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Biological Sciences

Major (8)

For a major in Biological Sciences, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

Note: Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Science are eligible to undertake the Biological Sciences major.

Required courses (8)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
ENS318 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LFS100 Cell Biology
LFS252 Molecular Biology
LFS261 Microbiology
LFS262 Medical Microbiology
SCI102 Biodiversity and Ecology

PLUS select 1 course from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Medical Genetics
SCI212 Genetics

**Students commencing 2019 are to replace LFS100 with LFS103 for 2019 only. Please refer to Curriculum Changes on Blackboard.

Minor (4)*

For a minor in Biological Sciences, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

Note: Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts are eligible to undertake the Biological Sciences minor.

*Note: This minor requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (4)

Select 4 courses from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Medical Genetics
ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
ENS318 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LFS252 Molecular Biology
LFS261 Microbiology
LFS262 Medical Microbiology
SCI212 Genetics