Master's Course Offerings
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Current Course Offerings
Graduate course offerings for the MSc in Integrative Biology program are listed below.
For course offerings related to the PhD in Biological and Chemical Sciences, please visit the PhD website.
This seminar-based course is a core requirement for all students in the MSc in Integrative Biology. Over the course of the term the group will explore the principles underlying integrative approaches to biology.
Fall 2021
- Fridays, 8:30-11:20 a.m., M. Wilkie
This course is mandatory for MSc students in their 1st year of study.
This course examines the totality of issues related to data collection, management and analysis for biologists: from the development of hypotheses, the design of experiments, measurement and sampling, to statistical analyses and final publication of results in formats acceptable for scientific reports and papers. Emphasis will be placed on the application of wide variety of statistical methods using statistical software rather than theory, and stress the practical aspects of biostatistics. A problem solving approach to graduate research planning, data acquisition, analysis and publication.
Winter 2022
- Tuesdays 8:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m., D. Gray
2.0 credits
Students will complete a thesis based on original research and defend it before an examining committee.
Ongoing: Register each fall, winter and spring term for the duration of your program (including the term in which you plan to defend).