). A lot of theses go the environmental physiology angle (most profs cluster here) - hypoxia, temperature acclimation, etc.

Also: totally badass.

Originally Posted by Mohit

Ya I spoke to the biochem office and they were like its fine....

I got a waiver for 2BB3 and 3D03

Next year I have to take: 2L06, 2P03 and 2B03

Have fun with 2L06 and 2P03!

Originally Posted by britb

Strong program (essp with environmental physiology), few people. Third year drop rate seems high (roughly 1/3) but probably the most interesting bio (imho...). Makes you think over memorize (or, let's you think/get away with thinking it out instead). A lot of theses go the environmental physiology angle (most profs cluster here) - hypoxia, temperature acclimation, etc.

Also: totally badass.

Is it really going towards environmental physiology (hate ecology and plant related topics ><) Can't you go towards the more human physiology and the systems within animals?

Originally Posted by winter02

Is it really going towards environmental physiology (hate ecology and plant related topics ><) Can't you go towards the more human physiology and the systems within animals?

It has absolutely nothing to do with ecology/plants (except having to take Bio 2F03) unless you take those courses (you can take a plant physio course, a couple of ecology and evolution courses to fill out the course list). I don't like ecology either. Environmental physiology is not ecology.

You see a lot of human physiology, or at least physiology that crosses over to humans. I cant think of anything that doesn't at the moment, except something like Bio 3MM3 (Invertebrates...duh) . 3U03, 3UU3 and 2A03 are -the- human/mammal physiology courses. But 3P03, Biochem 3G03, Bio 3ZZ3, and the others all have significant human components as well. That's the kind I like myself - cardiac stuff, organ systems, etc etc.

Physiology is probably the most holistic of the specialties because at its core is a very holistic take on biology, and the program does its best to reflect that. So you can customize it a lot compared to something like mol bio/genetics. Unfortunately it sometimes makes the course list a total pain, because they come from all over the place, and like to conflict. >.<

I just mentioned the enviro phys because that's where the theses tend to go (though you can easily go elsewhere), since that's kind of the sub-specialty of the profs. So, naturally, that's where you have the program's STRENGTH, NOT its focus. The only time this really matters is when you pick between two fourth year courses (neurobio or enviro phys).

tl;dr It's not. Check the course list and see.

Originally Posted by winter02

Ooh, awesome =D. Would you say it would be "kind of" possible to get into kin as a 2nd year now though? Or would the chances of actually getting in remain relatively low.

Yes, I'd definitely say the chances of getting in are much better now. As a side note, I would really recommend the course.... one of the best I've taken in university and it really sparked my interest in physiology!

About the program in general, I'd just like to point out that it's unique because it's a pretty small and tight-knit program. I'm in third year and currently there are 20 people!