Program |
Suggested electives |
Atmospheric & Oceanic Science |
ESYS 104
The Earth System
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth System Science: Earth system science examines the complex interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. It focuses on physical, chemical, and biological processes that extend over spatial scales ranging from microns to the size of planetary orbits, and spans time scales from fractions of a second to billions of years.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 181
Intro to Atmospheric Science
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: A survey of the Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate system. Topics include the fundamental processes that determine interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere; anthropogenic effects such as global warming, the ozone hole and acid rain; a perspective on future climate change.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 182
Intro to Oceanic Sciences
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: Air-sea interaction; oceanic properties; global climate change, carbon cycle; polar oceans, sea ice, polynyas; El Niño; remote sensing of oceans; physical control of biological processes in the sea.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 183
Climate and Climate Change
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: The atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice distribution characteristic of the current climate, as seen through observational data and computer model results. Physics of naturally occurring variability on time scales of months to years, such as El Niño. Global circulation models of the atmosphere, ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean system, and global warming simulations.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 230.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 184
Science of Storms
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: Physical processes associated with severe and hazardous weather affecting the Earth. Topics are taught at a fundamental level, without equations, to provide a complete and up-to-date understanding of such extreme events as blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ATOC 185
Natural Disasters
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: This course examines the science behind different types of disasters and our ability or inability to control and predict such events. From this course the student will gain an appreciation of natural disasters beyond the newspaper headlines and will better understand how the effects of disasters can be reduced.
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with EPSC 185.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 185.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Biology |
BIOL 111
Principles:Organismal Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): An introduction to the phylogeny, structure, function and adaptation of unicellular organisms, plants and animals in the biosphere.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 2 hours lecture and 3 hours laboratory
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UK or equivalent; or BIOL 115.
- This course serves as an alternative to CEGEP objective code 00UK
- Labs are held weekly, starting from the second week of term. Attendance at the first lab is mandatory to confirm registration in the course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 112
Cell and Molecular Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): The cell: ultrastructure, division, chemical constituents and reactions. Bioenergetics: photosynthesis and respiration. Principles of genetics, the molecular basis of inheritance and biotechnology.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 2 hours lecture and 3 hours laboratory
- Labs are held weekly, starting from the second week of term. Attendance at the first lab is mandatory to confirm registration in the course.
- This course serves as an alternative to CEGEP objective code 00XU
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CEGEP objective 00XU or equivalent;or BIOL 115; or AEBI 122
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 200
Molecular Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): The physical and chemical properties of the cell and its components in relation to their structure and function. Topics include: protein structure, enzymes and enzyme kinetics; nucleic acid replication, transcription and translation; the genetic code, mutation, recombination, and regulation of gene expression.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
- Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent, or CHEM 204
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 201
Cell Biology & Metabolism
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): This course introduces the student to our modern understanding of cells and how they work. Major topics to be covered include: photosynthesis, energy metabolism and metabolic integration; plasma membrane including secretion, endocytosis and contact mediated interactions between cells; cytoskeleton including cell and organelle movement; the nervous system; hormone signaling; the cell cycle.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 200.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212 or BIOC 212
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 202
Basic Genetics
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Introduction to basic principles, and to modern advances, problems and applications in the genetics of higher and lower organisms with examples representative of the biological sciences.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial per week
- Prerequisite: BIOL 200 or BIOL 219
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking LSCI 204 or BIOL 302.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 205
Functional Biol of Plnts&Anmls
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Unified view of form and function in animals and plants. Focus on how the laws of chemistry and physics illuminate biological processes relating to the acquisition of energy and materials and their use in movement, growth, development, reproduction and responses to environmental stress.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 206
Methods in Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Introduction to modern methods used in organismal biology, including ecological
sampling, experimental methods and statistics. Particular emphasis is on ways of thinking about the design of sampling programs and the analyses of data to test hypotheses using observational or experimental data.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 1. 2 hours lecture, 2. 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 210
Perspectives of Science
