In Honours Life Sciences – Sensory Motor Systems, students examine how we receive and respond to signals in our environment. This specialization provides a strong grounding in sensory processing from both psychology/perception and neuroscience/physiology perspectives and integrates these traditional approaches with training in biophysics.
A unique aspect to our programs involves the implementation of community-based projects and peer mentoring experiential opportunities that are tied to in-course experiences. This multi-disciplinary approach to studying the Life Sciences provides students with a broad perspective for problem-solving and to undertake post-graduate research in an emerging life science field.
Program Type
Honours Bachelor of Science
Degree at Graduation
Limited Enrollment
Admission Requirements
Enrollment in this program is limited.
Admission is by selection but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level 1 program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including:
- BIOLOGY 1A03
- CHEM 1A03
- 1 course from MATH 1A03, 1LS3
- 1 course from PHYSICS 1A03, 1C03
- 1 course from BIOLOGY 1M03, EARTHSC 1G03, ENVIRSC 1C03, PSYCH 1XX3,1FF3
- 3 courses from the Science 1 Course List (Completion of PSYCH 1XX3, 1FF3 BIOLOGY 1M03 and CHEM 1AA3 is strongly recommended as they serve as prerequisites for required courses in Levels 2 and 3.)
Typical Second-Year Courses
LIFESCI 2A03
Research Methods in Life Science
LIFESCI 2CC3
Fundamentals of Neuroscience
LIFESCI 2L03
Living Systems Laboratory
STATS 2B03
Statistical Methods of Science
BIOLOGY 2C03
Genetics
KINESIOL 2Y03
Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
PSYCH 2E03
Sensory Processes