This plan is open to students in the School of Public Health and Health Systems. The program combines the Bachelor of Science, Honours Health Studies or the Bachelor of Public Health, Honours, degree requirements with a specified grouping of health, chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology, and kinesiology elective courses.
This Specialization is intended to provide suitable preparation for entry into clinical health professional schools such as medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, etc. or to advanced graduate training in biohealth. However, students must consult the admission requirements of specific professional schools when choosing from the electives.
Admission to the Specialization requires at least good standing with a minimum cumulative average of 75% and a minimum major average of 75%. Students may declare only one specialization.
In order to graduate with this Specialization, the following requirements must be met:
- A cumulative overall average of 75% and cumulative major average of 75%.
- Declare this Specialization by the beginning of 3A academic term.
- Successful completion of 21.0 units, including all requirements of the Bachelor of Science, Honours Health Studies degree or the Bachelor of Public Health, Honours degree.
- Successful completion of 1.5 units from the following list:
- (0.5 unit) one of HLTH 310, HLTH 340, HLTH 341
- (0.5 unit) fourth-year research methods course: HLTH 432A, HLTH 432B, HLTH 433, HLTH 435, HLTH 442, HLTH 443, HLTH 451, HLTH 453, HLTH 458, HLTH 461, or a health (HLTH) methods course approved by the associate director, undergraduate studies specifically to meet this requirement
- (0.5 unit) fourth-year seminar course
- Successful completion of 3.5 total units from the following list:
BIOL 211, BIOL 240, BIOL 241, BIOL 302, BIOL 303, BIOL 308, BIOL 309, BIOL 331, BIOL 341, BIOL 354, BIOL 355, BIOL 373, BIOL 441, BIOL 442, BIOL 444, BIOL 455
CHEM 123, CHEM 123L, CHEM 266, CHEM 266L, CHEM 267, CHEM 267L
KIN 100/KIN 100L, KIN 121/KIN 121L, KIN 202/KIN 202L, KIN 221/KIN 221L, KIN 301, KIN 312, KIN 340, KIN 341, KIN 404, HLTH 407/KIN 407
MATH 127, MATH 128
PHYS 111, PHYS 111L, PHYS 112, PHYS 112L