Offered by:Chemical Engineering
Degree:Bachelor of Engineering
Program Requirement:
Program credit weight: 143-146 credits
Program credit weight for Quebec CEGEP students: 117 credits
Program credit weight for out-of-province students: 143 credits
The discipline of chemical engineering is distinctive in being based equally on physics, mathematics, and chemistry. Application of these three fundamental sciences is basic to a quantitative understanding of the process industries. Those with an interest in the fourth fundamental science, biology, will find several courses in the chemical engineering curriculum that integrate aspects of the biological sciences relevant to process industries such as food processing, fermentation, biomedical, and water pollution control. Courses on the technical operations and economics of the process industries are added to this foundation. The core curriculum concludes with process design courses taught by practising design engineers. Problem-solving, experimenting, planning, and communication skills are emphasized in courses throughout the core curriculum.
Certain students who take advantage of Summer session courses can complete the departmental program in three calendar years.
In some cases, students from university science disciplines have sufficient credits to complete the requirements for the B.Eng. (Chemical) program in two and a half years. Those concerned should discuss this with their adviser.
Students must obtain a grade of C or better in all core courses. For the Department of Chemical Engineering, core courses include all required courses (departmental and non-departmental) as well as technical complementary courses.
Note to CEGEP students
If you have successfully completed a course at CEGEP that is equivalent to CHEM 212 or CHEM 234, you may obtain transfer credits for either or both courses by passing the McGill Science Placement Exam for the course(s). You must complete an application form available on the Science Placement Exam website and an application fee will be charged to your student account. Science placement exams take place in August and September before classes begin. If you pass the exam(s), transfer credits for the course(s) will be reflected on your transcript and your program credit requirements will be decreased to reflect these transfer credits. For information on Science Placement Exams, including application deadlines, the application form, application fee, dates, times, and location of the exams, see www.mcgill.ca/exams/dates/science. If you do not pass the placement exams, you must register for CHEM 212 and CHEM 234 during your studies at McGill as outlined in your program requirements.
Required Year 0 (Freshman) Courses
29 credits
Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credit for these Year 0 (Freshman) courses and enter a 116-credit program.
For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels and Science Placement Exams, see http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-stud... and select your term of admission.
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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
- Instructors
- Mitchell J Huot, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Maureen H McKeague
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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
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Paul W Wiseman, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Mitchell J Huot
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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
- Instructors
- Rosalie Bélanger-Rioux, Piotr Przytycki
- Djivede A Kelome
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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
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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
- Instructors
- Jérôme Fortier, Marcin Sabok
- Sidney Trudeau
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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
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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
AND 3 credits selected from the approved list of courses in Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies and Law, listed below under Complementary Studies (Group B).
Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.
Required Non-Departmental Courses
24 credits
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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
- Terms
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Laura Pavelka
- Danielle K Vlaho, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
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CHEM 234
Topics in Organic Chemistry
3 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, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent
- Restriction: For Chemical Engineers only or permission of department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Laura Pavelka, Karine Auclair
- Laura Pavelka
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COMP 208
Computer Programming for PS&E
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Programming and problem solving in a high level computer language: variables, expressions, types, functions, conditionals, loops, objects and classes. Introduction to algorithms such as searching and sorting. Modular software design, libraries, file input and output, debugging. Emphasis on applications in Physical Sciences
and Engineering, such as root finding, numerical integration, diffusion, Monte Carlo methods.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: MATH 141 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Credit can be given only for one of COMP 202, COMP 204, or COMP 208. COMP 208 cannot be taken for credit with or after COMP 250 or COMP 206.
- COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 208 is intended for students with sufficient math background and in (non-life) science or engineering fields.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Joseph P Vybihal, David C Becerra
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FACC 100
Intro to the Eng. Profession
1 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: Introduction to engineering practice; rights and code of conduct for students; professional conduct and ethics; engineer's duty to society and the environment; sustainable development; occupational health and safety; overview of the engineering disciplines taught at McGill.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- Terms
- Instructors
- Lawrence R Chen
- David Frost
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FACC 250
Resp. of the Prof. Engineer
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: A course designed to provide all Engineering students with further training regarding their responsibilities as future Professional Engineers. Particular focus will be placed on three professional characteristics that future engineers must demonstrate: i) professionalism, ii) ethical and equitable behaviour, and iii) consideration of the impact of engineering on society and the environment.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- Prerequisite(s): FACC 100 or BREE 205
- Restriction(s): Restricted to undergraduate students registered in the Bioengineering, Bioresource Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Software Engineering (Faculty of Engineering) program.
