BA/BS in Genetics is a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences programme taught at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 804 per credit (CAD 188 per credit for local students).
This Bachelor of Science in Genetics covers classical genetics, population genetics, and molecular genetics, including advances in medicine, agricultural techniques, heritability of traits, genetically modified organisms, genetic counselling, and gene therapy, with coursework in human genetics, biology, cell biology, chemistry, molecular biology, and cytogenetics. Offered through the Faculty of Science's departments of Biological Sciences and Microbiology, the degree is available as a Major (minimum 2.00 GPA) or Honours (minimum 3.00 GPA), each around four years, with a five-year co-operative education option providing supervised, paid work experience. The Major can be completed full-time or part-time, while Honours requires full-time study; instruction combines classroom and laboratory components on the Fort Garry campus. It suits students drawn to hands-on research in life sciences, pointing toward medical research, gene therapy, genetic counselling, cancer research, public health, agriculture, and technology transfer, as well as further graduate study.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Faculty of Science, Direct Entry (high school or fewer than 24 post-secondary credit hours) or Advanced Entry (24+ credit hours, minimum 2.00 Adjusted GPA). This is a faculty-level requirement, not restated on the program page: direct entry needs English 40S, Applied Mathematics 40S or Pre-Calculus Mathematics 40S, one of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science or Physics 40S, and an academic 40S course, with a minimum 80% average and no less than 60% in each course. Applicants are admitted to the Faculty of Science generally and do not select Genetics at entry. The Major or Honours in Genetics is declared after completing a minimum of 24 credit hours (usually end of year 1-2) with specific course/grade requirements; Major requires minimum 2.00 degree GPA, Honours requires minimum 3.00 degree GPA.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to the University of Manitoba. As of this September 2026 fetch, the Direct Entry deadlines page shows only the Fall 2026 cycle in full - University 1 and the Diploma in Agriculture at May 1, 2026 domestic / March 1, 2026 international, other Direct Entry programs at March 1, 2026 - a cycle that has already closed, alongside minor Winter 2027 (Dec 1, 2026) and Summer 2027 (Apr 1, 2027) intake deadlines. No Fall 2027 Direct Entry deadline has been published yet, so specific 2027 dates cannot be stated for the university's main intake. The Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Jazz Studies deadline (January 15, applying equally to domestic and international applicants) is likewise confirmed only for the 2026-27 cycle, also closed, with no 2027-28 bulletin posted. These are described as fixed deadlines rather than rolling admission, and the university opens each new cycle's applications on October 1. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
