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Honours Life Sciences (B.Sc.)


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Admission Notes


  1. Completion of BIOLOGY 1A03 , 1M03 , and either PSYCH 1F03  or 1X03 , and 1XX3  is required by the end of Level II.
  2. Completion of one of BIOPHYS 1S03 , MED PHYS 1E03 , PHYSICS 1B03 , 1L03  is required by the end of Level III. Effective, September 2014, completion of one of BIOPHYS 1S03 , MED PHYS 1E03 , PHYSICS 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 1B03 , 1C03 , 1L03  is a prerequisite for LIFE SCI 3J03 .
  3. 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 Cumulative Average of at least 6.0 including:

12 units


from

  • Life Sciences 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


  1. Completion of BIOLOGY 1A03 , 1M03 , and either PSYCH 1F03  or 1X03 , and 1XX3  is required by the end of Level II.
  2. 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.
  3. Students interested in completing a thesis or independent study course should consider completing LIFE SCI 3RP3  in Level III.
  4. Students interested in graduate school may wish to consider completion of a thesis or independent study course (See LIFE SCI 4A03 , 4B06 , 4C09 ). 
  5. 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 February of each year.   
  6. LIFE SCI 2G03  does not substitute for BIOLOGY 2C03  or MOL BIOL 2C03  for prerequisite purposes.
  7. 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.
  8. Students are restricted to a maximum of nine units from LIFE SCI 4A03 , 4B06 , 4C09 , 4D03 , 4EP6 , 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 
Chemical Biology CHEM BIO 2A03 , 2P03 
Environmental Science Levels II, III, IV*
Geography Levels II, III, IV
Health Sciences HTH SCI 3I03 , 3K03 , 4II3 
Kinesiology KINESIOL 2Y03 , 2YY3 , 4P03 
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

Level I: 30 Units


30 units


(See Admission above.)

Levels II-IV: 90 Units


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.)

30-36 units


  • Electives (See Program Note 7 above.)

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