2023-24 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
- CHEM 266, CHEM 266L
- STAT 202
- One (0.5 unit) BIOL elective 200-level
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Winter
- BIOL 273
- CHEM 237, CHEM 237L
- Two (1.0 unit) BIOL electives 200-level
- One elective (0.5 unit)
Year 3
Winter
- Three BIOL electives 300-level or higher (1.5 units)
- Two electives (1.0 unit)
Year 4
Fall
- One BIOL 300-level elective (0.5 unit)
- Two BIOL 400-level electives (1.0 unit)
- Two electives (1.0 unit)
Winter
- Three BIOL 400-level electives (1.5 units)
- Two electives (1.0 unit)
Elective and Program Elective Recommendation Notes
- 2.5 units out of 5.5 BIOL program electives at 300-level or higher, must be 400-level.
- 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.