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Freshman / Foundation Year Program course selection

If you are entering university for the first time from a high school system (outside of the Quebec CEGEP system), you will be required to complete 30 credits of courses, as listed below.  The courses you need to register for depend on the degree you have been accepted into.  Any questions about your course selection should be addressed to your foundationyear.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Academic Advisor).

B.Sc. Ag. & Env. Sci.

Fall (15 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 with Precalculus 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15 credits)

  • AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • Elective (to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor during the fall term)

 

B.Sc. Ag. & Env. Sci. (Agricultural Economics Major)

Fall (14 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 with Precalculus 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (16 credits)

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • BREE 103 Linear Algebra 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • One or two of the following:
    • AGEC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • AGEC 231 Econ Systems of Agriculture 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

  • One or two electives (to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor during the fall term)

 

B.Sc. Nutr. Sci. and Concurrent B.Sc. Food Sci. and B.Sc. Nutr. Sci.

Fall (15 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 with Precalculus 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15 credits)

  • AEBI 122 Cell Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • FDSC 230 Organic Chemistry 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

 

B.Sc. Food Sci.

Fall (15 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 with Precalculus 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15 credits)

  • AEBI 122 Cell Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

 

B.Eng. (Bioresource)

Fall (15 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 with Precalculus 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 113 Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15 credits)

  • AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 115 Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • BREE 103 Linear Algebra 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

 


Making your schedule

Use the Visual Schedule Builder to preview your future weekly schedule.  Then use Minerva to register for your courses.


Advanced placement

If you have taken Advanced Placement courses and/or exams, you may receive transfer credit at McGill. Please contact your foundationyear.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Academic Advisor).

If you feel that you've completed the equivalent of one or more university-level science courses, but do not have acceptable certification to that effect, you may be eligible to write admission placement exams in biology, chemistry, math, or physics. Please contact your foundationyear.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Academic Advisor).

 

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