2nd Year Plan Thresholds | Office of the Associate Dean | Life Sciences & Biochemistry

Please note: the Plan Selection Thresholds below do not apply for current Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Life Science and Biochemistry students who entered via our direct-entry route. These thresholds only apply to students who started in General Science.

Direct-entry Life Science and Biochemistry students must still select their plan (Life Sciences or Biochemistry) during the plan selection period, but no GPA threshold is used.

Life Sciences Program
Plan Type	Code	Program	Plan	Automatic Acceptance			Pending List
				Cumulative GPA	Course	Minimum Grade	Cumulative GPA	Course	Minimum Grade
Major	LISC-M-BSH	BSc(Hons)	Life Sciences	No Automatic Acceptance*			2.5	CHEM 112	C
Specialization	LISC-P-BSH	BSc(Hons)	Life Sciences	No Automatic Acceptance*			2.5	CHEM 112	C
Specialization	ELSC-P-BSH	BSc(Hons)	Environmental Life Sciences	No Automatic Acceptance*			2.5	N/A	N/A
General (Science)	LISC-G-BSC	BSc	Life Sciences	No Automatic Acceptance*			2.5	N/A	N/A
Minor (Science)	LISC-Z		Life Sciences	2.5	CHEM 112	B+	2.5	N/A	N/A
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that students considering admission to a Plan in LISC take BIOL 102/103; CHEM 112; MATH 121; PHYS 115; CISC 151 and 6.0 units of elective courses in their first year. Students who complete less than 24 units in their first year may not be considered eligible for admission to a Plan in LISC. There may be very few students accepted to LISC plans at second year.

* No automatic acceptance; department will manually determine eligibility.
Department Contact: lifesci@queensu.ca

Revised January 14, 2025