- (0-0-0.5)
- Terms
- Instructors
- Nasimalsadat Razavinia
- Nasimalsadat Razavinia
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FACC 300
Engineering Economy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: Introduction to the basic concepts required for the economic assessment of engineering projects. Topics include: accounting methods, marginal analysis, cash flow and time value of money, taxation and depreciation, discounted cash flow analysis techniques, cost of capital, inflation, sensitivity and risk analysis, analysis of R and D, ongoing as well as new investment opportunities.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- (3-1-5)
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MIME 310.
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FACC 400
Eng Professional Practice
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: Laws, regulations and codes governing engineering professional practice. Responsibility and liability. Environmental legislation. Project and organization management. Relations between engineer and client. Technical practice - analysis, design, execution and operation.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- (1.5-1-0.5)
- Prerequisites: FACC 100 or BREE 205 and at least 60 program credits (B.Eng./B.S.E. students in the Faculty of Engineering) or 45 program credits (B.Eng. Bioresource) students.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MIME 221.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
- Andrew G Kirk
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MATH 262
Intermediate Calculus
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Series and power series, including Taylor's theorem. Brief review of vector geometry. Vector functions and curves. Partial differentiation and differential calculus for vector valued functions. Unconstrained and constrained extremal problems. Multiple integrals including surface area and change of variables.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: MATH 141, MATH 133 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 151, MATH 152, OR MATH 222.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sidney Trudeau, Antony Raymond Humphries
- Charles Roth
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MATH 263
ODEs for Engineers
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First order ODEs. Second and higher order linear ODEs. Series solutions at ordinary and regular singular points. Laplace transforms. Linear systems of differential equations with a short review of linear algebra.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- (3-1-5)
- Corequisite: MATH 262.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 315 or MATH 325.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Dmitry Jakobson, Antony Raymond Humphries
- Rosalie Bélanger-Rioux
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MATH 264
Adv Calculus for Engineers
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of multiple integrals. Differential and integral calculus of vector fields including the theorems of Gauss, Green, and Stokes. Introduction to partial differential equations, separation of variables, Sturm-Liouville problems, and Fourier series.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jerome Vetois
- Rustum Choksi
* Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.
Required Chemical Engineering Courses
75 credits
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CHEE 200
Chem Engineering Principles 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to the design of industrial processes. Survey of unit operations, and systems of units. Elementary material balances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, use of property tables and charts, steady flow processes. Relationships between thermodynamic properties, property estimation techniques. Laboratory and design exercise.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-1-5)
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
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CHEE 204
Chem Engineering Principles 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Material and energy balances in chemical processes. Introduction to process design. Problem solving in the design of various industrial processes such as combustion, humidification, separation processes (evaporation, crystallization), and other reactive systems used in the diverse areas of chemical engineering.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 220
Chemical Engrg Thermodynamics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Application of thermodynamic equilibrium; free energy and equilibrium; phase rule; chemical reaction equilibrium for homogenous and multicomponent/multiphase systems. Application to the design of binary distillation. Laboratory exercise.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault
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CHEE 231
Data Anal & Design of Exp
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Foundation of the design and execution of experiments based on statistical principles and of the results analysis. Topics: Data visualization, significant digits; uncertainty, precision, accuracy, propagation of uncertainty; univariate data analysis, normal distribution; sampling distribution and point estimates, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing; simple and multiple linear regression; design of experiments.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-1-5)
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
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CHEE 291
Instrumentation&Measurement 1
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introductions to safe laboratory practices, technical report-writing, electrically-based measurements and modern methods for instrumentation and control. Goals are that students can safely perform accurate measurements of physical variables without detailed theoretical knowledge. Common software for report writing and instrumentation are introduced and used extensively.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-3-6)
- Corequisite: CHEE 231
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
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CHEE 310
Physical Chemistry for Eng.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to chemical kinetics, adsorption, surface tension, and electrochemistry. Topics emphasize applications of physical chemistry for chemical engineers.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-1-5)
- Corequisite: CHEE 220
- Restriction: Not open to students having taken CHEM 233.
