Loading course records
Second-semester anatomy leans into regulation
128 is less about isolated support structures and more about coordinated systems that sense, communicate, transport, and stabilize the internal environment.
Loading course records
01:119:128 · Biological Sciences · School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
Anatomy and Physiology: Health Sciences 128 is the second half of Rutgers' health-sciences anatomy and physiology sequence and requires 127 first. Official Rutgers materials describe it as continuing the study of organ-system structure and function through the special senses, endocrine regulation, blood and immunity, cardiovascular and respiratory physiology, renal regulation, digestion, reproduction, and development.
How hard?
Students rate teaching
SIRS · 1,226 responses · 2016–2025
Spring 2027
21 open in snapshot · 2 instructors
When it meets
College Avenue, C/D
Checked-in sections · current seat counts are unavailable.
MTh 10:20 AM · College Avenue · 13 sections · 12 open
MTh 12:10 PM · C/D, College Avenue · 8 sections · 8 open
AI-generated overview
Higher means more demanding · AI summary
6 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
Recent Rutgers lecture schedules open 128 by finishing the nervous-system arc from 127 and then moving through vision, audition, and somatic sensation. The emphasis shifts from identifying structures to following how signals are received, protected, and interpreted.
The endocrine block shows how hormonal signaling coordinates physiology over longer time scales than the nervous system. Students usually learn glands, hormones, targets, and feedback logic together rather than as isolated facts.
Official topic lists include hematopoiesis, immunity, and the lymphatic system, and recent syllabi place immune-system material near the middle of the semester. This is where the course becomes more integrative, because transport, defense, and regulation overlap heavily.
Heart anatomy, cardiac function, blood pressure, and blood vessels form one continuous unit about moving material through the body. Students are expected to connect anatomy, pressure, flow, and control mechanisms instead of memorizing each subtopic separately.
Rutgers' course page lists respiration, the renal system, and digestion among the standard 128 topics. Together these systems illustrate exchange and balance: getting oxygen in, removing wastes, regulating fluid and electrolytes, and processing nutrients.
The sequence typically closes with reproductive physiology, pregnancy and parturition, reproductive anatomy, development, and genetics. This final module asks students to synthesize signaling, anatomy, and physiology across the whole course.
Public r/rutgers discussion about the 127/128 sequence suggests that 128 still demands serious memorization, but students often describe it as more concept- and systems-oriented than 127. The common advice is to keep up continuously and actively connect pathways across multiple organs instead of studying each unit as a sealed chapter.
128 is less about isolated support structures and more about coordinated systems that sense, communicate, transport, and stabilize the internal environment.
Cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, renal, and immune topics are easier to remember when studied as linked homeostatic systems rather than separate textbook islands.
Structure still matters, but in 128 the point of structure is usually to explain flow, signaling, exchange, reproduction, or development.
Students who enter 128 already comfortable with the earlier sequence's terminology usually have more bandwidth for the concept-heavy regulation and pathway questions.
Common pitfall
Instead
Keep asking what the endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and immune systems are doing together in the same physiological scenario.
Common pitfall
Instead
Use mechanism summaries and flowcharts so hormones, pressures, exchange processes, and feedback loops become causal stories instead of disconnected facts.
Common pitfall
Instead
The second half of the course layers quickly, so revisit earlier signaling and transport concepts while new units are being added.
21 open · College Avenue, C/D
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0113666 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Monday 2:00 PM-5:00 PM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0213667 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Monday 5:40 PM-8:40 PM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0313668 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Tuesday 8:30 AM-11:30 AM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0413669 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Tuesday 5:40 PM-8:40 PM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0513670 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Wednesday 8:30 AM-11:30 AM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0613671 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 2:00 PM-5:00 PM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0713672 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 5:40 PM-8:40 PM at BLC 141MI 100BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 0813673 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Tuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at RAB 104; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at RAB 104; Monday 5:40 PM-8:40 PM at BLC 122RAB 104BLC 122 | C/D |
| 0913674 | Open | Chad Woodard | Monday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Thursday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at MI 100; Monday 2:00 PM-5:00 PM at BLC 122MI 100BLC 122 | College Avenue |
| 1013675 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Monday 8:30 AM-11:30 AM at BLC 141ABW 2160BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 1113676 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Tuesday 12:10 PM-3:10 PM at BLC 141ABW 2160BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 1213677 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Wednesday 12:10 PM-3:10 PM at BLC 141ABW 2160BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 1313678 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Wednesday 3:50 PM-6:50 PM at BLC 141ABW 2160BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 1413679 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 8:30 AM-11:30 AM at BLC 141ABW 2160BLC 141 | College Avenue |
| 1513680 | Open | Anthony Uzwiak | Tuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at RAB 104; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at RAB 104; Friday 8:30 AM-11:30 AM at BLC 141RAB 104BLC 141 | C/D |
| 1613681 | Open | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at ABW 2160; Tuesday 8:30 AM-11:30 AM at BLC 122ABW 2160BLC 122 | College Avenue |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.04
Course quality
3.97
Response rate
38.2%
Coverage
62 offerings · 2016–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Uzwiak | 20 | 3.59 | 3.76 |
| William Scharf | 19 | 4.34 | 3.72 |
| Scharf William | 7 | 4.33 | 4.53 |
| Scharf W. | 6 | 4.35 | 4.32 |
| Uzwiak A. | 3 | 4.30 | 4.43 |
| Grace Amole | 3 | 2.80 | 3.67 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
4
Current campuses
College Avenue, C/D
Current availability
21 open of 22
Catalog terms
Spring, Summer
Core codes
None listed
Loaded terms
4
(01:119:127)
No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.