Honours Biology and Mathematics (B.Sc.)

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 Cumulative Average of at least 6.0 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 1B03 , CHEM 1A03 , 1AA3  and one of CHEM 2BA3, 2E03 , 2OA3 , CHEM BIO 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  or 4F06 . Students taking BIOLOGY 4C09  or 4F06  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 .

Course List

• ANTHROP 3C03 - Health and Environment: Anthropological Approaches
• ANTHROP 3HI3 - The Anthropology of Health, Illness and Healing
• LIFE SCI 3C03 - Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
• ORIGINS 3D03 - Origin of Life
• ORIGINS 3E03 - Origins of Species and Biodiversity
• ORIGINS 3F03 - Origin of Humanity
• PSYCH 2TT3 - Animal Behaviour
• PSYCH 3T03 - Behavioural Ecology
• PSYCH 4KK3 - Bayesian Inference
• PSYCH 4R03 - Special Topics in Animal Behaviour

Requirements

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