Honours BSc Biology and Chemistry
The Honours BSc Biology and Chemistry program consists of a minimum of 20.0 credits, including at least 6.0 senior credits in Biology and 6.5 senior credits in Chemistry. The program shall include no more than 6.0 credits at the 100 level and must include the following:
Required Courses:
BI110, BI111; which must include BI226, BI236, BI256, BI266, BI276 and at least 3.5 additional senior BI credits
CH110, CH111, CH202, CH203, CH212, CH215, CH225, CH226, CH250, CH261, CH262, CH350; and at least 1.5 additional senior CH credits.
Students intending to take CH490‡ should consider taking CH390 in Year 3 (refer to Note 4)
Students intending to take BI499‡ must take BI296 or CH390 (refer to Note 4)
Both PC131 and PC132 (or both PC141 and PC142)
Both MA100 and MA101 (or MA110*), MA122, MA241
- Electives (2.0 credits in the program) must include a minimum of a 0.5 credit from each of Curriculum Divisions A and B. (refer to Curriculum Divisions).
- At least 3.0 credits in BI or CH at the 300 or 400 level must be successfully completed.
- Senior honours students are expected to attend all department seminars.
- Students
who plan to enroll in CH490‡ in Year 4 are encouraged (but are not
required) to enroll in CH390 in Year 3. By the end of the program, a
student must have credit for at least one of the following: BI296,
CH390, CH490‡, BI499‡. A student may have credit for only one of: BI296 or CH390.
- For
progression into Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4, and for graduation, the
cumulative GPA is calculated on the Biology and Chemistry courses
combined.
- The following is a suggested schedule within
which all program requirements can be fulfilled. While other sequences
are possible, many of the required courses have one or more
prerequisites and students are advised to be cautious in departing from
the recommended schedule.
Year 1
BI110, BI111, CH110, CH111
Both PC131 and PC132 (or both PC141 and PC142)
Both MA100 and MA101 (or MA110*); MA122
0.5 non-science elective credit (refer to Note 1)
Year 2
1.5 BI credits at the 200 or 300 level
CH202, CH203, CH212, CH250, CH261, CH262
MA241
Year 3
2.5 senior BI credits
CH215, CH225, CH226, CH350
One of: BI296 (if not taken in Year 2) or CH390; or 0.5 elective credit (if BI296 taken in Year 2) (refer to Note 4)
Year 4
2.0 senior credits in Biology
1.5 credits in Chemistry
The BI and CH credits may include BI499‡ or CH490‡, but not both (refer to Note 5)
1.5 senior elective credits approved by the Biology or Chemistry Departments (refer to Note 1)
Senate/Editorial Changes
Senate Revision March 3, 2011: Note 4 revision; effective September 1, 2011.