Bachelor of Science in Biology

About this programme

Philip Burton, Professor Emeritus Darwyn Coxson, Professor Emeritus Keith Egger, Professor Emeritus Art Fredeen, Professor Emeritus Michael Gillingham, Professor Emeritus Kathy Lewis, Professor Emerita Staffan Lindgren, Professor Emeritus Hugues Massicotte, Professor Emeritus Katherine Parker, Professor Emerita Brent Murray, Professor and Chair Russell Dawson, Professor Dezene Huber, Professor Chris Johnson, Professor Nicola Koper, Professor Ken Otter, Professor Mark Shrimpton, Professor Heather Bryan, Associate Professor, and Ian McTaggart Cowan Muskwa-Kechika Research Professor Jamie Gorrell, Associate Professor Jasmine Janes, Associate Professor Eduardo Martins, Associate Professor Michael Preston, Associate Professor Roy Rea, Associate Professor Lisa Wood, Associate Professor Erin Crockett, Assistant Professor Violet Zhao, Assistant Professor Dylan Ziegler, Assistant Professor Jenia Blair, Senior Lab Instructor Saphida Migabo, Senior Lab Instructor The Bachelor of Science in Biology is a broadly-based undergraduate program in biology that is designed to present the major concepts of contemporary biology at the molecular, cellular, organismal, population, and community levels. The degree is designed to have sufficient flexibility for students to follow interests ranging from microbial to plant to fish or wildlife biology. Capitalizing on the northern setting of the University, there is an emphasis on northern flora and fauna, morphological, biochemical, physiological, and behavioural modifications to temperate and arctic conditions, and the dynamics of microbial, plant,