Schedule of Studies

Honours Program Major

A minimum of 20.00 credits is required.
Note: Students are required to complete 16.00 credits in science of which a minimum of 2.00 credits must be at the 4000 level.

Semester 1

BIOL*1080 [0.50] Biological Concepts of Health
CHEM*1040 [0.50] General Chemistry I
MATH*1080 [0.50] Elements of Calculus I
PHYS*1070 [0.50] Introductory Physics for Life Sciences
0.50 electives or restricted electives

Students who are lacking one 4U/grade 12 course in Biology, Chemistry or Physics must take the equivalent introductory course in first semester. The required first-year science courses in that subject should be completed according to the revised schedule of studies available at: http://www.bsc.uoguelph.ca/revisedss

Semester 2

BIOL*1070 [0.50] Discovering Biodiversity
BIOL*1090 [0.50] Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
CHEM*1050 [0.50] General Chemistry II
PHYS*1080 [0.50] Physics for Life Sciences
0.50 electives or restricted electives

Semester 3

BIOC*2580 [0.50] Introductory Biochemistry
MBG*2000 [0.50] Introductory Genetics
MCB*2210 [0.50] Introductory Cell Biology
STAT*2040 [0.50] Statistics I
0.50 electives or restricted electives

Semester 4

BIOC*3560 [0.50] Structure and Function in Biochemistry
MBG*2020 [0.50] Introductory Molecular Biology
NUTR*3210 [0.50] Fundamentals of Nutrition
1.00 electives or restricted electives

Semester 5

POPM*3240 [0.50] Epidemiology
One of:
BIOM*3200 [1.00] Mammalian Physiology
HK*3940 [1.25] Human Physiology
Electives or restricted electives to a maximum of 2.75 total credits in this semester.

Semester 6

BIOM*3040 [0.75] Medical Embryology
BIOM*3090 [0.50] Principles of Pharmacology
Electives or restricted electives to a maximum of 2.75 total credits in this semester.

Semester 7

2.50 electives or restricted electives

Semester 8

PATH*3610 [0.50] Principles of Disease
2.00 electives or restricted electives*

 

Restricted Electives

1. One anatomy course from BIOM*3010, HK*3401/2, ZOO*2090 must be completed.
2. One histology course from BIOM*4070 or ZOO*3000 must be completed.
3. One immunology course from ANSC*4650 or MICR*3230 must be completed.
4. A minimum of 2.00 credits from the following: BIOM*4030, BIOM*4050, BIOM*4090, BIOM*4110, BIOM*4150, BIOM*4180, BIOM*4210, BIOM*4220,
BIOM*4420, BIOM*4500, BIOM*4510, BIOM*4512/2
, HK*4070, HK*4230, HK*4360, HK*4371/2, HK*4410, HK*4460, NUTR*4320, NUTR*4350, NUTR*4360, NUTR*4510.
5. A total of 2.00 credits in Arts and Social Science courses must be completed including 1.00 credits from: PHIL*2030, PHIL*2070, PHIL*2100, PHIL*2120, PHIL*2180, psychology (PSYC*XXXX) or sociology (SOC*XXXX).