Certain 600-level courses may be considered to fulfill program requirements. Consult the department for further information.
*Applicability to the field depends upon the actual course content. Approval will have to be granted on an individual basis. Check the list published by the Department each February.
**No more than one FCE of such courses (approved by the Department prior to registering in the course) can be counted towards the Major Field.
Required Courses - Major Program
See also 3.4 Program Requirements, in particular, the regulations on the number of courses at the 200 level and above allowed in a program and on the List of Science-Equivalent Courses in Other Faculties (Table I).
Note: Commencing Fall 2011, Biology 241/243 will replace Biology 231/233 as the core introductory departmental courses, serving as prerequisites for the 300-level core biology courses and others.
(course substitutions permitted with consent of the Department)
1.0 FCE - Options from the Field
4.0 FCE - Breadth requirement: Options from outside the Faculty of Science*
4.0 FCE - Options
*These 4.0 FCE options are selected from faculties outside the Faculty of Science. Of these 4.0 FCE students must select at least 1.0 FCE from the Faculty of Arts. (see 3.4.B.(d) Breadth requirement in Section 3 Faculty Regulations).
Required Courses - Honours Program
Note: Commencing Fall 2011, Biology 241/243 will replace Biology 231/233 as the core introductory departmental courses, serving as prerequisites for the 300-level core biology courses and others.
4.0 FCE - Breadth requirement: Options from outside the Faculty of Science*
3.0 FCE - Options
*These 4.0 FCE options are selected from faculties outside the Faculty of Science. Of these 4.0 FCE students must select at least 1.0 FCE from the Faculty of Arts. (see 3.4.B.(d) Breadth requirement in Section 3 Faculty Regulations).
Recommendations
Students are advised to emphasize either a Molecular Microbiology or a Molecular Cell Biology route to be better equipped for further study and employment in those areas. This listing provides recommended options for students wishing to create a program of courses that explores their particular areas of interest and supports their career goals. It is not expected that students will be able to include all of the suggestions in one area in their programs; neither is the list exhaustive nor exclusive. Some courses may have prerequisites that are not included in the listing.
Courses in Marine Science may be taken for credit during the summer and/or students may elect to spend the fall of either the third or fourth year attending the Bamfield Fall Program. Refer to the Marine Science course listings for details.
Suggested Program Sequence
Third Year
(Available to Honours students, and Major students after satisfactory completion of the Biological Sciences core program that includes Biology 241, 243, 311, 313 and 331).
Faculty of Science