Major Program in Immunology

(8 full courses or their equivalents, including two 400-series courses)

The Immunology Major Program is a Limited program. We accept applications via Acorn during the first program request period only.

Only students with an average of 70% or higher in all of the required first-year courses and a minimum of 65% in each of these courses will be considered for entrance into the major program.

Enrolment is limited and selection is based on performance in the following first-year required courses:

BIO120H1 and BIO130H1
CHM135H1 AND CHM136H1, or CHM151Y1.

Students may combine the immunology major program with another major program within Science, Social Sciences, or Humanities.

First Year:

BIO120H1 and BIO130H1
CHM135H1 and CHM136H1, or CHM151Y1

Second Year:

BCH210H1
BIO230H1
IMM250H1
BIO260H1 or HMB265H1
STA288H1
One course from the following list:
- BIO220H1 / TRN225Y1 / TRN236H1 / CHM247H1 / CHM249H1

Third Year*:

IMM340H1
IMM350H1
CSB349H1 or BCH311H1
One full-course equivalent from the following list:
- BCH370H1 / IMM360H1 / MGY377H1 / MGY378H1 / MGY381H1

Fourth Year*:

One full-course equivalent from the following list

IMM428H1 / IMM429H1 / IMM430H1 / IMM431H1 / IMM432H1 / IMM433H1 / IMM435H1** / MIJ485H1***

* Students considering graduate school are encouraged to add the additional non-compulsory IMM385Y and/or IMM450Y1 research course(s), if space permits.
** This course is capped at 40 students. Priority will be given to Immunology Specialist students, followed by Immunology Major students.
*** MIJ485H1 requires MGY377H1 & MGY378H1 as pre-requisites.

The emphasis of the Specialist and Major programs are to provide students with a sound theoretical understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of non-self recognition, together with sufficient laboratory experience to enable the students to consider embarking on a career in the discipline.