The list below has been approved by the respective departments and is the recommended list of course options for your Foundation Program requirements.
Humanities
Note: Some of the courses listed below are not suitable for first term as they require university-level prerequisites. Please click on the course titles for further information about appropriate background before registering.
On this page : AFRI | ARTH | CANS | CATH | CLAS | COMS | EAST | WCOM | FREN | GSFS | GERM | HISP | HIST | INDG | ISLA | ITAL | JWST | LLCU | MUAR | PHIL | QCST | RELG | RUSS
African Studies
AFRI 200
Intro to African Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
African Studies: The African experience and current approaches to African studies, through adopting multidisciplinary perspectives on topics that include political conflict, governance and democratization, environment and conservation, economic development, rural life and urbanism, health and illness, gender, social change, popular culture, literature, film, and the arts.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: AFRI 200 is also listed under Social Sciences
Art History
ARTH 199
FYS: Themes in Art History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: An introduction to a selected theme in art history.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Restriction: Open only to students in U0 or U1. Students may take only one First Year Seminar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 200
Introduction to Art History 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Selected introductory survey of the history of art.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 202
Intro to Contemporary Art
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: A critical survey of contemporary art and theory, from 1945 to the present focusing on pivotal issues such as anti-war politics, feminism, sexual diversity, AIDS awareness, discourse of multiculturalism, debates about modernism and postmodernism, post colonialism, technology, and globalization.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 204
Intro to Medieval Art & Arch
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Surveys the arts from late Antiquity to the fourteenth century in Western Europe. Focuses on the body and space to introduce artistic and architectural concepts, practices, and styles from the late Roman, Byzantine and Carolingian empires to monastic and royal patronage of the French Kings.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 205
Introduction to Modern Art
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: The course is an introduction to the modern period in art history which begins around 1750. It examines the development in both painting and sculpture and relates to changes in the social and political climate of the times.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 207
Intro Early Mod. Art 1400-1700
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Surveys visual culture of early modern Europe across various social spheres and geographical locations.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 209
Intro to Ancient Art and Arch
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Survey of ancient art and architecture: pre-historic Europe, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Focus is on issues of political power, gender, sexuality, race, the formation of individual and group identities, and the relation between the body and social space.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 215
Introduction to East Asian Art
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Introductory survey of some of the major developments in the visual arts of Japan, China, and Korea. Emphasis will be placed on the diversity of artistic traditions in East Asia and the intersections among these traditions.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or who have taken EAST 215.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 223
Intro Ital Renai Art 1300-1500
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Surveys the changing role of the artwork in Renaissance Italy in its social, political, and religious contexts.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ARTH 226
Intro to 18th C. Art & Arch
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Art History: Paintings, prints, sculpture and architecture produced in Europe in the 'long' eighteenth century, with an emphasis on major artists. Themes include the teaching of art and its display, the emergence of 'publics' for art, and eighteenth-century aesthetics.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ARTH 334.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Canadian Studies
CANS 200
Understanding Canada
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Canadian Studies: Key cultural, economic, social and political institutions and their evolution over time.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: CANS 200 is also listed under Social Sciences
Catholic Studies
CATH 200
Introduction to Catholicism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Catholic Studies: This course offers an exploration of the Roman Catholic tradition in its intellectual, religious, moral, and cultural dimensions. It provides an interdisciplinary study of the ways in which Catholicism has shaped Western civilization.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CATH 325
Mystery and the Imagination
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Catholic Studies: An exploration of Catholic perspectives on faith, reason, meaning and mystery through literature, art, music, and film.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction: Not open to those who have taken 190-370A in 2001-02 or CATH 370 in 2002-03.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CATH 370
Topics in Catholic Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Catholic Studies: A review of selected topics in Catholica studies. Topics vary by year.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Classics
CLAS 200
Course not available
CLAS 203
Greek Mythology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 206
Course not available
CLAS 208
Course not available
CLAS 240
Intro to Classical Archaeology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Introduction to the archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman Mediterranean through a survey of major sites, artifacts and monuments. Emphasis on archaeological theory and methodology.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Communication Studies
COMS 199
Course not available
COMS 200
History of Communication
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Studies: The social and cultural implications of major developments in communications from prehistory to the electronic era. Thematic and conceptual introduction to the underlying media technologies and to some key issues and practices of historical thinking about their role in society.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Restriction: Not open to students who have ENGC 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMS 210
Intro to Communication Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Studies: The social and cultural implications of media. Surveys theory and case studies relevant key issues such as the ownership, structure and governance of media industries; the significance of emergent media technologies; and the roles of media as cultural forms and practices.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMS 230
Communication and Democracy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Studies: Introduction to investigation of the relationship between communication, media practices and democracy. Examines the role of media and communication in existing and emerging democratic contexts, and the challenges of constructing and maintaining a democratic media and communication environment on the domestic and international levels.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
East Asian Studies
EAST 211
Intro:East Asian Culture:China
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Chinese culture. The course will also examine the changing representations of the Chinese cultural tradition in the West. Readings will include original sources in translation from the fields of literature, philosophy, religion, and cultural history.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EAST 212
Intro:East Asian Culture:Japan
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Asian Language & Literature: An introduction to Japan which presents various aspects of Japanese literature, culture, history, religions, philosophy and society.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EAST 213
Intro:East Asian Culture:Korea
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Korean culture, including Korean literature, religions, philosophy, and socio-economic formations.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EAST 303
Current Topics:Chin Studies 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Asian Language & Literature: Consideration of important issues in Chinese Studies. Content of the course will vary from year to year.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Fall
- Restriction: Departmental approval required
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EAST 305
Curr Topics:Japanese St 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Asian Language & Literature: Consideration of important issues in Japanese studies. The content of the course will vary from year to year.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Fall
- Restriction: Departmental approval required
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
English
WCOM 203
Intro to Creative Writing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Production of original creative works in English. Study and application of writing techniques and craft elements observed in both traditional and contemporary forms, ranging from poetic forms such as the sonnet, the villanelle, and free verse,to short fiction forms such as the short story and the vignette, to hybrid forms such as prose poetry and flash fiction. Craft, analysis of literary texts, workshop-style critique, and multiple drafts.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CCOM 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 250
Research Essay and Rhetoric
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Academic research-based writing across the disciplines. Article summary, critical analysis, rhetorical strategies, citation and paraphrase of academic sources, and editing for cohesion and clarity.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 500 or CEAP 250 or WCOM 255. Only open to students in degree programs - all years and faculties.
- Intended for students whose first language is English.
- Entrance test: Short essay first day of classes.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 314
Communicating Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Production of written and oral assignments (in English) designed to communicate scientific problems and findings to varied audiences Analysis of the disciplinary conventions of scientific discourse in terms of audience, purpose, organization, and style; comparative rhetorical analysis of academic and popular genres, including abstracts, lab reports, research papers, print and online journalism.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CCOM 314.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 317
Writing the Internet
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Critical assessment of digital genres in terms of audience, purpose, organization, and style; application of rhetorical strategies for effective communication in digital contexts in English. Topics and readings derived from writing pedagogy and critical analyses of online environments: technological affordances, non-linear structure, “living” texts, online identity, network dynamics, authorial collaboration.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Not open to students who have taken CCOM 315.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 295
ESL: Academic Skills
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: The university classroom: note-taking and summary of lectures; paraphrase and summary of written and multimedia materials; oral and seminar presentations. Critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills and strategies. Exigences des cours universitaires: prendre des notes, faire des exposés oraux, résumer (cours magistraux, documents oraux, écrits et multimédias). Raisonnement critique, lectures, écoutes, rédactions, habiletés et stratégies de communication.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Only open to students whose first language is not English and who are newly admitted at McGill (into Year 0 or Year 1) to a Bachelor program in the following fall. The course is designed to assist these new students to integrate into the English language milieu at McGill.
- Restriction: Ce cours s'adresse aux étudiants dont la langue maternelle n'est pas l'anglais et qui sont nouvellement admis (en première année préparatoire - niveau U0 ou première année d'études universitaires - niveau U1) à McGill à un programme de 1er cycle à l'automne suivant. Il est conçu pour faciliter leur intégration dans le milieu anglophone de McGill.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 299.
- Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Although this course follows a MTWR class schedule pattern, the last day of class may be on a Friday.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 235
ESL: Academic English 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Academic writing skills and communicative competence in English at the mid-intermediate
level. Organizational structures and conventions for academic essays; expressing complex ideas effectively; documenting sources; writing cohesive paragraphs. Independent learning strategies for vocabulary building, grammar, editing techniques, critical thinking and reading skills. Fundamentals of oral presentation, including pronunciation skills.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Prerequisites: CESL 200 or WCOM 225 or placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 300. Only open to students in degree programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 245
ESL: Essay & Critical Thinking
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Academic writing skills and communicative competence in English at the upper-intermediate level. Critical thinking and reading applied to the whole writing process. Focus on integrating sources, creating effective arguments, and understanding essay structure and paragraph essentials. Academic genres: summary, paraphrase, quotation, and critique. Review of writing mechanics and grammar.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Prerequisites: CESL 300 or WCOM 235 or placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 400. Only open to students in degree programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
WCOM 255
ESL: Research Essay & Rhetoric
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Principles and use of academic research skills to generate academic writing at an advanced level of English across the disciplines. Focus on article summary, critical analysis, and logical reasoning to develop sound arguments and well-reasoned essays. Common rhetorical strategies, citation and paraphrase of academic sources,
and editing skills to enhance cohesion and avoid common English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) errors in grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Prerequisites: CESL 400 or WCOM 245 or placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEAP 250 or CESL 500. Only open to students in degree programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Languages
ENGL 199
FYS: Form and Representation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): Introduction to major modes of literary and cultural representation in English, including
poetry, drama, film, the novel, and other forms.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1. Students may take only one First Year Seminar. Students who register for more than one will be removed from all but one of them.
