Students in the first semester of the Biological Sciences Technology program take a common 15-week first semester of courses before focussing on 1 of the 3 following specializations starting in the second semester: * Environmental Sciences * Laboratory and Research * Renewable Resources Common courses include zoology, botany, chemistry, microbiology and genetics, laboratory techniques, communications and statistics.

Biological Sciences Technology graduates have a wide range of career opportunities and organizations with which they might typically work. These include * environmental laboratories and services companies * engineering and oil & gas companies * municipalities * post-secondary institutions * biotechnology companies * medical research (e.g. cancer, diabetes, cardiac or colitis research) * pharmaceutical companies * forensics * agriculture and food industry * microbiology and virology * analytical chemistry labs * waste water treatment * regulatory agencies