I received this ques­tion the other day ask­ing about what pre­req­ui­sites a stu­dent should take before enrolling in Human Anatomy and Physiology.

Dear Mr. Ford,

I am a first-year Life Sci­ence stu­dent. By the end of next year, we must declare our majors/minors. I have already noticed some inter­est in the field of Phys­i­ol­ogy and, upon watch­ing your won­der­fully infor­ma­tive videos on YouTube, I must say that I am now convinced.

I know that you answered a ques­tion about how much Chem­istry is in the sub­ject. My ques­tion is quite sim­i­lar in nature but it is one that has been both­er­ing me for quite a while. Although physics is not a par­tic­u­lar pre­req­ui­site for entrance in the Phys­i­ol­ogy major pro­gram, it is sig­naled as a highly rec­om­mended choice. The prob­lem is that I was only able to take a physics course in high school and can­not really find an oppor­tu­nity to do so any longer (all the physics courses here require that you have taken physics all through­out high school).

When I spoke to the Head Offi­cer of the Phys­i­ol­ogy depart­ment at my uni­ver­sity, he said that it is prac­ti­cally impos­si­ble to study Phys­i­ol­ogy with­out a strong physics back­ground with­out mem­o­riz­ing every­thing. Although I very much value his opin­ion, I feel that it may have been slightly exag­ger­ated. I know that I will work very hard to get what I want, but I wouldn’t want to make my life need­lessly difficult.

What is your take on the issue?

I very much value your opin­ion and hope to see more of your won­der­ful videos on YouTube!

With regards,

Geor­gia

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