List of Selectives and Advanced Selectives (2026)
UPDATED ON JUNE 19, 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 黄色直播. 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
- - Economic Botany: Plants & Civilization
- - 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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