Advisor: See Faculty of Science, Academic Advisors.
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:
- 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
- Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement.
- For detailed co-op program requirements, please see the Co-operative Education and Career Action section of the undergraduate calendar as well at the Science department work term report guidelines.
- Completion of Mandatory Courses as listed below.
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* Recommended Biology electives: BIOL 345, BIOL 354, BIOL 431, BIOL 433, BIOL 434, BIOL 441, BIOL 442, BIOL 444, and BIOL 483.
Year 1A (Fall)
BIOL 130 Introductory Cell Biology
BIOL 240 Fundamentals of Microbiology
BIOL 240L Microbiology Laboratory
CHEM 120/CHEM 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 239 Genetics
BIOL 241 Introduction to Applied Microbiology
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
CS 100 Introduction to Computing through Applications
Year 2A (Fall)
BIOL 309 Analytical Methods in Molecular Biology
CHEM 266/CHEM 266L Basic Organic Chemistry 1/Laboratory
ECON 211 Introduction to Mathematical Economics
ECON 221 Statistics for Economists
SCBUS 223 Science & Business Workshop 2
Year 2B (Spring)
BIOL 308 Principles of Molecular Biology
BIOL 342 Molecular Biotechnology 1
ECON 220 The Principles of Entrepreneurship
ECON 290 Models of Choice in Competitive Markets
ECON 322 Econometric Analysis I
Year 3A (Winter)
BIOL 331 Advanced Cell Biology
BIOL 361 Biostatistics and Experimental Design
CHEM 237/CHEM 237L Introductory Biochemistry/Laboratory
ECON 323 Econometric Analysis II
ECON 391 Equilibrium in Market Economics
Year 3B (Fall)
BIOL Elective (can be any 100-, 200-, 300- or 400-level BIOL) (0.5 unit)
CHEM Elective (must be a 200- 300- or 400-level CHEM) (0.5 unit)
ECON 306 Marcroeconomics
ECON 371 Business Finance 1
SCBUS 323 Science & Business Workshop 3
Year 4A (Fall)
BIOL 443 Fermentation Biotechnology
BIOL Electives (300- or 400-level BIOL)* (1.0 unit)
ECON 393 Market Failures
SCBUS 423 Science & Business Workshop 4
Year 4B (Winter)
BIOL 432 Molecular Biotechnology 2
BIOL Electives (300- or 400-level BIOL)* (1.0 unit)
ECON Elective (300- or 400-level ECON) (0.5 unit)
One of:
ECON 406 Money and Banking II
ECON 407 Economic Growth and Development II
ECON 408 Business Cycles
ECON 409 Workers, Jobs and Wages