BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TRANSFER PROGRaM

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You’re keen on science, but not so much on crowded chemistry labs.

With small class sizes and dedicated professors,
St. Mary’s might be the right solution for your first and often most challenging years in the sciences.

At St. Mary’s, you can complete two years of full-time study before transferring directly into a biological sciences program at any university in Alberta or beyond.

A degree in the biological sciences is required or recommended for admission into many professional programs, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic and optometry, to name a few. We offer all the first- and second-year courses you need for these programs, in interactive and small classes where you will experience unparalleled support, care and attention.

The majority of our biology, astronomy, physics and math labs and tutorials are taught by course lecturers. This kind of continuity between the classroom and lab is rare in a university setting.

If you are interested in scientific disciplines other than the biological sciences, the first full year of most other sciences, including chemistry, physics and math, can be taken at St. Mary’s University College.

Suggested Course Timetable for Block Transfer in the Biological Sciences:

WHAT ARE THE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM?
As a high school graduate, you will need to present an average of 65% in five 30-level courses. more

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MEET TWO OF OUR SCIENCE PROFESSORS!

Dr. Mary Ann McLean would trade bricks and mortar for nature’s classroom any day. Whenever possible, the biology professor conducts classes in Fish Creek Provincial Park, located a few steps from campus. more

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Up to 1,000 species of tardigrades – or “water bears” as scientists are fond of calling them – are found all over the world, but the tiny invertebrates have not been studied extensively in Alberta. St. Mary's Dr. Gary Grothman is studying the water bears of Fish Creek Provincial Park. more