Biotechnology (for Science Students) Minor (B.Sc.)

24 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (15 credits)

  • BIOC 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 202 Basic Genetics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOT 505 Selected Topics in Biotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 211 Introductory Microbiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 credits selected from courses outside the department of the student's main program. Students may select three courses from one of the lists below, or may choose three alternate courses with adviser approval.

Biomedicine

  • ANAT 541 Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EXMD 504 Biology of Cancer (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PATH 300 Human Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Chemical Engineering

  • CHEE 200 Chemical Engineering Principles 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 204 Chemical Engineering Principles 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEE 374 Biochemical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Chemistry

  • CHEM 482 Organic Chemistry: Natural Products (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 502 Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 552 Physical Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

General

  • FACC 300 Engineering Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Immunology

  • ANAT 261 Introduction to Dynamic Histology (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 503 Biochemistry of Immune Diseases (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 214 Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 414 Advanced Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 513 Translational Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Management

  • ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis and Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 341 Introduction to Finance (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 372 Operations Management (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Microbiology

  • MIMM 323 Microbial Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 413 Parasitology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 465 Bacterial Pathogenesis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 466 Viral Pathogenesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Molecular Biology (Biology)

  • BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 314 Molecular Biology of Cancer (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 520 Gene Activity in Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIOL 524 Topics in Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 551 Principles of Cellular Control (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Molecular Biology (Biochemistry)

  • BIOC 311 Metabolic Biochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 312 Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 450 Protein Structure and Function (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOC 454 Nucleic Acids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Physiology

  • EXMD 401 Physiology and Biochemistry Endocrine Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EXMD 502 Advanced Endocrinology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EXMD 503 Advanced Endocrinology 02 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 562 Neuropharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 563 Endocrine Pharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 518 Artificial Cells (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Pollution

  • CHEE 593 Industrial Water Pollution Control (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CIVE 225 Environmental Engineering (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CIVE 430 Water Treatment and Pollution Control (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CIVE 557 Microbiology for Environmental Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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