Four 30-credit post-baccalaureate certificates and diplomas are offered in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Applicants must hold a BSc degree.
Note for applying for the Certificate Programs:
On the second page of the on-line form under "application type", choose Undergraduate/Professional, NOT graduate. Under the "highest level of education", do not enter anything lower than Bachelor’s degree/Equivalent, Master’s or Doctorate otherwise the certificate will not be listed as an option. On the third page, the first entry "Faculty" should be Agric-Environ-Sci and the second entry, for "Program" should be the certificate of your choice.
Certificate in Ecological Agriculture
This 30-credit certificate program is very similar to the Minor program and is designed to focus on the principles underlying the practice of ecological agriculture. The certificate may be of special interest to professional agrologists who want further training, as well as formal recognition that they have completed a coherent program of courses beyond their B.Sc. studies.
Students holding a B.Sc. in agriculture or a related area are eligible to register for this program provided that they are otherwise acceptable for admission to the University. Students who have completed the Minor or specialization in Ecological Agriculture are not permitted to register for this program.
Program Requirement:
This 30-credit certificate program is very similar to the Minor program and is designed to focus on the principles underlying the practice of ecological agriculture. The certificate may be of special interest to professional agrologists who want further training, as well as formal recognition that they have completed a coherent program of courses beyond their B.Sc. studies.
Students holding a B.Sc. in agriculture or a related area are eligible to register for this program provided that they are otherwise acceptable for admission to the University. Students who have completed the Minor or specialization in Ecological Agriculture are not permitted to register for this program.
For information on academic advising, see: http://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/studentinfo/advising
General Regulations
To obtain a certificate in Ecological Agriculture, students must complete a minimum total of 30 credits from the courses as given below.
Notes:
1. Most courses listed at the 300 level and higher have prerequisites. Although instructors may waive prerequisite(s) in some cases, students are urged to prepare their program of study to ensure that they have met all conditions.
2. Students using AGRI 310 toward the requirements of the Specialization/Minor/Certificate are limited to an experience on farms or other enterprises that are organic, biodynamic, or practising permaculture. The placement must be approved by the academic adviser for the specialization/Minor/certificate.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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AGRI 215 Agro-Ecosystems Field Course 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Through case studies and field trips, students will examine the problems and constraints within the Canadian agro-ecosystem, including the interrelationships among food production, the environment, agricultural policy and social issues. Research in this field of study will also be introduced.
Offered by: Plant Science
- This course carries an additional charge of $65.29 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips to agricultural enterprises. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
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- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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SOIL 535 Soil Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Exploration of the unique soil habitat for organisms with a focus on the variables that affect the abundance, diversity and interactions of soil biota and, in turn, their influence on soil physicochemical properties, biogeochemical cycles and other factors impacting ecosystem sustainability. Topics include survey of soil fauna, soil food webs, microbial ecology, biological carbon and nitrogen cycling, plant-soil interactions, and the effects of human activities and management on soil ecology, including synthesizing concepts and a critical analysis and interpretation of primary scientific literature in soil ecology.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
18 credits chosen from the following, in consultation with the Academic Adviser for Ecological Agriculture.
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AGRI 310 Internship in Agr./Environ. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Internship on working farms or in other appropriate businesses of the agri-food/environment industries.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 201D1/D2.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
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AGRI 435 Soil & Water Quality Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Management of soil and water systems for sustainability. Cause of soil degradation, surface and groundwater contamination by agricultural chemicals and toxic pollutants. Human health and safety concerns. Water-table management. Soil and water conservation techniques will be examined with an emphasis on methods of prediction and best management practices.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- This course carries an additional charge of $37.68 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to a field trip. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANSC 312 Animal Health and Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: An introduction to the pathogenesis and control of diseases in farm animals. Immune response and other protective mechanisms. Implications of animal diseases and drug therapy for product safety and public health.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Vilceu Bordignon
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ENTO 352 Biocontrol of Pest Insects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Modern concepts of integrated control techniques and principles of insect pest management, with emphasis on biological control (use of predators, parasites and pathogens against pest insects), population monitoring, and manipulation of environmental, behavioral and physiological factors in the pest's way of life. Physical, cultural, and genetic controls and an introduction to the use of non-toxic biochemical controls (attractants, repellents, pheromones, antimetabolites).
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- .
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 305 Population & Community Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Interactions between organisms and their environment; historical and current perspectives in applied and theoretical population and community ecology. Principles of population dynamics, feedback loops, and population regulation. Development and structure of communities; competition, predation and food web dynamics. Biodiversity science in theory and practice.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Melissa McKinney
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ENVB 415 Ecosystem Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Through the examination of cases studies presented in a modular format, students will be exposed to a variety of ecosystem processes. Choice of components, interactions and type of management to achieve desired endpoints will be discussed.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MICR 331 Microbial Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology (Agric&Envir Sc): The ecology of microorganisms, primarily bacteria and archaea, and their roles in biogeochemical cycles. Microbial interactions with the environment, plants, animals and other microbes emphasizing the underlying genetics and physiology. Diversity, evolution (microbial phylogenetics) and the application of molecular biology in microbial ecology.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 230 or AEBI 212 or ENVR 202 or permission of the instructor.
- Not recommended for U1 students.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brian T Driscoll
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NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. McGill undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
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PARA 424 Fundamental Parasitology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Systematics, morphology, biology and ecology of parasitic protozoa, flatworms, roundworms and arthropods with emphasis on economically and medically important species.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Prerequisite(s): AEBI 211 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 424.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PLNT 302 Forage Crops and Pastures 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Ecology, management, and physiology of forage crops with emphasis on establishment, growth, maintenance, harvesting, and preservation; value as livestock feed in terms of nutritional composition and role in environmental conservation.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Prerequisites: PLNT 201 or AEBI 210 or AEBI 211 or WILD 200
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PLNT 331.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Philippe Seguin
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PLNT 307 Agroecol of Vegetables&Fruits 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of selected vegetable and fruit agroecosystems. Includes selection of varieties and management from seedling to harvest to storage.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Prerequisite: AEBI 210 or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Valérie Gravel
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PLNT 434 Weed Biology and Control 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: A study of the biology of undesirable vegetation as related to the principles of prevention and physical, biological, managerial and chemical control. Emphasis on the environmental impact of the different methods of weed control.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Prerequisite: AEBI 210
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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PLNT 460 Plant Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Theory and practice of plant ecology with an emphasis on the interaction between patterns and ecological processes and the dynamics, conservation and management of plant populations and communities over a range of temporal and spatial scales.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor.