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CHEE 314
Fluid Mechanics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Fluid properties; dimensional analysis; drag; packed/fluidized beds; macroscopic energy balances, Bernoulli's equation and linear momentum theorem; flowmeters, pipeline systems, non-Newtonian fluids, microscopic balances leading to continuity and Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer approximation; turbulence. Laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 315
Heat and Mass Transfer
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Transport of heat and mass by diffusion and convection; transport of heat by radiation; diffusion; convective mass transfer; drying; absorption; mathematical formulation of problems and equipment design for heat and mass transfer; laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 351
Separation Processes
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Concepts underlying equilibrium based separation, design of processes and equipment for distillation, absorption/stripping, liquid extraction, washing, and leaching. Consideration of mass transfer effects.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 370
Elements of Biotechnology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Biological macromolecules; cell structure and metabolism; industrially significant microbes; enzyme kinetics; introduction to molecular biology and genetic engineering, laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Nathalie Tufenkji, Meghan L Marshall
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CHEE 380
Materials Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Structure/property relationship for metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials. Atomic and molecular structure, bonds, electronic band structure and semi-conductors. Order in solids: crystal structure, disorders, solid phases. Mechanical properties and fracture, physico-chemical properties, design. Laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault
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CHEE 390
Computational Methods:Chem Eng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Linear systems of algebraic equations, Gaussian elimination; non-linear algebraic systems: Taylor series, incremental search, bisection method, linear interpolation, Newton-Raphson's method; differentiation and integration; initial value problems: Euler's and Runge Kutta's methods, stiff equations, adaptive solvers; boundary value problems; curve fitting; numerical optimization; probability theory and stochastic simulation: Monte Carlo method.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 400
Princ of Energy Conversion
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Fossil fuels, renewable and nuclear energy resources and use. Principles of energy conversion and thermodynamic engine cycles. Solar radiation, heat, mechanical, chemical, nuclear, and electrical energy conversion processes.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 401
Energy Systems Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Applied engineering principles of major energy technologies, including quantitative performance evaluation, cost and environmental impact. Criteria for energy system selection. System engineering methodologies for energy, including efficiency, project scope, trade-offs, energy consumption, and environmental impact.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sylvain Coulombe, Viviane Yargeau
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CHEE 423
Chemical Reaction Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Review of fundamental concepts in chemical reaction thermodynamics and kinetics. Mass and energy balances for homogenous ideal reactors. Batch, semi-batch and continuous operation. Minimization of by-product and pollution production. Heterogenous reactions, effect of heat and mass transfer on the global rate. Laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 440
Process Modelling
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Principles of mathematical modelling in chemical engineering: problem formulation, solution, discrete systems; difference and difference-differential equations, methods of solution; understanding system behaviour, optimization.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 453
Process Design
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Analysis of design alternatives. Structure of process design systems, degrees of freedom, information flow. Computer-aided process and plant design programs, physical properties, specifications, recycle convergence, optimization, economics, scheduling of batch and continuous processes. Hazard identification in process design.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Philippe Salama, Norman Peters
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CHEE 455
Process Control
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Needs for process control; simple transient models and responses, first and higher-order systems, empirical determination of models, transfer functions and Laplace domain analysis, control loop hardware and associated realistic models; process and instrumentation diagrams; control philosophy; safety; open and closed loop
responses; feedback control; stability analysis; controller tuning; feedforward, cascade and ratio control; control of batch and start-up processes.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 456
Design Project 1
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to a process design and economic evaluation of projects, including environmental and safety aspects, for a major industrial operation. The following topics are also covered: plant site selection and social acceptability, plant
ergonomics, ethics in engineering design, process safety, loss prevention and risk
mitigation, green process design, writing and editing of technical text, oral presentations. Students work in small groups under an experienced plant design supervisor.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-9)
- Corequisite: CHEE 453
- Restriction: Must be taken in the semester preceding CHEE 457.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Viviane Yargeau, Richard L Leask, Milan Maric, Ali Seifitokaldani
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CHEE 457
Design Project 2
5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to a process design and economic evaluation of projects, including environmental and safety aspects, for a major industrial operation. The following topics are also covered: plant site selection and social acceptability, plant ergonomics, ethics in engineering design, process safety, loss prevention and risk mitigation, green process design. Students work in small groups under an experienced plant design supervisor.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Viviane Yargeau, Richard L Leask, Milan Maric
- Viviane Yargeau, Milan Maric, Ali Seifitokaldani
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CHEE 474
Biochemical Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Bioreactor design for biotechnology and environmental applications; microbial growth kinetics; application of transport phenomena and selected chemical engineering unit operations. Bioreactor instrumentation and performance optimization. Air and media sterilization processes. Selected operations of downstream processing and product recovery.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 484
Materials Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Processes for forming and producing engineering materials such as amorphous, semicrystalline, textured and crystal-oriented substances and composites. Phase transformations, nucleation and growth. Effect of processing variables on the properties of the finished article. Process of blending and alloying. Shaping and joining operations. Vessel equipment design for chemical engineering applications.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 491
Instrumentation& Measurement 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Measurement devices, valves, controllers and actuators; common failure modes and error sources; P&ID; static and dynamic responses; first and higher-order instrument responses; calibration and biases; frequency response analysis; chemical analysis; elements of spectroscopy; optical measurements; NI-LabVIEW integration project for a set of typical instruments used in chemical engineering.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
Technical Complementaries
9 credits
The purpose of this requirement is to provide students with an area of specialization within the broad field of chemical engineering. Alternatively, students use the technical complementaries to increase the breadth of their chemical engineering training.
