Biochemistry

Program Overview & Highlights

Co-op Available
Honours 4-Year Program
Thesis Available
Combined Honours Programs Available
BSc

Unravel life’s molecular mysteries. Passionate about uncovering the secrets of biomolecules that sustain life, cause diseases, and drive drug or vaccine innovation? Join the biochemistry program! You will gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art instruments and techniques that are highly desirable across biotechnology, health sciences, agriculture, and academia.

Students get into labs within the first few weeks and continue to have lab and hands-on experiences throughout undergraduate studies

Small class sizes allowing you access to opportunities not found at larger institutions, preparing you for a successful career

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$2Million+

in scholarship funding given annually¹

¹ Faculty of Science

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Chemistry/SCH4U, Biology/SBI4U. English/ENG4U.
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Recommended: Physics/SPH4U
Minimum Average: 70% average of all attempted science and math courses
Mean Average: 88%

Note: Biochemistry students may apply to co-op internship in third year.

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Note: Biochemistry students may apply to co-op internship in third year.

Career Tracks

Professional schools (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry)
Research and development (R&D) in pharmaceuticals
Nutraceuticals, and biotechnology industry
Quality control analysts
Healthcare and agriculture researchers
Laboratory technicians
Science educators/communicators
Medical writers

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Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

All students using this page should attend Head Start or make an appointment with an academic advisor in their program area.
Email chembiohead@uwindsor.ca for direction to an appropriate academic advisor or contact a counsellor for biochemistry directly.
Open Choice means any course that fulfils the degree requirements. It can be one course from Arts, Languages or Social Sciences (FAHSS) or any area of study.
Information on this page is adapted from the Undergraduate Academic Calendar. The Calendar contains all current information on program requirements and course offerings and holds the definitive regulations for graduation and should be the ultimate guide for students.

Required Course Notes

BIOL 1101*
CHEM 1100*
MATH 1760 or MATH 1720¹
PHYS 1400*
Open choice²

* Course with lab

¹ Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors should register in MATH 1720 (and/or MATH 1250 if required for their program); those who do not have MCV4U should register in MATH 1760 (and/or MATH 1260 if required for their program).

² Biochemistry students can take seven open choice courses and four FAHSS courses for the duration of the program. They usually take one in the first term of first year. Some recommended 1st year courses are PSYC-1150 (Social Science), GART-1500 (Art/Language), ENGL-1001 (Art/Language), COMP-1000 (Science).

Required Courses

BIOL 1101: Cell Biology

CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

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Program Overview & Highlights

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Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Career Tracks

Related Programs

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

Required Course Notes

Required Courses

BIOL 1101: Cell Biology

CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

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