- This course carries an additional charge of $170.00 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOIL 326 Soils in a Changing Environ 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Soil processes responsible for soil formation will be studied and the impact of changes to the physical and chemical environment will be discussed.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: A previous course in soil science, geography, geology or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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WOOD 441 Integrated Forest Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Woodland Resources: The study of silviculture and silvics and their application to forest management to sustain the production of wood and other ecological goods and services such as wildlife, water and landscape in natural forests and rural environments (agroforestry). Acquisition of practical skills in forest surveying and computer simulation of forest growth.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite(s): ENVB 210 or ENVB 222 or ENVR 202, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Benoît Côté
Certificate in Food Science
This program is geared toward mature students, who have an undergraduate degree in a science-related discipline, to acquire the basic knowledge in the food science area to enter food-related industries or a food science graduate program. Students must complete a core course that introduces them to the basics of the field of food science and then choose complementary courses that allow a broad-based exposure in areas such as food chemistry/analysis, food microbiology/nutrition, quality assurance/safety, processing/engineering, communication skills, and ethics.
Program Requirement:
This program is geared toward mature students, who have an undergraduate degree in a science-related discipline, to acquire the basic knowledge in the food science area to enter food-related industries or a food science graduate program. Students must complete a core course that introduces them to the basics of the field of food science and then choose complementary courses that allow a broad-based exposure in areas such as food chemistry/analysis, food microbiology/nutrition, quality assurance/safety, processing/engineering, communication skills, and ethics.
Required Course (3 credits)
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FDSC 200 Introduction to Food Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: This course enables one to gain an appreciation of the scope of food science as a discipline. Topics include introductions to chemistry, processing, packaging, analysis, microbiology, product development, sensory evaluation and quality control as they relate to food science.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Xiaonan Lu
Complementary Courses (27 credits)
27 credits (select no more than two 200-level courses)
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AGRI 510 Professional Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: The ethical issues that face a professional in the workplace; professional ethics and deontology, professional responsibilities as related to the laws of labour, health, safety and risks to the environment, risk management and communication.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Restriction: Course restricted to senior undergraduate and graduate students.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Yixiang Wang
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BREE 324 Elements of Food Engineering 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: A course in basic food engineering for non-engineering students, covering heat transfer, mass and energy balances, food process unit operations, material transport/ steam/refrigeration systems.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 3-hour lab per week
- Restriction: Not open to students in any of the B.Eng.(Bioresource) programs.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BREE 325.
- Corequisite: FDSC 330
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Michael O Ngadi
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BREE 535 Food Safety Engineering 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: The application of engineering principles to address microbial and chemical safety challenges in food processing, including intervention technologies (traditional and novel non-thermal intervention technologies, chemical interventions, and hurdle approach); control, monitoring and identification techniques (biosensors); packaging applications in food safety (active packaging, intelligent or smart packaging); and tracking and traceability systems.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Michael O Ngadi
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FDSC 213 Analytical Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Theoretical aspects of wet chemical techniques including gravimetric and volumetric analyses, redoximetry, and separation techniques.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Yixiang Wang
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FDSC 251 Food Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: A study of the chemistry and functionality of the major components comprising food systems, such as water, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The relationship of these components to food stability will be studied in terms of degradative reactions and processing.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ashraf A Ismail
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FDSC 300 Principles of Food Analysis 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The fundamentals of food analysis are presented with the emphasis on the major components of foods. Topics include: food components, sampling, method selection, official methods, proximate analysis, moisture, protein, fat, ash, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins and nutraceutical compounds.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 251 or permission of instructor.
- Corequisite: FDSC 251 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Saji George
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FDSC 305 Food Chemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: A study of the chemistry and functionality of the minor components comprising food systems, such as enzymes, anthocyanins, carotenoids, additives, vitamins and essential oils. The relationship of these components to food stability in terms of degradative reactions and processing.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 251
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Benjamin K Simpson
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FDSC 310 Post Harvest Fruit&Veg Technol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The post harvest chemistry and physiology of horticultural crops as they affect quality and marketability, handling methods pre and post harvest, principles and practices in cooling, storage, transportation and packaging.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- This course carries an additional charge of $125.00 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hosahalli Ramaswamy
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FDSC 315 Separation Tech in Food Anal 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: A detailed treatment on the principal chromotographic and electrophoretic techniques that are associated with the analysis of carbohydrate, lipid, protein constituents of food.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 300 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Stephane Bayen
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FDSC 319 Food Commodities 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The relationship between the chemistry of food constituents present in common commodities, such as milk, meat, eggs, cereals, oilseeds etc. and the common processing technologies associated with their transformation into stable food products.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 251 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Benjamin K Simpson
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FDSC 330 Food Processing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The principles and practices of food processing with an emphasis on canning, freezing, and dehydration. A survey of the newer methods of food preservation such as irradiation, reverse osmosis etc.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 251
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Hosahalli Ramaswamy
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FDSC 400 Food Packaging 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: An integrated approach to the materials used for the packaging of food products, considering the physical, chemical and functional characteristics of such materials and their utility, relative to the chemistry of the food system they are designed to enclose and preserve.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 305
- This course carries an additional charge of $52.69 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Yixiang Wang
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FDSC 405 Food Product Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Fundamental principles of food product development from an innovative concept to the marketplace. Emphasis will be on the application of basic knowledge of food chemistry, food technology and related disciplines in developing new products or improving the existing ones.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 4-hour lab.
