Director: Prof. O.P. Ward Academic Advisor: K. Memon
Successfully transforming research ideas to new productive processes and products requires knowledge not only of scientific principles but also of key economic concepts. As well as requiring familiarity with science policy, it necessitates forecasting the demand for new products or processes, assessing the market for new technologies, performing cost-benefit analyses of new projects and finding the financing for them. This plan is designed to give students a dual capability as scientists and economists and prepare them for careers as economic forecasters, business economists, government economists, scientific research managers, or regulatory analysts.
To remain eligible to continue in this Academic Plan, students must have a cumulative overall average of at least 70%, a cumulative average of 70% in Economics courses and a cumulative average of 65% in Science courses. In order to graduate in the Honours Biotechnology/Economics Academic Plan, the following requirements must be met:
1. Successful completion of 21.75 units. Of the 21.75 units required:
- at least 20.5 units must be lecture units
- 11.75 Science units
- 7.0 Economics units
2. Mandatory Courses are listed below:
Year 1A (Fall)
BIOL 130 Introductory Cell Biology
BIOL 140 Fundamentals of Microbiology
BIOL 140L Microbiology Laboratory
CHEM 120/120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
SCBUS 123 Science & Business Workshop 1
One Elective (0.5 unit) (AFM 123 is recommended)
Year 1B (Winter)
BIOL 139 Genetics
BIOL 241 Introduction to Applied Microbiology
CHEM 123/123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science 1
Year 2A (Fall)
BIOL 208 Analytical Methods in Molecular Biology
CHEM 266/266L Basic Organic Chemistry 1/Laboratory
ECON 201 Microeconomic Theory 1
ECON 211 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
SCBUS 223 Science & Business Workshop 2
Year 2B (Spring)
BIOL 308 Principles of Molecular Biology
BIOL 342 Molecular Biotechnology 1
ECON 202 Macroeconomic Theory 1
ECON 220 The Principles of Entrepreneurship
ECON 221 Statistics for Economists
Year 3A (Winter)
BIOL 331 Advanced Cell Biology
BIOL 361 Biostatistics and Experimental Design
CHEM 237/237L Introductory Biochemistry/Laboratory
ECON 301 Microeconomic Theory 2
ECON 321 Introduction to Econometrics
Year 3B (Fall)
BIOL 0.5 unit* (any level)
CHEM 333 Metabolism 1
ECON 302 Macroeconomic Theory 2
ECON 371 Business Finance 1
SCBUS 323 Science & Business Workshop 3
Year 4A (Fall)
BIOL 443 Fermentation Biotechnology
BIOL – 1.0 300- or 400-level unit**
ECON 401 Microeconomic Theory 3
SCBUS 423 Science & Business Workshop 4
Year 4B (Winter)
BIOL 432 Molecular Biotechnology 2
BIOL – 1.0 300- or 400-level unit**
ECON 402 Macroeconomic Theory 3
ECON 403 Topics in Economic Forecasting
or ECON 421 Econometrics
*BIOL 273 is a prerequisite for BIOL 476
** BIOL recommended electives: BIOL 345, 354, 431, 433, 434, 441, 442, 444, 474, 476, 483. BIOL 474 is strongly recommended.