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Academic Calendar 2008 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE BIOLOGY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN GENETICS
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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES
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UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION
FACULTY MEMBERS
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GLOSSARY
NEW MODULES/PROGRAMS
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HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN GENETICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including Biology 1222 or 1223, Chemistry 1050 or the former Chemistry 020 or 023, plus 1.0 additional course, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.
Physics 1028A/B (or Physics 1020 or 1024, or the former 022 or 025);
1.0 course from: Applied Mathematics 1413, Calculus 1000A/B, 1100A/B, 1201A/B, 1301A/B, 1501A/B, Linear Algebra 1600A/B, Mathematics 1225A/B, 1228A/B, 1229A/B, or the former Mathematics 030, Statistical Sciences 1024A/B.  If not completed in first year, the Mathematics requirement must be completed by the end of second year.
Module
10.0 courses:
0.5 course: Biochemistry 2280A.
5.0 courses: Biology 2290F/G, 2382B, 2483A, 2486A, 2581B, 3596A/B, 4582, 4943E.
0.5 course: Chemistry 2213A/B.
0.5 course: Biology 2244A/B, Statistical Sciences 2122A/B. Students may substitute Statistical Sciences 2035 or Psychology 2810 for this 0.5 course.
0.5 course from: Biology 2660A/B, 2672A/B.
1.0 course from: Biology 3466B, 3592A, 3593B.
1.0 course from: Biology 3594A, 3595A, 3597B, the former Biology 390a, 391b.
1.0 course from: Biology 4289A/B, 4540G, 4560B, 4561F, 4562B, 4970F/G, 4999E (see notes 3 & 4), Microbiology and Immunology 4700B, the former Biology 451F/G.
Notes:
1. In addition to the normal progression requirements for Honors Specializations, students must obtain a minimum mark of 70% in each of Biology 2581B, 2290F/G and 3596A/B and 1.0 of the 3000 level Biology courses listed above, in order to progress within the Honors Specialization in Genetics.
2. If students take Statistical Sciences 2035 or Psychology 2810 instead of Biology 2244A/B or Statistical Sciences 2122A/B, the module becomes 10.5 courses.
3. If students take Biology 4999E, the module becomes 10.5 courses.
4. If students take both Biology 4999E AND Statistical Sciences 2035 or Psychology 2810, the module will be 11.0 courses.
Academic Calendar 2008 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE BIOLOGY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN GENETICS
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