Biology at Carleton
Not directly. At Carleton University you apply to Science - Honours (CT), then choose biology on the OUAC application, as your major inside the Bachelor of Science (CT, 78%). Carleton also offers a Science Gateway — Life Sciences or Physical Sciences — for students who want a BSc but have not picked a major.
The program you actually apply to
Science – Honours (4 years)
78%OUAC CTCo-op available
Prerequisites
- Honours in Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry,
- Linguistics, Neuroscience and Mental Health, Psycholinguistics and Communications Differences, Psychology, and Gateway (Physical Sciences and Life Sciences):
- Advanced Functions (MHF4U)
- Two credits from Biology (SBI4U), Chemistry (SCH4U), Earth and Space Science (SES4U), or Physics (SPH4U)
- 3 best 4U/M courses
- Calculus (MCV4U) strongly recommended
When you choose biology
On the OUAC application, as your major inside the Bachelor of Science (CT, 78%). Carleton also offers a Science Gateway — Life Sciences or Physical Sciences — for students who want a BSc but have not picked a major.
What to watch for
Carleton offers Biology as both a BSc (under CT) and a BA (under CH). The BSc is the science route; the BA version exists for students combining biology with arts. Bioinformatics and Biotechnology are separate BSc majors. Carleton's Honours BSc is a single OUAC code, CT, at 78%, covering 17 majors; you name the major on the application. CS is the 3-year non-honours BSc and CK is Science - Major. Undecided science applicants can choose the Life Sciences or Physical Sciences Gateway.
The same application also gets you to
Science – Honours (4 years) is the entry point for 7 other majors at Carleton. You are not choosing between these at application time.
Biology at the other campuses
Compare the entry programs side by side →- AlgomaDirect entry70%
- BrockDirect entry73–77%
- Guelphvia Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honours (GZ)80–91%
- LakeheadDirect entry70%
- LaurentianDirect entry70%
- Laurier (Waterloo)Direct entry73–77%
- McMastervia Life Sciences Gateway93–97%
- Nipissingvia Bachelor of Science (PS)70%
- Ontario TechDirect entry70–73%
- Queen'svia Science – Biological and Cognitive Sciences (QSB)80–87%
- TMUDirect entry75–80%
- TrentDirect entry70%
- U of T (Mississauga)via Life Sciences80–87%
- U of T (Scarborough)via Life Sciences73–80%
- U of T (St. George)via Life Sciences (including Psychology)83–90%
- Waterloovia Life Sciences80–83%
- Westernvia Science (ES)80–87%
- WindsorDirect entryNot published
- YorkDirect entry80–87%
Entry routes were researched against each university’s own program pages in 2026-08-16. Carleton’s page. Faculties restructure — confirm before you apply.