BIPS-P-BSH
Subject:Â Administered by the Departments of Biology and Psychology.
Plan:Â Consists of 84.00 units as described below.
Program:Â The Plan, with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree.
Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024ÌýCalendar for the previous requirements.
Code | Title | Units |
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1. Core | ||
– BIOLOGY CORE – | ||
A. Complete the following: | ||
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý102 | Fundamentals of Biology: Molecular and Cell Biology | 3.00 |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý103 | Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems | 3.00 |
B. Complete the following: | ||
°ä±á·¡²ÑÌý112 | General Chemistry | 6.00 |
C. Complete the following: | ||
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý200 | Diversity of Life | 3.00 |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý205 | Mendelian and Molecular Genetics | 3.00 |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý206 | Evolutionary Genetics | 3.00 |
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý212 | Scientific Methods in Biology | 3.00 |
D. Complete the following: | ||
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý300 | Ecology | 3.00 |
E. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
Comparative Biochemistry | ||
Animal Physiology | ||
Plant Physiology | ||
F. Complete the following: | ||
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý330 | Cell Biology | 3.00 |
– PSYCHOLOGY CORE – | ||
G. Complete the following: | ||
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý100 | 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: | ||
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý203 | Research Methods in Psychology | 3.00 |
2. Option | ||
– BIOLOGY OPTION – | ||
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 | ||
– PSYCHOLOGY OPTION – | ||
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 | ||
Elective Courses | 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
´¡.Ìýµþ°ä±á²ÑÌý310 (or the combination of µþ°ä±á²ÑÌý315Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌýµþ°ä±á²ÑÌý316) may be substituted for 3.00 units from (µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý334Ìý´Ç°ùÌýµþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý339 or µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý341) 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 µþ°ä±á²ÑÌý218 as an alternative to µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý330 to satisfy requirement 1.F.
5. Notes
´¡.Ìý±Ê±á³Û³§Ìý115Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý±Ê±á³Û³§Ìý116Ìý(´Ç°ùÌý±Ê±á³Û³§Ìý104Ìý´Ç°ùÌý±Ê±á³Û³§Ìý106Ìý´Ç°ùÌý±Ê±á³Û³§Ìý118) are highly recommended but not required.
B. 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 contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (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 |
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Biology Substitutions List A | ||
ANAT at the 300-level and above | ||
BCHM at the 300-level and above | ||
LISC at the 300-level and above | ||
²Ñ±õ°ä¸éÌý221 | Fundamental Microbiology | 3.00 |
²Ñ±õ°ä¸éÌý271 | 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 |
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Biology Substitutions List B Excluding Psychology | ||
´¡±Ê³§°äÌý400 | Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 1 | 7.00 |
°ä±á·¡·¡Ìý400 | Technology, Engineering & Management (TEAM) 1 | 7.00 |
CHEM at the 200-level and above | ||
·¡±·³§°äÌý301 | Environmental Assessment | 3.00 |
·¡±·³§°äÌý307 | Marine Environmental Issues | 3.00 |
·¡±·³§°äÌý320 | Wildlife Issues in a Changing World | 3.00 |
·¡±·³§°äÌý390 | Sustainability | 3.00 |
·¡±·³§°äÌý425 | Ecotoxicology | 3.00 |
·¡±Ê±õ¶ÙÌý301 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3.00 |
³Ò·¡°¿³¢Ìý337 | Paleontology | 3.00 |
³Ò·¡°¿³¢Ìý466 | Isotopes and the Environment | 3.00 |
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý304 | Northern and Arctic Environments | 3.00 |
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý310 | Landscape Ecology | 3.00 |
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý314 | Climate Change | 3.00 |
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý318 | Advanced Biogeography | 3.00 |
±á³¢°Õ±áÌý323 | Epidemiology | 3.00 |
±Ê±á´¡¸éÌý340 | Principles of General Pharmacology I | 3.00 |
±Ê±á´¡¸éÌý370 | Fundamentals of Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 3.00 |
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý301 | Bioethics | 3.00 |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý353 | 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 |
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Psychology Laboratory Courses | ||
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý315 | Introduction to the Analysis of Psychological Signals | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý321 | Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý322 | Experience Sampling from Lab to Daily Life | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý323 | Laboratory in Attention | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý327 | Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý338 | Laboratory in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý355 | Comparative Cognition: Cognitive Origins Laboratory 1 | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý360 | The Neurobiology and Psychology of Sleep | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý375 | Comparative Cognition: Animal Learning Laboratory | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý380 | Advanced Perception | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý495 | Advanced Topics in Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý570 | Directed Special Laboratory I | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý575 | Directed Special Laboratory II | 3.00 |
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Winter 2017 onward.
PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience
Code | Title | Units |
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±Ê³§³Û°äÌý305 | Introduction to Comparative Cognition | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý315 | Introduction to the Analysis of Psychological Signals | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý320 | Selected Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý321 | Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý322 | Experience Sampling from Lab to Daily Life | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý323 | Laboratory in Attention | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý325 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý326 | Principles of Memory | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý327 | Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý355 | Comparative Cognition: Cognitive Origins Laboratory | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý360 | The Neurobiology and Psychology of Sleep | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý365 | Selected Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý366 | Gender/Sex, Hormones, and Behaviour | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý370 | Brain and Behaviour II | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý375 | Comparative Cognition: Animal Learning Laboratory | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý376 | Functional Neuroimaging the Human Brain and Mind | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý377 | Decision-Making and the Brain: Principles of Neuroeconomics | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý380 | Advanced Perception | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý420 | Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý421 | Memory and the Brain | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý422 | Advanced Topics in Attention | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý423 | Driving, Deepfakes, and Disinformation: Applications of Visual Cognition | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý424 | Research Into Spontaneous Thought | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý444 | Language and Reasoning | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý470 | Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý471 | Behavioural Pharmacology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý473 | Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders | 3.00 |
PSYC_Clinical
Code | Title | Units |
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±Ê³§³Û°äÌý330 | Selected Topics in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý331 | Introduction to Personality | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý332 | Health Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý333 | Human Sexuality | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý334 | Laboratory in Psychological Testing | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý335 | Positive Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý336 | Advanced Adult Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý337 | Advanced Child Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý338 | Laboratory in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý428 | Psychotic Disorders | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý429 | Pain: Body and Mind | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý432 | Affective Psychophysiology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý433 | Human Sexual Function and Dysfunction | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý435 | Advanced Topics in Clinical Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý436 | Sexuality and Gender | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý437 | Mood Disorders | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý438 | Self-Injury and Suicide | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý439 | Interpersonal Processes in Depression | 3.00 |
PSYC_Developmental
Code | Title | Units |
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Developmental Psychology Courses | ||
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý350 | Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý351 | Social and Emotional Development | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý352 | Cognitive and Language Development | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý353 | Atypical Development | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý354 | Language | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý358 | Developmental Social Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý450 | Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý451 | Brain Development | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý452 | Developmental Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý453 | Infancy | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý454 | Child in Society | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý455 | Adolescence | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý456 | Theory of Mind | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý458 | Neurobiology of Socio-Emotional Development in Adolescence | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý459 | Socioemotional Development in the Digital Age | 3.00 |
PSYC_Social
Code | Title | Units |
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Social Psychology Courses | ||
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý327 | Laboratory in Social and Strategic Decision-Making | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý340 | Selected Topics in Social Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý341 | Laboratory in Social Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý342 | The Psychology of Social Influence | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý343 | Judgement and Decision Making | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý430 | The Self | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý440 | Advanced Topics in Social Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý441 | Attitudes and Persuasion | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý442 | Culture and Cognition | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý443 | Intimate Relationships | 3.00 |
±Ê³§³Û°äÌý444 | Language and Reasoning | 3.00 |
PSYC_Subs_B_Excluding_BIOL
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
´¡±·´¡°ÕÌý312 | Functional Neuroanatomy | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý325 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý352 | Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý452 | Neural and Genetic Computing | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý453 | Topics in Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý455 | Evolutionary Optimization and Learning | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý467 | Fuzzy Logic | 3.00 |
°ä±õ³§°äÌý474 | Reinforcement Learning | 3.00 |
°ä°¿³Ò³§Ìý201 | Cognition and Computation | 3.00 |
°ä°¿³Ò³§Ìý400 | Neural and Genetic Cognitive Models | 3.00 |
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý231 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3.00 |
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý251 | Organizational Behaviour | 3.00 |
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý333 | Marketing Strategy | 3.00 |
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý351 | Leadership | 3.00 |
°ä°¿²Ñ²ÑÌý352 | Organizational Analysis | 3.00 |
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý261 | Canadian Labour Relations | 3.00 |
³Ò±Ê±á³ÛÌý336 | Geography, the Environment and Human Health | 3.00 |
±õ±·°Õ³§Ìý306 | Culture, Identity, and Self | 3.00 |
±õ±·°Õ³§Ìý307 | Intercultural Relations | 3.00 |
³¢±õ±·³ÒÌý310 | Phonetics | 3.00 |
±·³§°ä±õÌý323 | Foundational Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±·³§°ä±õÌý324 | Systems Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±·³§°ä±õÌý325 | The Science of Psychedelics | 3.00 |
±·³§°ä±õÌý401 | Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience | 3.00 |
±·³§°ä±õÌý414 | Progress in Neuroanatomy and Neuropharmacology | 3.00 |
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý301 | Bioethics | 3.00 |
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý311 | Philosophy of Psychology | 3.00 |
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý351 | Philosophy of Mind | 3.00 |
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý312 | Political Behaviour | 3.00 |
±Ê°¿³¢³§Ìý313 | Mass Media and Politics in Canada | 3.00 |
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý275 | Theories of Deviance and Social Control | 3.00 |
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý276 | Substantive Issues in Social Deviance | 3.00 |
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý387 | Sociology of Crime and Delinquency | 3.00 |
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý388 | Sociology of Criminal Justice | 3.00 |
³§°¿°ä³ÛÌý389 | Gender, Law, and Crime | 3.00 |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý463 | Fundamentals of Statistical Inference | 3.00 |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý464 | Discrete Time Series Analysis | 3.00 |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý471 | Sampling and Experimental Design | 3.00 |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý473 | Generalized Linear Models | 3.00 |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý486 | Survival Analysis | 3.00 |