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): This course is an introduction to the thinking, language and practices of scientists. Its objective is to bridge the gap between science and the humanities, and in particular to allow students enrolled in the Minor Concentration in Science for Arts to pursue their interests in specific scientific disciplines.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BIOL 240
Monteregian Flora
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Chemistry |
CHEM 110
General Chemistry 1
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics or permission of instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 120
General Chemistry 2
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics, or permission of instructor: CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 180
World of Chem: Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Risks, water, air pollution, sick-building syndrome, the chemistry of the car, energy (fossil fuel, nuclear), nano and biotechnology, smells, garbage and human waste, dental chemistry and green chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 181
World of Chem: Food
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A series of lectures on the historical, practical, and simple chemical aspects of: food, food additives; vitamins; minerals, diet and cancer; dieting; food-borne illnesses, health food and cooking.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 150.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 182
World of Chem: Technology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Aspects of chemical technology including publishing of scientific articles, rocketry, space travel, materials (metals, plastics art), household products, forensic science, money, combustion science, computers and cosmetics.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 160.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 183
World of Chem: Drugs
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Drug history and marketing, over the counter drugs (e.g. aspirin, cough and cold remedies, allergy preparations), street and heart drugs, mental illness, hormones, brain chemistry and diabetes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 199
Course not available
CHEM 203
Survey of Physical Chemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: The fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with applications to biomolecular systems. Thermodynamic and kinetic control of biological processes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 204
Physical Chem/Biological Scis1
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Similar to CHEM 223/CHEM 243. Emphasis on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent and one full course in calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 212
Intro Organic Chemistry 1
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 or equivalent
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page (http://www.chemistry.mcgill.ca/advising/outside/equivalent.htm).
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 214
Physical Chem./Biol. Sci. 2
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Emphasis is placed on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 217
Course not available
CHEM 219
Intro to Atmospheric Chemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as; a smog chamber, acid rain, and the ozone hole, will be examined.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 222
Intro Organic Chemistry 2
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken an equivalent Organic 2 at CEGEP (see McGill University Basic Math and Sciences Equivalence Table at www.mcgill.ca/mathscitable) or who have or are taking CHEM 234.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 223
Course not available
CHEM 243
Course not available
CHEM 253
Intrdctry Physcl Chemistry Lab
1 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Illustrative experiments in physical chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 204 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Only open to B.A. & Sc.; Major Concentration in Chemistry students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 273.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 281
Inorganic Chemistry 1
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Basic concepts of electronic structure and molecular bonding will be developed and applied to the understanding of common materials. Acid-base chemistry. Survey of the chemistry of the main group elements. Introduction to coordination and organometallic chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 287
Intro Analytical Chemistry
2 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Qualitative and quantitative analysis. A survey of methods of analysis including theory and practice of semimicro qualitative analysis and representative gravimetric, volumetric and instrumental methods.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CHEM 297
Intro Analytical Chem. Lab.
1 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Computer Science |
COMP 102
Computers & Computing
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): A course for students with no previous knowledge of computer science. The impact of computers on society. Web design and dynamic content. The inner workings of computers (hardware). Networking principles. Algorithm design and programming. A look at how computers store data (image, sound, and video). Software distribution policies and mechanisms.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: high school level mathematics course on functions.
- Restrictions: Credit will not be given for COMP 102 if it is taken concurrently with, or after, any of: COMP 202, COMP 203, COMP 208, COMP 250. Management students cannot receive credit for COMP 102.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 189
Computers and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): How computer technologies shape social notions such as ownership, safety, and privacy. Emphasis is on computer science powering both day-to-day technologies (e.g., online social media) and those in the news (e.g., cyberwar). Discussions will investigate technology and social issues in order to understand both.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 199
Course not available
COMP 202
Foundations of Programming
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to computer programming in a high level language: variables, expressions, primitive types, methods, conditionals, loops. Introduction to algorithms, data structures (arrays, strings), modular software design, libraries, file input/output, debugging, exception handling. Selected topics.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: a CEGEP level mathematics course
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 204, COMP 208, or GEOG 333; not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 206 or COMP 250.
- COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 204 is intended for students in life sciences, and COMP 208 is intended for students in physical sciences and engineering.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 206
Intro to Software Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Comprehensive overview of programming in C, use of system calls and libraries, debugging and testing of code; use of developmental tools like make, version control systems.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 230
Logic and Computability
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Propositional Logic, predicate calculus, proof systems, computability Turing machines, Church-Turing thesis, unsolvable problems, completeness, incompleteness, Tarski semantics, uses and misuses of Gödel's theorem.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: CEGEP level mathematics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 250
Intro to Computer Science
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Mathematical tools (binary numbers, induction, recurrence relations, asymptotic complexity, establishing correctness of programs), Data structures (arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary trees, binary search trees, heaps, hash tables), Recursive and non-recursive algorithms (searching and sorting, tree and graph traversal). Abstract data types, inheritance. Selected topics.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: Familiarity with a high level programming language and CEGEP level Math.
- Students with limited programming experience should take COMP 202 or equivalent before COMP 250. See COMP 202 Course Description for a list of topics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
COMP 280
Hist and Phil of Computing
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): A history of early mathematical computation. Symbolic logic and computation. Modern computer systems and networks. The rise of the internet.
Offered by: Computer Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Earth & Planetary Sciences |
ESYS 104
The Earth System
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth System Science: Earth system science examines the complex interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. It focuses on physical, chemical, and biological processes that extend over spatial scales ranging from microns to the size of planetary orbits, and spans time scales from fractions of a second to billions of years.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 180
The Terrestrial Planets
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: A comparative survey of the planets of our solar system with an emphasis on the terrestrial planets and their implications for the Earth as a planet. Topics include: structure and origin of the solar system, meteorites, and comparisons of the terrestrial planets in terms of their rotational properties, magnetic fields, atmospheres, surface histories, internal structure, chemical composition, volcanism, and tectonics.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 181
Environmental Geology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Introduction to the relationship of geological processes and materials to the human environment; geologic hazards; hydrogeology; impacts of waste disposal, energy use, land resource development.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 185
Natural Disasters
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: This course examines the science behind different types of disasters and our ability or inability to control and predict such events. From this course the student will gain an appreciation of natural disasters beyond the newspaper headlines, and will better understand how the effects of disasters can be reduced.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with ATOC 185.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ATOC 185.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 186
Astrobiology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Astrobiology is the study of life throughout the universe. The course will cover the search for, and characterization of, habitable worlds. We will explore the formation and evolution of stars and planets, the astronomical and geological factors that impact a planet's habitability, the evolution of life on Earth, and the potential for biological evolution beyond an organism's planet of origin..
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 182, ANAT 182, or PHYS 186.
- 1.Winter
- 2.This is a double-prefix course and is identical in content with PHYS 186.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 199
FYS: Earth & Planetary Explor.
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: An exploration of how earth and planetary scientists reconstruct the current state, past progress, and initial conditions of the continuously evolving Earth experiment.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Fall
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 201
Understanding Planet Earth
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Learn about Earth's origin, its place in the solar system, its internal structure, rocks and minerals, the formation of metal and fossil fuel deposits, and the extinction of dinosaurs. Discover the impact of the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountain chains on Earth's past, present and future. Explore 125 million-year-old Mount Royal.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Fall or Winter
- 3 hours lectures; afternoon field trips
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 233.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 233
Earth and Life History
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Interpretation of stratified rocks; history of Earth with special emphasis on the regions of North America; outline of the history of life recorded in fossils.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
EPSC 334
Invertebrate Paleontology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth & Planetary Sciences: Preservation of fossils; the fossil record of invertebrates; use of fossils in stratigraphy and paleoecology; fossils in evolutionary studies. Fossils of invertebrates are studied in the laboratory.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Winter
- 2 hours lectures and one laboratory period
- Prerequisite: EPSC 201 or EPSC 233 or ENVR 202 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Faculty of Science |
FSCI 198
Climate Crisis&Climate Actions
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Faculty of Science: Fundamentals of the climate change problem, critically assessing climate information published in research and public media, and engaging in personal and collective climate actions. Emphasis is placed on varied social, economic, and disciplinary perspectives including those of Indigenous peoples.