List A
3-9 credits from the following:
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CHEE 301
Resource Recovery from Waste
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to the concept of seeing human-generated waste material and energy as valuable resources and to the emerging practices related to resource recovery. Topics: Distribution, availability and geopolitics of natural resources; why do we produce waste?; waste hierarchy; cradle-to-grave, cradle-to-cradle concepts; incentives for recovery; when waste becomes resource: classifying waste (material, energy), challenges associated with large-scale recovery; thermodynamics of waste recovery; resource recovery from residual biomass, wastewater, waste electric/electronic equipment, municipal solid waste, mining industry and flue ashes; waste thermal and mechanical energy harvesting and energy storage; environmental, health and safety considerations, local regulations and international exchanges.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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CHEE 511
Catal for Sust Fuels&Chemicals
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to catalytic processes for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals. Topics: From fossil fuel to renewable fuel. Syngas vs. platform route. Biomass upgrading. Renewable natural gas. CO2 as chemical building block. Theory of photo- and electro-catalysis.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: CHEE 204 and CHEE 310 or permission of instructor.
- Course open to U3 Chemical Engineering undergraduate students and graduate students in Chemical Engineering.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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CHEE 512
Stem Cell Bioprocess Eng.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to stem cell biology. Cell growth models applicable to stem cells and their progeny. Upstream processing (cell culture systems, bioreactors), downstream processing (cell separation, purification) and quality management (current good manufacturing practice, regulations) applied to therapeutic cells.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite(s): MATH 262 and CHEE 370 or BIOL 200, or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction: Course open to U3 Chemical Engineering undergraduate students and graduate students registered with Chemical Engineering and the McGill Graduate Certificate in Regenerative Medicine program, M.Eng. in Biological and Biomedical Engineering program.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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CHEE 515
Mtl Surfaces:A Biomimetic Appr
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Investigation of the factors that cause biological surfaces to have superb functionalities; chemical and physical concepts responsible for the respective interfacial phenomena, such as surface tension, thermodynamics, kinetics, electrical double layers, adsorption, and surface wetting; comparison of nature's solutions to engineering problems with synthetic approaches.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Anne-Marie Kietzig, Marta Cerruti
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CHEE 521
Nanomat & the Aquatic Environ
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Environmental impacts and applications of nanomaterials. Topics: physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles in aquatic media, colloid chemistry for understanding nanoparticle aggregation and mobility in the environment, mechanisms of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by nanomaterials, nanomaterials for environmental remediation and water treatment, methodologies for assessing nanoparticle toxicity, novel research developments.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- 3-0-6
- Offered each year, one year by the Department of Chemical Engineering and one year by the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEE 315 or CIVE 225 or MIME 356 or equivalent; and CHEE 310 or CIVE 430 or CHEM 233 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CIVE 521.
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CHEE 541
Electrochemical Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Electrochemical systems: electrodes, reactors. Electrochemical stoichiometry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Mass and charge transport. Current and potential distribution in an electrochemical reactor. Electrocatalysis. Fuel cells technology. Batteries. Industrial electrochemical processes. Electrochemical sensors. Biomedical electrochemistry. Passivity, corrosion and corrosion prevention. Electrocrystalization. Experimental Methods.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: CHEE 310 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 489.
