U3 Program
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Required Courses
| Courses | Pros | Cons | Evaluation Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOC450: Protein Structure and function 3 credits **Liberal complementary ** Syllabus Fall 2024 | Poster presentation is a great opportunity to get experience creating and presenting a poster. No Final! | Challenging midterms. | 25% Midterm 1 35% Midterm 2 10% Special Topics quiz 30% Team Project |
| BIOC454: Nucleic Acids 3 credits **Liberal complementary** Syllabus Fall 2024 | Paper write-up is a nice change of pace from normal evaluations. Good selection of topics to write about. Very interesting material covered: RNA therapeutics, aging, etc. Long answer questions over memorization. | Exams felt long and took nearly the whole time. One section is purely memorization and only T/F on the final. | 37.5% Midterm 25% Paper write-up 37.5% Final |
| BIOC404: 3 credits **Honours requirement only**Syllabus Winter 2025 | Learn theory behind techniques and instruments currently used in biochemistry. | Exam heavy. | 10% Assignments 30% Midterm 60% Final |
Complementary Courses
| Courses | Pros | Cons | Evaluation Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL314: Molecular Biology of Cancer 3 credits Syllabus Winter 2025 | Very useful if you want to pursue research in the cancer field, since it covers main pathways/genes involved in cancer. Dr. Dankort is a great instructor! | Exams are very detail-oriented. Lots of True/False questions that you need to be able to do quickly. | 40% midterm 60% final |
| BIOC470: Lipids and Lipoproteins in Disease 3 credits | |||
| BIOC503: Biochemistry of Immune Diseases 3 credits | Logical continuation of MIMM211/214/324. Small class so you really get to know and learn from classmates. 40 min presentation is a good practice for future in academia settings. In-depth understanding of research in a specific area of immune diseases. | Each lecture is one student presentation (40 min) can get a little dry. Daunting to prepare such a presentation, especially since its heavily weighted. | 70% presentation 5% participation in end-of-semester discussion 25% final |
| MIMM324: Fundamental Virology 3 credits | In-depth course about every single possible virus family. Material can be repetitive since each class is learning a new virus type inside-out (structure, mechanism, disease, etc.) which makes it easier to learn since the same topics come back. | a LOT of content, hard to determine exactly what is most important. Final had some randomly specific questions. Both midterm and final mutliple-choice. | Midterm Final Quizzes |
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