Honours Life Sciences (B.Sc.)

Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including:

Admission (Effective September 2024)

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including:

Program Notes

1. Registration in an Honours Life Sciences program does not guarantee access to all courses. Some courses have program restrictions. Students should check prerequisites carefully.
2. LIFESCI 2G03  does not substitute for BIOLOGY 2C03  or MOLBIOL 2C03  for prerequisite purposes.
3. Students interested in completing a thesis or independent study course should consider completing LIFESCI 3RP3  in Level III.
4. Students interested in graduate school may wish to consider completion of a thesis or independent study course (See LIFESCI 4A03 , 4B09 A/B S , 4C12 A/B S , 4D15 A/B S ). 
5. Level IV Research Seminar topics may change from year to year. Research Seminar topics and descriptions are available on the program web site (https://www.science.mcmaster.ca/sis/undergraduate/life-sciences.html). Honours Life Sciences students must complete at least 3 units of Knowledge Transfer/Seminar Experience (Course List E). 
6. Students entering Level IV Honours Life Sciences (not including the Origins of Disease Specialization or the Sensory Motor Systems Specialization) must complete and submit a ballot, rank ordering their preference for enrolment in Level IV seminar offerings by the end of March. Students will be informed of their ballot result by the end of May. Failure to submit a ballot by the stated deadline may compromise enrolment in a preferred seminar. The Life Sciences program pre-registration ballot will include all Level IV Life Sciences research seminar courses.
7. LIFESCI 4CM3  is required for students completing the Honours Life Sciences - Origins of Disease Specialization (B.Sc.)  and is not included in the pre-registration ballot.
8. LIFESCI 4XX3  is required for students completing the Honours Life Sciences - Sensory Motor Systems Specialization (B.Sc.)  and is not included in the pre-registration ballot.
9. Course planning is extremely important. Students must review and consider the requisites on Level II, III and IV courses when enrolling in the previous Levels.
10. Students who entered the program prior to September 2020, will have the choice to use LIFESCI 3N03  toward Course List A or Course List C.
11. Students who entered the program prior to September 2023, will have the choice to use LIFESCI 3P03  toward either Course List A or Course List C.
12. SUSTAIN 3SS3  is only offered in the Spring Term.

Course Lists for Students Who Enter in September 2023 or Prior

Requirements for Students Who Enter in September 2023 or Prior

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

Course Lists (Effective September 2024)

Requirements (Effective September 2024)

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