Pharmacology Major (B.Sc.)

67 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (40 credits)

U1

  • BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 202 Basic Genetics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • CHEM 222 Introductory Organic Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
  • PHAR 200 Introduction to Pharmacology 1 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 201 Introduction to Pharmacology 2 (1 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 212 Introductory Physiology Laboratory 1 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 213 Introductory Physiology Laboratory 2 (1 credits) · Offered: Winter

U2

  • BIOC 311 Metabolic Biochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 301 Cell and Molecular Laboratory (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PHAR 300 Drug Action (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 301 Drugs and Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 303 Principles of Toxicology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

3 credits, one of (recommended to be taken in Year 1): (3 credits)

3 credits, one of (recommended to be taken in Year 1):

  • ANAT 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 212 Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

3 credits, one of (usually in Year 2): (3 credits)

3 credits, one of (usually in Year 2):

  • CHEM 203 Survey of Physical Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 204 Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

3 credits, one of (usually in Year 2): (3 credits)

3 credits, one of (usually in Year 2):

  • BIOL 373 Biometry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

9 credits selected from the following Pharmacology courses: (9 credits)

9 credits selected from the following Pharmacology courses:

  • PHAR 503 Drug Discovery and Development 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 504 Drug Discovery and Development 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 505 Structural Pharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 508 Drug Discovery and Development 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 510 New Advances in Antimicrobial (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHAR 540 Advances in Industrial Biotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 562 Neuropharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 563 Endocrine Pharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 565 Epigenetic Drugs and Targets (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

9 credits selected from the following courses: Committee approval is required to substitute a science course not in the list below. (9 credits)

9 credits selected from the following courses: Committee approval is required to substitute a science course not in the list below.

  • ANAT 321 Circuitry of the Human Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANAT 322 Neuroendocrinology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANAT 365 Cellular Trafficking (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANAT 381 Experimental Embryology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANAT 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 510 Engineered Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications (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
  • BIOC 458 Membranes and Cellular Signaling (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOC 570 Lipids and Lipoproteins in Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 303 Developmental Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOL 306 Neural Basis of Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 314 Molecular Biology of Cancer (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIOT 505 Selected Topics in Biotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 302 Introductory Organic Chemistry 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 334 Advanced Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 462 Green Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 502 Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 503 Drug Discovery (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 522 Stereochemistry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEM 552 Physical Organic Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 204 Computer Programming for Life Sciences (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • EXMD 401 Physiology and Biochemistry Endocrine Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EXMD 504 Biology of Cancer (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EXMD 509 Gastrointestinal Physiology and Pathology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • HGEN 400 Genetics in Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 387 The Business of Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIMM 414 Advanced Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIMM 466 Viral Pathogenesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • NEUR 310 Cellular Neurobiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PARA 410 Environment and Infection (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PATH 300 Human Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 503 Drug Discovery and Development 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 504 Drug Discovery and Development 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 505 Structural Pharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 508 Drug Discovery and Development 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 510 New Advances in Antimicrobial (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHAR 522D1 Fundamentals of Disease Therapy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 522D2 Fundamentals of Disease Therapy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 524 Clinical Mentorship (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 540 Advances in Industrial Biotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 562 Neuropharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 563 Endocrine Pharmacology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHAR 565 Epigenetic Drugs and Targets (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHAR 599D1 Pharmacology Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • PHAR 599D2 Pharmacology Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 312 Respiratory, Renal, and Cardiovascular Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 313 Blood, Gastrointestinal, and Immune Systems Physiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHGY 314 Integrative Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 425 Analyzing Physiological Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHGY 524 Chronobiology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PPHS 501 Population Health and Epidemiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 302 Pain (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PSYC 305 Statistics for Experimental Design (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 317 Genes and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 318 Behavioural Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYT 301 Issues in Drug Dependence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYT 500 Advances: Neurobiology of Mental Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • REDM 410 Writing Research Articles (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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