- Pre-/Co-requisite: FDSC 305 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Salwa Karboune
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FDSC 442 Food Microbiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Topics in Food Microbiology including an overview of the natural flora and microbiological spoilage of food products, methods of control and shelf-life extension, methods of detection and control food-borne pathogens and the use of suitable microorganisms in the production of a variety of food products.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite: MICR 230 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have completed MICR 442.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Vincent Somerville, Zhixuan Feng
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FDSC 495D1 Food Science Seminar 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Two 20-minute presentations (1 per term) on an assigned or selected topic. The purpose is to research a subject and present to a peer audience the essence of the subject investigated. Development of presentation and communication skills at a professional level is stressed and rapport with the industry will be established through guest speakers.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 2 lectures
- Students must register for both FDSC 495D1 and FDSC 495D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both FDSC 495D1 and FDSC 495D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Varoujan Yaylayan
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FDSC 495D2 Food Science Seminar 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: See FDSC 495D1 for course description.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: FDSC 495D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both FDSC 495D1 and FDSC 495D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Varoujan Yaylayan
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FDSC 515 Enzymology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Selected advanced topics on the biophysical and kinetic aspects of enzymatic reactions, particularly the fundamentals and applications of laws of biothermodynamics, biochemical equilibrium, electrochemistry and biochemical kinetics as related to the enzymatic reactions.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: FDSC 211 or LSCI 211 and FDSC 233 or permission of instructor
- Course offered in even years. Check with Graduate Program Supervisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FDSC 516 Flavour Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The chemistry of the flavour constituents of foods, thermal and enzymatic generation, mechanistic pathways of formation, analysis synthesis and applications in food.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: FDSC 305 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FDSC 410
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Varoujan Yaylayan
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FDSC 519 Advanced Food Processing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Advanced technologies associated with food processing studied in more detail. Topics include food irradiation, reverse osmosis, super critical fluid extraction and extrusion.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: FDSC 330
- Course offered in even years. Check with Graduate Program Supervisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FDSC 520 Biophysical Chemistry of Food 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: This course will cover recent advances in the application of spectroscopic techniques, including infrared, Raman, near-infrared, circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectroscopy, to the study of biomolecules of relevance to food. Particular emphasis will be placed on the molecular basis of structure-function and structure-functionality relationships.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: FDSC 233
- Course offered in odd years. Check with Graduate Program Supervisor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FDSC 525 Food Quality Assurance 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The principles and practices required for the development, maintenance and monitoring of systems for food quality and food safety. The concepts and practices of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point; ISO 9000; Total Quality Management; Statistical Sampling Plans, Statistical Process Control; Tools of Quality; Government Regulations.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FDSC 425
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FDSC 536 Food Traceability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: Concepts and processes associated with the identification, tracking and tracing food forward and backward through the food continuum.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: FDSC 425 or permission of instructor.
- Course offered in odd years.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FDSC 537 Nutraceutical Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The origin, classification, mechanism of action and chemical properties of potential and established nutraceutical compounds and their applications in functional foods.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: FDSC 211 or LSCI 211, FDSC 230 and FDSC 233 or permission of instructor.
- Course offered in even years.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Varoujan Yaylayan
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LSCI 211 Biochemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids; enzymes and coenzymes. Introduction to intermediary metabolism.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Igor Cestari, Thavy Long
- Thavy Long, Igor Cestari
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LSCI 230 Introductory Microbiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: The occurrence and importance of microorganisms in the biosphere. Principles governing growth, death and metabolic activities of microorganisms. An introduction to the microbiology of soil, water, plants, food, humans and animals.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sebastien Faucher
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NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
Diploma in Environment
The Diploma in Environment is designed for students with an undergraduate degree who wish to enrich or reorient their training, supplementing their specialization with additional undergraduate-level course work in Environment.
The diploma requires 30 credits of full-time or part-time studies at McGill; it may be started in either January or September. The diploma is a one-year program if taken full-time.
Students holding a B.Sc. or a B.A. degree or equivalent in good standing will be permitted to register for the diploma through the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, or the Faculty of Science, provided they are otherwise acceptable for admission to the University.
Program Requirement:
The Diploma in Environment is designed for students with an undergraduate degree who wish to enrich or reorient their training, supplementing their specialization with additional undergraduate-level course work in Environment.
The Diploma requires 30 credits of full-time or part-time studies at McGill and is a one-year program if taken full-time.
Students holding a B.Sc. or a B.A. degree or equivalent in good standing will be permitted to register for the Diploma through the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, or the Faculty of Science, provided they are otherwise acceptable for admission to the University.
Advising Note:
Consultation with the Program Adviser for approval of course selection to meet program requirements is obligatory. All courses must be at the 200 level and above, and completed with a grade of C or better.
Required Courses (18 credits)
The core ENVR courses are offered on both campuses. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Macdonald campus.
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ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: A systems approach to study the different components of the environment involved in global climate change: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The interactions among these components. Their role in global climate change. The human dimension to global change.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Anthony Ricciardi, Christie Lovat
- Christie Lovat, Elena M Bennett
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ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Madhav Govind Badami, Jeffrey A Cardille, Geoffrey Garver
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ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Formation of the Earth and the evolution of life. How geological and biological change are the consequence of history, chance, and necessity acting over different scales of space and time. General principles governing the formation of modern landscapes and biotas. Effects of human activities on natural systems.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brian Leung, Raja Sengupta, Fiona M Soper, Christie Lovat
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ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics&Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Nicolas Kosoy, Julia Freeman
- Iwao Hirose, Amy Janzwood
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ENVR 301 Environmental Research Design 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Techniques used in design and completion of environmental research projects. Problem definition, data sources and use of appropriate strategies and methodologies. Principles underlying research design are emphasized, including critical thinking, recognizing causal relationships, ideologies and bias in research, and when and where to seek expertise.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Downtown campus; Winter - Macdonald campus
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Restrictions: Restricted to U2 or higher
- Prerequisite(s): Completion of U1 Required courses in Environment, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Raja Sengupta
- Julia Freeman
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ENVR 400 Environmental Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: Bieler 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
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Nicolas Kosoy, Julia Freeman
- Renee Sieber, Amy Janzwood
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
12 credits of complementary courses are selected as follows:
3 credits - selected with the approval of the Program Adviser in an area outside of the student's previous degree (e.g., those with a B.A. or equivalent degree must take at least 3 credits in the natural sciences; those with a B.Sc. or equivalent degree must take at least 3 credits in the social sciences). A list of Suggested Courses is given below.
