Academic Programs Catalog

College of Natural Science

Department of Physiology

Linked Bachelor's-Master's Degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology

Bachelor of Science Degree in Physiology
Master of Science Degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology


The department welcomes applications from  Michigan State University Physiology undergraduate students in their junior and senior year.  Admission applications must be made during the prior spring semester for an anticipated spring graduation or the prior fall semester for an anticipated fall graduation to allow admission before the final semester as a Physiology undergraduate. Admission to the program requires a minimum undergraduate grade-point average of 3.5 and an approved program of study for the Master of Science degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology at the time of admission. Admission to the Linked Bachelor’s-Master’s program allows the application of up to 9 credits toward the master’s program for qualifying 400-level and above course work taken at the undergraduate level at Michigan State University or an external accredited institution. The number of approved credits, not to exceed 9, are applied toward the credit requirement of the master’s degree. Credits applied to the Linked Bachelor’s-Master’s program are not eligible to be applied to any other graduate degree program.