Global courses for the B.Sc. Global designation

In partial fulfillment of the B.Sc. Global Designation, students may complete a minimum of 6 credits from McGill courses with a substantial global component. Such courses must be at the 200-level or above, and may not be a "General Interest" type of course. Courses from both within Science and in other faculties may be used to satisfy this requirement.

Pre-approved courses

B.Sc. students may fulfil the 6 credit requirement with the following courses:

AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or AGEC 201 or equivalent
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Aurelie P Harou
AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.

Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.

Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: U2 standing or above and ANTH 209, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 355 or ANTH 352 or RELG 207
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BUSA 356 Management in Global Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Business Admin: Contemporary issues in international management illustrating unique challenges faced in IB, including legal and political foundations of international management, cross-cultural awareness, global mindset, global leadership, building effective international workforce and operations.

Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- This optional course is part of the Brazil Study Abroad Program which has a fee of $3,134.32 which includes a 12 day trip to Brazil for company visits and classes. The fee includes accommodation in Brazil, breakfasts, local course related transportation, as well as instructor costs.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
BUSA 493 Course not available
CESL 299 Course not available
CEFN 106 Fund of French Grammar&Writing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
French Communication: For students at an Elementary level wishing to acquire competency in reading and writing at this level. Vocabulary and grammar through written/oral exercises and communicative activities are aimed at helping students develop the linguistic skills required to operate in various simple social and cultural contexts.

Offered by: Global & Strategic Comm.
- Prerequisite(s): CEFN 104 or CEFN 107 or Entrance Placement Test or Permission of the Director.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 313 Economic Development 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.

Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 208 and either ECON 209 or one development 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
ECON 314 Economic Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.

Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Economics (Arts): The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.

Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 or those listed under Prerequisites above
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environment: This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.

Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ENVR 519 Global Environmental Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environment: How the problem of environmental degradation is dealt with at the international level. The scope and nature of global environmental protection issues that cross boundaries, both physical and conceptual. Actors, structures and processes of international society. Consideration of global commons and transnational resources and of environmental externalities.

Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Prerequisite: ENVR 201 or ENVR 203 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Open to students in the Environment Graduate Option (available to other students with permission of instructor). (Not open to students who have taken ENVR 580 -- section 001 -- in Winter 2002, Fall 2003, or Fall 2004
- Note: This course has been offered three times as a Topics in Environment 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
FINE 480 Course not available
FINE 482 International Finance 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: The international financial environment as it affects the multinational manager. Balance of payments concepts, adjustment process of the external imbalances and the international monetary system. In depth study of the institutional and theoretical aspects of foreign exchange markets; international capital markets, including Eurobonds and eurocredit markets.

Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 341
- Terms
  
  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 200 Geo Persp:World Env Problems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Introduction to geography as the study of nature and human beings in a spatial context. An integrated approach to environmental systems and the human organization of them from the viewpoint of spatial relationships and processes. Special attention to environmental problems as a constraint upon Third World development.

Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 205 Global Chg:Past, Pres & Future 3 Credits
- 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
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.

Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 217 Cities in the Modern World 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: An introduction to urban geography. Uses a spatial/geographic perspective to understand cities and their social and cultural processes. Addresses two major areas. The development and social dynamics in North American and European cities. The urban transformations in Asian, African, and Latin American societies that were recently predominantly rural and agrarian.

Offered by: Geography
- Note: Winter
- Note: 3 hours
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
  
  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 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Winter
- Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or ENVR 201 or INTD 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
GEOG 311 Economic Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Different theories and approaches to understanding the spatial organization of economic activities. Regional case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Asia used to reinforce concepts. Emphasis also on city-regions and their interaction with the global economy.

Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 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
GEOG 316 Political Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: The study of the spatial dimensions of political activities and developments at the regional, national and global levels in historical and contemporary perspective. Presentation of case studies relating to the theoretical framework of political geography.

Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 360 Analyzing Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Examines challenges to sustainability through a series of case studies to illustrate the analytical approaches used to understand the linkages between scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional, ethical, and human behavioural aspect of systems. Includes cases that are thematic and place-based, national and international, spanning from the local to global scales.

Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ENVR 201 or equivalent; and GEOG 203 or ENVR 200 or ESYS 200 or equivalent; 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
GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
GEOG 470 Wetlands 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
  
  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 530 Global Land & Water Resources 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 240 Mod Hist of Islamic Movements 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Islamic revival in the Middle East which led to the rise of different versions of Islamic traditions and beliefs. Emphasis on the nature and character of leading nationalist and Islamic movements and their ideologues since the late 19th century.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 262 Medit & Euro Interconnections 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Introduction to the cultural practices and political experiences that have shaped the Eastern Mediterranean and South-Eastern Europe examined diachronically. Topics adressed include empires and nations, religion, politics of memory and space, archeology and historical legacies, migrations.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken HIST 462.
- The course is composed of two to four interrelated seminars and includes field excursions. One section of 30 students maximum will be offered.
- There is a fee of $3,300 (in 2018) for the McGill Summer Studies in Greece activity associated with registration in course HIST 262. The fee includes accommodation based on double room occupancy, meals, onsite visits, course packs and travel within Greece when associated with onsite visits. Students are responsible for their own travel arrangements and travel insurance costs.
- Des frais spéciaux liés à l'activité d'Etudes estivales en Grèce de McGill d’un montant de $3,300 (en 2018) sont associés à l'inscription au cours HIST 262. Ces frais comportent l'hébergement sur la base d'une chambre double, les répas, les visites aux sites, les coursepacks et les frais de déplacement liés aux excursions/visites en Grèce. Les étudiants sont responsables pour leur propre le voyage vers et de Grèce ainsi que pour les coûts de leur assurance médicale et de rapatriement.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
INDR 492 Globalization & Labour Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Industrial Relations: Exploration of contemporary labour policies around the world in the context of globalization. Topics include labour market functioning, international trade, technological change, flexibility, employment standards, protective legislation, employment practices.

Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: INDR 294
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.

Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
INTD 397 Topics in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in International Development Studies. Content varies every term.

Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MGCR 360 Course not available
MGCR 382 International Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.

Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MGPO 469 Managing Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Policy: This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.

Offered by: Management
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Policy: Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.

Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MIMM 390 SEA-PHAGES: Phage Discovery 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Microbiology and Immun (Sci): Microbiology and molecular biology content about bacteriophages, followed by hands-on experience through isolation and characterization of novel bacteriophages from soil samples using various microbiology and virology techniques.

Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Corequisites: MIMM 323, MIMM 324, MIMM 384
- Prerequisites: MIMM 211, MIMM 212, BIOL 200
- Restrictions: Open to Microbiology and Immunology U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MIMM 391 SEA-PHAGES: Genome Annotation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Microbiology and Immun (Sci): Introduction to bioinformatics as a tool to further bacteriophage research by using computer programs and software to annotate genomes of bacteriophages.

Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Corequisites: MIMM 323, MIMM 324, MIMM 384
- Prerequisites: MIMM 211, MIMM 212, BIOL 200
- Restrictions: Open to Microbiology and Immunology U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
NRSC 340 Course not available
NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Instructors
  
  Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.

Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Grace S Marquis
[course medium PATH 396]
PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health 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
PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PPHS 615 Intro:Infectious Disease Epid 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.

Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: The development and articulation of Canadian foreign policy. Theoretical approaches. The environmental setting. Historical perspectives. Trans-Atlantic linkages. The American connection. The Common Market. The United Nations. Military security. Developing relations with Asia, Africa, Latin America. Canada in global society.

Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics or International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The fields are International Politics and Canadian Politics.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
POLI 362 Political Theory and IR 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Key contributions of political theory to the study and practice of international relations. Three prevailing theoretical traditions will be examined: realism, 'international society', and cosmopolitanism. Key practical issues to be explored from these perspectives include war, humanitarian intervention, economic globalization, environment, and gender.

Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: A 200 or 300-level course in political theory, and POLI 243 or POLI 244
- Note: The fields are International Politics and Political Theory.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PSYC 352 Res Mthds & Lab in Cog Psych 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to research methods and experimental techniques in cognitive psychology for exploring topics such as attention, memory, categorization, reasoning, and language processing.

Offered by: Psychology
- Winter
- 1 hour lecture, weekly lab
- Prerequisite: PSYC 213 and PYSC 305.
- Restriction: Open to U2 students or above
- Terms
  
  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 353 Res Mthds & Lab in Hum Percept 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to standard psychophysical procedures and data analysis techniques. Modelling behavioural data using various psychophysical methods.

Offered by: Psychology
- Winter
- 1 hour lecture plus 3 hour lab
- Prerequisite(s): PSYC 212 and PSYC 305
- Terms
  
  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 415 EEG Laboratory in Psychology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: Introduction to the use of electroencephalography (EEG) for measuring brain function in behavioural neuroscience experiments. Recording and analyzing EEG data, as well asin designing experiments and interpreting findings using this method. Topics include the neural basis of EEG, recording principles and techniques, EEG data analysis (frequency bands, averaging, sources of noise, filtering, signal to noise), event-related potential analysis (ERP), spectral analysis and time-frequency analysis, data visualization, topographical maps.

Offered by: Psychology
- Prerequisites: PSYC 211 (or NCSI 201), PSYC 212, and PSYC 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
RELG 203 Bible and Western Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: To provide students of the humanities with knowledge of the Bible as a tool for interpreting religious references in Western literature, art and music. Biblical stories (e.g. Creation, Exodus), key figures (e.g. David, Job, Mary), and common motifs (e.g. Holy City, Pilgrimage, Bride) are explored, then illustrated by later cultural forms.

Offered by: Religious Studies
- Fall and Winter
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
RELG 208 WrldRel & Cultures They Create 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: The course explores multiple links between a wide range of religions and the cultural landscapes that nourish them and are shaped by them. It does so through a voyage across time that explores the mutual entanglements of selected religions and cultures originating and thriving in varied regional contexts, including Montreal. Course goals include highlighting the significance of religions for everyday culture, rituals of the body, religious responses to the environment as well as artistic expression and literary cultivation.

Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
  
  Fall 2019
- Instructors
  
  Armando Salvatore
SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.

Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.

Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
SOCI 560 Labour and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The relationship between labour and globalization, focusing on globalization of production, working conditions, national labour responses, and the emergence of transnational campaigns for labour rights and new forms of private regulation.

Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 307 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
URBP 201 Planning the 21st Century City 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: The study of how urban planners respond to the challenges posed by contemporary cities world-wide. Urban problems related to the environment, shelter, transport, human health, livelihoods and governance are addressed; innovative plans to improve cities and city life are analyzed.

Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-1-5)
- Terms
  
  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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