9 credits - in an area of focus chosen by the student with the approval of the Program Adviser. At least 6 credits must be taken at the 400 level or higher. A list of Suggested Courses is given below.
Suggested Course List
The Suggested Course List is divided into two thematic categories: Social Sciences and Policy; and Natural Sciences and Technology.
Most courses listed at the 300 level and higher have prerequisites. You are urged to prepare your program of study with this in mind.
This list is not exhaustive. You are encouraged to examine the course lists of the various domains in the Environment program for other courses that might interest you. Courses not on the Suggested Course List may be included with the permission of the Program Adviser.
Some courses on the Suggested Course List may be subject to other regulations (e.g., the Restricted Courses List for Faculty of Science students). If in doubt, ask the Program Adviser.
Location Note: When planning your schedule and registering for courses, you should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Social Sciences and Policy
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AGEC 231 Econ Systems of Agriculture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The structure and organization of Canada's agriculture-food system, the operation, financing, linkages, and functions of its components. Focus to be on management of the various components and the entire system, types of problems confronted now and in the future.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Mary Doidge
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AGEC 333 Resource Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The role of resources in the environment, use of resources, and management of economic resources within the firm or organization. Problem-solving, case studies involving private and public decision-making in organizations are utilized.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Paul Thomassin
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AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Colin H Scott
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ANTH 418 Environment and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Advanced study of the environmental crisis in developing and advanced industrial nations, with emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management and environmental change. Each year, the seminar will focus on a particular set of issues, delineated by type of resource, geographic region, or analytical problem.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 339, or ANTH 349, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300, or GEOG 302, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Historical, theoretical and methodological development of political ecology as a field of inquiry on the interactions between society and environment, in the context of conflicts over natural resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 205 An Intro to Political Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 225 Economics of the Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hervé Robert Horner
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ECON 326 Ecological Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic and structural aspects of the ecological crisis. A course in which subjects discussed include the conflict between economic growth and the laws of thermodynamics; the search for alternative economic indicators; the fossil fuels crisis; and "green'' fiscal policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Robert D Cairns
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ECON 405 Natural Resource Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Topics include: Malthusian and Ricardian Scarcity; optimal depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources; exploration, risk and industry structure, and current resources, rent and taxation. Current public policies applied to the resource industries, particularly those of a regulatory nature.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Robert D Cairns
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EDER 494 HumanRights&Ethics in Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Explores contemporary issues in human rights from an educational perspective, focusing on implications for praxis; explores ethical notions, including rights and responsiblities, as applied to contemporary challenges.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Principles and practice of Environmental Assessment (EA) in Canada and internationally. Exploration of issues surrounding impact assessment for sustainable development in different sectors, including their limitations.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Open to U2 students and above.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Madhav Govind Badami, Jeffrey A Cardille, Geoffrey Garver
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ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics&Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Nicolas Kosoy, Julia Freeman
- Iwao Hirose, Amy Janzwood
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ENVR 400 Environmental Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: Bieler 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
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Nicolas Kosoy, Julia Freeman
- Renee Sieber, Amy Janzwood
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ENVR 421 Mtl:Envr Hist & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course will focus on the role of place and history in the cities in which we live and in our understanding of sustainability. Each year, students will work to develop a historical reconstruction of the natural environment of Montreal and of its links to the cultural landscape, building on the work of previous cohorts of students.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Each year focuses on making a specific and unique contribution to The Hochelaga Project; topics vary as required.
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 422
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 200 Geo Persp:World Env Problems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Oliver T Coomes, Sébastien Breau
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 300 Human Ecology in Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course will examine research approaches in human ecology since its inception early in this century. Emphasis will be placed on the theoretical shifts that have led to its emergence as an important social science perspective. The course will also involve case studies to evaluate the methodological utility of the approach.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 301 Geography of Nunavut 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to the physical and cultural geography of Canada's newest territory. The course will emphasize the bio-physical heterogeneity of the natural environment and the cultural and political ecology of the human population.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Sarah M Harris
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Mylene Riva
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GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 370 Protected Areas 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the goals of protected areas, focusing on the potential conflict between biodiversity conservation and use for recreation, education and sustainable extraction of resources. Principles and current issues in protected area design and management are reviewed. Examples are taken from developed and developing countries.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 408 Geography of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jon D Unruh
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GEOG 423 Dilemmas of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Africa seems beset by development problems. Some of these appear to have no clear answer. Such dilemmas present significant barriers to moving forward with durable, effective development in Africa. This course will examine two primary and frequently interlocked dilemmas in East Africa with wide ranging impact - food security, and conflict.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite: GEOG 310 or GEOG 408 or GEOG 410, or equivalent
- Restriction: Open to students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS) only
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jon D Unruh
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GEOG 530 Global Land & Water Resources 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Linkage of physical processes (hydrology and ecosystems) with issues of societal and socio-economic relevance (land, food, and water use appropriation for human well-being). Application of a holistic perspective on land, food and water issues in an international setting, highlighting linkages, feedbacks and trade-offs in an Earth system context.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 203 or ESYS 200 or ENVR 200 or equivalent; GEOG 322 or BREE 217 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 249 Health&the Healer in West Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Sebestian Kroupa, Thomas Schlich
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HIST 292 History and the Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 221 Intro to Hist & Phil of Sci 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Eran Tal
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PHIL 230 Intro to Moral Philosophy 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Christopher M Howard
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PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 334 Ethical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: A course focusing on central questions in ethical theory such as the nature of the good and the right and the factors which determine moral rightness and wrongness.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: one of PHIL 230, PHIL 237, PHIL 242, PHIL 343, or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: A discussion of philosophical problems as they arise in the context of scientific practice and enquiry. Such issues as the philosophical presuppositions of the physical and social sciences, the nature of scientific method and its epistemological implications will be addressed.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Iwao Hirose
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PHIL 348 Philosophy of Law 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: A discussion of the nature of justice and law, and of the relationship between them.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Natalie Stoljar
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POLI 212 Intro to ComparPol-Eur/NAmerca 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to fundamental comparative politics concepts and research that focuses on Europe and North America. Topics include: state and state institutions, parties and party systems, elections, protest and social movements, rule of law, corruption, regime transitions— democratization and autocratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Maria D Popova
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POLI 227 Intro to Compar Pol-Global S. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to politics across the Global South. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building, political violence, revolution, the role of the military, authoritarianism, and democratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Daniel Douek
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POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Environmental problems like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and ocean acidification transcend national borders. Solving these problems will require global cooperation on an unprecedented level. This course will explore the challenges of contemporary global environmental governance and the innovative solutions being advanced at the community, municipal, provincial, national, and international levels.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Amy Janzwood
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POLI 412 Canadian Voting/Public Opinion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A critical examination of major debates within the literature on Canadian voting behaviour and public opinion.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: at least one course in Canadian politics, preferably at the 300 or 400 level, or permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 445 IPE: Monetary Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Advanced course in international political economy; the politics of international of monetary relations, such as international rules governing international finance, the reasons for and consequences of financial flows, and the functioning of international financial bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or POLI 244 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Relations.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 474 Inequality and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 215 Social Psychology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Psychology: The course offers students an overview of the major topics in social psychology. Three levels of analysis are explored beginning with individual processes (e.g., attitudes, attribution), then interpersonal processes (e.g., attraction, communication, love) and finally social influence processes (e.g., conformity, norms, roles, reference groups).
