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Subject: Administered by the Departments of Biology and Psychology.
Plan: Consists of 84.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: BIPS-S
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| 鈥� BIOLOGY CORE 鈥� | ||
| A. Complete the following: | ||
| 叠滨翱尝听102 | Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology | 3.00 |
| 叠滨翱尝听103 | Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems | 3.00 |
| B. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| General Chemistry I: From Atoms to Matter and General Chemistry II: Thermodynamics and Kinetics | ||
| or | ||
| General Chemistry | ||
| C. Complete the following: | ||
| 叠滨翱尝听200 | Diversity of Life | 3.00 |
| 叠滨翱尝听205 | Mendelian and Molecular Genetics | 3.00 |
| 叠滨翱尝听206 | Evolutionary Genetics | 3.00 |
| 叠滨翱尝听212 | Scientific Methods in Biology | 3.00 |
| D. Complete the following: | ||
| 叠滨翱尝听300 | Ecology | 3.00 |
| E. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Comparative Biochemistry | ||
| Animal Physiology | ||
| Plant Physiology | ||
| F. Complete the following: | ||
| 叠滨翱尝听330 | Cell Biology | 3.00 |
| 鈥� PSYCHOLOGY CORE 鈥� | ||
| G. Complete the following: | ||
| 笔厂驰颁听100 | Principles of Psychology | 6.00 |
| H. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Statistics in Psychology | ||
| I. Complete the following: | ||
| 笔厂驰颁听203 | Research Methods in Psychology | 3.00 |
| 2. Option | ||
| 鈥� BIOLOGY OPTION 鈥� | ||
| A. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
BIOL at the 300-level or above | ||
BIOL_Subs_A | ||
| B. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
BIOL at the 300-level or above | ||
BIOL_Subs_A | ||
BIOL_Subs_B_Excluding_PSYC | ||
| 鈥� PSYCHOLOGY OPTION 鈥� | ||
| C. Complete 12.00 units from the following: | 12.00 | |
| Cognitive Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Clinical Psychology | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Brain and Behaviour I | ||
| D. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: | 3.00 | |
PSYC_Labs_BIPS | ||
| E. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: | 3.00 | |
PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience | ||
| F. Complete one course from 2 of the 3 following course lists: | 6.00 | |
a. 3.00 units from PSYC_Clinical | ||
b. 3.00 units from PSYC_Developmental | ||
c. 3.00 units from PSYC_Social | ||
| G. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
PSYC at the 200-level or above | ||
PSYC_Subs_B_Excluding_BIOL | ||
| Electives and/or Other Plan Requirements | 36.00 | |
| Total Units | 120.00 | |
3. Additional Requirements
A. Maximum of 3.00 units from PSYC_Subs_B_Excluding_BIOL.
NOTE: Students have the option to take a course from the PSYC_Subs_B_Excluding_BIOL course list; they are not required to take a course from this list.
4. Substitutions
础.听BCHM 310/9.0*听(or the combination of听叠颁贬惭听315/3.0 and听叠颁贬惭听316/3.0) may be substituted for 3.00 units from (叠滨翱尝听334/3.0 or听叠滨翱尝听339/3.0听 or听叠滨翱尝听341/3.0) with the remaining units applied toward Option Course requirements in the degree program.
B. Students registered in a BIOL Plan prior to May 1, 2016 may use听叠颁贬惭听218/3.0 as an alternative to听叠滨翱尝听330/3.0 to satisfy requirement听1.F.
5. Notes
础.听笔贬驰厂听115/3.0 and听笔贬驰厂听116/3.0 (or听笔贬驰厂听104/6.0 or听笔贬驰厂听106/6.0 or听笔贬驰厂听118/6.0) are highly recommended but not required.
叠.听This Plan may not be combined with a Biology Minor (BIOL-Z) or a Psychology Minor (PSYC-Y). Please refer to听听for further information.听
C. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.
