Biological Sciences

Program Overview & Highlights

Honours 4-year program
Thesis Available
Combined Honours programs available
BSc

Study the fundamentals of life in this flexible program that lets you blaze your own trail. Specialize in microbiology, cellular development, environmental and evolutionary biology, population and ecosystem ecology, or any combination of these areas. You’ll learn research techniques in our new labs and out in the field that will prepare you for a wide range of career paths, ranging from interests at the molecular level, to whole organism (including humans) and/or the more complex community and ecosystem levels.

Hands-on experiences with an incredible number of labs throughout undergraduate studies

Very flexible and comprehensive program where students can choose to focus in any area of study (from molecular biology to ecosystems), preparing students for a broad range of career paths

A variety of specializations, including various STEM options for students who are interested in this subject but want the practicality of a business education

Learn More About Our Program

>70%

of Science students participate in undergraduate research

>$2Million

in scholarships given annually¹

¹ all Science students

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Chemistry/SCH4U, Biology/SBI4U. English/ENG4U
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Recommended: Physics/SPH4U
Minimum Average: 70% on all attempted science and math courses
Mean Average: 86%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

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Career Tracks

Professional schools (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine)
conservation officer, ecologist
entomologist
agricultural scientist
animal care specialist
laboratory supervisor

Related Programs

Biochemistry

Biomedical Sciences

Environmental Science

Forensic Science (BFS)

Kinesiology & Health Studies

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

All students in this program should attend Head Start.
Please email biosci@uwindsor.ca for direction to an appropriate academic advisor for this program who can meet with you and help you with course selections.

Required Course Notes

BIOL 1101^*
CHEM 1100^*
MATH 1720 OR MATH 1760¹
FAHSS or open choice^**

One of the courses from the following six pairs of courses (please note that each pair consists of a course that must be taken in the Fall semester, and one course that must be taken in the Winter semester):

PHYS 1300*(Fall), PHYS 1310*(Winter)
PHYS 1400*(Fall), PHYS 1410*(Winter) (or PHYS 1310*(Winter))
COMP 1047(Fall) or COMP 2067(Fall), COMP 2057(Winter)
COMP 1400*(Fall), COMP 1410*(Winter)
ESCI 1100(Fall), ESCI 1111*(Winter)
ESCI 1130(Fall), ESCI 2400 (Winter)

^* Course with lab

^** Open Choice means any course that fulfills the degree requirements. Many students choose to select a Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS) course in the first year

¹ Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors will register in MATH 1720; those who do not have MCV4U should register in MATH 1760.

Required Courses

BIOL 1101: Cell Biology

CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I

COMP 1047: Computer Concepts for End-Users

COMP 1400: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I

COMP 1410: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming II

COMP 2057: Introduction to the Internet

COMP 2067: Programming for Beginners

ESCI 1100: Environmental Systems – An Introduction to Environmental Science

ESCI 1111: Introduction to Earth Science

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

PHYS 1300: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences I

PHYS 1310: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences II

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

PHYS 1410: Introductory Physics II

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