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall and Winter
- 3 lectures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 330, MGCR 221 or SOCI 216
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- John Lydon
- Eric L Hehman
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RELG 270 Religious Ethics & the Environ 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Environmental potential of various religious traditions and secular perspectives, including animal rights, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Social justice and human rights issues as key aspects of modem religious ethics. Topics include: the relationship of religion to the modem human rights movement; religious perspectives on the universality of human rights; the scope and limits of religious freedom; conflicts between religion and rights.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Daniel M Cere
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SOCI 222 Urban Sociology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Milos Brocic
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 235 Technology and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Skyler Wang
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Summer
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Isabel Pike
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ina Filkobski
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 366 Neighborhoods and Inequality 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The causes and consequences of neighbourhood-based social inequalities in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Forms of inequality covered include poverty, segregation, ethnic enclaves, unemployment, educational attainment, crime, and health. Methodological issues and social policy will also be examined.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 386 Contemporary Social Movements 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course will focus on contemporary social movements in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe, such as the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and the environmental movement. Empirical studies of movements will be used to explore such general issues as how social movements emerge, grow, and decline.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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URBP 201 Planning the 21st Century City 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- (3-1-5)
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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URBP 504 Planning for Active Transp. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Urban Planning: The importance of transit, walking, and cycling as modes of transportation in sustainable urban environments. Planning, design, and operation of mass transit systems, bikeways, and footpaths.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ahmed M Elgeneidy
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URBP 506 Envrnmntl Policy and Planning 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Urban Planning: Analytical and institutional approaches for understanding and addressing environmental issues at various scales; characteristics of environmental issues, science-policy-politics interactions relating to the environment, and implications for policy; sustainability, and the need for and challenges associated with interdisciplinary perspectives; externalities and their regulation; public goods; risk perception and implications; the political-institutional context and policy instruments; cost-benefit analysis; multiple-criteria decision-making approaches; multidimensional life-cycle analysis; policy implementation issues; conflict resolution; case studies.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Restriction: This course is open to students in U3 and above
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Madhav Govind Badami
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URBP 530 Urb Infrastr&Serv in Intl Cont 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Urban Planning: Issues of practical and theoretical importance in relation to urban infrastructure and services in the international context: science and technology, political economy, policy analysis, policy implementation, public finance, and institutions and governance.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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URBP 551 Urban Design and Planning 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Urban Planning: Fundamentals of city-building in Canada relative to municipal, regional, and provincial actions used to guide urban growth and development. Contemporary urban design in major metropolitan centres as shaped by legal, political, and cultural realities. Current preoccupations in city-building: reurbanisation and adaptive reuse of infrastructure, collaborative multi-stakeholder projects, strategic initiatives, changing relationships between professional experts and grassroots actors. Introduction to specific aspects of practice: public participation and community engagement; land development and real estate; project feasibility and implementation; policy monitoring and evaluation; emergent city-building regimes.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Restrictions: Not to be taken by undergraduates before U3. Not open to M.Arch. students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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WCOM 314 Communicating Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Katrina G Olsen, Kyle Kubler, Mirjam Guesgen
- Kyle Kubler
Natural Sciences and Technology
** Note: you may take LSCI 230 or MIMM 211, but not both; you may take ENVB 529 or GEOG 201, but not both; you may take one of BREE 217, CIVE 323 or GEOG 322; you may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305, but not both; you may take BIOL 465 or WILD 421, but not both; you may take COMP 202 or COMP 204, but not both; you may take EPSC 201 or EPSC 233, but not both.
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AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
- .
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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ANSC 326 Fundamentals of Pop'n Genetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Population genetics mechanisms in mammals, birds and plant. Factors influencing gene, genotype, and phenotypic frequencies. Effects of different types of selection, Hardy-Weinberg, linkage and recombination, polymorphisms and heterozygosity, population size, random drift and inbreeding on gene and genotype frequencies. Relationship between quantitative genetic parameters and gene frequencies.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Roger Cue
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ANTH 311 Primate Behaviour and Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Critical evaluation of theories concerning primate behaviour with emphasis on the importance of ecological factors in framing behaviour, including mating behaviour, parent care, social structures, communication, as well as various forms of social interaction such as dominance, territoriality and aggressive expression.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Any 200 level course in a social or biological science.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ATOC 214 Intro:Physics of the Atmosph 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: An introduction to key physical processes operating in the atmosphere, designed for students in science and engineering. Topics typically include: composition of the atmosphere; vertical structure; heat transfer; solar and terrestrial radiation and Earth's energy balance; seasonal and daily temperature changes; humidity and the formation of clouds and precipitation; stability of tropospheric air layers; applications of adiabatic charts.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: CEGEP Physics, or the combination of PHYS 131 and PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Evangelia Ioannidou
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ATOC 215 Oceans, Weather and Climate 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: An introduction to key physical and dynamical processes in the oceans and atmosphere. Topics typically include air-sea-ice interactions, laws of motion, the geostrophic and thermal wind relations, general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, weather, radiative balance, climate sensitivity and variability, role of the atmosphere and oceans in climate.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: MATH 141
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Robert Fajber
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BIOL 240 Monteregian Flora 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Field studies of ferns, fern allies, conifers and flowering plants; the use of keys for plant identification.
