UBC Botanical Garden

Students on a fieldtrip for Biology 324 (seed plant taxonomy).

Rafflesia kerrii - Khao Sok National Park, Thailand

This flower is between 50 and 90 cm wide.  It smells like rotten meat to attract flies for pollination.

Imagine 2011 - BBQ and music by Bang!

Keenan, Paloma, Jayne, and Angela get a Bang out of Imagine!

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Tricuspid teeth of the marine iguana (Galapagos Islands endemic) are well suited to scraping algae.

Lycopodium stem cross-section

Jason Kitagawa from the Biology 210 class made this section in lab.

Welcome to the Biology Program

UBC's Biology Program is the undergraduate teaching program of the Departments of Botany and Zoology. Options include one Major, eight Honours, and three Combined Honours options.

We hope and expect that during your undergraduate years you will acquire an appreciation for the living world and a set of essential skills and attitudes that form the basis for further education and serve you well in later life.

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Important Announcements:

  • Applications are being accepted for the old Third Year Biology Program for the 2012S session until Feb 10th.  Must currently have a 3rd year standing in Science & old 2nd year requirements (BIOL 200/201, CHEM 233/235/205 & two organismal courses) to take Animal Physiology (BIOL 361/363/364) during the summer session.  To apply click here!

  • Faculty of Science Promotion Requirements click here!

  • Summer 2012 courses not finalized yet, will be soon!

  • Summer Internship postings on the Biology Board outside the office!

For General Inquiries contact the Biology Program Office:

Tammy Tromba, Program Assistant
Biol. Sci. Bldg. Rm 2521
Tel: 604-822-4260
Email: tromba@zoology.ubc.ca

 

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