Biology and Psychology Course Lists
The following lists may contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation听2.6听(Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
BIOL_Subs_A
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANAT at the 300-level and above | ||
| BCHM at the 300-level and above | ||
| LISC at the 300-level and above | ||
| MICR听221 | Fundamental Microbiology | 3.00 |
| MICR听271 | Introduction to Microbiology | 3.00 |
| MICR at the 300-level and above | ||
| PATH at the 300-level and above | ||
| PHGY at the 300-level and above | ||
BIOL_Subs_B_Excluding_PSYC
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| APSC听400 | Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 1 | 7.00 |
| CHEE听400 | Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 1 | 7.00 |
| CHEM at the 200-level and above | ||
| ENSC听301 | Environmental Assessment | 3.00 |
| ENSC听307 | Marine Environmental Issues | 3.00 |
| ENSC听320 | Wildlife Issues in a Changing World | 3.00 |
| ENSC听425 | Ecotoxicology | 3.00 |
| EPID听301 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3.00 |
| GEOL听337 | Paleontology | 3.00 |
| GEOL听466 | Isotopes and the Environment | 3.00 |
| GPHY听304 | Northern and Arctic Environments | 3.00 |
| GPHY听310 | Landscape Ecology | 3.00 |
| GPHY听314 | Climate Change | 3.00 |
| GPHY听318 | Advanced Biogeography | 3.00 |
| HLTH听323 | Epidemiology | 3.00 |
| PHAR听370 | Fundamentals of Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 3.00 |
| PHIL听301 | Bioethics | 3.00 |
| STAT听353 | Probability II | 3.00 |
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Note that the unit weighting system in Smith Engineering differs from that in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Therefore, upon acceptance of any course from Smith Engineering, the unit weighting towards Arts and Science degree requirements shall be at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Academic). Usually, a one-term course shall count as 3.00 units and a two-term course as 6.00 units.
PSYC_Labs_BIPS
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC听315 | Introduction to the Analysis of Psychological Signals | 3.00 |
| PSYC听321 | Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
| PSYC听322 | Experience Sampling from Lab to Daily Life | 3.00 |
| PSYC听323 | Laboratory in Attention | 3.00 |
| PSYC听327 | Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making | 3.00 |
| PSYC听338 | Laboratory in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听355 | Comparative Cognition: Cognitive Origins Laboratory 1 | 3.00 |
| PSYC听360 | The Neurobiology and Psychology of Sleep | 3.00 |
| PSYC听375 | Comparative Cognition: Animal Learning Laboratory | 3.00 |
| PSYC听380 | Advanced Perception | 3.00 |
| PSYC听495 | Advanced Topics in Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听570 | Directed Special Laboratory I | 3.00 |
| PSYC听575 | Directed Special Laboratory II | 3.00 |
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Winter 2017 onward.
PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC听305 | Introduction to Comparative Cognition | 3.00 |
| PSYC听315 | Introduction to the Analysis of Psychological Signals | 3.00 |
| PSYC听320 | Selected Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| PSYC听321 | Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
| PSYC听322 | Experience Sampling from Lab to Daily Life | 3.00 |
| PSYC听323 | Laboratory in Attention | 3.00 |
| PSYC听324 | Intersection of Psychology and Technology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听325 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| PSYC听326 | Principles of Memory | 3.00 |
| PSYC听327 | Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making | 3.00 |
| PSYC听354 | Language | 3.00 |
| PSYC听355 | Comparative Cognition: Cognitive Origins Laboratory | 3.00 |
| PSYC听360 | The Neurobiology and Psychology of Sleep | 3.00 |
| PSYC听365 | Selected Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| PSYC听366 | Gender/Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour | 3.00 |
| PSYC听370 | Brain and Behaviour II | 3.00 |
| PSYC听375 | Comparative Cognition: Animal Learning Laboratory | 3.00 |
| PSYC听376 | Functional Neuroimaging the Human Brain and Mind | 3.00 |
| PSYC听377 | Decision-Making and the Brain: Principles of Neuroeconomics | 3.00 |
| PSYC听380 | Advanced Perception | 3.00 |
| PSYC听420 | Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听421 | Memory and the Brain | 3.00 |
| PSYC听422 | Advanced Topics in Attention | 3.00 |
| PSYC听423 | Driving, Deepfakes, and Disinformation: Applications of Visual Cognition | 3.00 |
| PSYC听424 | Research Into Spontaneous Thought | 3.00 |
| PSYC听444 | Language and Reasoning | 3.00 |
| PSYC听452 | Developmental Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
| PSYC听470 | Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| PSYC听471 | Behavioural Pharmacology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听473 | Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders | 3.00 |
PSYC_Clinical