Offered by: Biology
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or permission
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PLNT 358
- Note: Taught at the Gault Nature Reserve. Contact instructor for specific dates, logistics: (virginie.millien [at] mcgill.ca).
- This course is offered in the summer.
- This course, given at the University’s Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilaire, has an additional fee of $485.56 which includes a hand lens, a textbook, handouts, lodging and supper each day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 305 Animal Diversity 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): The characteristics of the major groups of animals, their ancestry, history and relationship to one another. The processes of speciation, adaptive radiation and extinction responsible for diversity. Methods for constructing of phylogenies, for comparing phenotypes, and for estimating and analyzing diversity.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 2 hours lecture and 1 three-hour laboratory
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Rowan Barrett, Hans Carl E Larsson, Graham Bell, Shaun Turney, Gregor F Fussmann
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BIOL 308 Ecological Dynamics 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Principles of population, community, and ecosystem dynamics: population growth and regulation, species interactions, dynamics of competitive interactions and of predator/prey systems; evolutionary dynamics.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 2 hour computer lab/tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Frederic Guichard, Gregor F Fussmann
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BIOL 310 Biodiversity and Ecosystems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Ecological bases of the natural causes and consequences of current global environmental changes, including how biodiversity and ecosystem processes are defined and measured, how they vary in space and time, how they are affected by physical and biological factors, and how they affect each other and human societies.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- one-day field trip to Mont St-Hilaire
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215; or ENVR 200 and ENVR 202; MATH 112 or equivalent; or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Laura J Pollock, Lars Lonsmann Iversen
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BIOL 342 Glob Chng Biol of Aquat Ecosys 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): An introduction to freshwater and marine biology. Topics include the structure and functioning of the major aquatic ecosystems and how these aspects are affected by global change drivers.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Neil Price, Irene Gregory-Eaves
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BIOL 418 Freshwater Invertebrate Ecol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): The life history and ecology of freshwater invertebrates in lakes, rivers and wetlands; habitat requirements, functional ecology and food web interactions; the role of invertebrates in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems; threats to freshwater diversity.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab
- Prerequisites: BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 and ENVR 202) and BIOL 205 or permission of the instructor
- enrolment limited to 25 students
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Anthony Ricciardi
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BIOL 432 Limnology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): A study of the physical, chemical and biological properties of lakes and other inland waters, with emphasis on their functioning as systems.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: BIOL 206 and BIOL 215 or permission of instructor.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENVB 315.
- This course, involving two field weekends, has an additional fee of $353.32, which includes room and board and transportation. The fee is refundable during the period where a student can drop the course with full refund. The Department of Biology subsidizes a portion of the cost for this activity.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lars Lonsmann Iversen, Irene Gregory-Eaves
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BIOL 436 Evolution and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Explores the impact that biological evolution and evolutionary thinking have on society. Topics include intelligence, language, race, gender, medicine, genetically modified organisms, politics, and creationism.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: BIOL 304 or permission of the instructor
- Course instructors will introduce each topic and lead discussion, while an invited lecturer will focus on a particular aspect of that topic.
- Enrolment limited to 25 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 465 Conservation Biology 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Discussion of relevant theoretical and applied issues in conservation biology. Topics: biodiversity, population viability analysis, community dynamics, biology of rarity, extinction, habitat fragmentation, social issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lauren J Chapman, Andrew Gonzalez
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BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $20.01 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shiv Prasher
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BREE 322 Organic Waste Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: An introduction to engineering aspects of handling, storage and treatment of all biological and food industry wastes. Design criteria will be elaborated and related to characteristics of wastes. Physical, chemical and biological treatment systems.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- 2 lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 322.
- A fee of $50.00 is charged to support a field trip to local waste management facilities for guided tour and information-gathering for a course assignment as well as some laboratory supplies for hands-on composting and/or anaerobic digestion lab.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grant Clark
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BREE 327 Bio-Environmental Engineering 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: An introduction to how humans affect the earth's ecosystem and projections for the needs of food, water, air and energy to support the human population. Ecologically-reasonable coping strategies including biofuels, bioprocessing, waste management, and remediation methods.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Open to U2 students and above.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $12.32 to cover transportation costs for field trips which may include a solar installation site and if registrations permit, a bio-ethanol plant. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Predrag Sunjka
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BREE 518 Ecological Engineering 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Concepts and practice of ecological engineering: the planned creation or management of a community of organisms, their nonliving surroundings, and technological components to provide services. Survey of applications such as constructed wetlands, aquatic production systems, green infrastructure for urban storm water management, environmental restoration. Taught cooperatively with a parallel course at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Online collaboration with an interdisciplinary, international team is an important component of the course.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- One 3-hour lecture per week.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Grant Clark
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CHEM 212 Intro Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A fundamental study of aliphaticcompounds and saturated functional groups including modern concepts of bonding,reaction mechanisms,conformational analysis, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students registered in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 211, CHEM 242, 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
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Youla S Tsantrizos, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Nathan Luedtke
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CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Marc-Andre Légaré
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CIVE 225 Environmental Engineering 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Civil Engineering: Introduction to environmental chemistry; mass balance analyses in engineered and natural systems; water, soil and air pollution characterization and control; water quality parameters; drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies; global climate change: possible causes and effects; risk assessment for pollutant exposure; solid- and hazardous-waste management.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Dominic Frigon
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CIVE 323 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Civil Engineering: Precipitation, evaporation and transpiration. Streamflow, storage reservoirs, flood routing. Groundwater hydrology. Ecohydrology. Statistical analysis in hydrology, stochastic modelling. Simulations using hydrologic models. Case studies in flood damage mitigation, surface and ground water management, and water-energy-food nexus.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisite: CIVE 302
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Mohammad Alobaidi
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CIVE 550 Water Resources Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Civil Engineering: State-of-the-art water resources management techniques; case studies of their application to Canadian situations; identification of major issues and problem areas; interprovincial and international river basins; implications of development alternatives; institutional arrangements for planning and development of water resources; and, legal and economic aspects.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): CIVE 323 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
COMP 202 Foundations of Programming 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Faten M'hiri
- Faten M'hiri
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COMP 204 Comp. Programming for Life Sci 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Computer Science (Sci): Computer Science (Sci): Computer programming in a high level language: variables, expressions, types, functions, conditionals, loops, objects and classes. Introduction to algorithms, modular software design, libraries, file input/output, debugging. Emphasis on applications in the life sciences.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Prerequisite(s): CEGEP level mathematics course.
