Graduate Courses

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2025 - 2026 Graduate Courses Offered

Fall 2025 Graduate Half Courses
Course Number Title Instructor Notes Format
Biology 9516 Molecular Microbe-Plant interaction
DeFalco, Thomas

Maximum Enrollment: 12

In-person
Biology 9913 Written Communication in Biology

Coltman, David

Maximum Enrollment: 20

In-person
Biology 9915 Analytical Methods and Study Design

Morbey, Yolanda

Maximum Enrollment: 15

In-person

Fall 2025 Half Courses - Note: Unless otherwise noted, all 2025-2026 graduate courses will be offered in person and are equivalent to 0.5 credits each. Course registration start date to be determined. Please contact the instructor directly for a copy of the course outline.

Winter 2026 Graduate Half Courses
Course Number Title
Instructor Notes Format

Biology 9340

Principles of Biological Circuits

Karagiannis, Jim

Maximum Enrollment: 16 In-person
Biology 9500 Cell & Molecular Graduate Course Kohalmi, Susanne

Maximum Enrollment: 10

In-person
Biology 9600 Physiology & Biochemistry Graduate Course
Guglielmo, Chris

Maximum Enrollment:10

In-person

Course Registration

All graduate students register for Biology graduate courses through the Student Centre.;

Although paperwork will not be required for students enrolling in Biology graduate courses for credit, students who wish to audit Biology graduate courses, take or audit undergraduate courses (approved by their supervisor(s) and advisors in writing) or take or audit out of program courses, will still be required to submit the appropriate paper forms as noted below. This includes enrollment in the collaborative programs Environment & Sustainability and Developmental Biology. 

For additional information on course enrollment, please see the SGPS website.

For registration in out-of-program courses, please use the Biology form linked here.

Course Enrolment Forms and Deadlines

Deadlines for the submission of paper enrollment forms to BGS 2025 for the winter 2022 term are as noted below:

  • For all undergraduate course forms, the deadline is Wednesday, September 14th at 4:00PM
  • For all graduate course forms, the deadline is Tuesday, September 27th at 4:00PM

Interested in more Biology? Check out the seminars we host:

Friday Philosophicals

A weekly seminar series run by the Ecology & Evolution group, allowing graduate students and others to present their research in a collegial environment.

Thursday Physiologicals

Compulsory Participation

This seminar series allows communication of proposed research or recent results to the P&B graduate group.

Cells and Molecular Biology Series

Offers an opportunity for graduate students to communicate their research and research findings