Program at a Glance

• 2-year program (average duration)

  • This program includes MED 81661, MED 81662, 3 optional units from the approved list of biochemistry (BCH) courses at the 8000 or 9000 level, the seminar course BCH 5366, 3 compulsory course units from the approved list of human and molecular genetics (HGM) courses, and the writing and the defence of a thesis THM 7999.

  • For the complete program requirements and courses descriptions.

• The following course sequences show you which courses you should take for your program and in which term you should take them. They help you plan your course schedule.

  • Course sequences are only guidelines.

  • Some graduate courses are offered every year, and others less often.

• Visit My Academic Requirements in uoZone to make sure you enroll in all courses or activities you need to obtain your degree.

• Scroll down to the bottom page to see:

  • The important milestones to complete every year for the full length of your program

  • The tool box (Links to forms, the description of the courses and other useful links)

Notes for Year 1

Graduate Courses

• List of approved BCH graduate courses.

• In some cases, we may cancel classes with low enrolment or convert them into Directed Studies.

• Some graduate courses are offered every year, others in alternating years, and others less often.

• There are no BCH graduate courses available during the Spring/Summer term (excluding seminars and research activities)

• MED 8166 part 1 and 2: This course is compulsory for all students enrolled in a master’s program and attendance is mandatory for all workshops.

THM 7999 and BCH 5366: Continuous activities

• Once you have enrolled for the first time in a continuing activity such as the seminar course or for the thesis, you must maintain your enrolment until the activity is completed.

Enrolment to continuous activities:

• BCH 5366: Enrolment to BCH 5366 is not automatic. Every term, you must enroll in this continuous activity through your uoZone account before the deadline.

• THM 7999: After your first (manual) enrolment to the thesis, all subsequent enrolments are automatic, unless you have a hold on your account, which will require that you manual enroll once you have arranged to have your hold lifted.

BCH 5366: Seminar Series

• You must attend a minimum of 20 seminars during the fall and winter terms and track your seminar attendance using the Student Seminar Report form.

  • Submit the form by email to the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office at [email protected] before April 30.

  • Seminar series calendar in biochemistry.

• You must remain enrolled to BCH 5366:

  • during the spring-summer term, and

  • until permission to write and a grade of ‘Satisfactory’ is recorded.

• As part of the requirements of the Seminar Series, you must attend the BMI Seminar and Poster Day.

  • Participation as a presenter either for a poster or a seminar is mandatory every year until permission to write is granted.

  • Save the date to your agenda!
    BMI Seminar and poster Day: 

    • Instructions for poster presentation

    • Instructions for seminar presentation

Important milestones to complete every year for the full length of your program

• Meet with your Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC)
  Meetings can be more frequent but must be held at least once a year after the initial TAC meeting, which must be held during the third term.

• Submit the following forms:

  • Student Seminar Report

  • Submit the form by email to the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office before April 30 of every year or once you obtained permission to write.

• Submit the two following forms through the Service Request application in your uoZone account:

  • TAC report

  • Annual Research Progress Report

• Attend BMI Seminar & Poster Day

  • All BMI students are required to present either a poster or a seminar, until permission to grant is granted.