- Maximum enrolment: 25
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 200
Survey of English Literature 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A survey of English literature before 1750 for students not registered in English programs.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open to students in English programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 201
Survey of English Lit 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A survey of English literature after 1750 for students not registered in English programs.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students in English programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 215
Intro to Shakespeare
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A study of a selection of plays, in their intellectual and theatrical context, with an emphasis on the interplay of text and performance.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 225
American Literature 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A study of the literary works of earlier American writers.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 226
American Literature 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A study of the literary works of later American writers.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 227
American Literature 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A study of literary works which may be thematic or may deal with a special group of authors.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 228
Canadian Literature 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A chronological survey of Canadian literature, Part 1.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 229
Canadian Literature 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A chronological survey of Canadian literature, Part 2. A continuation of ENGL 228.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 230
Intro to Theatre Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): An introduction to dramatic literature, text analysis, textual and performance theory, and theatre history.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 237
Intro to Study of a Lit Form
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): An introduction to literary study through a survey of a literary genre, mode, or form.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 279
Introduction to Film as Art
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): An introduction to film aesthetics, with emphasis on narrative, style and genre throughout the history of cinema.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 280
Intro to Film as Mass Medium
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): An introduction to film's social, historical, and technological contexts, including its relationships to other mass media.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Students will be required to pay a screening fee.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENGL 297
Special Topics of Lit. Study
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): Special topics of literary study. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
French Language & Literature
FREN 250
Litt française avant 1800
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Introduction à la littérature française des origines à la fin du 18e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: FREN 250 is also listed under Languages
FREN 251
Litt française depuis 1800
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Introduction à la littérature française des 19e et 20e siècles.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: FREN 251 is also listed under Languages
FREN 252
Littérature québécoise
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Introduction à la littérature québécoise des origines à nos jours.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: FREN 252 is also listed under Languages
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist and Social Justice Studies
GSFS 200
Feminist and Social Justice St
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Gender,Sexuality,Feminist,and: Introduction to the key concepts, issues, and modes of analysis in the interdisciplinary fields of feminist and social justice studies. Emphasis on the intersections of gender, race, class, sex, sexuality, and nation in systems of power from historical and contemporary perspectives and the means for collectively transforming them.
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken WMST 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: GSFS 200 is also listed under Social Sciences
GSFS 250
Sexual and Gender Diversity St
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Gender,Sexuality,Feminist,and: Introduction to the interdisciplinary fields of sexual and gender diversity studies from a range of theoretical, historical, and contemporary perspectives with an anti-oppressive and intersectional emphasis on marginalized identities, communities, practices and expressions.
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken SDST 250.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: GSFS 250 is also listed under Social Sciences
German Studies
GERM 259
Intro to German Literature 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
German (Arts): Introduction to the major authors, genres, and topics of German literature from the
Middle Ages to the Age of Goethe, including the Nibelungenlied, Faust, classical
tragedy, and the rise of the novel.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GERM 367
Topics In German Thought
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
German (Arts): A variety of issues significant to the development of German cultural and intellectual life.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Hispanic Studies
HISP 225
Hispanic Civilization 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A survey of historical and cultural elements which constitute the background of the Hispanic world up to the 18th century; a survey of the pre-Columbian indigenous civilizations (Aztec, Maya and Inca) and the conquest of America.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 226
Hispanic Civilization 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A survey of the constitution of the ideological and political structures of the Spanish Empire in both Europe and America until the Wars of Independence; a survey of the culture and history of the Hispanic people from the early 19th Century to the present.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 301
Hisp Lit & Cult in English 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A topic in the literatures and/or cultures of the Hispanic world will be studied, with all readings and discussion in English.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
History
HIST 205
Ancient Mediterranean History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 275.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: HIST 205 is also listed under Social Sciences
Indigenous Studies
INDG 200
Intro. to Indigenous Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Indigenous Studies: The focus is on Indigenous experience in Canada, but encourages comparative approaches. Introduction to the social, political, economic and cultural dimensions of Indigenous life in Canada.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Islamic Studies
ISLA 199
FYS: Narr of the Middle East
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: An introduction to competing narratives about crucial moments in the history and culture of the Middle East. Reading and discussion of texts drawn from a variety of perspectives and genres, including historical accounts, poetry, fiction, memoir and others.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Restriction(s): Only open to newly-admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS.
- Note: Enrollment limit 25. Students who register for more than one FYS will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Note: Language of instruction is English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: ISLA 199 is also listed under Social Sciences
ISLA 200
Islamic Civilization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: ISLA 200 is also listed under Social Sciences
ISLA 210
Muslim Societies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: ISLA 210 is also listed under Social Sciences
Italian Studies
ITAL 199
FYS:Italy's Lit in Context
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): The purpose of this seminar is to re-visit, problematically, the commonsense notion that literature "reflects" reality (or society). Classics of twentieth-century Italian writing shall be analyzed as the response of that nation's literary imagination to the contradictions of its turbulent political and social history.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in English
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 230
Understanding Italy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): An introductory critical perspective on a series of issues (North/South, Church/State, the family, regionalism, Fascism) related to contemporary Italy through novels, films and essays.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Course will be taught in English
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 250
Italian Literary Composition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): Analysis and discussion of selected 19th and 20th century literary texts with a view to improving language and composition skills. Review of major grammatical difficulties.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 260
Reading Italian Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): A selection of poetic, narrative and theatrical texts from different historical periods, providing students with advanced tools in textual analysis and close reading of Italian literary texts.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- Given in Italian
- Prerequisite(s): ITAL 215 or ITAL 216 or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 290
Commedia Dell'Arte
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): Playhouses, actors, stage techniques, masks and scenarios of the "Commedia dell'Arte".
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 310
The Invention of Italian Lit
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): The course presents Italian's major texts and authors over the ages, by critically exploring how the invention of Italian literature impacts the formation of a national identity.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in Italian
- Prerequisite(s): ITAL250 or above, from amongst courses taught in Italian or permission of Department.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken ITAL 280.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 360
Contemporary Italian Prose
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): A study of Italian fiction, docu-fiction and non-fiction published since 1990, examined in the context of the debates on post-modernism.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ITAL 375
Cinema&Society in Modern Italy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Italian (Arts): A survey of the most important trends in post-war Italian cinema seen in the context of the rapidly and dramatically evolving society of modern Italy.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Jewish Studies
JWST 199
FYS:Images-Jewish Identities
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: A seminar devoted to literary portrayals of Jews by Jews and non-Jews from Biblical times to the present. Both positive and negative understandings of Jewish identity and Judaism will be studied.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- For detailed course content go to www.mcgill.ca/jewishstudies/undergraduates.
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum enrolment 25
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 201
Jewish Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: The nature and history of Jewish law; literary and legal sources; selections in English from the Mishnah and Talmud, as well as selected post-Talmudic Texts, on such subjects as Contracts, Torts, Public Law and Family Law.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 202
Introduction to Jewish Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: A survey of Jewish music from the Bible to the present. Special attention is given to the Jewish and non-Jewish contexts in which the music developed.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 205
Intro to Jewish Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: A survey of Jewish literary texts from the Bible to the present day including selections from psalms, prophecy, prayer, poetry, short stories and novels. Critical literature on these texts reflecting comparative, religious, historical, feminist, psychoanalytic and linguistic approaches will also be studied.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 206
Intro to Yiddish Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: A survey of Yiddish literature with a particular focus on the modern period (the 1860s to the present). As we read major works of Yiddish literature, we will discuss the main factors in its development, including its position as a minority literature, Ashkenazi civilization’s religious foundations and multilingualism, the rise of political movements, and the trauma of the Holocaust. In his Nobel lecture, Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer described Yiddish as “the idiom of the frightened and hopeful humanity.” We will explore both the reasons behind and the effects of such universalization of Yiddish language, literature, and culture.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 211
Jewish St 1: Biblical Period
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: The history, literature and beliefs of Judaism's formative period. Both Biblical and non-Biblical materials will be studied. The Bible in the context of cognate literatures of the Ancient Near East; non-Biblical documents will be analysed for their bearing on the Jewish tradition.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 217
Jewish St 3: 1000 to 2000
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: The Jewish experience from the rise of the European centres to the present.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 225
Literature and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: A panoramic analysis of Israeli society through poetry, fiction, essays, interviews and testimonial narratives reflecting the country's historical, ideological and ethnic complexity. In English translation, we will read Oz, Amichai, Habibi, Har-Even and Yehoshua, as well as new authors from divergent ethnic, religious and ideological positions.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 226
Contemporary Israeli Fiction
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: Study of selected themes in literary works by Israeli authors.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 240
The Holocaust
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: Consideration of the history of the Holocaust and the literary, theological and cultural responses to the destruction of European Jewry.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 245
Jewish Life - Islamic World
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: Until the early modern period, most of the world’s Jews spoke Arabic and called the Islamic world home. This course explores the Jewish experience among Muslims from the seventh century until the present. Through close readings of primary sources and historical scholarship, students will learn how Jews under Islam shaped modern Judaism, how engagement with Arabic in Islamic Spain
led to the revival of Hebrew, and how the Jewish-Muslim relationship fared in the twentieth century. The course also probes themes of history and memory in light of the departure of Jews from the Islamic world in the 1950s and 1960s.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 252
Interdisciplinary Lectures
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: Interdisciplinary lectures in Jewish studies. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 254
The Jewish Holy Days
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: An exploration of the Jewish holy days. Emphasis is placed on their historical development, philosophical messages, and ritual forms.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 261
Hist of Jewish Phil & Thought
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: An introduction to Jewish philosophy and thought from the Hellenistic period (Philo) to the beginning of the modern era (Spinoza) focusing on topics such as prophecy and philosophy, God and the world; the Law as a canon of ethical rules and as a political constitution. Survey of the treatment of such issues by Jewish thinkers from Philo to Maimonides.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST 262
Modern Jewish Philosophy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: A survey of Jewish philosophical responses to the challenges of the modern world. Jewish thinkers studied include Baruch Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Joseph Soloveitchik and Emil Fackenheim.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
LLCU 199
FYS: Literary Animals
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Languages, Literatures&Culture: Study of the representation of animals in different European literary texts from both a thematic and a theoretical perspective. Questions about narrative voice, alternate worlds, and the human/animal binary will be raised within the larger political context of animals as Other in today's contemporary society.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1 who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LLCU 201
Literature and Culture Topics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Languages, Literatures&Culture: Special topics seminar focusing on a particularly relevant theme, recurrent motif, or a seminal movement in European and/or transatlantic literature.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LLCU 212
Understanding Dig&Social Media
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Languages, Literatures&Culture: Lectures will explore a range of topics related to technologies of contemporary digital and social media, with particular attention to understanding technical, historical, ethical and legal issues. Tutorials will help students to express themselves effectively with digital media, and especially on the web (HTML, images, audio, video).
