Alberta Society of Professional Biologists. Academic Requirements: University of Alberta. Version: October 08, 2014

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1 Alberta Society of Professional Biologists Academic Requirements: University of Alberta Version: October 08, 2014 The Alberta Society of Professional Biologists (ASPB) is the legislated professional organization in Alberta that works with individuals who practice in the field of biology. There are two regulated membership categories: Biologist in Training (BIT) and Professional Biologist (P Biol). In addition, students in academic programs leading to a degree in biology are welcomed as Student Members to the ASPB. To be qualified to become a BIT or P Biol, an individual must have a degree in biology (or equivalent). The purpose of this document is to help students who are interested in becoming members of the ASPB to choose courses that will provide them with the necessary academic qualifications. The ASPB s Registration Committee considers that any Canadian university degree in a biology program, which includes ecology, zoology, botany, microbiology and others, is adequate to meet the academic requirements of a BIT or P Biol. Other degrees, although they are not named biology, may include enough biological content to be accepted. For applicants in this category, the Registration Committee examines the individual s university transcripts to determine if the degree has sufficient biology content to meet requirements. A degree is considered to be equivalent to a biology degree if it includes: 25 science courses, of which 15 have substantial biological content, and 4 of the biological courses are at a senior level (i.e., 3 rd or 4 th year). Any 3-credit course offered by the U of A s Department of Biology meets the biology course requirement, including Bioinformatics, BIOIN Biology, BIOL Botany, BOT Cell Biology, CELL Entomology, ENT Genetics, GENET Immunologie, IMINE Immunology and Infection, IMIN Marine Sciences, MA SC Microbiology, MICRB Paleontology, PALEO Zoology, ZOOL The following course groups are also included in the biology course count: Anatomie, ANATE

2 Anatomy, ANAT Biochemistry, BIOCH Biochimie, BIOCM Augustana Faculty - Biology, AUBIO Biologie, BIOLE Botanique, BOTQ Microbiologie, MICRE In addition, the members of the Registration Committee understand that many courses do not carry the banner of being called a biology course yet may, in fact, have substantial biological content. In reviewing past applications, the decision of the Registration Committee to accept or reject a specific U of A course to count towards an applicant s 15-course biology requirement is noted in the following table. Please note: this is not an exhaustive list of courses offered by the university. Because the content of individual courses may change over time, the Registration Committee may reassess its acceptance of a course in its review of future applications.* Course Number Name Accepted Rejected AGFOR 100 Global Ecosystems AN SC 110 Equine Physiol Nutr AN SC 260 Animal Nutrition AN SC 376 Wildlife Management ANAT 200 Human Morphology ANATE 140 Anatomie ANTHR 101 Introductory Anthropology ANTHR 209 Intro to Physical Anthropology ANTHR 319 Hominid Evolution AREC 214 Appl Lin Mod to Food, Res & Env AREC 323 Intro Mgnt/Agri-food and Environment AREC 365 Natural Resource Economics AUENV 324 Resources and Environ Management AUENV 325 Environ Impact Assessment AUENV 351 Biogeography AUENV 421 Environ. Science: History and Impacts AUENV 450 Conservation Theory and Biodiversity AUENV 459A Field Studies in Trop Ecol and Conservation BIOCH 220 General Biochemistry EAS 205 Environment Earth EAS 207 Mass Extinction & Dino EAS 210 Earth Science I EAS 212 The Oceans EAS 221 Intro to GIS and Remote Sensing EAS 250 Biogeography

