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BSc Specialization in Biology

Program Requirements

21	credits: • BIOL 225 Form and Function of Organisms (3.00) • BIOL 226 Biodiversity and Ecology (3.00) • BIOL 261 Molecular and General Genetics (3.00) • BIOL 266 Cell Biology (3.00) • BIOL 367 Molecular Biology (3.00) • CHEM 221 Introductory Organic Chemistry I (3.00) • CHEM 271 Biochemistry I (3.00) Note: Students entering the program with Cegep Organic Chemistry must replace CHEM 221 with an equivalent number of credits in Biology program electives.
3	credits chosen from: • BIOL 322 Biostatistics (3.00) • CHEM 212 Analytical Chemistry for Biologists (3.00)
12	credits chosen from: • BIOL 227 Laboratory Studies in Biodiversity (3.00) • BIOL 330 Vertebrate Biology (3.00) • BIOL 337 Invertebrate Biology (3.00) • BIOL 340 Plant Biology (3.00) • BIOL 364 Cell Physiology (3.00) • BIOL 366 Mechanisms of Development (3.00) • BIOL 371 Microbiology (3.00) • BIOL 382 Comparative Animal Physiology (3.00) • BIOL 385 Entomology (3.00)
24	credits chosen from Biology courses at the 300 and/or 400 level, with a minimum of six credits at the 400 level, or courses selected from the Chemistry Courses for Biology Programs list
	Note: To satisfy the Biology lab requirement, students must take at least nine credits from Biology courses with lab components: BIOL 227 BIOL 330 BIOL 337 BIOL 340 BIOL 368 BIOL 382 BIOL 450 BIOL 466.