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CHEE 543
Plasma Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Description of the plasma state and parameters, plasma generation methods, and of the related process control and instrumentation. Electrical breakdown in gases and a series of discharge models are covered. Plasma processing applications such as PVD, PECVD, plasma polymerisation and etching, environmental applications, nanoparticle synthesis, spraying and sterilization are treated.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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CHEE 563
Biofluids&Cardiovascular Mech.
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Basic principles of circulation including vascular fluid and solid mechanics, modelling techniques, clinical and experimental methods and the design of cardiovascular devices.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: CHEE 314 or MECH 331 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MECH 563.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
CHEE 582
Polymer Science & Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Application of engineering fundamentals to the preparation and processing of polymers emphasizing the relationship between polymer structure and properties. Topics include: polymer synthesis techniques, characterization of molecular weight, crystallinity, glass transition, phase behaviour, mechanical properties, visco-elasticity, rheology, and polymer processing for use in blends and composite materials.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: CHEE 314 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 481.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
CHEE 584
Polymer Processing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Survey of polymer processing operations with emphasis on the application of polymer rheology and transport phenomena to predict performance, including polymer rheology and constitutive equations, mixing, extrusion, injection molding, coating flows, fiber spinning, film blowing, blow molding, compression molding, thermoforming and composites processing.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
-
CHEE 585
Foundations of Soft Matter
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to soft condensed matter. Atomic and molecular origins of hydrodynamics and elasticity. Microscale order and disorder, phase transitions and dynamics. Polymer solutions, melts and gels. Surfactants, self-assembled structures, and fluid membranes. Colloidal dispersions, their dynamics, gels and crystals. Liquid crystals. Integration of the foregoing topics with modern experimental techniques in soft-matter research.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
CHEE 587
Chem Processing:ElectronicsInd
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to semiconductors and elementary semiconductor devices. Chemical processes and unit operations in the manufacture of microelectronic components with emphasis on silicon chip fabrication, fundamentals of crystal growth, photolithography, deposition of thin films, dopant diffusion, plasma and chemical etching, packaging. Safety and environmental concerns. Sustainability practices in this industry.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
CHEE 591
Environmental Bioremediation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: The presence and role of microorganisms in the environment, the role of microbes in environmental remediation either through natural or human-mediated processes, the application of microbes in pollution control and the monitoring of environmental pollutants.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
-
CHEE 593
Indus Water Pollution Control
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Wastewater constituents of concern; legislation pertinent to wastewater treatment; wastewater sampling and analysis techniques; process analysis and selection; physical, chemical and biological processes; advanced wastewater treatment methods; integration of sciences and engineering principles to design wastewater treatment processes.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: CHEE 314 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 471.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
CIVE 430
Water Treatment&Pollut Control
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Principles of water and sewage treatment. Water and sewage characteristics; design of conventional unit operations and processes; laboratory analyses of potable and waste waters.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
-
CIVE 521
Nanomat & the Aquatic Environ
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Environmental impacts and applications of nanomaterials. Topics: physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles in aquatic media, colloid chemistry for understanding nanoparticle aggregation and mobility in the environment, mechanisms of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by nanomaterials, nanomaterials for environmental remediation and water treatment, methodologies for assessing nanoparticle toxicity, novel research developments.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- 3-0-6
- Offered each year, one year by the Department of Chemical Engineering and one year by Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- Prerequisite(s): CHEE 315 or CIVE 225 or MIME 356 or equivalent; CHEE 310 or CIVE 430 or CHEM 233 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 521.
-
MECH 534
Air Pollution Engineering
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Pollutants from power production and their effects on the environment. Mechanisms of pollutant formation in combustion. Photochemical pollutants and smog, atmospheric dispersion. Pollutant generation from internal combustion engines and stationary power plants. Methods of pollution control (exhaust gas treatment, absorption, filtration, scrubbers, etc.).
