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2016-2017

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Science Academic Plans

Biology

Honours Biology (Molecular Genetics Specialization)

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* It is recommended that two courses (1.0 unit) out of ten (5.0 units) free electives be from the Faculty of Arts. It is recommended that one of these courses be from those offered by the Department of English Language and Literature.

Year One

BIOL 110, BIOL 120BIOL 130, BIOL 130L, BIOL 150, BIOL 165
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L
One of MATH 114, MATH 127 or PHYS 111
Two electives* (1.0 unit)

Year Two

BIOL 239, BIOL 240, BIOL 240L, BIOL 241, BIOL 266, BIOL 273
CHEM 237/CHEM 237L
CHEM 266/CHEM 266L
STAT 202
Two electives (1.0 unit)

Year Three

BIOL 308, BIOL 309BIOL 331, BIOL 335L, BIOL 359, BIOL 365
Two Biology electives (1.0 unit) from Biology electives for the Molecular Genetics Specialization
Two electives (1.0 unit)

Year Four

Six Biology electives (3.0 units) from Biology electives for the Molecular Genetics Specialization
Four electives (2.0 units)

Biology elective courses for Molecular Genetics Specialization (list 1)

Must take four courses (2.0 units) of the following: BIOL 341, BIOL 428, BIOL 431, BIOL 434, BIOL 442, BIOL 479, BIOL 484

Biology elective courses for Molecular Genetics Specialization (list 2)

Must take four courses (2.0 units) of the following, one (0.5 unit) must be at the 400- level: BIOL 321, BIOL 342BIOL 349, BIOL 376, BIOL 441, BIOL 469, BIOL 472, BIOL 480, BIOL 483, BIOL 499

Note

Must take a minimum of five BIOL courses (2.5 units) at the 400- level.


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