About the Program
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
After completing your first year, you'll be asked to confirm what program(s) you wish to study – your Programs of Study. They can be integrated in unique ways to obtain your U of T degree, but must be one of the following three combinations: one Specialist; or two Majors; or one Major and two Minors. You don't need to worry about that now, but if you'd like to learn more about this process, watch our handy video (7 min).
Admission Requirements
You apply to an admission category, which is a collection of similar programs. Once you've accepted an offer of admission to our campus, we go into greater detail about specific program and course selection options.
At the end of your first year, you will choose your program(s), which means that your first year is an excellent opportunity to explore the full breadth of offerings.
Regardless of what you study, remember that you will receive a prestigious University of Toronto degree when you graduate that tells everyone that you are ranked among the best in the world!
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The admission average is calculated with English (ENG4U) plus the next best five Grade 12 U or M courses. Meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee you admission to the University. Admission is subject to space availability and competition.
The content in this section is based on requirements in the Ontario curriculum.
Find requirements to other common curricula:
- Canadian High School
- International Baccalaureate
- U.S.-Patterned Education
- British-Patterned Education
- French Baccalaureate
- Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)
Please visit the Admissions section of our site for full requirements.
Discover Your Potential
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.”
Student Experience
Courses You Would Love
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.
Planning Ahead
Whether you want to land your dream job, conduct groundbreaking research, or start your own business, we can get you there. Here are resources to help you explore your career options.
Career Options
Created by our Career Centre, the Careers by Major database identifies some potential career fields, how to gain related skills and experience, and useful resources and job samples. But always remember, your program of study doesn't have to determine your career!
Program Plans
Program Plans are quick and accessible overviews of the many academic and co-curricular opportunities available to help you get the most out of your UTM experience.
Tip Sheets
The Career Centre offers dozens of tip sheets with helpful information about topics related to searching for work, planning your career, and pursuing further education.
View to the U: An eye on UTM research
View to the U is a podcast that features U of T Mississauga faculty members from a range of disciplines who will illuminate some of the inner-workings of the science labs and enlighten the social sciences and humanities hubs at UTM.
On this latest episode of VIEW to the U, Professor Peter Kotanen from the Department of Biology at UofT Mississauga discusses his research and current projects, which have “ecological interactions between plants and their natural enemies,” such as herbivores, insects, and pathogens, at their core.
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