Advisors: Drs. B. Butler and B. Greenberg (Biology), Drs. E. Daub and S. Forsey (Chemistry) Although this Specialization is set up in Co-operative format, it is also available for students in the Regular system of study. In Years One and Two, this Specialization follows the same sequence of courses as in the Honours Co-operative Biochemistry Academic Plan, except that students must include BIOL 241 (Note: BIOL 140L is a pre-requisite for BIOL 241, therefore BIOL 241 should be taken in either the 2B or 3A terms).
Year 3A (Winter)
BIOL 331 Advanced Cell Biology
CHEM 357 Physical Biochemistry
CHEM 360/360L Synthetic Organic Chemistry/Laboratory
Elective* (1.0 unit) from Groups below
Year 3B (Fall)
BIOL 342 Molecular Biotechnology 1
BIOL 354 Environmental Toxicology 1
CHEM 331 Fundamentals of Metabolism 1
CHEM 335L Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists or MATH 228 Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry (if not completed in Year 1)
Year 4A (Fall)
BIOL 439 Biochemistry of Natural Products
BIOL 443 Fermentation Biotechnology
Electives* (1.5 units) from Groups below
Year 4B (Winter)
BIOL 432 Molecular Biotechnology 2
Electives* (2.0 units) from Groups below
*Years Three and Four electives (4.5 units from Groups A, B, and C, with at least 2.5 units from Groups A and B, of which not less than 1.5 units are from Group A). At least 1.5 units must be BIOL and 1.0 units CHEM.
Group A
BIOL 308, 366, 382, 428, 431, 433, 434, 435L, 438, 441, 483,499A/B
CHEM 381, 430, 432, 433, 494A/B
Group B
BIOL 303, 323, 345, 359, 370, 371, 373, 374L, 442, 444, 447, 448, 473, 474, 476, 484
CHEM 221, 310, 313, 323, 404, 410, 420, 460, 464,
PHYS 480
Group C
Free electives (not more than 2.0 units)