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
MECH 563
Biofluids&Cardiovascular Mech
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Basic principles of circulation including vascular fluid and solid mechanics, modelling techniques, clinical and experimental methods and the design of cardiovascular devices.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisites: CHEE 314 or MECH 331 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 563
-
MIME 515
Mtl Surfaces:A Biomimetic Appr
3 Credits+
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Investigation of the factors that cause biological surfaces to have superb functionalities; chemical and physical concepts responsible for the respective interfacial phenomena, such as surface tension, thermodynamics, kinetics, electrical double layers, adsorption, and surface wetting; comparison of nature's solutions to engineering problems with synthetic approaches.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Marta Cerruti, Anne-Marie Kietzig
+ Students may choose only one course in each of the following sets:
- CHEE 515 or MIME 515
- CHEE 521 or CIVE 521
- CHEE 563 or MECH 563
- CHEE 593 or CIVE 430
List B
0-6 credits from the following:
-
BIEN 550
Biomolecular Devices
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Fundamentals of motor proteins in neuronal transport, force generation e.g. in muscles, cell motility and division. A survey of recent advances in using motor proteins to power nano fabricated devices. Principles of design and operation; hands-on-experience in building a simple device.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- (3-1-5)
-
BIOT 505
Sel Topics in Biotechnology
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biotechnology: Current methods and recent advances in biological, medical, agricultural and engineering aspects of biotechnology will be described and discussed. An extensive reading list will complement the lecture material.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Restriction: U3 students
-
BREE 325
Food Process Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioresource Engineering: Heat and mass transfer, enthalpy and mass balances, sterilizing, freezing, fluid flow, pipes, steam, refrigeration, pumps and valves.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 325.
-
BREE 522
Bio-Based Polymers
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioresource Engineering: The structure and properties of selected biomass (e.g. vegetable oils and starches) will be reviewed. The synthesis of bio-based polymers through chemical modification, casting, compression and extrusion among other methods will be studied. The physical properties of the resulting matrices will then be reviewed. Commercial applications will be examined.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
-
CHEE 363
Projects Chem Eng 1
2 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Projects on social or technical aspects of chemical engineering practice. Students must find a supervisor amongst the departmental faculty before registering for this course. Students suggest their own projects to be approved by their supervisor. Students may work in groups.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (1-0-5) Students are required to submit a written report.
- Prerequisite: CHEE 200 (A "D" grade is acceptable for prerequisite purposes only)
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
-
CHEE 494
Research Project & Seminar 1
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Independent study and experimental work on topic(s) chosen by consultation between the student and professor. Students must find a supervisor amongst the department faculty before registering for this course.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (1-6-2)
- Students are required to complete a written report and a presentation before the end of the semester.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
-
CHEE 495
Research Project & Seminar 2
4 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Independent study and experimental work on topic(s) chosen by consultation between the student and professor. Students must find a supervisor amongst the department faculty before registering for this course.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (1-9-2)
- Students are required to complete a written report and a presentation before the end of the semester.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
-
CHEE 496
Environmental Research Project
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Independent study and experimental work on environmental topic(s) chosen by consultation between the student and professor. Students must find a supervisor amongst department faculty before registering for this course.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (1-6-2)
- Students are required to complete a written report and a presentation before the end of the semester.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne
-
CIVE 557
Microbio for Environmental Eng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Microbiological concepts applied to the practice of environmental engineering and biotechnologies including the following topics: cellular and pathway organizations, evolution, growth, gene expression, horizontal gene transfer, metabolic microbial diversity, ecosystem structures, and quantitative mathematical modelling.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- Prerequisite: CIVE 225 or permission of the instructor
- (3-1-5)
-
MIME 470
Engineering Biomaterials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Key definitions, clinical need, desired materials properties, current and future materials, materials assessments and performance. Materials of the body. Characterisation techniques for bulk and mechanical properties of biomaterials. Engineering processing and design of biomaterials.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MIME 261 or equivalent. Permission of instructor.
- Attendance is mandatory for a one-time 3-hour lab, scheduled during the semester.
-
MIME 558
Engineering Nanomaterials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Aspects of manufacturing bulk-nanostructured materials. Fabrication of nanosized and nanostructured precursors (metals, ceramics, intermetallics, CNT). Reactivity, handling and safety of nano-particles. Processes developed to fabricate bulk nanostructured materials (pressing and sintering, hot pressing and extrusion, ECAP, electrodeposition, spray forming, shockwave compaction). Characterisation of nanostructures. Physical and mechanical properties of nanomaterials.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MIME 260 or MIME 261 and MIME 362 or equivalent or permission of instructor
- **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 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
* BIOT 505 can only be chosen by students taking the Minor in Biotechnology.
** Students may choose only one project course: CHEE 363, CHEE 494, CHEE 495, or CHEE 496.
List C
0-3 credits
The remaining credits, up to a maximum of 3 credits, may be taken from other suitable undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Engineering, with departmental permission.
