2024-25 Honours Biology Recommended Course Sequence
Note: Elective and program elective recommendation notes are listed after Year 4.
Year 1
Fall
- BIOL 110
- BIOL 130, BIOL 130L
- CHEM 120, CHEM 120L
- MATH 127
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Winter
- BIOL 239
- CHEM 123, CHEM 123L
- PHYS 111 or PHYS 121
- One of ENGL 193 or COMMST 193
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Year 2
Fall
- BIOL 240, BIOL 240L
- BIOL 273
- CHEM 266, CHEM 266L
- One (0.5 unit) BIOL elective 200-level (exclusive of BIOL 201, 225 or 280)
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Winter
- CHEM 237, CHEM 237L
- STAT 202
- Two (1.0 unit) BIOL electives 200-level (exclusive of BIOL 201, 225 or 280)
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3
Winter
- Three BIOL electives 300- or 400-level (1.5 units)
- Two electives (1.0 unit)
Year 4
Fall
- One BIOL elective 300- or 400-level (0.5 unit)
- Two BIOL electives 400-level (1.0 unit)
- Two electives (1.0 unit)
Winter
- Three BIOL electives 400-level (1.5 units)
- Two electives (1.0 unit)
Elective and Program Elective Recommendation Notes
- Students are encouraged to take 1.0 unit from the Faculty of Arts, with 0.5 unit being from the Department of English Language and Literature.
- BIOL 361 is a recommended elective.
- The represented sequencing of all elective types is suggestive only and can be taken in a different order, and different term, than what is shown, depending on the elective chosen, its term of offering and required requisites.
Specializations are only available to students beginning studies in Fall 2020 or earlier.