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Apr 19, 2024
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Undergraduate Calendar 2015-2016 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]
Honours Life Sciences (B.Sc.)
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Admission Notes
- Completion of BIOLOGY 1A03 , 1M03 , and either PSYCH 1F03 or 1X03 , and 1XX3 is required by the end of Level II.
- Completion of one of BIOPHYS 1S03 , MEDPHYS 1E03 , PHYSICS 1A03 , 1B03 , 1C03 , 1L03 is required by the end of Level III. PHYSICS 1B03 or 1C03 is a prerequisite for BIOLOGY 2A03 and, therefore, completion in Level I is recommended. One of PHYSICS 1A03 , 1B03 , 1C03 , 1L03 is a prerequisite for LIFESCI 3J03 .
- Completion of CHEM 1A03 , 1AA3 is strongly recommended in Level I as these courses are prerequisites for BIOLOGY 2B03 , BIOCHEM 2EE3 and CHEM 2OA3 and a wide selection of Biochemistry, Biology and Psychology courses.
Admission
Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 6.0 including:
9 units
from the following courses, where an average of at least 6.0 (between the courses) is required
12 units
from
- the Science I Course List (See Admission Notes above.)
Note
Students who have satisfied all above admission criteria and have a Cumulative Average between 5.5 and 5.9 will be admitted to the program, on Program Probation. Students may be on Program Probation only once. Eligibility to continue in the program will require a Cumulative Average of at least 6.0 at the next academic review. Program Notes
- Completion of BIOLOGY 1A03 , 1M03 , and either PSYCH 1F03 or 1X03 , and 1XX3 is required by the end of Level II.
- Registration in an Honours Life Sciences program does not guarantee access to all courses. Some courses have program restrictions and students are responsible to read course prerequisites carefully.
- Students interested in completing a thesis or independent study course should consider completing LIFESCI 3RP3 in Level III.
- Students interested in graduate school may wish to consider completion of a thesis or independent study course (See LIFESCI 4A03 , 4B06 A/B , 4C09 A/B ).
- Level IV Research Seminar topics may change from year to year. Research Seminar topics and descriptions are available on the web site (http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/lifesciences) and from the Life Sciences office in late April of each year.
- LIFESCI 2G03 does not substitute for BIOLOGY 2C03 or MOLBIOL 2C03 for prerequisite purposes.
- Students who entered the program prior to September 2013 may use BIOLOGY 3DD3 or LIFE SCI 3DD3 toward the Honours Life Sciences Course List requirement.
- Students are restricted to a maximum of nine units from LIFESCI 4A03 , 4B06 A/B , 4C09 A/B , 4D03 , 4EP6 A/B , 4L03 , 4M03 , 4N03 , 4P03 , 4Q03 , 4R03 , 4S03 , 4T03 .
Honours Life Sciences Course List
| Astronomy |
ASTRON 2B03 |
| Biochemistry |
Levels II, III, IV* |
| Biology |
Levels II, III, IV* |
| Chemistry |
CHEM 2E03 , 2OA3 , 2OB3 , 2P03 |
| Chemical Biology |
CHEMBIO 2A03 , 2P03 |
| Environmental Science |
Levels II, III, IV* |
| Geography |
Levels II, III, IV |
| Health Sciences |
HTHSCI 3I03 , 3K03 , 4II3 |
| Kinesiology |
KINESIOL 2Y03 , 2YY3 |
| Life Sciences |
Levels II, III, IV* |
| Mathematics |
MATH 2E03 |
| Medical Physics |
MED PHYS 2A03, 2D03 , 3A03, 3R03 , 4A03, 4B03 , 4L03 , 4SZ3 , 4U03 , 4XX3 |
| Molecular Biology |
Levels III, IV* |
| Origins |
ORIGINS 2LU3 , 3D03 , 3E03 , 3F03 |
| Psychology |
PSYCH Levels II, III, IV* |
| Science |
Levels II, III, IV* |
| Statistics |
STATS 2B03 |
| * All Levels II, III, IV courses for which the prerequisites have been met are acceptable. |
Requirements
120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which no more than 48 units may be Level I 30 units
(See Admission above.) 36 units
from
- the Honours Life Sciences Course List, of which at least 18 units must be Levels III, IV (See Program Notes 3, 5 and 8 above.)
0-3 units
from the following courses, if not completed in Level I: 0-3 units
from the following courses, if not completed in Level I: 30-36 units
- Electives (See Program Note 7 above.)
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