List of Selectives and Advanced Selectives (2024)
Medical Sciences Honours students must include in their program at least 21 credit hours in the following courses. Students not in the honours program must include at least 24 credit hours of these courses. In both cases, at least one of the Selectives must be an Advanced Selective. For course descriptions, please click on the course numbers, highlighted in green.
NOTE: If the course does not appear on the timetable, it is not offered that year
Note that a Selective is a course from a predetermined list, provided by the program, whereas an Elective is any course at ±«Óãtv University. In cases where prerequisites for Selectives are not offered as Medical Sciences core courses, Elective space can be used to fulfill these prerequisites.
Selectives
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- - Introductory Biochemistry Lab
- - Intermediary Metabolism
- - Nucleic Acid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- – Introduction to Biotechnology (new Fall 2024)
- - Laboratory Techniques in Biomedical SciencesÌý(replaced by 3501 in 2024/25)
- - Biomolecular Chemistry
Biology
- - Animal Diversity
- - Evolution
- - Introductory Ecology
- - Molecular Evolution
- - Developmental Biology
- - Parasitology
- – Vertebrate Functional Morphology
- - Medical Entomology (only offered in summer)
- /ANAT 3421- Comparative Vertebrate Histology (not offered in 2024/25)
- / - Introduction to Human Histology
Biomedical Engineering
- - Technology in Medicine
Chemistry
- - Introduction to Physical Chemistry I
- - Introduction to Physical Chemistry II
- - Chemistry of Living Systems
Economics
- - Perspectives in Health Economics (not offered in 2024/25)
- - Topics in Health EconomicsÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
Environmental Science
- – Environment and Human Health
Health
- - Centering Black Canadian Health
- – Introduction to Aboriginal Peoples’ Health & Healing
Humanities and Social Sciences
- - Literature, Health, & HealingÌý(not offered on 2024/25)
- - Literature & the History of Medicine (not offered on 2024/25)
- - Health and Disease in Medieval SocietyÌý(not offered on 2024/25)
- - Origins of Modern Medicine
- – The Beginnings of Western Medicine: The Birth of the Body
- / – Biopolitics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought (not offered on 2024/25)
- - 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 PresentÌý
- - The Body in Early Modern EuropeÌý
- - Human ExperimentsÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- -ÌýPlagues and People
- - In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European AlchemyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Global Health in the 21st Century
- - Ethics and Health Care: Patient Care
- - Ethics in Health Care: Social PolicyÌý(can only take one of 2805 or 2810 as selective, other as core)
- - Philosophy of MedicineÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Biomedicine and the Illness ExperienceÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - The Social Organization of Health CareÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Health, Illness, and the World SystemÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- /GWST 3800 - Gender and Health (not offered in 2024/25)
- - Aging Cross CulturallyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - The Sociology of Addiction/ Drugs, Health, and Society (not offered in 2024/25)
- - Qualitative and Field Methods
Kinesiology
- - Introduction to Biomechanics (exclusion with PHYC 2610)
- - Psychology of Sport & Physical ActivityÌý
Mathematics
- - Differential and Integral Calculus II
Medical Neuroscience
- - Introduction to Human Histology
- /BIOL 3421 - Comparative Vertebrate HistologyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
Microbiology & Immunology
- - Laboratory Methods in Microbiology & Immunology
- - Virology
- - Physiology of Prokaryotic Cell
- - Medical ImmunologyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Clinical Microbiology
Neuroscience
- - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- // - Cellular Neuroscience
- /PSYO 3043 - Neurobiology of LearningÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- / - 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 (exclusion with PHYC 1320)
- - Physics In and Around You II (exclusion with PHYC 1290)
- - Physics of Biological and Medical TechnologyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Introduction to Biomechanics (exclusion with KINE 2465; not offered in 2024/25)
Physiology & Biophysics
- // -ÌýCellular Neuroscience
- - Exercise Physiology in Health & Disease
- - Human Cell Physiology
- - Sensory PhysiologyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Core Concepts in Medical Physiology (excluson withÌýPHYL 4504)
- - Directed Project in Physiology
- - Human Physiology LabÌý
Psychology
- - Social Psychology
- - Developmental Psychology
- / - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- - Adult Psychopathology
- - Forensic Psychology
- // – Cellular Neuroscience
- - Brain & Behaviour (not offered in 2024/25)
- /NESC 3043 - Neurobiology of LearningÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Childhood Psychopathology (Instructor Permission)
- / - Hormones & Behaviour
- - Principles of Human Neuropsychology
- / - Developmental Origins of Health & Disease
Science
- (0 credit) & - Becoming a Scientist I & II
- - Experiential Learning in Medical Sciences
- -ÌýCommunicating Science to Non-Scientists
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Advanced Selectives
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- - Bioinformatics (not offered in 2024/25)
- - Biochemistry of Lipids
- - Mechanisms of Signal Transduction
- - Genes and Genomes
- - Gene Expression
- - Medical Biotechnology IÌý
- - ProteinsÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Enzymes
- - Biochemistry of Clinical Disorders
Biology
- - Advanced Cell Biology
Computer Science
- CSCI 4180 - Introduction to Computational Biology & BioinformaticsÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Algorithms in Bioinformatics
Humanities and Social Sciences
- - Topics in Ethics and Healthcare (offered every 3-4 years)
- - The Politics of Health Care (not offered in 2024/25)
Medical Neuroscience
- - Advanced Human Anatomy
Microbiology & Immunology
- - Molecular Mechanisms of CancerÌý
- - Advanced Microbial GeneticsÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
- - Processes & Mediators of Inflammation
- - Advanced Topics in Molecular & Medical Virology
- - Current Topics in Mucosal Immunology
- - Clinical & Molecular ImmunologyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
Neuroscience
- - Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecological ImmunologyÌý
- / - Molecular Neuroscience
- / - Current Advances in Synaptic Function & Plasticity
Pathology
- - Human Genetics
- - Critical Thinking in Neuropathology
Pharmacology
- PHAC 4001 - Pharmacology II (not offered anymore)
- - Systems Pharmacology I
- - Systems Pharmacology II
Physiology & Biophysics
- / - Current Advances in Synaptic Function and Plasticity
- - Endocrine Physiology
- - Respiratory Physiology (exclusion withÌýPHYL 3520)
- - Cardiovascular PhysiologyÌý(not offered in 2024/25)
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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