Science Academic Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, Academic Advisors.

The Faculty of Science Biomedical Sciences Academic Plan prepares graduates for entry into a comprehensive array of professional programs in the health care field. Core subjects are offered which are common for the majority of professional programs. These are supplemented with a significant number of elective courses which allow students to tailor their programs to meet the admission requirements for programs in optometry, medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, forensics, and radiotherapy or to pursue graduate studies in the health disciplines. Students are strongly urged to consult the admission requirements of the professional schools of interest to aid their choice of electives.

Students must maintain an overall cumulative average of 60% and a cumulative average of 65% in all Science courses in order to be eligible to continue in the plan. In order to graduate, the following requirements must be met:

1. Successful completion of at least 22.75 units (including labs); of the 22.75 units that are required, at least 14.25 must be from the Faculty of Science.
2. No more than 5.0 failed units allowed.
3. No more than 3.0 SCI-labelled units may be used.
4. Mandatory courses as listed below.
5. A minimum of 3.0 Science elective units is required (at least 2.5 units must be obtained at the 300- and 400-level, exclusive of SCI-labelled courses)
6. A minimum of 2.0 lecture units from the list of Complementary electives.
7. The balance of units are derived from free elective courses.
8. Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement.

Year One (Fall)

BIOL 130/BIOL 130L Introduction to Cell Biology/Laboratory
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Laboratory 
 or PHYS 121/PHYS 121L Mechanics/Laboratory
Two Electives (Science, Complementary or Free) (1.0 unit)

Year One (Winter)

BIOL 239 Genetics
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria, and Kinetics/Laboratory
PHYS 112/PHYS 112L Physics 2/Laboratory 
 or PHYS 122/PHYS 122L Waves, Electricity and Magnetism/Laboratory
Two Electives (Science, Complementary or Free) (1.0 unit)

Year Two (Fall)

BIOL 240/BIOL 240L Fundamentals of Microbiology/Laboratory
CHEM 266/CHEM 266L Basic Organic Chemistry 1/Laboratory
Three Electives (Science, Complementary or Free) (1.5 units)

Year Two (Winter)

BIOL 273/BIOL 273L Principles of Human Physiology 1/Laboratory
CHEM 267/CHEM 267L Basic Organic Chemistry 2/Laboratory
Three Electives (Science, Complementary or Free) (1.5 units)

Year Three (Fall)

Year Three (Winter)

Year Four (Fall)

BIOL 308 Principles of Molecular Biology
Four Electives (Science, Complementary or Free) (2.0 units)

Year Four (Winter)

Science Electives

A minimum of 3.0 additional Science units are required. At least 2.5 units must be at the 300- and 400-level.

Complementary Electives

Psychology

PSYCH 101 Introductory Psychology
PSYCH 261 Physiological Psychology

Sociology

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 248 Health, Illness and Society
SOC 249 Sociology of Mental Disorder

Ethics

PHIL 226 Biomedical Ethics
or any other introductory ethics course

Mathematics

MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences

Computer Science

Statistics

STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists

Health Studies

Science

SCI 255 The Biology of Aging

Free Electives