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Students need a laptop computer.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LLCU 230
Environmental Imaginations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Languages, Literatures&Culture: This course will provide a cultural framework for examining representations of environmental issues in literary texts and films. The emphasis will be on the ways issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, and extreme weather patterns are imagined in specific cultural productions.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LLCU 255
Intro to Literary Text Mining
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Languages, Literatures&Culture: This course will introduce students to the variety of computational techniques used
including social network analysis and natural language processing.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Music
MUAR 201
Basic Materials:Western Mus
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music-Arts Faculty: A combination of elementary theory and ear training (sightsinging and aural recognition), and basic piano skills. Topics include: notation of pitch and rhythm, intervals, scales and modes, concept of key, triads and seventh chords, introductory melody and accompaniment writing.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MUAR 211
The Art of Listening
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music-Arts Faculty: An introduction to the major forms and styles in Western music from the baroque to the present, with emphasis on guided listening in the classroom. The ability to read music is not a prerequisite.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MUAR 384
Romanticism & the Piano
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music-Arts Faculty: A survey of nineteenth-century European piano music: the piano virtuoso as cult figure, the social functions of the piano, women and the piano, and developing Romantic sensibilities as expressed in piano music throughout the century. Repertoire may include works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff, among others.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MUAR 392
Popular Music after 1945
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music-Arts Faculty: An historical survey of major artists, genres, and styles in the most widespread traditions of postwar commercial music. The course will include practice in techniques of listening, discussion of the shaping institutions of commercial music, and consideration of the interaction of musical style and culture.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MUAR 393
Intro to Jazz
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music-Arts Faculty: A survey of the development of jazz from its late 19th-century origins in America to the present day, with an introduction to musical concepts relevant to the genre and consideration of sociocultural issues.
Offered by: Music Research
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: MUAR 201 or MUAR 211 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open only to non-Music majors
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Philosophy
PHIL 200
Intro to Philosophy 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A course treating some of the central problems of philosophy: the mind-body problem, freedom, scepticism and certainty, fate, time, and the existence of God.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Philosophy students may use either PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 towards their program requirements, but not both. Students may, however, take both for credit (using the second as an elective), as the content in PHIL 201 does not overlap with PHIL 200
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 201
Intro to Philosophy 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to some of the major problems of philosophy. This course does not duplicate PHIL 200.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Philosophy students may use either PHIL 200 or PHIL 201 towards their program requirements, but not both. Students may, however, take both for credit (using the second as an elective), as the content in PHIL 201 does not overlap with PHIL 200
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 202
The Good Life
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Examines how ancient philosophers grapple with the question of how we should live, especially Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Epicureans and Skeptics, who advertise their philosophies as gateways to happiness, virtue and peace of mind. Also covers select modern views, from Kierkegaard to Sartre, and asks how these differ from the views of the ancients. Analyzes the debate of fundamental questions: What things really matter? Does it pay to be good? What is the best society? Can we escape the roller-coaster of our emotions? Looks at how answers tie in with assumptions about god, nature, knowledge, the soul and politics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 210
Intro to Deductive Logic 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 221
Intro to Hist & Phil of Sci 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 230
Intro to Moral Philosophy 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 237
Contemporary Moral Issues
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 240
Political Philosophy 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to contemporary philosophy of politics by concentrating on a number of contested concepts, such as freedom, justice and equality, in contemporary political philosophy and practice.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHIL 242
Intro to Feminist Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Note: Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 19, 2014.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Quebec Studies
QCST 200
Intro to the Study of Quebec
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Quebec Studies: Introduction to the ideas and approaches that scholars have used and developed to study Quebec, including some of the foremost issues that have shaped Quebec historically and continue to influence contemporary life. The changing notions about territory, identity, language, citizenship and belonging, the complexity and diversity of Quebec (11 Aboriginal nations, multilingual, multiethnic and religious communities, minority status within Canada) will also be explored from a comparative perspective to identify characteristics that Quebec shares with other nations and those that are different.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- This course offers students the possibility of doing a community engagement internship (or ExCELR option).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: QCST 200 is also listed under Social Sciences
Religious Studies
RELG 201
Religions:Ancient Near East
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Introduction to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Syria-Palestine (excluding Israelite religion) from the fourth to first millennium B.C.E. Themes that will be discussed include: gods and goddesses, divine kingship, deification of kings, temple cult, death and afterlife, magic, piety, oracles, prayer, lament, myth and epic.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 202
Religion of Ancient Israel
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: An examination of the religion of Ancient Israel by a study of selected texts (narratives, laws, prophetic sayings, wisdom traditions, and psalms) from the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament in translation.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 203
Bible and Western Culture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: To provide students of the humanities with knowledge of the Bible as a tool for interpreting religious references in Western literature, art and music. Biblical stories (e.g. Creation, Exodus), key figures (e.g. David, Job, Mary), and common motifs (e.g. Holy City, Pilgrimage, Bride) are explored, then illustrated by later cultural forms.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 204
Judaism, Christianity&Islam
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: An introduction to the beliefs, practices, and religious institutions of these three world religions.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 207
Intro to Study of Religions
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: This course is an introduction to classic and contemporary approaches to the academic study of religions. This includes perspectives from philosophy, theology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, phenomenology, and feminism. Students are also exposed to applications of these perspectives from visiting scholars who treat some aspect of a religious tradition in light of current-day interests and events. The primary objective is to introduce students to the principal theories and methods that have shaped our understanding of religion, its various meanings as well as its roles and functions in society.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RELG 255.
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 210
Jesus of Nazareth
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: A critical study of selected ancient and modern accounts of the aims and person of Jesus. Attention will be given also to the question of the historical sources and to the relationship between faith and history.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 252
Hinduism & Buddhism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: The interaction of Hinduism and Buddhism in India with special reference to the law of Karma, caste, women, ritual, death, yoga, and liberation. Determination of interpretative principles for understanding the religious psychology of Hindus and Buddhists.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 253
Religions of East Asia
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: This course introduces East Asia's major religions comparatively by addressing the continuous exchange of ideas and practices between traditions. Rather than adopting a mere chronological approach, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism will be discussed thematically, taking in to account topics such as gender constructs, the secular and the sacred, material culture, and the apparent contrast between doctrine and practice.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 254
Intro to Yoga Traditions
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: This course is an historical and thematic investigation into yoga, including its classical formulations, esoteric practices, and contemporary developments and debates. It explores early yoga traditions as well as the development of modern yoga in India and “the West,” along with themes such as the body, asceticism, secularism, and cultural exchange.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 256
Course not available
RELG 270
Religious Ethics & the Environ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Environmental potential of various religious traditions and secular perspectives, including animal rights, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 271
Religion and Sexuality
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Exploration of intersections between religion, gender and sexuality in diverse cultural,
historical and contemporary contexts.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 288
Introduction to Sikhism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: An introduction to the historical and religious contexts relevant to understanding Sikh religious traditions, including its principal doctrines, practices and institutions and its evolution from its origins in South Asia to the present, with particular attention to Sikh-Canadian transnational connections.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 388.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Russian & Slavic Studies
RUSS 217
Russia's Eternal Questions
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Russian (Arts): Exploration of cultural archetypes defining continuity and change from Peter the Great to the present; the Russian national identity, double-faith, Western and Slovophile influences, Mother Russia, superfluous men and the Eternal Feminine, anarchism, the avant-garde, Stalinism. Recurring themes traced in literature, art, film, music, pop culture and the applied arts.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Given in English
- Restriction: Permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RUSS 223
Russian 19c: Literary Giants 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Russian (Arts): The Golden Age of Russian literature: from Pushkin, Lermontov, and Gogol to the first works of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. This course traces the rise of a coherent literary tradition in Russia, exploring authors’ relationships to the burgeoning tradition and to their historical and cultural context.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RUSS 224
Russian 19c. Literary Giants 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Russian (Arts): This course explores the masterpieces of late nineteenth-century Russian literature. From psychological realism and the novel of ideas to the rise of the great short story; Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Leskov, and Chekhov.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RUSS 229
Intro to Russian Folklore
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Russian (Arts): An introduction to Russian folklore and folk belief: "dual-faith," traditional mentality, fairy tales, calendar rituals, folk songs, witches, healers and house spirits. The course will explore classic approaches to folklore studies as well as the influence of folk culture on Russian "high art."
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RUSS 337
Vladimir Nabokov
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Russian (Arts): Cross sampling of short stories and major novels by Vladimir Nabokov; his life-long love affair with language and "aesthetic bliss"; his flouting of convention from Russia's Silver Age to post-McCarthy America. Lolita in and beyond the Russian context.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Languages
Placement tests: All language courses have limited enrollment and, as such, may require departmental approval (issued by the department offering the course). Consult the eCalendar and/or the Minerva Class Schedule for information about placement tests or departmental approval, if necessary. Placement tests for French and English Second Language courses and for English for Academic Purposes will be held during the week prior to the beginning of classes in September.
Courses with numbers ending in D1 and D2 are taught in two consecutive terms (usually fall and winter). Students must register for the same section of both the D1 and D2 components. No credit will be given unless both components (D1 and D2) are successfully completed in consecutive terms, e.g., fall 2021 and winter 2022.
No more than one 6-credit or 9-credit language at an introductory level should be taken during the Freshman Program year. Students with prior knowledge of a language may take higher-level courses with permission from the department.
A 6-credit intensive language course given in one term is permitted - this is equivalent to two courses both in the number of credits as well as the workload.
