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MAJOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCES

Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including the following 3.0 courses with a minimum mark of 60% in each:

1.0 course from: Biology 1222, 1223.
1.0 course: Chemistry 1050, or the former Chemistry 1020 or 023.
1.0 course from: Calculus 1000A/B, 1100A/B, 1201A/B, 1301A/B, 1501A/B, Linear Algebra 1600A/B, Mathematics 1225A/B, 1228A/B, 1229A/BStatistical Sciences 1024A/B, Applied Mathematics 1413, or the former Mathematics 030. 

1.0 course from: Physics 1020, 1024, 1028A/B and 1029A/B, or the former Physics 022 or 025, must be completed by the end of second year, with a minimum mark of 60%.

Module
6.0 courses:

0.5 course: Biochemistry 2280A.
1.0 course from: Chemistry 2213A/B and either Chemistry 2223B or a 0.5 course in Chemistry at the 2000- or 3000- level, or Chemistry 2273A and 2283G.
0.5 course from: Biology 2244A/B, Statistical Sciences 2122A/B.
1.0 course from : Biology 2290F/G2382B, 2581B.
3.0 courses* from: Anatomy and Cell Biology 3309, 3319, Biochemistry 3380G, 3381A, 3382B, 3385A, 3386B, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3330B, Medical Biophysics 3302E, 3303E, 3330F/G, 3336F/G, 3501F, 3503G, Microbiology and Immunology 2100A, 2500B, 3300A, 3400B, 3600G, Pathology 3240A, Pharmacology 2060A/B, 3550A/B, 3560A/B, or the former Pharmacology and Toxicology 357, Physiology 3120, 3140A.

*With these 3.0 courses, the following 'discipline requirement' must be satisfied: 1.0 course must be selected from one of the Basic Medical Science Disciplines (see below); 1.0 course must be selected from a different Basic Medical Science Discipline; and the remaining 1.0 course may be selected from any of the Basic Medical Science Disciplines, including one or both of the disciplines already selected. 

Note:  Basic Medical Science courses at the 4000-level may be included in the Major only with permission of the Medical Sciences counselor.

Basic Medical Science Disciplines 
Anatomy and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical Biophysics, Microbiology and Immunology, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.

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