Biomedical Sciences (Bachelor of Health Sciences)

This is a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Calgary, based at the Cumming School of Medicine on the Foothills Campus. The program emphasizes exposure to research areas including cancer biology, neuroscience, gastrointestinal physiology, cardiovascular sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and infectious diseases. Much of the learning takes place through active problem-solving in class, tutorials, and laboratory sessions, supplemented by summer research studentships. First-year courses named on the program page include Developing Health Research Literacy I, Interdisciplinary Research Approaches, Mechanics, University Calculus I, and Energy Flow in Biological Systems. The degree is presented both as a direct pathway into biomedical and related industries, with graduates finding opportunities in pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, genomics, genetics, and business administration, and as preparation for further study, including graduate school or professional programs such as law, medicine, veterinary medicine, or architecture. It suits students drawn to research-oriented, laboratory-based study of human biology and disease processes who want a broad biomedical science foundation before specializing further.