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MAJOR IN GENETICS


Admission Requirements

Completion of a first-year program including:

Biology 022 or 023 (minimum 60%)
Chemistry 020 or 023
Physics 028a/b (or Physics 020, 024, or the former Physics 022 or 025)
Mathematics 030 or 1.0 course from: Calculus 050a/b, 051a/b, 081a/b, 091a/b, Linear Algebra 040a/b, Mathematics 028a/b, Statistics 024a/b. The Mathematics requirement must be completed by the end of second year.


Module

6.0 courses:

0.5 course: Biochemistry 280a
2.0 courses: Biology 281b, 282b, 286a, 290F/G
0.5 course from: Biology 244a/b, Statistical Sciences 222a/b. Students may substitute Statistical Sciences 135 or Psychology 281 for this 0.5 course.
0.5 course: Biology 396a/b
0.5 courses from: Biology 394a, 395a, 397b
1.0 courses (not already taken above) from: Biology 366b, 392a, 393b, 394a, 395a, 397b
1.0 course from: Biology 440G, 460b, 461F, 462b, 489a/b, Microbiology and Immunology 467b, or the former Biology 451F/G

Notes:

1) Biology 396a/b requires a minimum mark of 70% in each of Biology 281b and 290F/G.
2) Biology 395a requires a minimum mark of 70% in Biology 281b.
3) If students take Statistical Sciences 135 or Psychology 281 instead of Biology 244a/b or Statistical Sciences 222a/b, the module becomes 6.5 courses.
4) A degree containing this module normally requires 4 years to complete.


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