Complementary Studies
6 credits (9 credits for students from Quebec CEGEPs)
Group A - Impact of Technology on Society
3 credits from the following:
-
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
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
BTEC 502
Biotechnology Ethics & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biotechnology: Examination of particular social and ethical challenges posed by modern biotechnology such as benefit sharing, informed consent in the research setting, access to medical care worldwide, environmental safety and biodiversity and the ethical challenges posed by patenting life.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Restriction: U3 and over.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
CIVE 469
Infrastructure & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Infrastructure systems, historical background and socio-economic impact; planning, organization, communication and decision support systems; budgeting and management; operations, maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement issues; public and private sectors, privatization and governments; infrastructure crisis and new technologies; legal, environmental, socio-economic and political aspects of infrastructure issues; professional ethics and responsibilities; case studies.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 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
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
ECON 347
Economics of Climate Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- Instructors
- Robert D Cairns
- Robert D Cairns
-
ENVR 201
Society,Environ&Sustainability
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environment: This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.
Offered by: McGill School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Instructors
- Madhav Govind Badami, Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Jeffrey A Cardille, Nicolas Kosoy
-
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
-
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
- Instructors
- Gail L Chmura, Timothy R Moore, Michel F Lapointe
-
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
-
GEOG 302
Environmental Management 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
-
MGPO 440
Strategies for Sustainability
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Policy: This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
-
PHIL 343
Biomedical Ethics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
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
- Fall: Macdonald Campus (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue). Winter: Downtown Campus.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 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
-
SOCI 312
Sociology of Work and Industry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The development of the world of work from the rise of industrial capitalism to the postindustrial age. Responses of workers and managers to changing organizational, technological and economic realities. Interrelations between changing demands in the workplace and the functioning of the labour market. Canadian materials in comparative perspective.
Offered by: Sociology
-
URBP 201
Planning the 21st Century City
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: The study of how urban planners respond to the challenges posed by contemporary cities world-wide. Urban problems related to the environment, shelter, transport, human health, livelihoods and governance are addressed; innovative plans to improve cities and city life are analyzed.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
* Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at http://www.mcgill.ca/importantdates.
Group B - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies and Law
3 credits (6 credits for students from Quebec CEGEPs) at the 200 level or higher from the following departments:
Anthropology (ANTH)
Economics (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227 and ECON 337)
History (HIST)
Philosophy (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310)
Political Science (POLI)
Psychology (excluding PSYC 204 and PSYC 305, but including PSYC 100)
Religious Studies (RELG) (excluding courses that principally impart language skills, such as Sanskrit, Tibetan, Tamil, New Testament Greek, and Biblical Hebrew) ***
School of Social Work (SWRK)
Sociology (excluding SOCI 350)
OR 3 credits from the following:
-
ARCH 528
History of Housing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Architecture: Indigenous housing both transient and permanent, from the standpoint of individual structure and pattern of settlements. The principal historic examples of houses including housing in the age of industrial revolution and contemporary housing.
Offered by: Architecture
- (2-0-7)
- Prerequisite: ARCH 251 or permission of instructor
-
BUSA 465
Technological Entrepreneurship
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Admin: Concentrating on entrepreneurship and enterprise development, particular attention is given to the start-up, purchasing and management of small to medium-sized industrial firms. The focal point is in understanding the dilemmas faced by entrepreneurs, resolving them, developing a business plan and the maximum utilization of the financial, marketing and human resources that make for a successful operation.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
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
-
ENVR 203
Knowledge, Ethics&Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environment: Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies.
Offered by: McGill School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Instructors
- Julia Freeman
- Ismael Vaccaro
-
ENVR 400
Environmental Thought
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environment: Students work in interdisciplinary seminar groups on challenging philosophical, ethical, scientific and practical issues. They will explore cutting-edge ideas and grapple with the reconciliation of environmental imperatives and social, political and economic pragmatics. Activities include meeting practitioners, attending guest lectures, following directed readings, and organizing, leading and participating in seminars.
Offered by: McGill School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Prerequisite: ENVR 203
- Restriction: Open only to U3 students, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hamish A van der Ven, Julia Freeman, Nicolas Kosoy
- Julia Freeman, Nicolas Kosoy, Stephanie Posthumus
-
FACC 220
Law for Architects & Engineers
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: Aspects of the law which affect architects and engineers. Definition and branches of law; Federal and Provincial jurisdiction, civil and criminal law and civil and common law; relevance of statutes; partnerships and companies; agreements; types of property, rights of ownership; successions and wills; expropriation; responsibility for negligence; servitudes/easements, privileges/liens, hypothecs/ mortgages; statutes of limitations; strict liability of architect, engineer and builder; patents, trade marks, industrial design and copyright; bankruptcy; labour law; general and expert evidence; court procedure and arbitration.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
FACC 500
Tech. Business Plan Design
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: This course combines several management functional areas such as marketing, financial, operations and strategy with the skills of creativity, engineering innovation, leadership and communications. Students learn how to design an effective and winning business plan around a technology or engineering project in small, medium or large enterprises.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: FACC 300 or permission of instructor.
