Program Highlights
Are you curious about the living world? If you want to understand how life works and open the door to diverse career opportunities in the life sciences, consider an Associate of Science Degree - Biology at CapU.
Biology is the science that explores and explains the life within and around us, investigating everything from how molecules move within cells to how ecosystems flourish in varied environments.
This two-year associate's degree provides a firm foundation in the broad, exciting, and rapidly growing fields of life science.
Our multidisciplinary and lab-focused curriculum emphasizes both the academic and applied skill sets you need to pursue opportunities in a range of fields including health, biotechnology, and conservation and resource management.
After completing your associate's degree, you can ladder your credits into the four-year Bachelor of Science degree at CapU, which will take its first students in Fall 2022.
- Use the scientific method - generate hypotheses; predict outcomes; collect, analyze and interpret data; compile and interpret graphs and figures; draw sound conclusions; modify predictions and identify knowledge gaps.
- Demonstrate proper laboratory techniques - conduct planned experiments, operate laboratory equipment, prepare dissections.
- Communicate scientific information effectively - research and write annotated bibliographies, research and write essays and laboratory reports.
- Explain and apply the core biological concepts of evolution, structure and function, information flow, the transformation of energy and matter, and systems functioning and interconnections.
Admission Requirements
English language requirements
English is the language of instruction at CapU. All applicants are required to demonstrate competence in the English language prior to admission.
If English is not your first language or you’ve received your education in a language other than English, you must meet our English Language Requirements.
Basic requirements
- High school graduation
- A minimum grade point average of 2.0 (60%) calculated on English Studies 12 or English 12 or English First Peoples 12 and two academic Grade 12 courses
Program Requirements
Total program credits: 64.00
Program Notes
Please see Classification of Subjects for Associate Degrees in the University Calendar for clarification of Arts, Humanities, Social Science and Science electives.