Faculty of Health

The Pre-Clinical Specialization combines the Bachelor of Science, Honours Health Studies 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, optometry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, etc. or to advanced graduate training in biohealth sciences. 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 overall average of 75% and a minimum cumulative major average of 75%. Students may declare only one specialization.

In order to graduate with this Specialization, the following requirements must be met:

1. A cumulative overall average of 75% and cumulative major average of 75%.
2. Declare this Specialization before the beginning of 3A academic term.
3. Successful completion of 21.0 units, including all requirements of the Bachelor of Science, Honours Health Studies degree.
4. Successful completion of 1.0 unit from the following list:
   • (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, HLTH 475, or a fourth-year HLTH (Health) research methods course approved by the associate director, undergraduate studies
   • (0.5 unit) fourth-year seminar course: HLTH 421, HLTH 427, HLTH 430, HLTH 448, HLTH 449, HLTH 450, HLTH 465, HLTH 471, HLTH 479, HLTH 481, or a fourth-year HLTH seminar course approved by the associate director, undergraduate studies
5. Successful completion of 3.5 total units from the following list:
   BIOL 201, BIOL 211, BIOL 240, BIOL 240L, BIOL 241, BIOL 302, BIOL 303, BIOL 308, BIOL 309, BIOL 331, BIOL 341, BIOL 354, BIOL 355, BIOL 373L, BIOL 376, BIOL 441, BIOL 442, BIOL 444, BIOL 449, BIOL 455, BIOL 469, BIOL 472, BIOL 473
   CHEM 237, CHEM 237L, CHEM 266, CHEM 266L, CHEM 267, CHEM 267L
   KIN 100 and KIN 100L, KIN 301, KIN 308, KIN 312, KIN 340, KIN 341, KIN 404, KIN 406, HLTH 407/KIN 407
   MATH 127, MATH 128
   PHYS 111, PHYS 111L, PHYS 112, PHYS 112L

Notes

1. Students are expected to have already taken BIOL 130, BIOL 239, BIOL 273, CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, and CHEM 123L, which are prerequisites for several of the listed courses.
2. Students must complete one additional unit beyond the 20.0 units required for their Health Studies degree and should plan carefully, in consultation with an academic advisor, for when they will fit in the extra courses.
3. Admission requirements vary greatly among clinical professional schools. It is therefore imperative that students consult schools directly when choosing courses to satisfy admissions requirements.
4. Although the minimum average for the specialization is 75%, students should note that higher averages are normally needed to be admitted into many health professional or graduate programs.