- Recommended to be taken in combination with FACC 501.
-
FACC 501
Tech. Business Plan Project
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty Course: Students work in teams to develop a comprehensive business plan project based on a technological or engineering innovation while utilizing site visits.
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office
- (1-0-8)
- Prerequisite: FACC 300 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken FACC 480.
- Recommended to be taken in combination with FACC 500.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
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
-
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
-
INDR 294
Intro to Labour-Mgmt Relations
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Industrial Relations: An introduction to labour-management relations, the structure, function and government of labour unions, labour legislation, the collective bargaining process, and the public interest in industrial relations.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Chantal Westgate
- Chantal Westgate
-
INTG 201
Integrated Mgmt Essentials 1
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Integrated Management: Essentials of management using an integrated approach. Three modules (managing money, managing people and managing information) cover fundamentals of accounting, finance, organizational behaviour and information systems; and illustrate how the effective management of human, financial and technological resources contributes to the success of an organization. Emphasizes an integrated approach to management, highlighting how organizations function as a whole and the importance of being able to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
Offered by: Management
- Only open to U1, U2, U3 non-Management students. Not open to students in the Desautels Faculty of Management or students who have taken two or more of courses MGCR 211, MGCR 222 or MGCR 341.
- Limited enrolment; priority registration to students in Minors in Entrepreneurship. Note: this course is not part of the Desautels Minors in Management, Finance, Marketing or Operations Management (for non-Management students).
-
INTG 202
Integrated Mgmt Essentials 2
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Integrated Management: Essentials of management using an integrated approach. Four modules (managing customer relationships, managing processes, managing digital innovation and managing the enterprise) cover fundamentals of marketing, strategy, operations and information systems; and illustrate how this knowledge is harnessed in an organization to create value for customers and other stakeholders. Emphasizes an integrated approach to management, highlighting how organizations function as a whole and the importance of being able to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction(s): Only open to U1, U2, U3 students. Not open to students in the Desautels Faculty of Management or students who have taken two or more of courses MGCR 331, MGCR 352, MGCR 423 or MGCR 472.
- Limited enrolment; priority registration to students in Minors in Entrepreneurship. It is suggested that students take INTG 201 prior to INTG 202, but is not required. Note: this course is not part of the Desautels Minors in Management, Finance, Marketing or Operations Management (for non-Management Students).
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
-
MATH 338
History & Philosophy of Math
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, Indian and Arab contributions to mathematics are studied together with some modern developments they give rise to, for example, the problem of trisecting the angle. European mathematics from the Renaissance to the 18th century is discussed in some detail.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
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MGCR 222
Intro to Org Behaviour
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.
Offered by: Management
- Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
- Terms
- Instructors
- Chantal Westgate, Simon Blanchette, Jean-Nicolas Reyt, John-Paul Ferguson
- Chantal Westgate, Diana Dakhlallah, Roman Galperin
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MGCR 352
Principles of Marketing
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Continuing Studies: requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Canadian Institute of Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Robert Mackalski, Hamid Etemad, Anwar White, Bruce Doré
- Robert Mackalski, Emine Sarigollu, DaHee Han, Yi Lu
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ORGB 321
Leadership
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 222 or permission of Instructor and approval of the BCom Program Office.
- Restrictions: Restricted to U2 and U3 students.
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ORGB 423
Human Resources Management
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 222
- Requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year
* Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at http://www.mcgill.ca/importantdates.
** Note: INTG 201 and INTG 202 are not open to students who have taken certain Management courses. Please see the INTG 201 and INTG 202 course information for a list of these courses.
*** If you are uncertain whether or not a course principally imparts language skills, please see an adviser in the McGill Engineering Student Centre (Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 22) or email an adviser.
Note regarding language courses: Language courses are not accepted to satisfy the Complementary Studies Group B requirement, effective for students who entered the program as of Fall 2017.