On this page: WCOM | FREN | FRSL | GERM | HISP
English (and English as a Second Language)
WCOM 203
Intro to Creative Writing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Production of original creative works in English. Study and application of writing techniques and craft elements observed in both traditional and contemporary forms, ranging from poetic forms such as the sonnet, the villanelle, and free verse,to short fiction forms such as the short story and the vignette, to hybrid forms such as prose poetry and flash fiction. Craft, analysis of literary texts, workshop-style critique, and multiple drafts.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CCOM 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 250
Research Essay and Rhetoric
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Academic research-based writing across the disciplines. Article summary, critical analysis, rhetorical strategies, citation and paraphrase of academic sources, and editing for cohesion and clarity.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 500 or CEAP 250 or WCOM 255. Only open to students in degree programs - all years and faculties.
- Intended for students whose first language is English.
- Entrance test: Short essay first day of classes.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 314
Communicating Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Production of written and oral assignments (in English) designed to communicate scientific problems and findings to varied audiences Analysis of the disciplinary conventions of scientific discourse in terms of audience, purpose, organization, and style; comparative rhetorical analysis of academic and popular genres, including abstracts, lab reports, research papers, print and online journalism.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CCOM 314.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 317
Writing the Internet
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Critical assessment of digital genres in terms of audience, purpose, organization, and style; application of rhetorical strategies for effective communication in digital contexts in English. Topics and readings derived from writing pedagogy and critical analyses of online environments: technological affordances, non-linear structure, “living” texts, online identity, network dynamics, authorial collaboration.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Not open to students who have taken CCOM 315.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 295
ESL: Academic Skills
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: The university classroom: note-taking and summary of lectures; paraphrase and summary of written and multimedia materials; oral and seminar presentations. Critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills and strategies. Exigences des cours universitaires: prendre des notes, faire des exposés oraux, résumer (cours magistraux, documents oraux, écrits et multimédias). Raisonnement critique, lectures, écoutes, rédactions, habiletés et stratégies de communication.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Restriction: Only open to students whose first language is not English and who are newly admitted at McGill (into Year 0 or Year 1) to a Bachelor program in the following fall. The course is designed to assist these new students to integrate into the English language milieu at McGill.
- Restriction: Ce cours s'adresse aux étudiants dont la langue maternelle n'est pas l'anglais et qui sont nouvellement admis (en première année préparatoire - niveau U0 ou première année d'études universitaires - niveau U1) à McGill à un programme de 1er cycle à l'automne suivant. Il est conçu pour faciliter leur intégration dans le milieu anglophone de McGill.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 299.
- Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Although this course follows a MTWR class schedule pattern, the last day of class may be on a Friday.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 235
ESL: Academic English 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Academic writing skills and communicative competence in English at the mid-intermediate
level. Organizational structures and conventions for academic essays; expressing complex ideas effectively; documenting sources; writing cohesive paragraphs. Independent learning strategies for vocabulary building, grammar, editing techniques, critical thinking and reading skills. Fundamentals of oral presentation, including pronunciation skills.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Prerequisites: CESL 200 or WCOM 225 or placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 300. Only open to students in degree programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 245
ESL: Essay & Critical Thinking
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Academic writing skills and communicative competence in English at the upper-intermediate level. Critical thinking and reading applied to the whole writing process. Focus on integrating sources, creating effective arguments, and understanding essay structure and paragraph essentials. Academic genres: summary, paraphrase, quotation, and critique. Review of writing mechanics and grammar.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Prerequisites: CESL 300 or WCOM 235 or placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 400. Only open to students in degree programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
WCOM 255
ESL: Research Essay & Rhetoric
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Written and Oral Communication: Principles and use of academic research skills to generate academic writing at an advanced level of English across the disciplines. Focus on article summary, critical analysis, and logical reasoning to develop sound arguments and well-reasoned essays. Common rhetorical strategies, citation and paraphrase of academic sources,
and editing skills to enhance cohesion and avoid common English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) errors in grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre
- Prerequisites: CESL 400 or WCOM 245 or placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEAP 250 or CESL 500. Only open to students in degree programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: is also listed under Humanities
French Language & Literature
FREN 201
Le français littéraire (FLS)
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Perfectionnement de l'expression écrite au contact d'une variété de textes littéraires et par la rédaction de courts textes d'invention.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Préalable: avoir réussi le FRSL 431 ou avoir réussi ou être inscrit-e à au moins un des cours suivants : FRSL 445, FRSL 446, FRSL 449 ou FRSL 455. L'étudiant-e n'ayant complété ou n'étant inscrit-e à aucun de ces cours devra passer un test de classement. Effectifs contingentés. Autorisation départementale requise.
- Cours réservé en priorité aux étudiant-es inscrit-e-s au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue & littérature françaises ; Langue française ou au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue & littérature françaises ; Traduction.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 203
Analyse de textes (FLS)
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Perfectionnement de l’expression écrite : analyse et apprentissage des règles de composition de divers genres de discours (textes argumentatifs, lettres, dialogues, récits, descriptions ou portraits).
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Préalable: avoir réussi le FRSL 431 ou avoir réussi ou être inscrit-e à au moins un des cours suivants : FRSL 445, FRSL 446, FRSL 449 ou FRSL 455. L'étudiant-e n'ayant complété ou n'étant inscrit-e à aucun de ces cours devra passer un test de classement. Effectifs contingentés. Autorisation départementale requise.
- Cours réservé en priorité aux étudiant-es inscrit-e-s au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue et littérature françaises ; Langue française ou au programme B.A. ; Concentration mineure Langue et littérature françaises ; Traduction.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 231
Linguistique française
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Bref historique de la linguistique française de F. de Saussure à nos jours. Description linguistique du français moderne (éléments de phonologie, de phonétique normative, de lexicologie, de sémantique évolutive et synchronique, de syntaxe et de morphologie).
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 239
Stylistique comparée
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Initiation aux principes de la traduction par une étude systématique des contrastes entre les structures linguistiques de l'anglais et du français. Une bonne connaissance des deux langues est nécessaire au départ.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Préalable : test. Pas de préalable ni autorisation départementale pour la section hiver réservée aux étudiants de la Faculté d'éducation. Autorisation départementale requise. Effectifs contingentés. Priorité donnée aux étudiants inscrits dans les programmes de traduction.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 245
Grammaire normative
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Révision des principales difficultés de la langue française.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Préalable : Autorisation départementale requise.
- Cours réservé en priorité aux étudiant-e-s inscrit-e-s à l'un des programmes du Département de langue et littérature françaises.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 250
Litt française avant 1800
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Introduction à la littérature française des origines à la fin du 18e siècle.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 251
Litt française depuis 1800
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Introduction à la littérature française des 19e et 20e siècles.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FREN 252
Littérature québécoise
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French (Arts): Introduction à la littérature québécoise des origines à nos jours.
Offered by: French Language & Literature
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
French as a Second Language
FRSL 101
Beginners French 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French-speaking environment. Short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Prerequisite: Placement test
- Language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor if available.
- Placement test. No knowledge of French.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FRSL 101D1/D2, FRSL 103, FRSL 104, or FRSL 105.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 102
Beginners French 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French-speaking environment. Short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor if available.
- Prerequisite: FRSL 101
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 103
Near Beginners French
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Refresher course for students who have very little previous French instruction. Instructions in basic vocabulary and grammar applied to oral/written French. Cultural texts, short essay, and practice of basic speech patterns.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Prerequisite: Placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking FRSL 102 or FRSL 105.
- Note: For students in any degree program whose knowledge of French is insufficient to qualify for Elementary French (determined by the Placement Test). 3 credits, 3 hours, plus mandatory language laboratory. Not open to student who have grade 10 French or higher in Canada or equivalent (unless special permission is granted).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 104
Corrective Fren Pronunciation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Introduction to French phonetics. Course designed for students who have some previous knowledge of French at a Beginner/Elementary level and need to work on pronunciation, auditory discrimination and oral expression in order to continue developing their French skills. Corrective phonetics. Intensive oral practice. Guided work in language lab.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Prerequisite: Placement test or Instructor's recommendation.
- Restrictions: Not open to students above Elementary level French. Not open to students with no previous knowledge of French.
- Note: 2 hours of oral work, 1 hour of language lab. The course may be taken concurrently with FRSL 101, 102,105, 206 / 207 / 208.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 105
Intensive Beginners French
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French social milieu, short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice and conversation class.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor
- Prerequisite: Placement test
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FRSL 201 or FRSL 205 or FRSL 101 or FRSL 102.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 206
Elementary French
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: This one-term course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 hours, plus language laboratory
- Prerequisites: FRSL 101 and FRSL102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent or FRSL 207. Only with special permission of the department.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 207
Elementary French 01
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: This two-term course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps,
blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Language laboratory
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 101 and FRSL 102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test required.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 208
Intensive Elementary French
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: This one-term intensive course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps,
blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 211
Oral and Written French 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Language lab attendance required. Grammar review, comprehension, vocabulary development, selected readings and group discussions.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Language laboratory
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 207D1 and 207D2, or 208, or Placement test
- Restriction: Not open to students from Québec
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 212
Oral & Written French 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 211. Only with special permission of the Department.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 hours, plus language laboratory
- Prerequisite: Placement test
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 215
Oral&Writ French 1-Intensive
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Language lab attendance required. Grammar review, comprehension, vocabulary development, selected readings and group discussions.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus language laboratory
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 207D1 and 207D2, or 208, or Placement test
- Restriction: Not open to students from Québec
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 216
Course not available
FRSL 302
Listening Comp & Oral Exp 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Focus on oral discrimination, global comprehension and corrective phonetics.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 hours, plus language laboratory
- Prerequisite: Placement test. For students who have reached a good standard in grammar and written French but who have difficulty in understanding spoken French and therefore cannot communicate effectively
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 303
Listening Comp & Oral Exp 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Emphasis will be on the development of oral communication skills, laboratory exercises, vocabulary building, discussions.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Winter
- 3 hours, plus language laboratory
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 302, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 321D1
Oral and Written French 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Oral work involving discussion and exposés, cultural and literary readings, grammar review. Methodological component integrated in classwork and developed in frequent workshop sessions.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 211D1 and 211D2, or 215 or 302 or 303, or Placement test required.
