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Subject: Administered by the Department of Biology.
Plan: Consists of 72.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: BIOL-S
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.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| A. Complete the following: | ||
| BIOL 102 | Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology | 3.00 |
| BIOL 103 | Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems | 3.00 |
| B. Complete the following: | ||
| BIOL 200 | Diversity of Life | 3.00 |
| BIOL 205 | Mendelian and Molecular Genetics | 3.00 |
| BIOL 206 | Evolutionary Genetics | 3.00 |
| BIOL 212 | Scientific Methods in Biology | 3.00 |
| C. Complete the following: | ||
| BIOL 300 | Ecology | 3.00 |
| D. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Comparative Biochemistry | ||
| Animal Physiology | ||
| Plant Physiology | ||
| E. Complete the following: | ||
| BIOL 330 | Cell Biology | 3.00 |
| 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 research or seminar options: | 27.00 | |
| i. Research Option: | ||
a. Complete the following: | ||
| Research in Biology | ||
b. Complete 15.00 units from the following: | ||
BIOL at the 300-level or above | ||
BIOL_Subs_A | ||
BIOL_Subs_B | ||
| ii. Seminar Option: | ||
a. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | ||
BIOL at the 500-level | ||
b. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | ||
BIOL at the 400-level or above | ||
c. Complete 18.00 units from the following: | ||
BIOL at the 300-level or above | ||
BIOL_Subs_A | ||
BIOL_Subs_B | ||
| 3. Supporting | ||
| A. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| General Chemistry I: From Atoms to Matter and General Chemistry II: Thermodynamics and Kinetics | ||
| or | ||
| General Chemistry | ||
| 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 | ||
| Electives and/or Other Plan Requirements | 48.00 | |
| Total Units | 120.00 | |
4. Substitutions
A. BCHM 310/9.0* (or the combination of BCHM 315/3.0 and BCHM 316/3.0) may be substituted for 3.00 units from (BIOL 334/3.0 or BIOL 339/3.0 or BIOL 341/3.0) with the remaining units applied toward Option requirements in the degree program.
B. Students who have completed CHEM 113/3.0 and CHEM 114/3.0 may take CHEM 117/1.5 to gain general chemistry laboratory experience. While this sequence totals 7.50 units, it is considered equivalent to CHEM 112/6.0 and may be used to fulfill Supporting 3.A. of the Biology Specialization Plan when applicable; the additional 1.50 units will be directed to the student’s elective requirement.
C. MATH 126/6.0 (or the combination of MATH 127/3.0 and MATH 128/3.0) may be substituted for Supporting 3.B. with prior approval from the Chair of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Biology.
D. Students registered in a BIOL Plan prior to May 1, 2016, may use BCHM 218/3.0 as an alternative to BIOL 330/3.0 to satisfy Core 1.E.
5. Notes
A. PHYS 115/3.0 and PHYS 116/3.0 (or PHYS 104/6.0 or PHYS 106/6.0 or PHYS 118/6.0) 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 may 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
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANAT at the 300-level and above | ||
| BCHM at the 300-level and above | ||
| MICR 221 | Fundamental Microbiology | 3.00 |
| MICR 271 | Introduction to Microbiology | 3.00 |
| 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 | ||
BIOL_Subs_B
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| APSC 400 | Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 1 | 7.00 |
| CHEE 400 | Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 1 | 7.00 |
| CHEM at the 200-level and above | ||
| ENSC 301 | Environmental Assessment | 3.00 |
| ENSC 307 | Marine Environmental Issues | 3.00 |
| ENSC 320 | Wildlife Issues in a Changing World | 3.00 |
| ENSC 425 | Ecotoxicology | 3.00 |
| EPID 301 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3.00 |
| GEOL 337 | Paleontology | 3.00 |
| GEOL 466 | Isotopes and the Environment | 3.00 |
| GPHY 304 | Northern and Arctic Environments | 3.00 |
| GPHY 310 | Landscape Ecology | 3.00 |
| GPHY 314 | Climate Change | 3.00 |
| GPHY 315 | Advanced Field Measurements and Their Analysis | 3.00 |
| GPHY 318 | Advanced Biogeography | 3.00 |
| HLTH 323 | Epidemiology | 3.00 |
| PHAR 370 | Fundamentals of Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 3.00 |
| PHIL 301 | Bioethics | 3.00 |
| PSYC 236 | Introduction to Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC 271 | Brain and Behaviour I | 3.00 |
| PSYC 370 | Brain and Behaviour II | 3.00 |
| PSYC 470 | Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| STAT 353 | Probability II | 3.00 |
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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.