Bachelor of Science

Majors and Honours

Majors and Honours programs are offered in a variety of subject areas, though the first-year requirements for these options are similar. Upon the successful completion of the First Year, Bachelor of Science students should declare their Majors in one of the Science options.  

In the second and succeeding years, students will typically specialize by taking courses appropriate to one of many options that are available to them. The options include: Biology, Biology-Psychology, Environmental Biology, Marine Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Psychology, and Statistics. The remaining option, General Science, provides a variety of choices in both Science and Arts electives. Students should consult the respective program information in Section E: Saint John Acadmic Programs of the Undergraduate Academic Calendar for further details on program requirements.

Preparation for Professional Programs

Students intending to apply to professional schools, such as schools of Medicine, Dentistry, or Veterinary Medicine, should consult the admissions information for the individual school they intend to apply to. Students may be required to complete a specific entrance test for a particular profession, e.g. the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) in the case of schools of medicine.

Students should select a BSc program and ensure that they complete all core requirements for the selected program. Some additional courses relating to admission requirements for the desired profession may be recommended as part of the students' BSc program to support the progression to the desired profession. Students who progress to a professional program before completing their BSc may be eligible to receive a General Bachelor of Science degree. 

Regulations for granting a General Bachelor of Science Degree

Students who have completed three full years of a BSc program with the University of New Brunswick and enter a program leading to a degree in a science-based health profession at a recognized school may be granted the BSc degree. To be eligible for consideration under this policy; (1) a student must be enrolled in a professional program that includes the equivalent of at least 7 term-courses in science which are recognized by the Faculty of Science, Applied Science, and Engineering at UNB to be of upper level science material; (2) a student must have successfully completed at least 7 of these recognized course equivalents.

The Faculty has determined that these requirements can be satisfied by students who have successfully completed two years of Medicine, Dentistry, or Veterinary Medicine, or three years of Pharmacy, or graduated from Optometry.

Students wishing to be considered for a BSc general degree who satisfy the above conditions must apply in writing, complete with official transcripts, to the Registrar.