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC听324 | Intersection of Psychology and Technology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听330 | Selected Topics in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听331 | Introduction to Personality | 3.00 |
| PSYC听332 | Health Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听333 | Human Sexuality | 3.00 |
| PSYC听334 | Laboratory in Psychological Testing | 3.00 |
| PSYC听335 | Positive Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听336 | Advanced Adult Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听337 | Advanced Child Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听338 | Laboratory in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听428 | Psychotic Disorders | 3.00 |
| PSYC听429 | Pain: Body and Mind | 3.00 |
| PSYC听432 | Affective Psychophysiology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听433 | Human Sexual Function and Dysfunction | 3.00 |
| PSYC听435 | Advanced Topics in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听436 | Sexuality and Gender | 3.00 |
| PSYC听437 | Mood Disorders | 3.00 |
| PSYC听438 | Self-Injury and Suicide | 3.00 |
| PSYC听439 | Interpersonal Processes in Depression | 3.00 |
PSYC_Developmental
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC听350 | Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听351 | Social and Emotional Development | 3.00 |
| PSYC听352 | Cognitive and Language Development | 3.00 |
| PSYC听353 | Atypical Development | 3.00 |
| PSYC听354 | Language | 3.00 |
| PSYC听358 | Developmental Social Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| PSYC听450 | Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听451 | Brain Development | 3.00 |
| PSYC听452 | Developmental Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
| PSYC听453 | Infancy | 3.00 |
| PSYC听454 | Child in Society | 3.00 |
| PSYC听455 | Adolescence | 3.00 |
| PSYC听456 | Theory of Mind | 3.00 |
| PSYC听457 | Autism Spectrum Conditions | 3.00 |
| PSYC听458 | Neurobiology of Socio-Emotional Development in Adolescence | 3.00 |
| PSYC听459 | Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age | 3.00 |
PSYC_Social
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PSYC听324 | Intersection of Psychology and Technology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听327 | Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making | 3.00 |
| PSYC听340 | Selected Topics in Social Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听341 | Laboratory in Social Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听342 | The Psychology of Social Influence | 3.00 |
| PSYC听343 | Judgement and Decision Making | 3.00 |
| PSYC听354 | Language | 3.00 |
| PSYC听366 | Gender/Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour | 3.00 |
| PSYC听430 | The Self | 3.00 |
| PSYC听440 | Advanced Topics in Social Psychology | 3.00 |
| PSYC听441 | Attitudes and Persuasion | 3.00 |
| PSYC听442 | Culture and Cognition | 3.00 |
| PSYC听443 | Intimate Relationships | 3.00 |
| PSYC听444 | Language and Reasoning | 3.00 |
PSYC_Subs_B_Excluding_BIOL
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANAT听312 | Functional Neuroanatomy | 3.00 |
| CISC听325 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3.00 |
| CISC听352 | Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
| CISC听453 | Topics in Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
| CISC听455 | Evolutionary Optimization and Learning | 3.00 |
| CISC听474 | Reinforcement Learning | 3.00 |
| COGS听201 | Cognition and Computation | 3.00 |
| COMM听231 | Foundations of Marketing | 3.00 |
| COMM听251 | Managing People in Organizations | 3.00 |
| COMM听333 | Marketing Strategy | 3.00 |
| COMM听351 | Leadership | 3.00 |
| COMM听352 | Organizational Analysis | 3.00 |
| ECON听261 | Canadian Labour Relations | 3.00 |
| GPHY听336 | Geography, the Environment, and Human Health | 3.00 |
| INTS听306 | Culture, Identity, and Self | 3.00 |
| INTS听307 | Intercultural Relations | 3.00 |
| LING听310 | Phonetics | 3.00 |
| NSCI听323 | Foundational Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| NSCI听324 | Systems Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| NSCI听325 | The Science of Psychedelics | 3.00 |
| NSCI听401 | Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| NSCI听414 | Progress in Neuroanatomy and Neuropharmacology | 3.00 |
| PHIL听301 | Bioethics | 3.00 |
| PHIL听311 | Philosophy of Psychology | 3.00 |
| PHIL听351 | Philosophy of Mind | 3.00 |
| POLS听312 | Political Behaviour | 3.00 |
| POLS听313 | Mass Media and Politics in Canada | 3.00 |
| SOCY听275 | Theories of Deviance and Social Control | 3.00 |
| SOCY听276 | Substantive Issues in Social Deviance | 3.00 |
| SOCY听387 | Sociology of Crime and Delinquency | 3.00 |
| SOCY听388 | Sociology of Criminal Justice | 3.00 |
| SOCY听389 | Gender and Crime | 3.00 |
| STAT听463 | Fundamentals of Statistical Inference | 3.00 |
| STAT听464 | Discrete Time Series Analysis | 3.00 |
| STAT听471 | Sampling and Experimental Design | 3.00 |
| STAT听473 | Generalized Linear Models | 3.00 |
| STAT听486 | Survival Analysis | 3.00 |