2023-24 Honours Biochemistry Recommended Course Sequence
Note: Program elective recommendation notes are listed after Year 4.
Year 1
Fall
Year 2
Fall
- BIOL 240, BIOL 240L
- BIOL 309
- CHEM 200
- CHEM 220, CHEM 220L
- CHEM 264
- Note: Students transferring into this plan after their 2A term must take a 0.5 unit CHEM lecture or lab course in place of CHEM 200.
Winter
- BIOL elective 200-level (0.5 unit)
- CHEM 233, CHEM 233L
- CHEM 254
- CHEM 265, CHEM 265L
- One program lab elective (0.5 unit) - if choosing CHEM 224L
Year 3
Year 4
Fall and Winter
- Six BIOL or CHEM electives Group A (3.0 units)
- One BIOL or CHEM elective Group A or B (0.5 unit)
- Three electives (1.5 units)
Program Elective Recommendation Notes
- PHYS 111L or PHYS 121L should ideally be taken in Year One if it counts as the 0.25 program lab unit.
- CHEM 250L should ideally be taken in Year Two if it counts as the 0.25 program lab unit.
- CHEM 313L or BIOL 373L should ideally be taken in Year Three winter if it counts as the 0.25 program lab unit.
- CHEM 224L should ideally be taken in Year Two spring if it counts as the 0.5 program lab unit.
- CHEM 212 should ideally be taken in Year Two spring and CHEM 360L should ideally be taken in Year Three winter if CHEM 360L counts as the 0.5 program lab unit.
- BIOL 373L has a BIOL 373 corequisite, which has a BIOL 273 prerequisite; CHEM 360L has a CHEM 360 corequisite.
- BIOL 241 must be taken in Year Two spring for students considering the Biotechnology Specialization.
- 1.5 units of Group A or B elective must be BIOL.
- 1.0 unit of Group A or B elective must be CHEM.
- 1.5 unit of Group A or B elective must be 400-level.
- 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.