Honours Medical and Biological Physics (B.Sc.)

Admission Notes

1. Completion of BIOLOGY 1A03  (or BIOLOGY 1A01  and 1A02 ), CHEM 1AA3  and MATH 1B03  (or 1ZC3 ) is required by the end of Level II. Completion in Level I is strongly recommended. BIOLOGY 1M03  is also recommended.
2. Completion of MEDPHYS 1A03 , PHYSICS 1CC3  is recommended in Level I.
3. When completed together, BIOLOGY 1A01  and 1A02  serve as a substitute for BIOLOGY 1A03 . These courses should be completed in the same term. If completed, both BIOLOGY 1A01  and 1A02  would be required for admission.

Admission

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

Program Notes

1. Students may take any combination of courses from Course List A - Medical Physics Focus, Course List B - Biological Physics Focus or Course List C - Soft Matter Focus based on their area of interest.
2. Students interested in medical physics or health physics, especially those considering postgraduate studies in these areas, should take 12 units from Course List A - Medical Physics Focus. These courses also contribute to the core knowledge and learning objectives required by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs.
3. Students interested in biochemistry, in particular those interested in postgraduate studies in this area, should take 12 units from the Course List B - Biological Physics Focus.
4. Students interested in physics and soft matter physics, especially those considering postgraduate studies in these areas, should take 12 units from Course List C - Physics of Soft Matter Focus.
5. Completion of either BIOCHEM 2B03  and 2BB3  or BIOCHEM 2EE3  and 3G03  is required, however, BIOCHEM 2EE3  and 3G03  are recommended.
6. Completion of KINESIOL 2X03  or 2Y03  is required by graduation, however, students are encouraged to complete the course in Level II or III.

Course List A - Medical Physics Focus

• CHEM 3RC3 - Radioisotopes in Medicine
• KINESIOL 2XX3 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• KINESIOL 2YY3 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• MEDPHYS 3C03 - Operational Health Physics: Laboratory & Communication
• MEDPHYS 4D03 - Imaging in Medicine and Biology
• MEDPHYS 4F03 - Fundamentals of Health Physics
• MEDPHYS 4I03 - Introduction to Biophotonics
• MEDPHYS 4RB3
• MEDPHYS 4U03 - Radiation Biology
• MEDPHYS 4Y06 A/B
• PHYSICS 4E03 - Particle and Nuclear Physics
• PHYSICS 4P06 A/B - Senior Research Project

Course List B - Biological Physics Focus

• BIOCHEM 2L06 A/B - Inquiry in Biochemical Techniques
• BIOCHEM 3BP3 - Practical Bioinformatics in the Genomics Era
• BIOCHEM 3D03 - Metabolism and Regulation
• BIOCHEM 3MI3 - Microbial Interactions
• BIOCHEM 3Z03 - Structural Determination and Analysis of Macromolecules
• BIOCHEM 4E03 - Gene Regulation in Stem Cells and Development
• BIOCHEM 4H03 - Biotechnology and Drug Discovery
• BIOCHEM 4LL3
• BIOCHEM 4M03 - Cellular and Integrated Metabolism
• BIOCHEM 4N03 - Molecular Membrane Biology
• BIOCHEM 4Q03 - Biochemical Pharmacology
• BIOLOGY 2B03 - Cell Biology
• BIOPHYS 3D03 - Origin of Life
• BIOPHYS 3G03 - Modelling Life

Course List C - Physics of Soft Matter Focus

• BIOPHYS 4P06 A/B
• PHYSICS 2BB3 - Electricity and Magnetism II
• PHYSICS 3D03 - Inquiry in Physics
• PHYSICS 3N04 - Physical Optics
• PHYSICS 3P03 - Advanced Laboratory
• PHYSICS 4F03 - Quantum Mechanics II
• PHYSICS 4G03 - Computational Physics
• PHYSICS 4K03 - Physics of Quantum Matter

Requirements

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

Requirements for Students Who Entered in September 2022 or Prior

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