2025-26 Honours Science and Business, Biochemistry Specialization Recommended Course Sequence
Note: Program elective recommendation notes are listed after Year 4.
Year 1
Winter
- BIOL 239
- CHEM 123, CHEM 123L
- CS 100
- SCBUS 122
- One of ENGL 193 or COMMST 193
Year 2
Winter
- CHEM 237, CHEM 237L
- CHEM 265, CHEM 265L or CHEM 267
- ECON 102
- MGMT 220
- One BIOL 100- or 200-level elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3
Year 4
Fall
- SCBUS 423
- One Approved course (0.5 unit)
- One Approved course or BIOL or CHEM elective (0.5 unit)
- One BIOL or CHEM approved course for Biochemistry specialization (0.5 unit)
- One BIOL or CHEM approved course 400-level for Biochemistry specialization (0.5 unit)
Winter
- One Approved course (0.5 unit)
- Three BIOL or CHEM approved courses for Biochemistry specialization (1.5 units)
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Program Elective Recommendation Notes
- Sequence updated (March 30, 2026) to reflect the approved changes in required science elective units — Refer to "Changes Since 2025-2026 Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar Publication."
- BIOL labs are recommended but not required unless needed to satisfy upper-year courses as prerequisites.
- A list of approved BIOL and CHEM courses can be found at the following website: Science and Business - Biochemistry Specialization (Bachelor of Science - Honours)
- 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.
- Note: 1B term no longer sequenced with 6 courses - sequence updated Aug 16