Typical Course Timetables
Required BIOL courses are offered every year (typically once per year except for BIOL 100, which is usually offered twice per year). Other courses have varying schedules (see below).
| Course Number | Course Name | Offered |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 100 | Introductory Biology I | Every Fall (weekdays) Saturdays (Most Fall terms) Most Spring terms |
| BIOL 101 | Introductory Biology II | Every Winter |
| BIOL 110** | Human Anatomy & Physiology | Every Fall |
| BIOL 111** | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | Every Winter |
| BIOL 140* | Human Biology | Every Fall and Winter; on-line option |
| BIOL 150* | Biological Principles | Every Fall; sometimes Winter or Spring/Summer terms |
| BIOL 205 | Introductory Genetics | Every Winter |
| BIOL 222‡ | Microbiology for Health Professionals | Every Fall |
| BIOL 223 | Microbes and Society | Every Fall |
| BIOL 224 | Introductory Medical Microbiology | Some Winter terms |
| BIOL 266 | Plant Physiology | Every Fall |
| BIOL 275 | Ecology | Every Fall |
| BIOL 276 | Environmental Biology | Every Fall |
| BIOL 288 | Cell Biology | Every Winter |
| BIOL 302 | Food Microbiology | Some Fall terms |
| BIOL 303 | Medical Microbiology | Some Winter terms |
| BIOL 305 | Genetics | Every Fall |
| BIOL 310 | Microbial Diversity & Cell Function | Every Fall |
| BIOL 316 | Conservation Biology | Typically once per year; Fall or Winter |
| BIOL 335 | Limnology | Most Fall terms |
| BIOL 356 | Ecosystems Since Glaciation | Semi-regularly |
| BIOL 365 | Vascular Plants | Occasionally |
| BIOL 367 | Plant Taxonomy | Occasionally |
| BIOL 375 | Systems Ecology | Occasionally |
| BIOL 376 | Population & Community Ecology | Semi-regularly in Winter |
| BIOL 378 | Animal Physiology | Every Winter |
| BIOL 380 | Animal Behaviour | Most Fall terms |
| BIOL 385 | Vertebrate Animal Biology | Most Winter terms |
| BIOL 390 | General & Comparative Endocrinology | Semi-regularly |
| BIOL 395 | Animal Developmental Biology | Semi-regularly |
| BIOL 396 | Independent Research in Biology | Every term |
| BIOL 399AB | Entomology | Occasionally |
| BIOL 399AC | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Occasionally |
| BIOL 399AD | Plant Energetics | Most Winter terms |
| BIOL 402 | Evolution | Every Winter |
| BIOL 405 | Molecular Genetics | Semi-regularly in Winter |
| BIOL 406 | Genomics | Most Winter terms |
| BIOL 407 | Neurophysiology | Most Fall terms |
| BIOL 410 | Bacterial Genetics | Semi-regularly in Winter |
| BIOL 440 | Modelling Biological Data | Most Winter terms |
| BIOL 456 | Global Biogeochemistry | Most Winter terms |
| BIOL 457 | Environmental Microbiology | Most Winter terms |
| BIOL 498/499 | Honours courses | Every term |
- *Non-majors courses offered by Luther College and/or First Nations University. Cannot be taken for credit by Biology majors.
- ** Restricted to Nursing students
- ‡ Restricted to Nursing students and Pre-professional students for Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Optmetry or Dentistry; see Pre-professional section of the Biology website
- Semi-regularly = approximately every 2nd year