Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024

Western Main Campus

Minor MINOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCES
Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience - Medical Sciences - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE)



A Minor in Medical Sciences may not be completed in a degree containing a module in Interdisciplinary Medical Science (IMS)

Admission Requirements


Completion of first-year requirements, including the following courses with a mark of at least 60% in each (full or half) course:

1.0 course: Biology 1001A and Biology 1002B.
1.0 course: Chemistry 1301A/B and Chemistry 1302A/B.

Note for Admission Requirements:

Biology 1201A with a mark of at least 70% may be used in place of Biology 1001A, and Biology 1202B with a mark of at least 70% may be used in place of Biology 1002B.

Module/Program Information


Module
4.0 courses:

0.5 course: Biochemistry 2280A.
0.5 course: Chemistry 2213A/B.
1.0 course from: Biology 2290F/G, Biology 2382A/B, Biology 2581A/B.
2.0 courses from: Groups 1 and 2 (see below), with at least 1.0 course selected from Group 1 and no more than 1.5 courses from one subject area.

Group 1: Anatomy and Cell Biology 2200A/B, Anatomy and Cell Biology 3200A/B, Anatomy and Cell Biology 3309, Biochemistry 3381A, Biochemistry 3382A, Biostatistics 3100A, Biostatistics 3110B, Epidemiology 2200A/B, Epidemiology 3200A, Medical Biophysics 3330F, Medical Biophysics 3501A, Medical Biophysics 3467B, Medical Biophysics 3503G, Medical Biophysics 3720A, Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B, Microbiology and Immunology 3200B, Microbiology and Immunology 3300B, Microbiology and Immunology 3400A, Pathology 3500, Pharmacology 3620, Physiology 3120, Physiology 3140A, the former Medical Biophysics 3505F, the former Medical Biophysics 3507G, the former Microbiology and Immunology 3100A.

Group 2: Anatomy and Cell Biology 3201A/B, Anatomy and Cell Biology 3329A/B, Biochemistry 3385B, Biochemistry 3386B, Biochemistry 3390B, Epidemiology 3210B, Epidemiology 3315B, Epidemiology 3330F/G, Medical Bioinformatics 3100A/B, Medical Biophysics 3518B, Medical Biophysics 3820B, Microbiology and Immunology 3500B, Neuroscience 2000, One Health 3300A/B, One Health 3600A/B, Pharmacology 2060A/B, the former Medical Biophysics 3645A/B.

Notes:

1. See UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION for the course requisites and the BMSc website for information about constraints (priority and restricted access) for all basic medical science courses.
2. A maximum of 1.0 course from Group 3 in the Honours Specialization in IMS may be used in place of 1.0 course from Group 2 in the Minor in Medical Sciences.