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Bachelor of Science Cell Biology Subject Area

General Information

The subject area requirements listed on this page are part of the Bachelor of Science (Major and Honors)  program offered by the Faculty of Science. Students must ensure they are familiar with and follow all program requirements in addition to the subject area requirements outlined below.

To find a description about this area of study, please visit Our Degrees of the Faculty of Science webpage.

Subject Area Courses

Cell Biology subject area courses include all courses at the 200-level or higher that satisfy specific requirements or options in the respective Honors or Major requirements, as listed below, and all courses at the 200-level or above with course designators ANAT (at the 400-level), BIOCH, CELL, GENET, IMIN, MICRB, MMI (at the 300-level or higher), NEURO, ONCOL, PHYSL, and PMCOL.

There are minimum subject area GPA requirements for graduation (see Academic Standing and Graduation ).

Subject Area Requirements

Note: Students registered in the Bachelor of Science (Major and Honors) program also need to satisfy Common Course Requirements , Major/Honors/Minor Requirements , and Science and Senior Course Level Requirements .

Honors in Cell Biology Requirements

Foundation Courses

Senior Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

  • any 300- and 400-level BIOCH course (See Note 1)

3 units from:

  • any 400-level CELL course (excluding CELL 498 )

15 units from:

Any course with the following course designators (with at least 6 units at the 400-level and no more than 6 units at the 200-level):

  • any 400-level ANAT course
  • BIOCH (See Note 1)
  • CELL (See Note 1)
  • GENET
  • IMIN (see Note 1)
  • MICRB
  • any 300- and 400-level MMI course
  • NEURO
  • ONCOL
  • PHYSL
  • PMCOL

Notes:

  1. BIOCH 320 , CELL 398 , and IMIN 200  are recommended.

Major in Cell Biology Requirements

Foundation Courses

Senior Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

3 units from:

12 units from:

Any course with the following course designators (with at least 3 units at the 400-level and no more than 3 units at the 200-level):

  • any 400-level ANAT course
  • BIOCH
  • CELL
  • GENET
  • IMIN (see Note 1)
  • MICRB
  • any 300- and 400-level MMI course
  • NEURO
  • ONCOL
  • PHYSL
  • PMCOL

Notes:

  1. IMIN 200   is recommended.

Minor in Cell Biology Requirements

Foundation Courses

Senior Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

3 units from:

9 units from:

Any course with the following course designators (with at least 6 units at the 300-level or higher):

  • any 400-level ANAT course
  • BIOCH
  • CELL
  • GENET
  • IMIN
  • MICRB
  • any 300- and 400-level MMI course
  • NEURO
  • ONCOL
  • PHYSL
  • PMCOL