The three-year inter-disciplinary programme involves an in-depth study of how the human body functions. The student will acquire knowledge of sub- cellular, cellular and whole-body mechanisms by which the human organism survives and interacts within its environment both in health and disease. Career opportunities for graduates exist in medical, pharmaceutical and biological research laboratories, the food and beverage industries and in the education sector including schools, universities of technology and universities. Physiologists acquire skills that will enable them to observe, investigate, demonstrate and report in accordance with the scientific methods, on aspects of body function using human, animal and computer models.
