Biologist in Training Requirements

A Biologist in training (BIT) must work under the supervision of an RPBio or RBTech while they gain the experience and competencies required to apply for to be a practicing registrant.

Education and Experience

Experience includes paid and voluntary activities that occurred in the last 10 years. Up to one year of experience may be pre-graduation.

An applicant who is already a registrant with the College (or an equivalent professional regulator in another jurisdiction) may claim all their applied biology experience gained while registered (pre- or post- graduation).

A thesis-based masters in an applied biology topic counts as 1 year of experience, and a PhD in an applied biology topic counts as 2 years of experience.

Which statement best describes your education and experience:

A degree and less than 3 years of experience

A degree and more than 3 years of experience

None of the above

Did you graduate from an accredited program (see list on the College’s website)?

Yes

Required Courses

BIT applicants must have completed the following courses:

Communications: Have you completed a 1st year or higher course in written communications? *

Examples include English composition, technical writing, scientific writing

Yes

Chemistry: Have you completed a 1st year or higher level course in chemistry? *

Examples include Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry

Yes

Numeracy: Have you completed a 1st year or higher mathematics or statistics course? *

Examples include Statistics, Precalculus, Calculus, Linear Algebra.
You may not count the same course for both numeracy requirements.

Yes

Numeracy: Have you completed a 2nd year or higher statistics course? *

You may not count the same course for both numeracy requirements.

Yes

Applied Biology & Management: Do you have a 2nd year or higher level (or equivalent) Applied Biology & Management Course? *

Examples include Conservation Biology, Environmental Biology, Wildlife Management, Fisheries Management, Range Management, Natural Resource Policy, or Landscape Ecology.

Yes

Ecology: Do you have a 2nd year or higher level (or equivalent) Ecology Course? *

Examples include General Ecology, Population Ecology, Community and Ecosystem Ecology.

Yes

Do you have a 2nd year or higher course in three of the following five biology subject areas?*

(ex. Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Genomics),

Cell Biology (ex. Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry),

Systematics (ex. Vascular/Non-vascular Plants, Ecosystem Classification, Invertebrate/Vertebrate Zoology),

Physiology (ex. Cell, Plant or Animal Physiology),

Evolution (ex. Evolution, Diversity and Evolution, Evolutionary Genetics)

Do you have a 2nd year or higher course in three of the following five biology subject areas? *

Yes

Do you have 25 science courses of which at least 13 are in biology? *

Science courses must include a majority (>50%) of scientific concepts, theory, or practice, and may include subject areas such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology, geography, environmental science, forestry and forest sciences, ecological restoration, and engineering.

Biology courses must include a majority (>50%) of biological concepts, theory, or practice, from a range of disciplines such as geography, environmental science, forestry and forest sciences, ecological restoration, and environmental engineering.

Yes

Would you like your results emailed to you?

Yes

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