Offered by: Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Geography |
ESYS 104
The Earth System
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Earth System Science: Earth system science examines the complex interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. It focuses on physical, chemical, and biological processes that extend over spatial scales ranging from microns to the size of planetary orbits, and spans time scales from fractions of a second to billions of years.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 199
Course not available
GEOG 201
Intro Geo-Information Science
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 203
Environmental Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An introduction to system-level interactions among climate, hydrology, soils and vegetation at the scale of drainage basins, including the study of the global geographical variability in these land-surface systems. The knowledge acquired is used to study the impact on the environment of various human activities such as deforestation and urbanisation.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Because of quantitative science content of course, not recommended for B.A. and B.Ed. students in their U0 year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 205
Global Chg:Past, Pres & Future
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An examination of global change, from the Quaternary Period to the present day involving changes in the physical geography of specific areas. Issues such as climatic change and land degradation will be discussed, with speculations on future environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 221
Environment and Health
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 272
Earth's Changing Surface
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Introduction to the study of landforms as products of geomorphic and geologic systems acting at and near the Earth's surface. The process geomorphology approach will be used to demonstrate how landforms of different geomorphic settings represent a dynamic balance between forces acting in the environment and the physical properties of materials present.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Mathematics and Statistics |
MATH 133
Linear Algebra and Geometry
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Systems of linear equations, matrices, inverses, determinants; geometric vectors in three dimensions, dot product, cross product, lines and planes; introduction to vector spaces, linear dependence and independence, bases. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and diagonalization.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction A: Not open to students who have taken MATH 221 or CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent.
- Restriction B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Restriction C: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 134.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 139
Calculus 1 with Precalculus
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of trigonometry and other Precalculus topics. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- 4 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent.
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Students continue in MATH 141
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 140
Calculus 1
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: High School Calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 139 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 141
Calculus 2
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Prerequisites: MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 121 or CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 150
Calculus A
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, L'Hospital's rule, applications, Taylor polynomials, parametric curves, functions of several variables.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 2 hours tutorial
- Students with no prior exposure to vector geometry are advised to take MATH 133 concurrently. Intended for students with high school calculus who have not received six advanced placement credits
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- MATH 150 and MATH 151 cover the material of MATH 139, MATH 140, MATH 141, MATH 222
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 151
Calculus B
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Integration, methods and applications, infinite sequences and series, power series, arc length and curvature, multiple integration.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture; 2 hours tutorial
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Prerequisite: MATH 150
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 152
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 203
Principles of Statistics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- No calculus prerequisites
- Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult http://www.mcgill.ca/students/transfercredit for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 204
Principles of Statistics 2
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): The concept of degrees of freedom and the analysis of variability. Planning of experiments. Experimental designs. Polynomial and multiple regressions. Statistical computer packages (no previous computing experience is needed). General statistical procedures requiring few assumptions about the probability model.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Winter
- Prerequisite: MATH 203 or equivalent. No calculus prerequisites
- Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 222
Calculus 3
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Taylor series, Taylor's theorem in one and several variables. Review of vector geometry. Partial differentiation, directional derivative. Extreme of functions of 2 or 3 variables. Parametric curves and arc length. Polar and spherical coordinates. Multiple integrals.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 223
Linear Algebra
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of matrix algebra, determinants and systems of linear equations. Vector spaces, linear operators and their matrix representations, orthogonality. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of Hermitian matrices. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall and Winter
- Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students in Mathematics programs nor to students who have taken or are taking MATH 236, MATH 247 or MATH 251. It is open to students in Faculty Programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Physics |
PHYS 101
Intro Physics - Mechanics
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An introductory course in physics without calculus, covering mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, energy, and rotational motion), oscillations and waves, sound, light, and wave optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures; 2 hours laboratory; tutorial sessions
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having taken PHYS 131, CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 102
Intro Physics-Electromagnetism
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Electric field and potential. D.C. circuits and measurements. Capacitance. Magnetic field and induction. Electromagnetic waves and geometrical optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures; 2 hours laboratory; tutorial sessions
- Prerequisite: PHYS 101.
- Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having taken PHYS 142, CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 131
Mechanics and Waves
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures; 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 101, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 142
Electromagnetism & Optics
4 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Prerequisite: PHYS 131.
- Corequisite: MATH 141 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 102, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00US or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 180
Space, Time & Matter
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: A nonmathematical, conceptual look at physics, beginning with the idea of space and time, continuing with the historical development of Newtonian mechanics of celestial motion, electricity and magnetism, ether and light, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, matter and antimatter, cosmology and the big bang.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restrictions: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 181
Everyday Physics
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The day-to-day physics behind the materials and phenomena around us. Demonstrations of the intriguing properties of materials and the simple physical theories explaining them.
Offered by: Physics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 182
Our Evolving Universe
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An elementary course on astronomy and astrophysics. Positional astronomy and finding your way about the sky. Our evolving picture of the universe. Properties and origins of the solar system. The Big Bang and modern cosmology.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 204 or PHYS 205.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 183
The Milky Way Inside and Out
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An elementary course on astronomy. Star origins and star formation, supernovae, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Galaxies, their structure and their interactions. Stellar clusters, the interstellar medium. Galactic classification and galaxy evolution.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 204 or PHYS 206.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 184
Energy and the Environment
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Energy fundamentals, generation of electricity, heat engines, fossil fuel production and consumption, local and global effects, economic impact, transportation, and pollution and environmental impact of energy use. Non-renewable energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear) and renewable sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal).
Offered by: Physics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 228.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 224
Physics of Music
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: An introduction to the physics of music. Properties of sound and their perception as pitch, loudness, and timbre. Dissonance, consonance, and musical intervals and tuning. Physics of sound propagation and reflection. Resonance. Acoustic properties of pipes, strings, bars, and membranes, and sound production in wind, string, and percussion instruments. The human voice. Room reverberation and acoustics. Directional characteristics of sound sources.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Designed for students in the Faculty of Music but suitable for students with an interest in music and its physical basis.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 225
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Psychology |
PSYC 100
Introduction to Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior, including basic concepts and methods in psychology while also highlighting the relevance of psychology to everyday life; attachment, aggression, depression, parenting and personality change.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed an Introductory Psychology course in CEGEP: 350-101 or 350-102 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 199
Course not available
PSYC 204
Intro to Psychological Stats
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall and Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300
- This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 100
Introduction to Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior, including basic concepts and methods in psychology while also highlighting the relevance of psychology to everyday life; attachment, aggression, depression, parenting and personality change.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
- Restriction: Not open to students who have passed an Introductory Psychology course in CEGEP: 350-101 or 350-102 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 211
Intro Behavioural Neuroscience
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 212
Perception
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Perception is the organization of sensory input into a representation of the environment. Topics include: survey of sensory coding mechanisms (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory), object recognition, spatial localization, perceptual constancies and higher level influences.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall 2 Lectures, 1 conference
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 213
Cognition
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Where do thoughts come from? What is the nature of thought, and how does it arise in the mind and the brain? Cognition is the study of human information
processing, and we will explore topics such as memory, attention, categorization, decision making, intelligence, philosophy of mind, and the mind-as computer
metaphor.
Offered by: Psychology
- Winter
- 2 lectures, 1 conference
- Prerequisite: One previous course in Psychology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 215
Social Psychology
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 305
Statistics for Exper Design
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: An introduction to the design and analysis of experiments, including analysis of variance, planned and post hoc tests and a comparison of anova to correlational analysis.
Offered by: Psychology
- Fall and Winter
- Prerequisite: PSYC 204 or equivalent
- This course is required of all students who propose to enter an Honours or Major program in Psychology
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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Psychiatry |
PSYT 199
FYS: Mental Illness&The Brain
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychiatry: This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of neuroscience, and then use these principles to illustrate recent advances made on the biological causes of, and treatments for, mental disorders with a strong biological component: schizophrenia, depression, mania, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and alcohol and drug abuse.
Offered by: Psychiatry
- 1 hour lecture and 2 hours seminar weekly
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25. No prerequisites
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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