- Students must register for both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 together are equivalent to FRSL 321
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 322
Oral & Written French 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 321. Only with special permission of the Department.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 325
Oral&Writ French 2-Intensive
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: The program of FRSL 321 will be covered in one semester.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Winter
- 6 hours
- Prerequisites: FRSL 211D1 and 211D2, or 215 or 302 or 303, or Placement test required
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 332
Intermediate French:Grammar 01
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Grammar review, using both a theoretical and a practical approach. Reading materials, in addition to their cultural interest, are selected to illustrate grammatical usage, provide models of writing techniques and aid in vocabulary development.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Placement test. For those who have attained relative fluency but lack accuracy in speaking and writing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 333
Intermediate French:Grammar 02
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Second part of FRSL 332.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 332, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 407
Compréhension et exp orales
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Identification des niveaux de langue et prononciation du français familier; amélioration de la compréhension auditive par l'écoute d'une variété de documents audio-visuels du Québec et d'ailleurs.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 heures par semaine
- Préalable : test de classement. S'adresse aux étudiants qui ont déjà une bonne maîtrise du français écrit.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 408
Français oral: Textes et Exp
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Suite du cours FRSL 407. Cours de perfectionnement de l'expression orale et écrite: amélioration de la production orale (intonation, débit, spontanéité); enrichissement du vocabulaire idiomatique relié à des fonctions socio-culturelles de la langue par le biais de techniques orales (jeux de rôles, discussions, simulations) et d'un journal.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- 3 heures par semaine
- Prequisite(s): FRSL 407, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 431
Français fonctionnel avancé
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Destiné aux étudiants de niveau avancé qui veulent approfondir leurs connaissances lexicales, syntaxiques et culturelles afin de pouvoir exprimer avec clarté leurs opinions sur une variété de sujets. Par l'étude de journaux, revues et textes littéraires, les étudiants se familiariseront avec la réalité québécoise contemporaine.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 432
Français fonctionnel
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Première moitié du programme du cours FRSL 431. Seulement avec la permission spéciale du département.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 heures par semaine
- Préalable : test de classement.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 445
Français fonctionnel, écrit 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Destiné aux étudiants dont le français oral est d'un niveau fonctionnel, mais dont le français écrit est nettement inférieur. Travaux écrits hebdomadaires, analyse de textes divers, exercices et tests en classe. But: corriger l'orthographe, la grammaire et les anglicismes, enrichir le vocabulaire, améliorer l'expression écrite.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Fall
- 3 heures par semaine
- Préalable : test de classement.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 446
Français fonctionnel, écrit 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Rédactions de types variés. But: améliorer le style, développer les compétences telles que l'organisation et la présentation d'arguments ou l'identification des registres de langue.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- Winter
- 3 heures par semaine
- Prerequisite(s): FRSL 445, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required
- Prépare aux cours du Département de langue et littérature françaises. Même format que le cours FRSL 445, à un niveau plus avancé
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 449
Le français des médias
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Cours de perfectionnement mettant l'accent sur l'enrichissement de la langue à l'oral comme à l'écrit. Analyse d'émissions de télévision ou de radio et lecture d'articles de journaux ou de revues. Activités variées portant sur des sujets d'actualité (reportages, débats, etc.) qui reflètent la société et la culture du Québec d'aujourd'hui.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- 3 heures par semaine
- Préalable : test de classement.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FRSL 455
Grammaire et création
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French as a Second Language: Perspective analytique et approche inductive et visuelle se combinent pour permettre une meilleure maîtrise du code grammatical. L'étude de textes de niveau soutenu met en relief la richesse des ressources lexicales et stylistiques du français et rend accessible la création littéraire aux étudiants non francophones.
Offered by: French Language Centre
- 3 heures par semaine
- Prerequisites: FRSL 449, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
German Studies
GERM 200
German Lang Intens Beginners
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
German (Arts): An intensive language course designed to develop communicative skills; covers the first level (GERM 202D1/GERM 202D2) in one term. Required for program students.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Winter
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GERM 202
German Language, Beginners
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
German (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course designed to develop communicative skills.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GERM 300
German Lang Intensive Intermed
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
German (Arts): Continuation of GERM 200; covers the second level (GERM 307D1/GERM 307D2) in one term.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- 6 hours, plus 1 hour laboratory
- Prerequisite: GERM 200 or GERM 202,202D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of Department
- Required for program students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GERM 307
German Language - Intermediate
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
German (Arts): Review of grammar, further development of basic skills; literary and cultural readings.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- 6 hours
- Prerequisite: GERM 202 or GERM 200, or equivalent, or permission of Department
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Hispanic Studies
HISP 199
FYS: Hisp Literature & Culture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): Introduction to major issues in Hispanic literature and culture through the analysis of primary and secondary sources and intensive writing.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall
- Course taught in Spanish. Students who register for more than one FYS will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them. Maximum 20 students.
- Prerequisite: Placement Test offered by the Department of Hispanic Studies or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 210
Spanish Language:Beginners
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course focusing on all oral and written skills. An introduction to the fundamentals of Spanish grammar and syntax and to Hispanic culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HISP 218 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 218
Spanish Lang Intens-Elem
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course focusing upon all oral and written skills. An introduction to the fundamentals of Spanish grammar and syntax and to Hispanic culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HISP 210 or 210D1/D2 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 219
Spanish Lang Intens-Intermed
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A thorough review of Spanish grammar with emphasis upon current usage. Enrichment of all language skills, with a goal of proficiency in written and oral communication, through readings in the literature and civilization of Spain and Spanish America.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- Prerequisite: HISP 210 or 210D1/D2 or HISP 218 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HISP 220D1/D2 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 220
Spanish Language:Intermediate
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A thorough review of Spanish grammar with emphasis upon current usage. Enrichment of all language skills, with a goal of proficiency in written and oral communication, through readings in the literature and cultural aspects of Spain and Spanish America.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HISP 219 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HISP 244
Survey of Lat Amer Lit&Cult2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): From Modernism to the present through a study of representative works.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Social Sciences
Note: If you intend to follow a psychology program, you should not register in course SOCI 216 (Social Psychology). Course PSYC 215 (Social Psychology) is more appropriate. Credit will not be given for both courses.
On this page : AFRI | ANTH | CANS | ECON | GSFS | GEOG | HIST | INTD | ISLA | JWST | LING | POLI | PSYC | QCST | SOCI
African Studies
AFRI 200
Intro to African Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
African Studies: The African experience and current approaches to African studies, through adopting multidisciplinary perspectives on topics that include political conflict, governance and democratization, environment and conservation, economic development, rural life and urbanism, health and illness, gender, social change, popular culture, literature, film, and the arts.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Anthropology
ANTH 201
Introduction to Archaeology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Exploration of the definition of the discipline of archaeology and the ways that archaeologists reconstruct the past. Overview of goals, theories, research questions, and methods of anthropological archaeology.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 202
Socio-Cultural Anthropology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: An introduction to ways of understanding what it means to be human from the perspective of socio-cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to diverse approaches to this question through engagement with a wide range of ethnographic cases.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 203
Human Evolution
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: An examination of evolutionary theory and the fossil and archaeological record for human origins, emphasizing the interaction between physical and cultural evolution. The use of primate behaviour in reconstructing early human behaviour. The origin and meaning of human variation.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 204
Anthropology of Meaning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Through the analysis of language, symbols and cultural constructions of meaning, this course explores how people in different societies make sense of their world, and the ways in which they organise that knowledge, and how ideologies represent the different interests present in a society.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 206
Environment and Culture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 207
Ethnography Through Film
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: This course will investigate and discuss cultural systems, patterns, and differences, and the ways in which they are observed, visually represented, and communicated by anthropologists using film and video. The visual representation of cultures will be critically evaluated by asking questions about perspective, authenticity, ethnographic authority and ethics.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 208
Evolutionary Anthropology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: The basic elements and mechanisms of evolutionary theory; the place of evolutionary theory in anthropology, including social anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology and anthropological linguistics. Emphasis on the debates in each sub-discipline in which evolutionary theory has played an important role.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 209
Anthropology of Religion
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Nature and function of religion in culture. Systems of belief; the interpretation of ritual. Religion and symbolism. The relation of religion to social organization. Religious change and social movements.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 210
Archaeology of Early Cities
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: An introduction to the archaeology of early cities. Case studies include the cities of "great civilizations" (e.g. Egypt, Indus Valley, Inkan Empire), as well as the urban landscapes of lesser known societies, such as Great Zimbabwe in sub-Saharan Africa.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 212
Anthropology of Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 214
Violence, Warfare, Culture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Cultural diversity and comparative perspectives on violence and warfare; sociological, political, materialist, psychological, and ideological explanations of conflict. Examines historical and contemporary cases of warfare in state and pre-state societies; 'ethnic', civil, nationalist secessionist and genocidal forms of conflicts; processes of conflict avoidance and resolution, peace-making and -keeping.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 222
Legal Anthropology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 227
Medical Anthropology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Canadian Studies
CANS 200
Understanding Canada
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Canadian Studies: Key cultural, economic, social and political institutions and their evolution over time.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: CANS 200 is also listed under Humanities
Economics
ECON 199
Course not available
ECON 205
An Intro to Political Economy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
- Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 208
Microeconomic Analysis&Applic
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 209
Macroeconomic Analysis&Applic
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 219
Current Econ Problems:Topics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): This course will deal with topical issues of importance to the Canadian economy.
Offered by: Economics
- This course will also be of interest to students outside of Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 223
Pol Economy of Trade Policy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 225
Economics of the Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): A study of the application of economic theory to questions of environmental policy. Particular attention will be given to the measurement and regulation of pollution, congestion and waste and other environmental aspects of specific economies.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-325 or 154-425
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist and Social Justice Studies
GSFS 200
Feminist and Social Justice St
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Gender,Sexuality,Feminist,and: Introduction to the key concepts, issues, and modes of analysis in the interdisciplinary fields of feminist and social justice studies. Emphasis on the intersections of gender, race, class, sex, sexuality, and nation in systems of power from historical and contemporary perspectives and the means for collectively transforming them.