- Co-requisite: BIOL 112
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 202, COMP 208, or GEOG 333; not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 206 or COMP 250.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- David C Becerra
- Kaleem Siddiqi
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ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: With reference to the ecosystems in the St Lawrence lowlands, the principles and processes governing climate-landform-water-soil-vegetation systems and their interactions will be examined in lecture and laboratory. Emphasis on the natural environment as an integrated system.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Khosro Mousavi-Torbati, Chih-Yu Hung
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ENVB 301 Meteorology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: The physical processes underlying weather. Topics include: the atmosphere - its properties (structure and motion), and thermodynamics (stability, heat and moisture); clouds and precipitation; air masses and fronts; mid-latitude weather systems and severe weather.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restrictions: none
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ENVB 305 Population & Community Ecology 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Interactions between organisms and their environment; historical and current perspectives in applied and theoretical population and community ecology. Principles of population dynamics, feedback loops, and population regulation. Development and structure of communities; competition, predation and food web dynamics. Biodiversity science in theory and practice.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Melissa McKinney
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ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Biotic and abiotic processes that control the flows of energy, nutrients and water through ecosystems; emergent system properties; approaches to analyzing complex systems. Labs include collection and multivariate analysis of field data.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- This course carries an additional charge of $20.54 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Prerequisites: ENVB 222, AEMA 310 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karen F Favret
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ENVB 415 Ecosystem Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Through the examination of cases studies presented in a modular format, students will be exposed to a variety of ecosystem processes. Choice of components, interactions and type of management to achieve desired endpoints will be discussed.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ENVB 529 GIS for Natural Resource Mgmt 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis techniques to the presentation and analysis of ecological information, including sources and capture of spatial data; characterizing, transforming, displaying spatial data; and spatial analysis to solve resource management problems.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite(s): At least one environmental science course and one ecology course or permission of instructor
- Restriction(s): U2 students and above. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 201, GEOG 306 or GEOG 307, ENVB/BREE 430, or BREE 529. Limited to 32 students.
- Fall
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jeffrey A Cardille, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Jaskaran Dhiman
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ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: A systems approach to study the different components of the environment involved in global climate change: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The interactions among these components. Their role in global climate change. The human dimension to global change.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Anthony Ricciardi, Christie Lovat
- Christie Lovat, Elena M Bennett
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ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Formation of the Earth and the evolution of life. How geological and biological change are the consequence of history, chance, and necessity acting over different scales of space and time. General principles governing the formation of modern landscapes and biotas. Effects of human activities on natural systems.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brian Leung, Raja Sengupta, Fiona M Soper, Christie Lovat
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ENVR 422 Mtl Urban Sustainability Anal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Applied and experience-based learning opportunities are employed to critically assess Montreal as a sustainable city through research, discussion, and field trips. The urban environment is considered through various specific dimensions, ranging from: waste, energy, urban agriculture, green spaces and design, or transportation.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 421
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPSC 201 Understanding Planet Earth 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Peter M Douglas
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EPSC 233 Earth and Life History 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Symbols:
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- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Galen P Halverson, Nagissa Mahmoudi
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EPSC 549 Hydrogeology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Earth & Planetary Sciences: Introduction to groundwater flow through porous media. Notions of fluid potential and hydraulic head. Darcy flux and Darcy's Law. Physical properties of porous media and their measurement. Equation of groundwater flow. Flow systems. Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells. Notions of hydrology. Groundwater quality and contamination. Physical processes of contaminant transport.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jeffrey M McKenzie
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ESYS 301 Earth System Modelling 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Earth System Science: Introduction o principle concepts of systems modelling related to Earth system science and environmental science, including simple numerical models, conservation laws of mass, energy, and momentum, discretization of governing differential equations, the stability of numerical schemes, and exploration of the ideas of equilibria, feedbacks, and complexity.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Bruno Tremblay
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GEOG 200 Geo Persp:World Env Problems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
GEOG 201 Intro Geo-Information Science 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to Geographic Information Systems. The systematic management of spatial data. The use and construction of maps. The use of microcomputers and software for mapping and statistical work. Air photo and topographic map analyses.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours and lab
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Tim Elrick
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GEOG 205 Global Chg:Past, Pres & Future 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gail L Chmura
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GEOG 272 Earth's Changing Surface 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Mette Bendixen
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GEOG 308 Rem Sens for Earth Observation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A conceptual view of remote sensing and the underlying physical principles. Covers ground-based, aerial, satellite systems, and the electromagnetic spectrum, from visible to microwave. Emphasis on application of remotely sensed data in geography including land cover change and ecological processes.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours and laboratory periods
- Corequisite: GEOG 201 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Margaret Kalacska
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GEOG 321 Climatic Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The earth-atmosphere system, radiation and energy balances. Surface-atmosphere exchange of energy, mass and momentum and related atmospheric processes on a local and regional scale. Introduction to measurement theory and practice in micrometeorology.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sara H Knox
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GEOG 322 Environmental Hydrology 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Quantitative, experimental study of the principles governing the movement of water at or near the Earth's surface and how the research relates to the chemistry and biology of ecosystems.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent
- Symbols:
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- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Bernhard L Lehner, Genevieve Ali
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GEOG 372 Running Water Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course focuses on the physical habitat conditions found in streams, rivers, estuaries and deltas. Based on the laws governing flow of water and sediment transport, it emphasizes differences among these environments, in terms of channel form, flow patterns, substrate composition and mode of evolution. Flooding, damming, channelisation, forestry impacts.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 470 Wetlands 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An examination of the structure, function and utility of wetlands. Topics include the fluxes of energy and water, wetland biogeochemistry, plant ecology in freshwater and coastal wetlands and wetlands use, conservation and restoration. Field trip(s) are envisaged to illustrate issues covered in class.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Gail L Chmura
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GEOG 550 Historical Ecology Techniques 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Principles and methods of Quaternary paleoecology and vegetation reconstruction. Examination of ecosystem response to human disturbance and environmental change.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 2 hours, laboratory and seminar
- Prerequisite: GEOG 350 or BIOL 215 or PLNT 460 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
LSCI 230 Introductory Microbiology 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: The occurrence and importance of microorganisms in the biosphere. Principles governing growth, death and metabolic activities of microorganisms. An introduction to the microbiology of soil, water, plants, food, humans and animals.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sebastien Faucher
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MICR 331 Microbial Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology (Agric&Envir Sc): The ecology of microorganisms, primarily bacteria and archaea, and their roles in biogeochemical cycles. Microbial interactions with the environment, plants, animals and other microbes emphasizing the underlying genetics and physiology. Diversity, evolution (microbial phylogenetics) and the application of molecular biology in microbial ecology.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 230 or AEBI 212 or ENVR 202 or permission of the instructor.
