Certificate in Biological Research

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . The Certificate in Biological Research provides opportunities for you to explore and engage in independent authentic research with world-class faculty. Through your choice of a faculty supervisor, you will study a research problem that suits your area of interest. You will examine the unique interactions between various life forms such as cells, parasites, pathogens, animals, plants, insects and humans by studying different elements of biology such as genetics, cell biology, physiology, ecology, population biology, limnology, toxicology, conservation and parasitology. You will address authentic research questions and undertake an independent study that suits your area of interest. You will acquire specialized research skills and have that experience formally recognized with a credential. Introduction to the principles and methods of field biology as applied to southern boreal forest and lake ecosystems. Students will complete an independent field research project. Includes an extended field study during late summer at the Biological Field Station on the Kenderdine Campus at Emma Lake. Studies how activities in an animal's nervous systems produces and modifies natural behaviour. Topics in the course include: the detection and coding of information from the environment, integration of information for decision-making, generation of motor patterns that underlie behaviour, and general constraints on form and function