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Biology (Bachelor of Science, International Bachelor of Science)

Canada

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What will I learn?

Biology was the pioneer science at York, offering the first undergraduate and graduate programs in the 1960s. Blogy studies living things and the discipline defines a living creature, technically called a living ""organism"", as one that has a metabolism and reproduceios. Biologists study living organisms from many different angles, including behaviour, evolution and ecology as well as cell and molecular biology and genetics. They study all different kinds of species from plants to insects, viruses to humans. Biology can also be combined with other fields. For example, biochemistry, biophysics, biotechnology and biopsychology are all important fields related to biology.The Biology program, Yorks longest-established scientific program, is home to internationally-recognized teaching and research faculty. The science of biology encompasses the study of all living organisms, from the molecular level to the level of ecosystems. The program offers you a diversity of courses from across the discipline, providing you with the flexibility to choose courses from many different areas or to specialize in a particular field of life science, such as molecular and structural biology, genetics, cell biology, ecology or physiology. Biology is offered as both a three and four year program, with a range of double majors and major/minor options.The Bachelor of Science in Biology is a flexible program that offers students a diversity of courses ranging from molecules to ecosystems. Students can choose courses from many different areas in biology, or focus study in a particular field such as physiology, cell and molecular biology, genetics or ecology.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Science

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
CAD$35,148.00 (US$ 25,264) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

Expected January 2026

Venue

York University

Keele Campus,

4700 Keele Street,

TORONTO,

Ontario (ON),

M3J 1P3, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

Students need to have: Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD); Six 4U/4M courses, including ENG4U, NBE4U or FRA4U. Students from other countries should have country specific requirements equivalent to Canada.

Accepted Language Tests and Scores

TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language iBT: 88

IELTS International English Language Testing Service (Academic Module): 6.5

Pearson PTE Academic: 60

Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL): 60

Cambridge English Language Assessment (CAE, CPE): C1 Advanced

Duolingo: 120

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

Pathways options

Offered by other partners

This university accepts pathways courses from
  • Durham College
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