***Notice to students***
A new Biology curriculum is pending and will be updated on this web page soon. Please contact your Academic Advisor for further information.
A student inoculating an agar plate in a microbiology laboratory (photo: L.G. Leduc)
Academic Advisor - Dr. Leo G. Leduc
(Biomedical Biology Option prior to 2012-13)
The Specialization in Biomedical Biology provides courses that give students a strong background in the disciplines within Biology that are relevant to medicine. Graduates of this human biology-based specialization are well prepared for:
This specialization includes courses in human anatomy and physiology, cell biology, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, histology and embryology. As well, students can choose elective courses from the Social Sciences or Humanities, and from other disciplines.
Please note that the requirements for an Honours B.Sc. in this specialization is 70% in the best 60 Biomedical BIOL credits.
Counselling Form (pdf file to be printed out and completed prior to meeting with the option advisor!)
Application for Graduation - Instructions to complete the form are given here. (pdf).
Option Alumni
First year
BIOL 1506 Biology I
BIOL 1507 Biology II
CHMI 1006 General Chemistry I+
CHMI 1007 General Chemistry II
MATH 1036 Calculus I++
MATH 1037 Calculus II or
MATH1057 Linear Algebra I
PHYS 1006 Introductory Physics I or
PHYS 1206 Concepts in Physics I
PHYS 1007 Introductory Physics II or
PHYS 1207 Concepts in Physics II
ANTR 1006/1007 Introduction to Anthropology I/II or
PSYC 1105 Introduction to Psychology
+ Students lacking 12U-level Chemistry or the equivalent must complete CHMI 1041 prior to taking CHMI 1006.
++ Students with a grade of less than 60% in 12U-level Calculus or the equivalent must complete MATH 1912 prior to taking MATH 1036.
Second year
BIOL 2007 Genetics
BIOL 2026 Introduction to Microbiology
BIOL 2105 Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 2126 Cell Biology or
BIOL 3726 Animal Histology*
BIOL 2706 Vertebrate Form and Function
CHMI 2426 Organic Chemistry I
CHMI 2427 Organic Chemistry II
CHMI 2227 Biochemistry I
STAT 2126 Introduction to Statistics or
STAT 2246 Statistics for Science
Third year
BIOL 3117 Infectious Diseases
BIOL 3327 Experimental Methods in Biology
BIOL 2126 Cell Biology* or
BIOL 3726 Animal Histology*
CHMI 3226 Biochemistry II
+ 6 credits from Biomedical List*
+ 6 credits from the Social Sciences or Humanities
+ 3 credits from any discipline
Fourth year
27 credits from the Biomedical List*
+ 3 credits from any discipline
Biomedical List
BIOL 2726 Diversity of Animals
BIOL 2757 Biological Aspects of Human Sexuality
BIOL 3026 Applied and Environmental Microbiology
BIOL 3346 Ethnobotany
BIOL 3386 Mycology
BIOL 3756 Vertebrate Physiology
BIOL 4017 Literature Review
BIOL 4035 Research and Seminar
BIOL 4717 Animal Behaviour
BIOL 4736 Developmental Biology
BIOL 4797 Environmental Physiology***
BIOL 4807 Advanced Genetics***
ANTR 2016 Human Biological Variation, Adaptations and Health**
ANTR 2017 Human Evolution**
ANTR 3036 Human Skeletal Biology**
ANTR 3046 Human Ecology and Palaeoecology**
ANTR 3047 Public Health and Epidemiology**
ANTR 3086 Medical Anthropology: Medicine, Culture and Society**
ANTR 3087 Ethnomedicine: Cross-Cultural Healing**
ANTR 4006 Food and Disease Prevention**
ANTR 4007 Origins of Sickness and Medicine**
CHMI 2031 Natural Products: Organic and Biochemical Features***
CHMI 3206 Applied Bioinformatics***
CHMI 3427 Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry
CHMI 4216 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids
CHMI 4217 Biomembranes, Structure and Function
CHMI 4226 Recombinant DNA Technology***
CHMI 4227 Recombinant DNA Technology II***
CHMI 4287 Biochemical Toxicology***
CHMI 4297 Biochemistry of the Immune System
CHMI 4486 Advanced Medicinal Chemistry
PHYS 2606 Biophysics of Fluids
PHYS 2616 Physics of Hearing and Vision
PHYS 3306 Radiobiology and Radiation Protection
PHYS 3616 Use of Lasers and Fiber Optics in Health Sciences
PHYS 3626 Radiation Biophysics and Physics of Medical Imaging
PSYC 2606 Brain and Behaviour***
PSYC 2617 Human Neuropsychology***
PSYC 3506 Neuropharmacology***
PSYC 3507 Behavioural Neurobiology***
* Certrain core courses and senior-level courses are offered on alternate years. These courses must be chosen in consultation with the Academic Advisor. As such, the timetables of the respective departments must be consulted to identify each year's course offerings.
** to a maximum of 12 ANTR credits in third and fourth years
*** In consultation with the Academic Advisor
REVISED May 2012