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken WMST 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: GSFS 200 is also listed under Humanities
GSFS 250
Sexual and Gender Diversity St
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Gender,Sexuality,Feminist,and: Introduction to the interdisciplinary fields of sexual and gender diversity studies from a range of theoretical, historical, and contemporary perspectives with an anti-oppressive and intersectional emphasis on marginalized identities, communities, practices and expressions.
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken SDST 250.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: GSFS 250 is also listed under Humanities
Geography
GEOG 200
Geo Persp:World Env Problems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Introduction to geography as the study of nature and human beings in a spatial context. An integrated approach to environmental systems and the human organization of them from the viewpoint of spatial relationships and processes. Special attention to environmental problems as a constraint upon Third World development.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 216
Geography of the World Economy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 217
Cities in the Modern World
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An introduction to urban geography. Uses a spatial/geographic perspective to understand cities and their social and cultural processes. Addresses two major areas. The development and social dynamics in North American and European cities. The urban transformations in Asian, African, and Latin American societies that were recently predominantly rural and agrarian.
Offered by: Geography
- Note: Winter
- Note: 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
History
HIST 194
FYS: Jewish Concepts of Others
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A survey, using translated primary and selected secondary sources, of the ways in which Jews represented Christians from late antiquity to the present. Legal, liturgical, literary and other sources are examined with the focus on the Medieval and Early Modern periods.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students.
- For first year students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 195
FYS: Sources of World History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the constitutive intellectual traditions of world history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Restriction: For first year students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 197
FYS: Race in Latin America
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 198
FYS:Nation Bldg&Nationalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to some of the major theories of nationalism; an exploration of the many varieties of nationalism and forms of nation-building; a particular focus on the historical background to case studies of current interest.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 200
Intro to African History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 201
Modern African History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 202
Survey: Canada to 1867
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A survey of early Canada, from periods known mainly through archaeological records to the Confederation era. Social, cultural, economic and political themes will be examined.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 203
Survey:Canada since 1867
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A survey of the development of Canada from Confederation to the present day. Social, economic and political history will be examined in a general way.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 205
Ancient Mediterranean History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 275.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: HIST 205 is also listed under Humanities and Classics
HIST 206
Indian Ocean World History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the “global” system connecting eastern Africa, the Middle East,
South and Southeast Asia, and the Far East, from the earliest times to c. 1900.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 207
Jewish History:400 BCE to 1000
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An overview of Jewish history from the period of Ezra and Nehemiah to the death of Hai Gaon, c. 1035. Focus on the experience of the Jews in Hellenistic and Islamic civilizations. Topics include Jewish sects, rabbinic literature in its various genres, the Karaite schism, and the rise of the Gaonate.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken JWST 216
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 208
Intro to East Asian History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 211
American History to 1865
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Introduction to the history of colonial North America and the United States up to the Civil War, in their Atlantic context.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 212
Medieval Europe
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history and culture(s) of Europe in the Middle Ages.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 213
World History, 600-2000
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of Islam and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease, and imperialism are the major themes addressed.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 214
Early Modern Europe
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Survey of European history from the Late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 215
Modern Europe
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Survey of European history from the eighteenth century to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 216
Intro to Russian History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The longue durée of Russian history from its origins in Kievan Rus and the Rurik dynasty, through the Romanov dynasty, the Soviet period, and post-Soviet developments.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 236.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 218
Modern East Asian History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 219
Jewish History: 1000-2000
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The Jewish experience from the rise of the European centres to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 221
United States since 1865
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Examines the defining moments and movements in the U.S. since Reconstruction, including populism, progressivism, the World Wars, the New Deal, the Cold War, the sixties and its consequences. Emphasis on the political, social and ideological transformations that ensued.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 223
Indigenous Peoples and Empires
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 226
E Central &SE Europe in 20th C
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Introductory survey of east central and southeastern European history from the twilight of nineteenth-century imperialism to the most recent expansion of the
European Union. Consideration will be given to the two world wars and their consequences; nationalism, fascism, and socialism; and the revolutions of 1989.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 236
Course not available
HIST 238
Histories of Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history of science, with attention to conceptual development and to institutional and social settings. Coverage will vary by instructor, but will include a range of periods (from antiquity to the 20th century), geographical settings, and themes (e.g. instrumentation; visualisation; experiment; science and society).
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Coverage will vary by instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 239 or HIST 335.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 240
Mod Hist of Islamic Movements
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Islamic revival in the Middle East which led to the rise of different versions of Islamic traditions and beliefs. Emphasis on the nature and character of leading nationalist and Islamic movements and their ideologues since the late 19th century.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 249
Health&the Healer in West Hist
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The natural history of health and disease and the development of the healing arts, from antiquity to the beginning of modern times. The rise of "western" medicine. Health and healing as gradually evolving aspects of society and culture.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 275
Ancient Roman History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A survey of Roman history from the foundation of Rome to the fall of the Roman Empire.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken HIST 205.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 292
History and the Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Sketch of the history of the material aspects of human interaction with the rest of nature. Included will be a historian's view of the social, technical, and ecological implications of the great variety of activities devised by our species. Though global in outlook, this course will emphasize the relevant historiography of France, England and North America.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 299
The Historian's Craft
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Introduction to the discipline of history. What is history? Where is history done? How is history done? Why do history? Historical writing is emphasized. Recommended for history majors.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restrictions: Open to U0 or U1 students only, except by permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)
INTD 200
Intro to Int'l Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Islamic Studies
ISLA 199
FYS: Narr of the Middle East
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: An introduction to competing narratives about crucial moments in the history and culture of the Middle East. Reading and discussion of texts drawn from a variety of perspectives and genres, including historical accounts, poetry, fiction, memoir and others.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Restriction(s): Only open to newly-admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS.
- Note: Enrollment limit 25. Students who register for more than one FYS will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Note: Language of instruction is English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: ISLA 199 is also listed under Humanities
ISLA 200
Islamic Civilization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: ISLA 200 is also listed under Humanities
ISLA 210
Muslim Societies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: ISLA 210 is also listed under Humanities
Jewish Studies
JWST 252
Interdisciplinary Lectures
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jewish Studies: Interdisciplinary lectures in Jewish studies. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
JWST252 is also listed under Humanities
Linguistics
LING 199
FYS: Language and Mind
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: This fast paced course introduces students to challenges faced by scientists who study how language is represented in the human brain.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Fall
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS.
- Note: Students who register for more than one FYS will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LING 201
Introduction to Linguistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: General introduction to linguistics, the scientific study of human language. Covers the core theoretical subfields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Also provides background on other subfields including sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, linguistic variation, and language
acquisition.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LING 210
Introduction to Speech Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: The course covers key concepts of speech science, including phonetics (acoustics, speech perception and production), fundamentals in the study of speech processing, speech development, and speech disorders, and introduces some basic methodologies of the field.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
LING 215
Course not available
LING 260
Meaning in Language
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Linguistics: A hands-on introduction to the strategies that natural languages use to convey meaning. Requiring no previous background in linguistics, the course surveys fundamental properties of word and sentence meaning and their interdependence with context. It provides an overview of the grammatical mechanisms that languages employ to construct the literal meanings of sentences from word meanings, explores how meanings are anchored to real life situations, and analyzes how meanings are routinely enriched in context by language users to convey more than what is literally expressed.
Offered by: Linguistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Political Science
POLI 210
Poli Sci Research Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This course provides an introduction to political science research methods. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the scientific study of politics, the variety of research methodologies in political science, and the challenges that arise when researchers attempt to explain or measure political phenomena, demonstrate causal relationships and draw methodologically- defensible conclusions from research .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 212
Gov't&Politics-Developed World
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: The nature of politics in a few selected nations of the industrialized world, applying the concepts introduced in POLI 211 to specific national contexts. Countries studied will be drawn principally from Europe and North America.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 221
Government of Canada
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An examination of the central governmental institutions, including parliament, federalism, and the judiciary.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 222
Political Proc&Behav in Canada
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction to contemporary political life in Canada that examines how demands are identified and transmitted through the political systems. Emphasis will be placed on: the Canadian political culture; socialization and political participation; the electoral system; elections and voting; the role and structure of political parties; and the influence of organized interest.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 226
La vie politique québécoise
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Une introduction à la vie politique québécoise à travers l'étude des institutions, des idéologies et des comportements politiques. Une attention particulière sera accordée à la structure et aux changements dans le système politique québécoise.
Offered by: Political Science
- Restriction: An ability to understand and read French is required; writing and speaking ability are not.
- This course is offered in English and French in alternate years. For 2012-13 it will be offered in French.
