Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-413: Physiology Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-59), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in
conjunction with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
Basic Requirements: Degree: in one of the basic animal sciences or physiology; or a related discipline or
field of science that included at least 24 semester hours in the basic animal sciences, of which 10 semester
hours were in animal physiology.
Evaluation of Education: Courses such as anatomy; cytology; invertebrate and vertebrate zoology;
embryology; entomology; animal, dairy, and poultry husbandry; nutrition; genetics; and physiology may
be used to meet the 24-semester-hour requirement in the basic animal sciences.
Courses in physiology, animal or human physiology, cellular physiology, or courses that were well
oriented toward animal or human physiology, e.g., some advanced courses in biochemistry, are qualifying
as animal physiology courses. Courses in related fields such as cytology and microbiology (including
microbial physiology) may also be qualifying, provided the course work dealt directly with the application
of scientific principles underlying animal physiology, or with the methodology and techniques applied in
animal physiology work.
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