Undergraduate calendar - Biomedical Sciences
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. (*See Note at end of Academic Plan requirements).
Students must maintain an overall cumulative average of 60% and a cumulative average of 65% in all required Science courses in order to be eligible to continue in the plan. In order to graduate, the following requirements must be met:
- Successful completion of at least 22.5 units (including labs); of the 22.5 units that are required, at least 14.0 must be from the Faculty of Science.
- No more than 3.0 "SCI"- labeled units may be used
- Mandatory courses as listed below.
- 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-labeled courses)
- A minimum of 2.0 lecture units from the list of "program elective" courses.
- The balance of units are derived from "free elective" courses.