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Medical Sciences Program

Faculty of Science

List of Selectives and Advanced Selectives (2026)

UPDATED ON APRIL 21, 2026听BY ASRAR UL HAQ-MONTFORD, MEDICAL SCIENCES CLERK

Important note about required number of Selectives & Advanced Selectives:

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MEDICAL SCIENCES MAJOR (120 CREDIT HOURS)

24.00 credit hours of听Selectives听are required, 3.00 credit hours of which must be听Advanced Selectives

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MEDICAL SCIENCES WITH HONOURS (120 CREDIT HOURS)

21.00 credit hours of Selectives are required, including at least 6.00 credit hours at the 3000/4000 level, 3.00 credit hours of which must be Advanced Selectives.

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Note that a Selective is a course from a predetermined list, provided by the program, whereas an Elective is any course at 肉肉传媒. In cases where prerequisites for Selectives are not offered as Medical Sciences core courses, Elective space can be used to fulfill these prerequisites.

If the course does not appear on the timetable, it is not offered that year

Selectives


Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • - Introductory Biochemistry Lab
  • - Intermediary Metabolism
  • - Nucleic Acid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • 鈥� Introduction to Biotechnology
  • - Laboratory Techniques in Biomedical Sciences
  • - Biomolecular Chemistry

Biology

  • - Animal Diversity
  • - Evolution
  • - Introductory Ecology
  • - Molecular Evolution
  • - Developmental Biology
  • - Parasitology
  • 鈥� Vertebrate Functional Morphology
  • - Medical Entomology
  • /ANAT 3421- Comparative Vertebrate Histology听
  • / - Introduction to Human Histology

Biomedical Engineering

  • - Technology in Medicine

Chemistry

  • - Introduction to Physical Chemistry I
  • - Introduction to Physical Chemistry II
  • - Chemistry of Living Systems

Disability Management

  • 鈥� Introduction to Disability and Disability Management

Economics

  • - Perspectives in Health Economics听
  • - Topics in Health Economics听

Environmental Science

  • 鈥� Environment and Human Health

Health

  • - Centering Black Canadian Health
  • 鈥� Introduction to Aboriginal Peoples鈥� Health & Healing

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • CLAS 2888 - Greek & Latin Terminology for the Medical Sciences
  • - Literature, Health, & Healing听
  • - Literature & the History of Medicine听
  • HIST 3700 -听Topics in the History of Health and Healthcare
  • - Health and Disease in Medieval Society听
  • HIST 4700 -听Seminar on the History of Health and Healthcare
  • - Origins of Modern Medicine
  • / 鈥� Biopolitics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought听
  • - Introduction to the History of Science I: From the Ancients to the Birth of the Modern
  • - Introduction to the History of Science II: From the Birth of the Modern to the Present听
  • - The Body in Early Modern Europe听
  • - Human Experiments听
  • -听Plagues and People
  • 鈥� Medicine in the 20th and 21st Centuries
  • - In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy听
  • HSTC 3140/CLAS 3140 -听Body and Embodiment in Greco-Roman Medicine
  • - Global Health in the 21st Century
  • - Ethics and Health Care: Patient Care
  • - Ethics in Health Care: Social Policy
  • - Philosophy of Medicine听
  • - Biomedicine and the Illness Experience
  • SOSA 2933 -听Health and Culture
  • - The Social Organization of Health Care
  • - Health, Illness, and the World System
  • /GWST 3800 - Gender and Health
  • - Aging Cross Culturally听
  • - The Sociology of Addiction/ Drugs, Health, and Society听
  • - Qualitative and Field Methods

Kinesiology

  • - Introduction to Biomechanics
  • - Psychology of Sport & Physical Activity听

Mathematics

  • - Differential and Integral Calculus II

Medical Neuroscience

  • - Introduction to Human Histology
  • /BIOL 3421 - Comparative Vertebrate Histology听

Microbiology & Immunology

  • - Laboratory Methods in Microbiology & Immunology
  • - Virology
  • - Physiology of Prokaryotic Cell
  • - Medical Immunology听
  • - Clinical Microbiology

Neuroscience

  • - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
  • // - Cellular Neuroscience
  • /PSYO 3043 - Neurobiology of Learning听
  • / - Hormones & Behaviour
  • / - Principles of Human Neuropsychology
  • / - Developmental Origins of Health & Disease
  • - Genes, Brain and Behaviour

Pharmacology

  • - Pharmacology of Medicinal Herbs and Fungi

Physics

  • - Introduction to Physics
  • - Physics In and Around You II
  • - Physics of Biological and Medical Technology听
  • - Introduction to Biomechanics

Physiology & Biophysics

  • // -听Cellular Neuroscience
  • - Exercise Physiology in Health & Disease
  • - Human Cell Physiology
  • - Sensory Physiology听
  • - Core Concepts in Medical Physiology听
  • - Directed Project in Physiology
  • - Human Physiology Lab听

Psychology

  • - Social Psychology
  • - Developmental Psychology
  • / - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
  • - Adult Psychopathology
  • - Forensic Psychology
  • // 鈥� Cellular Neuroscience
  • - Brain & Behaviour
  • /NESC 3043 - Neurobiology of Learning
  • - Childhood Psychopathology (Instructor permission required)
  • / - Hormones & Behaviour
  • - Principles of Human Neuropsychology
  • / - Developmental Origins of Health & Disease

Science

  • (0 credit) & - Becoming a Scientist I & II
  • - Experiential Learning in Medical Sciences
  • -听Communicating Science to Non-Scientists

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Advanced Selectives


Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • - Bioinformatics
  • - Biochemistry of Lipids
  • - Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
  • - Genes and Genomes
  • - Gene Expression
  • - Medical Biotechnology I听
  • - Proteins听
  • - Enzymes
  • - Biochemistry of Clinical Disorders

Biology

  • - Advanced Cell Biology

Computer Science

  • CSCI 4180 - Introduction to Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
  • - Algorithms in Bioinformatics

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • - Topics in Ethics and Healthcare
  • - The Politics of Health Care听

Medical Neuroscience

  • - Advanced Human Anatomy

Microbiology & Immunology

  • - Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer听
  • - Advanced Microbial Genetics听
  • - Processes & Mediators of Inflammation
  • - Advanced Topics in Molecular & Medical Virology
  • - Current Topics in Mucosal Immunology
  • - Clinical & Molecular Immunology听

Neuroscience

  • - Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecological Immunology听
  • / - Molecular Neuroscience
  • / - Current Advances in Synaptic Function & Plasticity

Pathology

  • - Human Genetics
  • - Critical Thinking in Neuropathology

Pharmacology

  • - Systems Pharmacology I
  • - Systems Pharmacology II

Physiology & Biophysics

  • / - Current Advances in Synaptic Function and Plasticity
  • - Endocrine Physiology
  • - Respiratory Physiology听
  • - Cardiovascular Physiology听

Psychology

  • / - Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecological Immunology
  • / - Molecular Neuroscience

Science

  • - Directed Project in Medical Sciences I & II
  • - Leadership in Science (practicum must be health-related)

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