Biology Honours (B.Sc.)

72 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (35 credits)

  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 205 Functional Biology of Plants and Animals (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 206 Methods in Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 215 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 216 Biology of Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 301 Cell and Molecular Laboratory (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • BIOL 302 Fundamentals of Genetics and Genomics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 311 Advanced Methods in Organismal Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 499D1 Honours Seminar in Biology (2 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 499D2 Honours Seminar in Biology (2 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 204 Computer Programming for Life Sciences (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Complementary Courses (36-37 credits)

Core (12-13 credits)

3 or 4 credits selected from CHEM block: 9 credits (3 credits from each of Block A, Block B and Block C):

  • CHEM 204 Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall

Block A- Ecology and Evolution

  • BIOL 304 Evolution (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 305 Animal Diversity (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 308 Ecological Dynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Block B- Molecular and Cellular

  • BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 303 Developmental Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 313 Eukaryotic Cell Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Block C-Neuro/Behaviour

  • BIOL 306 Neural Basis of Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 307 Behavioural Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Honours Block (9-12 credits)

Other (12-15 credits)

15 credits of Biology courses at the 300-500 levels if taking BIOL 479D1 Honours Research Project 1. / BIOL 479D2 Honours Research Project 1. , or 12 credits if taking BIOL 480D1 Honours Research Project 2. / BIOL 480D2 Honours Research Project 2. . With permission of the Biology Adviser, up to 6 credits may be taken from other science department courses (300-500 levels). Up to 3 credits of previous independent research courses may be included. Must include 6 credits of 400-500 levels.

Listed courses

  • BIOL 479D1 Honours Research Project 1 (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 479D2 Honours Research Project 1 (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter

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OR

  • BIOL 480D1 Honours Research Project 2 (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BIOL 480D2 Honours Research Project 2 (6 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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