| Prerequisite | Semester hours required | Common course title | Departments | Notes |
| Anatomy with lab* | 3-4 hours | -Human Anatomy -Vertebrate Anatomy -Comparative Anatomy |
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Alternate courses:
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| Physiology* | 3-4 hours | -Human Physiology -Vertebrate Physiology -Mammalian Physiology |
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Alternate courses:
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| Biology with lab | 3-4 hours | -General Biology -Zoology -Microbiology -Exercise Physiology |
-BIO, ZOO | NOT COUNTED: Botany, Body Mechanics, Forestry, Ecology, Ornithology, Wildlife Resources |
*NOTE: It is preferred, but not required, that Anatomy and Physiology be taken as upper level courses through the hard science departments (as opposed to the physical education or exercise science departments).
