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PHY 7939-Special Topics (2; max: 12) Assigned reading pro-
gram, seminar, or lecture series in rapidly advancing special-
ty of physics.
PHY 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for stu-
dents with a master's degree in the field of study or for stu-
dents who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not
open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
S/U.
PHY 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.


PHYSIOLOGY
College of Medicine
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1984-85
Chairman: M. I. Phillips. Graduate Coordinator: W. N.
Stainsby. Graduate Research Professor: M. J. Fregly.
Professors: D. H. Barron; S. Cassin; E. M. Copeland; W.
W. Dawson; M. J. Jaeger; A. B. Otis; M. I. Phillips; W.
N. Stainsby. Associate Professors: W. Drummond; G.
A. Gerencser; P. Kosch; P. Posner; M. K. Raizada. Assis-
tant Professor: P. A. V. Anderson.
 The Department of Physiology offers a program
leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doc-
tor of Philosophy in the medical sciences with special-
ization in physiology.
 Areas of specialization within the Department of
 Physiology include sensory physiology, general en-
 docrinology, neuroendocrinology, neurophysiology,
 respiration, circulation, physiology of muscle, envi-
 ronmental physiology, cardiac electrophysiology,
 epithelial transport, and neonatal physiology.
 Undergraduate majors appropriate as foundations
 for the study of physiology are biology, chemistry, en-
 gineering, mathematics, or physics. The following
 courses are especially useful as a background for the
 study of physiology: general biology, vertebrate
 biology, general chemistry, analytical chemistry, or-
 ganic chemistry, physical chemistry, general physics,
 calculus, and statistics. Students may find it necessary
 to remedy deficiencies in their background by taking
 undergraduate courses after admission to Graduate
 School.

 BMS 5511-Vision (3) Prereq: consent of instructor. In-
 troduction to methodology, anatomy, and function of vi-
 sion.
 BMS 5520C--Principles of Physiology (6) Prereq: APB 3203
 or equivalent. Physiology of mammalian organ systems, with
 special reference to the human.
 BMS 5520L-Laboratory in Physiology (2) Coreq: BMS
 5520C. Laboratory course designed to illustrate the prin-
 ciples of physiology. Student exercises coordinated with top-
 ics under discussion in BMS 5520C.
 BMS 5539-Advanced Endocrinology (2) Prereq: BMS 5520C
 or equivalent, consent of instructor. Readings, discussion
 and lectures on recent advances in endocrinology. This
 course will be offered fall 1985. It is taught every other year.
 BMS 6501-Pathophysiology (3) Introduction into basic
 mechanisms of disease states with emphasis on the
 cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and gastrointestinal sys-
 tems.
 BMS 6502-Cell Physiology (3) Prereq: BMS 5520C, consent
 of instructor. Introduction to cellular physiology of the
 eukaryotic cell.
 BMS 6512-Survey of Sensory Systems (3) Prereq: BMS 6510.
 Theories and data on human sensory reception and encod-
 ing. Audition, vision, and the chemical and cutaneous
 senses.
 BMS 6535--Seminar in Physiology (1) S/U.
 BMS 6536-Recent Advances in Physiology (2; max: 10) Con-
 tent varies from year to year.
 BMS 6537-Seminar on Vision (3) Current research and the-


ory on visual function. Literature survey and design of an ex-
periment relevant to recent theory.
BMS 6538-History of Physiology (2) Prereq: consent of in-
structor. The development of physiological knowledge and
concepts. Readings, lectures, and discussion.
BMS 6560C-Research Methods in Physiology (2-4; max: 6)
Special needs of each student are met by conferences and
laboratory work. S/U.
BMS 6569C-Marine Physiology (2) Prereq: BMS 5520C, con-
sent of instructor. Taught at Whitney Labs. S/U.
BMS 6573-Physiology of Respiration (2) Gas exchange in
lungs and tissues. Ventilatory mechanics. Fluid mechanics of
gas flow in airways. Comparative physiology of respiratory
mechanisms.
BMS 6574-Physiology of the Circulation of Blood (2) Physi-
ology of the component parts of the circulation, relation of
structure and function, emphasis on control mechanisms.
BMS 6575--Renal Physiology (2) Seminars on the com-
parative physiology, aspects of renal structure and function.
BMS 6576-Body Temperature Regulation (2) Neural and
endocrine aspects of temperature regulations, hypo- and
hyper-thermia, adaptation to cold and heat, hibernation.
BMS 6577-Neonatal Physiology (2) Physiological regulation
in newborn mammals.
BMS 6578-Physiology of the Mammalian Thyroid Gland (2)
Production, secretion, control, and function of thyroid
hormones; interaction with other hormones.
BMS 6579-Gastrointestinal Physiology (2) Physiology of
the vertebrate salivary glands, stomach, small and large in-
testine, pancreas, liver, and the muscular movements of the
gastrointestinal system.
BMS 6933-Sensory Science Seminar (1) Results of current
investigations in sense organ function will be covered. S/U.
BMS 7467-Physiology and Pharmacology of Excitable
Membranes (2) Membrane ionic permeability changes un-
derlying action and synaptic potential generation described
in detail.
BMS 7570-Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology (2) Study of the
normal electrophysiology and ionic mechanisms involved in
various regions of the heart.
BMS 7572-Electrophysiological Basis of Cardiac Dys-
rhythmias (2) Study of normal cardiac cellular elec-
trophysiology and changes which result in cardiac dys-
rhythmias. New techniques in diagnosis and management.


PLANT PATHOLOGY
College of Agriculture
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1984-85
 Chairman: C. L. Niblett. Graduate Coordinator: R.
 Charudattan. Professors: S. A. Alfieri; R. D. Berger; G.
 E. Brown; R. Charudattan; J. L. Dean; T. E. Freeman; W.
 J. French; S. M. Garnsey; E. Hiebert; T. A. Kucharek; J.
 P. Jones; J. W. Kimbrough; H. H. Luke; R. E. McCoy; D.
 J. Mitchell; D. R. Pring; D. E. Purcifull; L. H. Purdy; D.
 A. Roberts; N. C. Schenck; R. A. Schmidt; R. M.
 Sonoda; R. E. Stall; J. O. Strandberg; L. W. Timmer; F.
 W. Zettler. Associate Professors: J. A. Bartz; G. M.
 Blakeslee; A. R. Chase; P. S. Chourey; R. F. Lee; R. T.
 McMillan; J. W. Miller; K. L. Pohronezny; F. M. Shokes;
 R. B. Volin; D. P. Weingartner. Assistant Professors: E.
 L. Barnard; M. J. Davis; B. W. Falk; D. C. Loschke; J. J.
 McRitchie.
 The Department of Plant Pathology offers graduate
 studies leading to the Master of Agriculture, Master of
 Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. A superi-
 or student with a baccalaureate degree may begin
 graduate study toward a higher degree in the basic
 area of plant pathology. These areas include bio-
 chemical aspects of host-pathogen systems, bio-
 logical control of pathogens and weeds, epidemi-
 ology, etiology, genetics of host-pathogen systems,
 and pathogen taxonomy. In Florida the diversity of
 cropping sequences coupled with an environment