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Biodiversity and Conservation Biology program requirements

What the Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Major requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Major

  • Science program
  • 8.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMAJ0110

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(8.0 credits including at least 2.0 credits at 300+ level with at least 0.5 credit at the 400 level)

First Year (1.0 credit): BIO120H1; EEB125H1/ (MAT130H1/ MAT135H1)/ (MAT148H1, MAT149H1)/ MAT137Y1/ MAT221H1/ MAT223H1

Higher Years:

12.0 credits: BIO220H1 (ecology and evolutionary biology); EEB225H1/ GGR270H1/ STA220H1/ STA257H1/ STA288H1/ STAB22H3/ STAB57H3/ STA220H5/ PSY201H1 (statistics); EEB255H1 (conservation biology); EEB240H1 (environmental biology).

21.5 credits from: BIO251H1; EEB263H1, EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB299H1, EEB299Y1, EEB340H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1, EEB398H0, EEB398Y0, EEB399H1, EEB399Y1; FOR305H1

31.0 credits in core ecology and evolution: EEB314H1, EEB318H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB323H1, EEB324H1, EEB328H1, EEB362H1

40.5 credit: EEB365H1 (applied conservation biology)

51.5 credits from: BIO130H1, BIO251H1; EEB263H1, EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB299H1, EEB299Y1, EEB313H1, EEB314H1, EEB318H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB323H1, EEB324H1, EEB325H1, EEB328H1, EEB340H1, EEB362H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1, EEB390H1, EEB397Y1, EEB398H0, EEB398Y0, EEB399H1, EEB399Y1, EEB428H1, EEB434H1, EEB440H1, EEB455H1, EEB458H1, EEB459H1, EEB460H1, EEB462H1, EEB463H1, EEB491H1, EEB495H1, EEB497H1, EEB498Y1, EEB499Y1; EHJ352H1; ENV432H1; FOR200H1, FOR201H1, FOR307H1, FOR413H1; GGR272H1, JHE353H1, JHE355H1

60.5 credit: EEB 400-series level course

Courses these requirements name

  • BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
  • EEB125H1Introductory Computation and Data Science for the Life Sciences
  • MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
  • MAT135H1Calculus I
  • MAT148H1Calculus I with Proofs
  • MAT149H1Calculus II with Proofs
  • MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • MAT221H1Applied Linear Algebra
  • MAT223H1Linear Algebra I
  • BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
  • EEB225H1Biostatistics for Biological Sciences
  • GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
  • STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
  • STA257H1Probability and Statistics I
  • STA288H1Statistics and Scientific Inquiry in the Life Sciences
  • STA220H5
  • PSY201H1Statistics I
  • EEB255H1Essentials of Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
  • EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
  • BIO251H1Form, Function and Development in Plants
  • EEB263H1Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
  • EEB266H1Animal Diversity: Invertebrates
  • EEB267H1Animal Diversity: Vertebrates
  • EEB268H1Plant and Microbial Diversity
  • EEB299H1Research Opportunity Program
  • EEB299Y1Research Opportunity Program
  • EEB340H1Comparative Plant Morphology
  • EEB380H1Diversity of Insects
  • EEB382H1Diversity of Fishes
  • EEB384H1Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles
  • EEB386H1Diversity of Birds
  • EEB388H1Diversity of Mammals
  • EEB398H0Research Excursions
  • EEB398Y0Research Excursion
  • EEB399H1Research Opportunity Program
  • EEB399Y1Research Opportunity Program
  • FOR305H1Biology of Trees and Forests
  • EEB314H1Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
  • EEB318H1Principles of Evolution
  • EEB319H1Population Ecology
  • EEB320H1Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
  • EEB321H1Community Ecology
  • EEB322H1Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
  • EEB323H1Evolutionary Genetics
  • EEB324H1Evolutionary Ecology
  • EEB328H1Physiological Ecology
  • EEB362H1Macroevolution
  • EEB365H1Topics in Applied Conservation Biology
  • BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
  • EEB313H1Quantitative Methods in R for Biology
  • EEB325H1Evolutionary Medicine
  • EEB390H1Vertebrate Paleontology: Major Transitions in Vertebrate History
  • EEB397Y1Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • EEB428H1Global Change Ecology
  • EEB434H1Marine Ecology
  • EEB440H1Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions
  • EEB455H1Genes, Environment and Behaviour
  • EEB458H1Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
  • EEB459H1Population Genetics
  • EEB460H1Molecular Evolution and Genomics
  • EEB462H1Phylogenetic Inference: Methods and Applications
  • EEB463H1Computing Stochastic Models in Evolutionary Biology
  • EEB491H1Seminar in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
  • EEB495H1Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • EEB497H1Research Studies in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • EEB498Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • EEB499Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology II
  • EHJ352H1Human Evolutionary Genomics
  • ENV432H1Urban Ecology
  • FOR200H1Conservation of Canada's Forests
  • FOR201H1Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests
  • FOR307H1Forest Insect Ecology & Management
  • FOR413H1Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
  • GGR272H1Geographic Information and Mapping I
  • JHE353H1History of Evolutionary Biology
  • JHE355H1History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology
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