Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Biology – Major (Science) – Bachelor of Science (Honours)

BIOL-M-BSH

Subject: Administered by the Department of Biology.
Plan: Consists of 72.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree.

1. Core
A. Complete the following:
BIOL 102Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology3.00
BIOL 103Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems3.00
B. Complete the following:
BIOL 200Diversity of Life3.00
BIOL 205Mendelian and Molecular Genetics3.00
BIOL 206Evolutionary Genetics3.00
BIOL 212Scientific Methods in Biology3.00
C. Complete the following:
BIOL 300Ecology3.00
D. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Comparative Biochemistry
Animal Physiology
Plant Physiology
E. Complete the following:
BIOL 330Cell Biology3.00
F. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Introduction to Statistics
Statistics and Probability II
2. Option
A. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
CHEM at the 200-level or above
B. Complete one of the following seminar or research options:27.00
i. Seminar Option:
a. Complete 6.00 units from the following:
BIOL at the 400-level or above
b. Complete 12.00 units from the following:
BIOL at the 300-level or above
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c. Complete 9.00 units from the following:
BIOL at the 300-level or above
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BIOL_Subs_B
ii. Research Option:
a. Complete the following:
Research in Biology
b. Complete 6.00 units from the following:
BIOL at the 300-level or above
BIOL_Subs_A
c. Complete 9.00 units from the following:
BIOL at the 300-level or above
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BIOL_Subs_B
3. Supporting
A. Complete the following:
CHEM 112General Chemistry6.00
B. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Differential and Integral Calculus
or
Differential and Integral Calculus
or
Differential and Integral Calculus I
and Differential and Integral Calculus II
Elective
Elective Courses48.00
Total Units120.00

4. Substitutions

A. BCHM 310 (or the combination of BCHM 315 and BCHM 316) may be substituted for 3.00 units from (BIOL 334 or BIOL 339 or BIOL 341) with the remaining units applied toward Option Course requirements in the degree program.

B. MATH 126 may be substituted for Supporting Courses 3.B. with prior approval from the Chair of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Biology.

C. Students registered in a BIOL Plan prior to May 1, 2016 may use BCHM 218 as an alternative to BIOL 330 to satisfy requirement 1.E.

5. Notes

A. PHYS 115 and PHYS 116 (or PHYS 104 or PHYS 106 or PHYS 118) is highly recommended but not required.

B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Biology Course Lists

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

BIOL_Subs_A

Biology Substitutions List A
ANAT at the 300-level and above
BCHM at the 300-level and above
MICR 221Fundamental Microbiology3.00
MICR 271Introduction to Microbiology3.00
MICR at the 300-level and above
LISC at the 300-level and above
PATH at the 300-level and above
PHGY at the 300-level and above

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Biology Substitutions List B
APSC 400Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 17.00
CHEE 400Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 17.00
CHEM at the 200-level and above
ENSC 301Environmental Assessment3.00
ENSC 307Marine Environmental Issues3.00
ENSC 320Wildlife Issues in a Changing World3.00
ENSC 390Sustainability3.00
ENSC 425Ecotoxicology3.00
EPID 301Principles of Epidemiology3.00
GEOL 337Paleontology3.00
GEOL 466Isotopes and the Environment3.00
GPHY 304Northern and Arctic Environments3.00
GPHY 310Landscape Ecology3.00
GPHY 314Climate Change3.00
GPHY 315Advanced Field Measurements and Their Analysis3.00
GPHY 318Advanced Biogeography3.00
HLTH 323Epidemiology3.00
PHAR 340Principles of General Pharmacology I3.00
PHAR 370Fundamentals of Pharmacology and Therapeutics3.00
PHIL 301Bioethics3.00
PSYC 236Introduction to Clinical Psychology3.00
PSYC 271Brain and Behaviour I3.00
PSYC 370Brain and Behaviour II3.00
PSYC 470Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience3.00
STAT 353Probability II3.00
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Note that the unit weighting system in Smith Engineering differs from that in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Therefore, upon acceptance of any course from Smith Engineering, the unit weighting towards Arts and Science degree requirements shall be at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Academic). Usually, a one-term course shall count as 3.00 units and a two-term course as 6.00 units.