3 EAS 294 Nat Resources and Env Mgnt ENCS 201 Wildlife Biodiversity and Productivity ENCS 201 Intro to Animal Resources ENCS 204 Intro to Plant Resources ENCS 207 Enviro Conserv Field School ENCS 260 Hist & Fund: Env Protect & Conserv ENCS 307 Environmental Assessment Methods ENCS 308 ENCS Field School ENCS 352 Nat Res and Envir Law ENCS 356 Principles of Rangeland Cons Hab Mgnt ENCS 356 Habitat Management ENCS 364 Principles of Managing Diversity ENCS 376 Wildlife Productivity and Mgnt ENCS 401 Conservation Managing Diversity ENCS 406 Rangeland Plant Communities of W Cdn ENCS 407 Rangeland Plant Communities of N Amer ENCS 455 Soil Remediation ENCS 461 Climates and Ecosystems ENCS 462 Protected Areas Mgnt ENCS 464 Cons & Mgnt - Endangered Species ENCS 465 Env and Conservation Field Studies * ENCS 467 Methods of Env Interpret and Comm ENCS 471 Case Std Rngelnd Mgmt and Conserv ENCS 473 Environ & Conservation Policy ENCS 474 Utilization Wildlife Resources ENCS 475 Waste Mgnt and Utilization ENCS 475 Wildlife Production ** ENCS 476 Wildlife/Rangeland Ecosystems ENCS 476 Rangeland Dynamics ENT 380 Forest Entomology FOR 314 Forest soils FOR 322 Forest Ecosystems FOR 323 Silviculture FOR 340 Forest Fire Mgnt FOR 350 Forest and Range Hydrology FOR 372 Forestry & the Environment FOR 431 Integrated Forest Mgnt NUFS 363 Food Microbiology NUTR 301 Nutrition Biochem and Metabolism I NUTR 302 Nutrition Biochem and Metabolism II

4 PALEO 200 Intro to Dinosaurs Fossil Record PHIL 355 Philosophy of Environment PHS 512 Env Risk Assessment and Mgnt PHS 598 Biostatistics I PHYSL 161B Elem Physiology PHYSL 210A Human Physiology PHYSL 210B Human Physiology PL SC 221 Intro to Plant Science PL SC 331 Plant Biochemistry PL SC 352 Weeds and Weed Control PL SC 356 Habitat Management PL SC 385 Forest Pathology PMCOL 305 Intro to Pmcol of Drug Abuse PSYC 475 Biological Basis of Behaviour PSYCO 104 Basic Psychological Processes PSYCO 275 Brain and Behaviour PSYCO 371 The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory PSYCO 372 Behaviour and Genetics PSYCO 377 Human Neuropsychology PSYCO 403 Neurobiology of Emotion PSYCO 478 Behavior and Brain Chemistry PTHER 201 Biomechanics REHAB 285 Histopathology REHAB 351 Neuroanatomy REN R 110 Natural Resource Measurement REN R 120 Woody Plants REN R 220 Woody Plants REN R 250 Water Resource Mgnt REN R 299 Env Cons Sci/For Field School * REN R 321 Tree Physiology REN R 327 Mosses of Alberta REN R 401 Special topics: Anthropogenic Soils REN R 401 Special Topics: Disturbance Ecology REN R 430 Advanced Silviculture REN R 450 Environ Sustainable Agric REN R 452 Forest Watershed Mgnt REN R 464 Cons/Mgnt Endangered Species REN R 474 Utilization Wildlife Resources REN R 477 Wildlife -- Human Activities REN R 480 Design & Data in Enviro Science

5 REN R 595 Advanced Land Reclamation REN R 495B Land Reclamation & Re-vegetation SOC 301 Sociology of Gender SOILS 210 Intro to Soil Science SOILS 330 The Soil Ecosystem SOILS 361 Soil Plant ATM I SOILS 420 Soil Formation and Landscape Proc SOILS 430 Soil Biogeochemistry SOILS 440 Soil Physics SOILS 450 Soil Environmental Chemistry SOILS 455 Soil Remediation SOILS 460 Soil Fertility SOILS 530 Advanced Soil Ecology * Specific content of the course may vary so the Registration Committee s decision to accept the course as biology may vary from one year to another. ** (Applicant could be given opportunity to demonstrate that the course in a particular term demonstrated biological sciences standard)