Biochemistry Major (B.Sc.)

58–62 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Courses

U1 Required Courses (20-24 credits)

  • BIOC 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 220 Laboratory Methods in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 301 Written Communication in Biomedical Sciences (1 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 202 Basic Genetics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 204 Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • CHEM 242 Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry and Biochemistry (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 252 Organic Chemistry 2 for Chemistry and Biochemistry (4 credits) · Offered: Winter

U1 Complementary Courses (6 credits)

6 credits selected from:

  • BIOL 205 Functional Biology of Plants and Animals (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 211 Introductory Microbiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 214 Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

U2 Required Courses (17 credits)

  • BIOC 311 Metabolic Biochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 312 Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 320 Laboratory Methods in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 214 Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 302 Introductory Organic Chemistry 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 362 Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

U2 Complementary Courses (3 credits)

3 credits selected from:

  • BIOL 309 Mathematical Models in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 373 Biometry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 202 Foundations of Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • COMP 204 Computer Programming for Life Sciences (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

U3 Required Courses (6 credits)

  • BIOC 450 Protein Structure and Function (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 454 Nucleic Acids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

U3 Complementary Courses (6 credits)

3-6 credits selected from: (3–6 credits)

3-6 credits selected from:

  • BIOC 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 462 Research Laboratory in Biochemistry (6 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 503 Biochemistry of Immune Diseases (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 504 Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 505 RNA in Disease and Therapeutics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 570 Lipids and Lipoproteins in Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

The remainder, if any, to be selected from the following list:

The remainder, if any, to be selected from the following list:

  • BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 303 Developmental Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 304 Evolution (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 313 Eukaryotic Cell Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 314 Molecular Biology of Cancer (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 482 Organic Chemistry: Natural Products (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 502 Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 532 Structural Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 552 Physical Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 572 Synthetic Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EXMD 502 Advanced Endocrinology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 300 Drug Action (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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