- Not recommended for U1 students.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brian T Driscoll
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MIME 320 Extraction of Energy Resources 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mining & Materials Engineering: The extraction of energy resources, i.e. coal, gas, oil and tar sands. After a brief geological review, different extraction techniques for these substances will be discussed. Emphasis on problems such as northern mining and offshore oil extraction with reference to Canadian operations. Transportation and marketing.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Ferri Hassani
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MIMM 211 Introductory Microbiology 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A general treatment of microbiology bearing specifically on the biological properties of microorganisms. Emphasis will be on procaryotic cells. Basic principles of microbial genetics are also introduced.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Fall
- 3 hours of lecture
- Corequisite: BIOL 200
- Symbols:
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- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Benoit Cousineau
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MIMM 214 Intro Immun: Elem of Immunity 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): Basic immunology, organs and cells, elements of innate immunity, phagocytes, complement, elements of adaptive immunity, B-cells, T-cells, antigen presenting cells, MHC genes and molecules, antigen processing and presentation, cytokines and chemokines. Emphasis on anatomy and the molecular and cellular players working together as a physiological system to maintain human health.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jasmin K Chahal
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MIMM 323 Microbial Physiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): An introduction to the composition and structure of microbial cells, the biochemical activities associated with cellular metabolism and how these activities are regulated and coordinated. The course will have a molecular and genetic approach to the study of microbial physiology.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Fall
- 3 hours of lecture
- Prerequisite: MIMM 211
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Gregory T Marczynski
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NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: The environmental contaminants which cause pollution; sources, amounts and transport of pollutants in water, air and soil; waste management.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- .
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lyle Whyte, Jessica Head
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PARA 410 Environment and Infection 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Lucienne Tritten
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PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
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PHYS 228 Energy and the Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics or PHYS 102 or PHYS 142 or permission of the instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 184.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shaun MacDonald Lovejoy
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PLNT 304 Biology of Fungi 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: This course describes the various groups of fungi and explores in depth their biology and physiology, their ecological niches and the role in various ecosystems and their benefits and uses in industry and biotechnology.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Restriction: U2 or above, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PLNT 305 Plant Pathology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: The theory and concepts of plant pathology, including the disease cycle, infection, symptoms, resistance, epidemiology and control. The biology and taxonomy of pathogens will be studied, including fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Techniques of inoculation, isolation of pathogens from diseased plants, disease diagnosis and pathogen identification will be demonstrated.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Martin Filion
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PLNT 358 Flowering Plant Diversity 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Principles of classification and identification of flowering plants and ferns, with emphasis on 35 major families of flowering plants and the habitats in which they grow.
Offered by: Plant Science
- A 4-day field week is held the week preceding the start of classes
- Prerequisite: AEBI 210 or ENVR 202 or permission of instructor
- A $95.46 fee is charged to all students registered in this course, which has a fieldwork component prior to the beginning of classes in August. This fee is used to support the cost of excursions, a hand lens, instructional handouts and identification aids. Students who have already received a hand lens may request a reimbursement of a portion of this charge through their department.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Frieda Beauregard
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PLNT 460 Plant Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Theory and practice of plant ecology with an emphasis on the interaction between patterns and ecological processes and the dynamics, conservation and management of plant populations and communities over a range of temporal and spatial scales.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor.
- This course carries an additional charge of $170.00 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOIL 300 Geosystems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Interactions between Earth's various geologic systems and how these interactions lead to mineral and rock formation. Geomorphic processes and how various landforms are created by the interactions at the Earth's surface between the various geologic systems.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken SOIL 200. Restricted to U2 students and above.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
WILD 302 Fish Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Resource Development: Introduction to the biology and ecology of freshwater and marine fishes. Topics include taxonomy, physiology, biogeography, competition, predation, fishing, and conservation. Lab exercises and field trips emphasize familiarity with local fishes and their ecological interactions.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite: AEBI 211 or permission of instructor
- This course carries an additional charge of $41.07 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is only refundable prior to the deadline to withdraw with full refund
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Denis Roy
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WILD 421 Wildlife Conservation 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Resource Development: Study of current controversial issues focusing on wildlife conservation. Topics include: animal rights, exotic species, ecotourism, urban wildlife, multi-use of national parks, harvesting of wildlife, biological controls, and endangered species.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- .
- Symbols:
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- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Kyle Elliott