What IB Physiology goes well with
It is important to choose three IB subjects which
go well together, giving you a strong subject base from which to progress
into the third year. Our course is the ideal complement to practically
any sensible subject combination. In fact, IB Physiology helps to bridge
the gap between many other IB subjects, rendering many combinations coherent.
Cell biologists will find it useful to know about the functions of the organs from whence their cells came! Funding bodies are increasingly recognising that the current trend for cellular and molecular biology would benefit from a wider, systems physiology, perspective, and they are trying to encourage this. Many companies, for example in the pharmaceutical industry, are seeking to employ graduates with this kind of background.
It is difficult to be a good zoologist, even if you are on the behavioural or ecological side of things, without a thorough understanding of how animals work. The IB Physiology courses on reproduction and endocrinology, in particular, underpin a lot of interesting zoology, and you will also be taught about comparative digestion, desert and Arctic ecological physiology, as well as many other zoologically-related areas not covered in IB Animal Biology.
Students interested in medical sciences, perhaps with regard to working in the biotech sector or an application to read post-graduate medicine, will probably want to take IB Physiology: physiology is, after all, the basis of medicine. Our course complements other para-medical IB options such as Pharmacology, Neurobiology and Pathology very well indeed, giving you a really strong and coherent