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Undergraduate Calendar 2016-2017 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]

Honours Biology and Mathematics (B.Sc.)


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Admission Note


MATH 1B03  must be completed by the end of Level II. Completion in Level I is strongly recommended.

Admission


Enrolment in this program is limited and possession of the published minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. Selection is based on academic achievement but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including:

Program Notes


  1. Students may seek academic advising for this program in either the Department of Mathematics and Statistics or the Department of Biology.
  2. Completion of MATH 1B03  (or 1ZC3 ) is required by the end of Level II. Completion in Level I is strongly recommended.
  3. While not required for this program, PHYSICS 1A03  (or 1B03 ), 1C03 , CHEM 1A03 , 1AA3  and one of CHEM 2BA3, 2E03 , 2OA3 , CHEMBIO 2OA3  are prerequisites for many courses in Biology.
  4. MATH 2C03 , 2R03 , 3F03  are prerequisites for MATH 4MB3 .
  5. Many of the courses in the Course List have additional prerequisites. Students are advised to check the Course Listings section of this Calendar.
  6. Students considering graduate studies in Biology are recommended to complete BIOLOGY 4C09 A/B S  or 4F06 A/B S . Students taking BIOLOGY 4C09 A/B S  or 4F06 A/B S  may be supervised by faculty from the Department of Mathematics & Statistics as long as they are co-supervised by faculty from the Department of Biology.
  7. Students considering graduate studies in Mathematics are strongly recommended to complete MATH 2S03  or 2T03 , 3X03 , 4A03  and 4MB3 .

Requirements


120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which no more than 48 units may be Level I

Level I: 30 Units


30 units


(See Admission above.)

Levels II-IV: 90 Units


0-3 units


from the following courses, if not completed in Level I

9 units


from

  • Levels II, III, IV Biology, Molecular Biology courses
  • Course List
    (See Program Note 5 above.)

3-9 units


from

  • Levels III, IV Mathematics, Statistics, Biology, Molecular Biology courses
    (See Program Notes 5 and 7 above.)

24-39 units


  • Electives

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