Population Health is an Honours Bachelor of Science Major program offered at the University of Toronto Scarborough. The program examines the biological and environmental determinants of health, epidemiology, aging across the life cycle, and the social and behavioural determinants of health, situating individual health outcomes within the wider circumstances in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. The program totals 8.5 credits, combining foundational biology, statistics, and health studies coursework with upper-year study of population-level health patterns and determinants. A Health Sciences Stream variant is offered under a separate program code. Admission to the University requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with six Grade 12 U/M-level courses, including English, with Grade 12 mathematics and biology recommended. Internal enrolment in the Major is limited and additionally requires completion of 4.0 credits including introductory biology, health studies, and statistics courses, with a minimum final grade of 67%, or 60% plus 72% in a specified second-year health studies course, in the required biology and health studies courses.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six Grade 12 U/M-level courses, including English (ENG4U/EAE4U); Grade 12 mathematics and biology are recommended. The co-op component of Grade 12 courses is not used for admission purposes. Internal enrolment in the Major is limited and requires completion of 4.0 credits including (BIOA01H3 or BIOA11H3), HLTA02H3, HLTA03H3, HLTA20H3, and (STAB22H3 or STAB23H3), with either a final grade of 67% or higher in both (BIOA01H3 or BIOA11H3) and HLTA20H3, or a final grade of 60% or higher in both plus 72% or higher in HLTB22H3.
