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Major In General Biology

First Year

 

BIOL 111/121 or BIOL 111/125/ BIOL 125L

6 credits

CHEM 110/120 or 111/121 or 110/125 or 111/1251

6 credits

COMP 100 or COMP 1132

3 credits

ENGL 110 or 1113

3 credits

(or two of ENGL 110, 111 and 1213)

(6 credits)

MATH 113/123 or 114/124 or 115/125

6 credits

PHYS 110/120 or 115/1254

6 credits

Second Year

 

BIOL 213/234

6 credits

three of: BIOL 210/220

 

BIOL 211/221

9 credits

BIOL 215/225

 

CHEM 212/222

6 credits

ENGL 229 or 2302,3

3 credits

Electives7

3-6 credits

Third & Fourth Years

 

one more of: BIOL 210/220 (MICR 210/220)

 

BIOL 211/221

3 credits

BIOL 215/225

 

BIOL 300

3 credits

BIOL 302/303

6 credits

BIOL 3135

3 credits

BIOL 335

3 credits

two of BIOL 351, 352, 354, 355, 311/411 (or one of BIOL 350 or 353)

6 credits

BIOL 413 or 414

3 credits

Biology courses numbered 300 or above6

9 credits

Electives7

24 credits

1 Students planning on transferring to UBC after their first year should take one of the combinations that includes CHEM 125.

2 Students who entered first year Science prior to fall 1997 are not required to take COMP 100 or COMP 113 and ENGL 229 or 230 (although they may do so as electives); however 6 credits of ENGL at the 100 level are required.

3 Students with a B or better in ENGL 110 or 111 may proceed into ENGL 229 or 230 in their second year; students with less than a B in first year English must take another 3 credits of 100-level English before their second year English requirement.

4 Students with a grade of 80% or better in Physics 12 only need to complete 3 credits of first year Physics, PHYS 115. The remaining 3 credits may be taken in any subject area.

5 Students entering third year of the Biology Majors program in 1998/99 (and subsequently) are required to take BIOL 313. Students with BIOL 223 are exempt.

6 Courses can be selected from: BIOL 310, BIOL 311, BIOL 320, BIOL 321, BIOL 323, BIOL 324, BIOL 325, BIOL 329, BIOL 331, BIOL 343, BIOL 351, BIOL 352, BIOL 354, BIOL 355, BIOL 402, BIOL 409, BIOL 410, BIOL 411, BIOL 415, BIOL 416, BIOL 425, BIOL 427, BIOL 435, BIOL 448, BIOL 449, NRSC 322.

7 Electives must include 9-12 credits in at least two disciplines outside of science (other than English). The 18 remaining elective credits may be chosen from any discipline; at least 15 of these must be in courses numbered 300 or higher.

See Also

Biology Majors and Honours Programs

Major In Animal Biology

Major In Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology

Major in Ecology and Environmental Biology