General Biology

No matter what career you have in mind for your future, having a sound education in the sciences will set you apart. At Providence, you’ll benefit from a top-notch General Biology program offered at one of Canada’s best Christian universities. Your science professors are passionate about research and teaching that will help you achieve your goals. They integrate Christianity into your courses so that you’ll have a firm foundation in science as well as in your Christian faith. You’ll learn in state-of-the-art facilities with advanced projection equipment and a new lab with everything from innovative Olympus microscopes to lab benches for team learning.
You can also take your science prerequisites for nursing, pharmacy, medicine and kinesiology at Providence! You’ll develop skills and competencies that are central to community and global development careers and post-graduate studies.
The prerequisite for entry into the General Biology major is a grade of "C" or better in any introductory biology course. For students who have taken additional courses toward the minor, a minimum GPA of 2.00 is required on all courses, excluding failed courses.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please look to the Academic Calendar for full information and course lists. If there are discrepancies between the information listed here and in the Academic Calendar, the Academic Calendar is definitive.
Fall (September) courses
Winter (January) courses
Transferability of Courses (to the University of Manitoba)
The following courses are transferable to the University of Manitoba:
Updated: Nov 6 2019
Rebecca Dielschneider, Ph.D. (Program Coordinator)Assistant Professor of Biology
Bruce Friesen-Pankratz Instructor of Environmental Science
Graduates obtain the necessary training for employment in scientific companies as a biologist, laboratory assistant, technologist and more. Science course are transferable to other institutions which allow students to pursue further studies in education, kinesiology and recreation management, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, rehabilitation sciences or graduate studies.