Comparative Physiology
Physiology is the study of living matter and its interaction between internal and external environments. It integrates physical and life sciences in order to understand body functions and the origins of disease in both plants and animals.
Honours Bachelor of Science
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A new innovation in remote learning has taken root in a biology course at the University of Toronto Mississauga: bringing the lab to students. Biology professor Ingo Ensminger teaches Plant Physiology, a third-year course focusing on how plants are formed and function in their environments.
A group of U of T Mississauga students are ditching their lab coats in favour of gym clothes. The students are hitting the gym and getting their hearts pumping for a fourth-year physiology course created and taught by biology professor Bryan Stewart, which relies on a first-time partnership with the Recreation, Athletics and Wellness Centre (RAWC).
“Our house is on fire,” said Dianne Saxe, PhD, Ontario’s former commissioner of the environment, speaking to a packed lecture hall at UTM during the Sept. 24 event, Meltdown: A Climate Change Summit. “We need to reduce our use of fossil fuels.”
Sample Courses
Diversity of structure and function in animals at the tissue and organ system level. Principles and mechanisms of animal form and function are developed.
Principles of cardiovascular, renal, respiratory and digestive physiology of animals and their control by the neural and endocrine systems.
This course explores past climate, predictions of future climate, impacts of climate change on biological systems, and potentials for adaptation.
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