PHYSCI 173

Anatomy and Physiology of Sense Organs

Physiological Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Structure and function of sense organs. Adoption of quantitative and comparative approach to provide insight into evolution of sense organs in both invertebrates and vertebrates.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 111A, or M180A and M180B, or Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M175A and M175B.

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one of

· mixed comma-level AND/OR in "courses 111A, or M180A and M180B, or MCD BIO M175A and M175B" — grouping is a best reading

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

PHYSCI 173

PHYSCI 111AFoundations in Physiological Science
- PHYSCI 107Systems Anatomy
  - LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biologyanother path to it
  - PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics1 more beneath
  - PHYSICS 5APhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.