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 227
Developing Areas/Introduction
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 231
Intro to Political Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: The course introduces students to political theory through critical examination of classic texts in the history of political thought. In addition to gaining an understanding of several different traditions of political thought, students are encouraged to develop their skills in textual interpretation, critical reasoning, and essay-writing.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Political Theory.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 232
Course not available
POLI 243
Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 244
Intl Politics: State Behaviour
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Psychology
PSYC 100
Introduction to Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior, including basic concepts and methods in psychology while also highlighting the relevance of psychology to everyday life; attachment, aggression, depression, parenting and personality change.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed an Introductory Psychology course in CEGEP: 350-101 or 350-102 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 199
Course not available
PSYC 211
Intro Behavioural Neuroscience
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: PSYC 211 is also listed under Mathematics & Science
Quebec Studies
QCST 200
Intro to the Study of Quebec
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Quebec Studies: Introduction to the ideas and approaches that scholars have used and developed to study Quebec, including some of the foremost issues that have shaped Quebec historically and continue to influence contemporary life. The changing notions about territory, identity, language, citizenship and belonging, the complexity and diversity of Quebec (11 Aboriginal nations, multilingual, multiethnic and religious communities, minority status within Canada) will also be explored from a comparative perspective to identify characteristics that Quebec shares with other nations and those that are different.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- This course offers students the possibility of doing a community engagement internship (or ExCELR option).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: QCST 200 is also listed under Humanities
Sociology
SOCI 210
Sociological Perspectives
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Major theoretical perspectives and research methods in sociology. The linkages of theory and method in various substantive areas including: the family, community and urban life, religion, ethnicity, occupations and stratification, education, and social change.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 211
Sociological Inquiry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): An introductory review of methods of sociological research including research design, elementary quantitative data analysis, observation, and use of official statistics. Detailed examination of published examples of the use of each of the major techniques of data analysis and collection.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 219
Course not available
SOCI 222
Urban Sociology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Comparative analysis of the process of urbanization in Europe, North America and the Third World; effects of urbanization upon social institutions and individuals; theories of urbanization and urbanism; the Canadian urban system; urban problems in comparative view.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 225
Medicine&Health in Mod Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Socio-medical problems and ways in which sociological analysis and research are being used to understand and deal with them. Canadian and Québec problems include: poverty and health; mental illness; aging; death and dying; professionalism; health service organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 230
Sociology of Ethnic Relations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): An introduction to the sociological study of minority groups in Canada. The course will explore the themes of racism, prejudice, and discrimination, ethnic and racial inequalities, cultural identities, multiculturalism, immigration. Theoretical, empirical, and policy issues will be discussed. While the focus will be primarily on Canada, comparisons will be made with the United States.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 234
Population & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 235
Technology and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): An examination of the extent to which technological developments impose constraints on ways of arranging social relationships in bureaucratic organizations and in the wider society: the compatibility of current social structures with the effective utilization of technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 247
Family & Modern Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Contrasting family in Canada and in the United States for the recent past. Examination of theories on family; changes and diversity of family life; complex relationships among marriage, work, and family; domestic violence; various types of family experience; and the future of the family.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 250
Social Problems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Contrasting theoretical approaches to social problems.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 254
Development&Underdevelopment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 270
Sociology of Gender
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This course focuses on social changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Using sociological theories of gender, different social institutions and spheres of society will be analyzed. Topics such as gender socialization, gender relations in work, family, education, and media will be covered.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Mathematics & Science
Note: Some of the courses listed below are not suitable for first term as they require university-level prerequisites. Click on the course titles below for further information about appropriate background before registering. Some Science courses require students to also register for a mandatory lab component. For courses with a lab component, students must register and pass both the lecture and lab components in order to obtain credits.
Special Registration Note: Since Science students (B.Sc. students, in U0) begin course registration after several other faculties, you will notice that registration in certain basic math and science courses are restricted for part of the summer. This is done to ensure that Science students have equal access to register for those courses. Rest assured that those courses will become available to you shortly after.
Click here for detailed registration dates for the Science Freshman courses affected by the restriction (June 2021).
On this page: ATOC | BIOL | CHEM | COMP | EPSC | GEOG | MATH | PHIL | PHYS | PSYC | PSYT
Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
ATOC 181
Intro to Atmospheric Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: A survey of the Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate system. Topics include the fundamental processes that determine interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere; anthropogenic effects such as global warming, the ozone hole and acid rain; a perspective on future climate change.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 182
Intro to Oceanic Sciences
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: An introduction to ocean sciences with particular emphasis on physical oceanography. Topics typically include seawater properties, sea ice, airsea interaction, seafloor topography, large-scale ocean circulation, waves, tides, physical control of biological processes, the role of oceans in climate, and impact of human activities.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 183
Climate and Climate Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: The atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice distribution characteristic of the current climate, as seen through observational data and computer model results. Physics of naturally occurring variability on time scales of months to years, such as El Niño. Global circulation models of the atmosphere, ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean system, and global warming simulations.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 230.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 184
Science of Storms
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: Physical processes associated with severe and hazardous weather affecting the Earth. Topics are taught at a fundamental level, without equations, to provide a complete and up-to-date understanding of such extreme events as blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 185
Natural Disasters
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: This course examines the science behind different types of disasters and our ability or inability to control and predict such events. From this course the student will gain an appreciation of natural disasters beyond the newspaper headlines and will better understand how the effects of disasters can be reduced.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with EPSC 185.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 185.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology
BIOL 111
Principles:Organismal Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): An introduction to the phylogeny, structure, function and adaptation of unicellular organisms, plants and animals in the biosphere.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 2 hours lecture and 3 hours laboratory
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UK or equivalent; or BIOL 115.
- This course serves as an alternative to CEGEP objective code 00UK
- Labs are held weekly, starting from the second week of term. Attendance at the first lab is mandatory to confirm registration in the course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 112
Cell and Molecular Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): The cell: ultrastructure, division, chemical constituents and reactions. Bioenergetics: photosynthesis and respiration. Principles of genetics, the molecular basis of inheritance and biotechnology.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 2 hours lecture and 3 hours laboratory
- Labs are held weekly, starting from the second week of term. Attendance at the first lab is mandatory to confirm registration in the course.
- This course serves as an alternative to CEGEP objective code 00XU
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CEGEP objective 00XU or equivalent;or BIOL 115; or AEBI 122
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 115
Essential Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): An introduction to biological science that emphasizes the manner in which scientific understanding is achieved and evolves and the influence of biological science on society. Topics will include cell structure and function, genetics, evolution, organ physiology, ecology and certain special topics that change from year to year.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: none.
- Restrictions: Open only to non-Science students; not open to students who have had BIOL 111, BIOL 112, or equivalents.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 200
Molecular Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): The physical and chemical properties of the cell and its components in relation to their structure and function. Topics include: protein structure, enzymes and enzyme kinetics; nucleic acid replication, transcription and translation; the genetic code, mutation, recombination, and regulation of gene expression.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
- Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent, or CHEM 204
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 201
Cell Biology & Metabolism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): This course introduces the student to our modern understanding of cells and how they work. Major topics to be covered include: photosynthesis, energy metabolism and metabolic integration; plasma membrane including secretion, endocytosis and contact mediated interactions between cells; cytoskeleton including cell and organelle movement; the nervous system; hormone signaling; the cell cycle.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 200.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212 or BIOC 212
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 202
Basic Genetics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Introduction to basic principles, and to modern advances, problems and applications in the genetics of higher and lower organisms with examples representative of the biological sciences.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial per week
- Prerequisite: BIOL 200 or BIOL 219
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking LSCI 204 or BIOL 302.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 205
Functional Biol of Plnts&Anmls
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Unified view of form and function in animals and plants. Focus on how the laws of chemistry and physics illuminate biological processes relating to the acquisition of energy and materials and their use in movement, growth, development, reproduction and responses to environmental stress.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 206
Methods in Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Introduction to modern methods used in organismal biology, including ecological
sampling, experimental methods and statistics. Particular emphasis is on ways of thinking about the design of sampling programs and the analyses of data to test hypotheses using observational or experimental data.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 1. 2 hours lecture, 2. 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Chemistry
CHEM 110
General Chemistry 1
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics or permission of instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 115
Course not available
CHEM 120
General Chemistry 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics, or permission of instructor: CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 180
World of Chem: Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Risks, water, air pollution, sick-building syndrome, the chemistry of the car, energy (fossil fuel, nuclear), nano and biotechnology, smells, garbage and human waste, dental chemistry and green chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 181
World of Chem: Food
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A series of lectures on the historical, practical, and simple chemical aspects of: food, food additives; vitamins; minerals, diet and cancer; dieting; food-borne illnesses, health food and cooking.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 150.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 182
World of Chem: Technology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Aspects of chemical technology including publishing of scientific articles, rocketry, space travel, materials (metals, plastics art), household products, forensic science, money, combustion science, computers and cosmetics.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 160.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 183
World of Chem: Drugs
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Drug history and marketing, over the counter drugs (e.g. aspirin, cough and cold remedies, allergy preparations), street and heart drugs, mental illness, hormones, brain chemistry and diabetes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 199
Course not available
CHEM 203
Survey of Physical Chemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: The fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with applications to biomolecular systems. Thermodynamic and kinetic control of biological processes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 204
Physical Chem/Biological Scis1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Similar to CHEM 223/CHEM 243. Emphasis on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent and one full course in calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 212
Intro Organic Chemistry 1
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 or equivalent
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page (http://www.chemistry.mcgill.ca/advising/outside/equivalent.htm).
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 214
Physical Chem./Biol. Sci. 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Emphasis is placed on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 217
Course not available
CHEM 219
Intro to Atmospheric Chemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as; a smog chamber, acid rain, and the ozone hole, will be examined.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 222
Intro Organic Chemistry 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken an equivalent Organic 2 at CEGEP (see McGill University Basic Math and Sciences Equivalence Table at www.mcgill.ca/mathscitable) or who have or are taking CHEM 234.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 223
Course not available
CHEM 243
Course not available
CHEM 253
Intrdctry Physcl Chemistry Lab
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Illustrative experiments in physical chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 204 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Only open to B.A. & Sc.; Major Concentration in Chemistry students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 273.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 263
Course not available
CHEM 281
Inorganic Chemistry 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Basic concepts of electronic structure and molecular bonding will be developed and applied to the understanding of common materials. Acid-base chemistry. Survey of the chemistry of the main group elements. Introduction to coordination and organometallic chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 287
Intro Analytical Chemistry
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Qualitative and quantitative analysis. A survey of methods of analysis including theory and practice of semimicro qualitative analysis and representative gravimetric, volumetric and instrumental methods.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 297
Intro Analytical Chem. Lab.
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Computer Science
COMP 102
Computers & Computing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): A course for students with no previous knowledge of computer science. The impact of computers on society. Web design and dynamic content. The inner workings of computers (hardware). Networking principles. Algorithm design and programming. A look at how computers store data (image, sound, and video). Software distribution policies and mechanisms.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: high school level mathematics course on functions.
- Restrictions: Credit will not be given for COMP 102 if it is taken concurrently with, or after, any of: COMP 202, COMP 203, COMP 208, COMP 250. Management students cannot receive credit for COMP 102.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 189
Computers and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): How computer technologies shape social notions such as ownership, safety, and privacy. Emphasis is on computer science powering both day-to-day technologies (e.g., online social media) and those in the news (e.g., cyberwar). Discussions will investigate technology and social issues in order to understand both.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 202
Foundations of Programming
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to computer programming in a high level language: variables, expressions, primitive types, methods, conditionals, loops. Introduction to algorithms, data structures (arrays, strings), modular software design, libraries, file input/output, debugging, exception handling. Selected topics.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: a CEGEP level mathematics course
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 204, COMP 208, or GEOG 333; not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 206 or COMP 250.
- COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 204 is intended for students in life sciences, and COMP 208 is intended for students in physical sciences and engineering.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 206
Intro to Software Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Comprehensive overview of programming in C, use of system calls and libraries, debugging and testing of code; use of developmental tools like make, version control systems.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 230
Logic and Computability
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Propositional Logic, predicate calculus, proof systems, computability Turing machines, Church-Turing thesis, unsolvable problems, completeness, incompleteness, Tarski semantics, uses and misuses of Gödel's theorem.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: CEGEP level mathematics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 250
Intro to Computer Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Mathematical tools (binary numbers, induction, recurrence relations, asymptotic complexity, establishing correctness of programs), Data structures (arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary trees, binary search trees, heaps, hash tables), Recursive and non-recursive algorithms (searching and sorting, tree and graph traversal). Abstract data types, inheritance. Selected topics.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: Familiarity with a high level programming language and CEGEP level Math.
- Students with limited programming experience should take COMP 202 or equivalent before COMP 250. See COMP 202 Course Description for a list of topics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 280
Hist and Phil of Computing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): A history of early mathematical computation. Symbolic logic and computation. Modern computer systems and networks. The rise of the internet.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Earth & Planetary Sciences
EPSC 180
The Terrestrial Planets
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: A comparative survey of the planets of our solar system with an emphasis on the terrestrial planets and their implications for the Earth as a planet. Topics include: structure and origin of the solar system, meteorites, and comparisons of the terrestrial planets in terms of their rotational properties, magnetic fields, atmospheres, surface histories, internal structure, chemical composition, volcanism, and tectonics.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 181
Environmental Geology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Introduction to the relationship of geological processes and materials to the human environment; geologic hazards; hydrogeology; impacts of waste disposal, energy use, land resource development.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 185
Natural Disasters
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: This course examines the science behind different types of disasters and our ability or inability to control and predict such events. From this course the student will gain an appreciation of natural disasters beyond the newspaper headlines, and will better understand how the effects of disasters can be reduced.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with ATOC 185.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ATOC 185.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 186
Astrobiology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Astrobiology is the study of life throughout the universe. The course will cover the search for, and characterization of, habitable worlds. We will explore the formation and evolution of stars and planets, the astronomical and geological factors that impact a planet's habitability, the evolution of life on Earth, and the potential for biological evolution beyond an organism's planet of origin..
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 182, ANAT 182, or PHYS 186.
- 1.Winter
- 2.This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with PHYS 186.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 199
FYS: Earth & Planetary Explor.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: An exploration of how earth and planetary scientists reconstruct the current state, past progress, and initial conditions of the continuously evolving Earth experiment.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Fall
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 201
Understanding Planet Earth
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Learn about Earth's origin, its place in the solar system, its internal structure, rocks and minerals, the formation of metal and fossil fuel deposits, and the extinction of dinosaurs. Discover the impact of the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountain chains on Earth's past, present and future. Explore 125 million-year-old Mount Royal.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Fall or Winter
- 3 hours lectures; afternoon field trips
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 233.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 233
Earth and Life History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Interpretation of stratified rocks; history of Earth with special emphasis on the regions of North America; outline of the history of life recorded in fossils.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 334
Invertebrate Paleontology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Preservation of fossils; the fossil record of invertebrates; use of fossils in stratigraphy and paleoecology; fossils in evolutionary studies. Fossils of invertebrates are studied in the laboratory.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Winter
- 2 hours lectures and one laboratory period
- Prerequisite: EPSC 201 or EPSC 233 or ENVR 202 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ESYS 104
The Earth System
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth System Science: Earth system science examines the complex interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. It focuses on physical, chemical, and biological processes that extend over spatial scales ranging from microns to the size of planetary orbits, and spans time scales from fractions of a second to billions of years.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Geography
GEOG 203
Environmental Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An introduction to system-level interactions among climate, hydrology, soils and vegetation at the scale of drainage basins, including the study of the global geographical variability in these land-surface systems. The knowledge acquired is used to study the impact on the environment of various human activities such as deforestation and urbanisation.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Because of quantitative science content of course, not recommended for B.A. and B.Ed. students in their U0 year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 205
Global Chg:Past, Pres & Future
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An examination of global change, from the Quaternary Period to the present day involving changes in the physical geography of specific areas. Issues such as climatic change and land degradation will be discussed, with speculations on future environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 272
Earth's Changing Surface
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Introduction to the study of landforms as products of geomorphic and geologic systems acting at and near the Earth's surface. The process geomorphology approach will be used to demonstrate how landforms of different geomorphic settings represent a dynamic balance between forces acting in the environment and the physical properties of materials present.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Mathematics & Statistics
MATH 112
Course not available
MATH 133
Linear Algebra and Geometry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Systems of linear equations, matrices, inverses, determinants; geometric vectors in three dimensions, dot product, cross product, lines and planes; introduction to vector spaces, linear dependence and independence, bases. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and diagonalization.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction A: Not open to students who have taken MATH 221 or CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent.
- Restriction B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Restriction C: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 134.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 134
Course not available
MATH 139
Calculus 1 with Precalculus
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of trigonometry and other Precalculus topics. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- 4 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent.
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Students continue in MATH 141
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 140
Calculus 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: High School Calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 139 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 141
Calculus 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Prerequisites: MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 121 or CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 150
Calculus A
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, L'Hospital's rule, applications, Taylor polynomials, parametric curves, functions of several variables.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 2 hours tutorial
- Students with no prior exposure to vector geometry are advised to take MATH 133 concurrently. Intended for students with high school calculus who have not received six advanced placement credits
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- MATH 150 and MATH 151 cover the material of MATH 139, MATH 140, MATH 141, MATH 222
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 151
Calculus B
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Integration, methods and applications, infinite sequences and series, power series, arc length and curvature, multiple integration.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture; 2 hours tutorial
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Prerequisite: MATH 150
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 152
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 180
The Art of Mathematics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): An overview of what mathematics has to offer. This course will let you discover the beauty of mathematical ideas while only requiring a high school background in mathematics. The topics of the course may include: prime numbers, modular arithmetic, complex numbers, matrices, permutations and combinations, probability, set theory, game theory, logic, chaos. Additional topics may be covered depending on the instructor.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 222
Calculus 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Taylor series, Taylor's theorem in one and several variables. Review of vector geometry. Partial differentiation, directional derivative. Extreme of functions of 2 or 3 variables. Parametric curves and arc length. Polar and spherical coordinates. Multiple integrals.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 223
Linear Algebra
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of matrix algebra, determinants and systems of linear equations. Vector spaces, linear operators and their matrix representations, orthogonality. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of Hermitian matrices. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall and Winter
- Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students in Mathematics programs nor to students who have taken or are taking MATH 236, MATH 247 or MATH 251. It is open to students in Faculty Programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Philosophy
PHIL 210
Intro to Deductive Logic 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Physics
PHYS 101
Intro Physics - Mechanics
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An introductory course in physics without calculus, covering mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, energy, and rotational motion), oscillations and waves, sound, light, and wave optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures; 2 hours laboratory; tutorial sessions
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having taken PHYS 131, CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 102
Intro Physics-Electromagnetism
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Electric field and potential. D.C. circuits and measurements. Capacitance. Magnetic field and induction. Electromagnetic waves and geometrical optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures; 2 hours laboratory; tutorial sessions
- Prerequisite: PHYS 101.
- Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having taken PHYS 142, CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 131
Mechanics and Waves
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures; 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 101, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 142
Electromagnetism & Optics
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Prerequisite: PHYS 131.
- Corequisite: MATH 141 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 102, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00US or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 180
Space, Time & Matter
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: A nonmathematical, conceptual look at physics, beginning with the idea of space and time, continuing with the historical development of Newtonian mechanics of celestial motion, electricity and magnetism, ether and light, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, matter and antimatter, cosmology and the big bang.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restrictions: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 181
Everyday Physics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The day-to-day physics behind the materials and phenomena around us. Demonstrations of the intriguing properties of materials and the simple physical theories explaining them.
Offered by: Physics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 183
The Milky Way Inside and Out
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An elementary course on astronomy. Star origins and star formation, supernovae, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Galaxies, their structure and their interactions. Stellar clusters, the interstellar medium. Galactic classification and galaxy evolution.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 204 or PHYS 206.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 184
Energy and the Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Energy fundamentals, generation of electricity, heat engines, fossil fuel production and consumption, local and global effects, economic impact, transportation, and pollution and environmental impact of energy use. Non-renewable energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear) and renewable sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal).
Offered by: Physics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 228.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 186
Astrobiology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Astrobiology is the study of life throughout the universe. The course will cover the search for, and characterization of, habitable worlds. We will explore the formation and evolution of stars and planets, the astronomical and geological factors that impact a planet's habitability, the evolution of life on Earth, and the potential for biological evolution beyond an organism's planet of origin.
Offered by: Physics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 182, ANAT 182, or EPSC 186.
- Winter
- This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with EPSC 186.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 224
Physics of Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An introduction to the physics of music. Properties of sound and their perception as pitch, loudness, and timbre. Dissonance, consonance, and musical intervals and tuning. Physics of sound propagation and reflection. Resonance. Acoustic properties of pipes, strings, bars, and membranes, and sound production in wind, string, and percussion instruments. The human voice. Room reverberation and acoustics. Directional characteristics of sound sources.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Designed for students in the Faculty of Music but suitable for students with an interest in music and its physical basis.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 225
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Psychology
PSYC 199
Course not available
PSYC 204
Intro to Psychological Stats
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall and Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300
- This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 211
Intro Behavioural Neuroscience
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NOTE: PSYC 211 is also listed under Social Sciences
Psychiatry
PSYT 199
FYS: Mental Illness&The Brain
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychiatry: This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of neuroscience, and then use these principles to illustrate recent advances made on the biological causes of, and treatments for, mental disorders with a strong biological component: schizophrenia, depression, mania, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and alcohol and drug abuse.
Offered by: Psychiatry
- 1 hour lecture and 2 hours seminar weekly
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25. No prerequisites
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year