Admission to this program has been suspended.

For Faculty of Science admission information see 3.2 Admission.

Enrolment Limitations in Programs, Admissions and Student Standing

Admission to programs in the department is competitive. Admission will be granted for Fall Term only and will be based upon academic merit. (New admissions to the University are always subject to A.2 as stated in the Admissions section of this Calendar.)

Applications to the Department of Biological Sciences programs are accepted:

• Directly from High School (see Section 3.2 Admissions) into either the Biological Sciences program, or into Honours Biochemistry; Honours Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology; Honours Ecology; Honours Plant Biology; or Honours Zoology.

• From external transfer students and change of program requests from University of Calgary students into the Biological Sciences program.

• Subject to the Honours qualifications set out in Subsection 3.2 Honours Programs, and to availability of space, students may request placement into any of the Honours programs offered by the Department.

• From external transfer students and change of program requests from University of Calgary students into BSc programs in Biochemistry; Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology; Ecology; Plant Biology; and Zoology after completion of a minimum of 30 units.

Admission to Concentrations:

• Biological Sciences students can apply to a concentration online through their Student Centre from October 1-February 1 for admission the following fall. The concentrations are optional and not required for program completion. Students can apply after their first year and up until their final year. To be admitted to the concentration, students must have completed 18 units, including Biology 241 and 243, before the February 1 deadline. In addition, students will require a competitive GPA, which will be determined annually and calculated using the most recent course work. See A.5.3.1 for GPA computation guidelines.
  

Notes:

• Any student in an Honours program is subject to the provisions for continuation in an Honours program, Subsections 3.2 and 3.4C.

• Honours students in the Biological Sciences program who do not qualify for continuation in honours will be moved into the Biological Sciences Major BSc Program. Honours students admitted to a specialized program (Biochemistry; Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology; Ecology; Plant Biology; or Zoology) who do not qualify for continuation in honours may be moved into the Major BSc Program of their current specialized program. In order to be moved into the Major BSc Program of their current specialized program students must have completed 30 units prior to their review period and meet the minimum GPA requirement for admission into that specialized program. Students in honours in a specialized program who do not meet the preceding requirements will be moved into the Biological Sciences Major BSc program.

• Students with a GPA of less than 2.00 are subject to the provisions of 3.7 Student Standing, B. Performance Review, Probationary Status and Dismissal.

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Transfers between Alberta Universities and Colleges

The Departments of Biological Sciences at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary and the Department of Biology at the University of Lethbridge have a transfer agreement in effect. The full details of the Biological Sciences Transfer Agreement are available in the Alberta Transfer Guide published by the Alberta Commission on Admissions and Transfer (ACAT) - acat.alberta.ca/.