Program Overview

Introduction to the MScBMC Program

The MScBMC program involves 2 years of full-time study (24 months; 17 half-course equivalents). In accordance with School of Graduate Studies regulations, all requirements for the professional degree must be completed in six years.

Program Structure

• The program consists of required courses and a no-credit Master’s Research Project (MRP) during their studies.
• Students will also enrol in elective courses (worth four half-course equivalents), some of which will support the MRP, during their second year of study.

Year 1 Fall

MSC1001Y Human Anatomy

• Lectures: Tuesdays (10 a.m. to 12 p.m.), September 2 to December 12, 2025
• Where: St. George Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructors: John Tran
• Dissection Labs: Tuesdays (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) & Thursdays (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.), September 2 to December 12, 2025
• Where: St. George Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructors: John Tran
• Practicum: Wednesdays (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), September 2 to December 12, 2025
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Dave Mazierski This course provides MScBMC students with a sound, integrated, problem-based course in gross anatomy and an introduction to creating explanatory images of anatomical structure.

MSC2001Y Visual Representation of Medical Knowledge

• When: Mondays (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), September 8 to December 8, 2025
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Michael Corrin This full-year course emphasizes the theories of perspective, colour, design and storyboarding as they relate to textbook and journal illustration.

MSC2003Y Biomedical Communications Technology

• When: Mondays (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.), September 8 to December 1, 2025
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Nicholas Woolridge This full-year course provides a foundation for the use of digital 3D media technologies in the communication of scientific research, and medical/health information.

Year 1 Winter

MSC2001Y Visual Representation of Medical Knowledge

• When: Tuesdays (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), January 7 to April 8, 2025
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Michael Corrin This is the second half of the year-long course.

MSC2003Y Biomedical Communications Technology (Second Module)

• When: Mondays (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), January 5 to April 6, 2026
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Marc Dryer This is the second half of the year-long course.

MSC2023H Information Visualization

• When: Thursdays (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), January 8 to April 09, 2026
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Jodie Jenkinson This course addresses the fundamental principles of information visualization, including a discussion of human visual perception, cognition, and approaches to graphic representation.

Year 1 Summer

MSC2004H Research Methods

• When: May to June, 2026
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Jodie Jenkinson In this half-credit course, students design their Master’s Research Projects (MRPs), and develop and write in-depth project proposals.

MSC2009H Ethics and Professionalism

• When: May to June, 2026
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Shehyrar Saharan This seminar credit course (no mark) addresses professional issues such as how to establish a small business, ethics and fair practice, contracts and copyright, pricing, book keeping, etc.

MSC2020H Visual Representation of Biomolecular Structure and Function

• When: May to July, 2026
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Derek Ng This course explores the structure and function of biologically-relevant macromolecules and their visual representations.

Year 2 Fall

MSC2002H Sequential Medical Communication: Demonstrative Evidence for the Courtroom

• When: Wednesdays (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), September 3 to November 26, 2025
• Where: St. George Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In-person
• Instructor: Stephen Mader This course focuses on the intersection of content, medium and audience to visually clarify complex medical and scientific concepts for sequential storytelling of trauma medicine, related to personal injury litigation.

MSC2012H Neuroanatomy for Visual Communication

• Lectures: Thursdays (2 to 4 p.m.), September 4 to November 27, 2025
• Where: UTM Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Shelley Wall
• Laboratories: Wednesdays (2 to 4 p.m.), September 10 to December 3, 2025
• Where: St. George Campus
• Mode of Delivery: In person
• TA: TBD This course consists of lectures on illustrative practice and tutorials covering the basics of neuroanatomy using a flipped classroom model.

Year 2 Winter

MSC2018H Visual Representation of Processes in Pathology

• Lectures: Wednesdays (3 p.m. to 5 p.m.), January 7 to April 1, 2026
• Where: St. George campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: John Wong
• Practicum: Thursdays (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.), January 8 to April 2, 2026
• Where: UTM campus
• Mode of Delivery: In Person
• Instructor: Dave Mazierski This course has a lecture/seminar component and an illustration component. Pathology lectures are delivered by faculty from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology.