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PHYSCI 3

Introduction to Human Physiology

Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Not open to Physiological Science majors. Courses 3 and 5 may be taken independently, concurrently, or in either sequence. Understanding of human body, its organization from molecular to cellular to tissues and organs, and how component parts function in integrated manner to permit life as we know it. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.01
n = 135 · 3 terms · ± 0.045
A range
30%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
14%
68% of those passed
D / F / W
5.9%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Discussions are indented under their lecture. You enroll in the discussion, so its status is the one that decides whether you get in — a lecture can read open while every discussion under it is full.

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Closed
lecture: cancelled
—
— 		no history MW 3:30pm-4:45pm No instructors
3.01n=135 · course average
Lab 1B Cancelled — R 2:00pm-3:50pm · Life Sciences
Lab 1A Cancelled — T 2:00pm-3:50pm · Life Sciences

Grade distribution

  • A+ 1 · 0.6%
  • A 28 · 17.8%
  • A- 12 · 7.6%
  • B+ 17 · 10.8%
  • B 30 · 19.1%
  • B- 14 · 8.9%
  • C+ 8 · 5.1%
  • C 10 · 6.4%
  • C- 7 · 4.5%
  • D 5 · 3.2%
  • F 3 · 1.9%
  • P 15 · 9.6%
  • NP 7 · 4.5%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
COOPER, RONALD HALGETH 2.96 2.96 135 3 30%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term