| Program |
Suggested electives |
| Atmospheric & Oceanic Science |
ESYS 104. The Earth System.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ATOC 104 or GEOG 104 or EPSC 104.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
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ATOC 181. Introduction to Atmospheric Science.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall and Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 210, ATOC 214, ENVB 301 or NRSC 201.
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ATOC 182. Introduction to Oceanic Sciences.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to ocean sciences with particular emphasis on physical oceanography. Topics typically include seawater properties, sea ice, air-sea interaction, seafloor topography, large-scale ocean circulation, waves, tides, physical control of biological processes, the role of oceans in climate, and impact of human activities.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 220, EPSC 360 or EPSC 560.
- Fall and/or Winter
- 3 hours lecture
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ATOC 183. Climate and Climate Change.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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 Ni帽o. Global circulation models of the atmosphere, ocean and coupled atmosphere-ocean system, and global warming simulations.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 230.
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ATOC 184. Science of Storms.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 240, or the combination of ATOC 214 and ATOC 215.
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ATOC 185. Natural Disasters.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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.
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| Biology |
BIOL 111. Principles: Organismal Biology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the phylogeny, structure, function and adaptation of unicellular organisms, plants and animals in the biosphere.
- Note: This class will use a Student Response System (clicker) which can be obtained when you get your ID Card in the Trottier Building between August 20 and August 31st. If you already have your ID Card, you can get your SRS at Redpath Library Room 22 beginning August 20th.
- Open to all students wishing introductory biology.
- Attendance at first lab is mandatory, starting on the 2nd week of the semester, to confirm registration in the course.
- Labs for Fall 2021 will be held in the field and remotely. Students are expected to be in Montreal for Fall 2021.
- Fall
- 2 hours lecture and 2 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.
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BIOL 112. Cell and Molecular Biology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The cell: ultrastructure, division, chemical constituents and reactions. Bioenergetics: photosynthesis and respiration. Principles of genetics, the molecular basis of inheritance and biotechnology.
- The format of the Biol 112 labs for Winter 2022 will be indicated in Minerva shortly. Students are expected to be in Montreal for winter 2022.
- Winter
- 2 hours lecture and 2 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
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BIOL 200. Molecular Biology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
- Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent, or CHEM 204
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BIOL 201. Cell Biology and Metabolism.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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
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BIOL 202. Basic Genetics.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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.
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BIOL 205. Functional Biology of Plants and Animals.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken PLNT 201.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture, optional conference hour
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200 and PHYS 101 or 131 or equivalent
- Corequisite: ANAT 212/BIOC 212 or BIOL 201
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BIOL 206. Methods in Biology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- 1. 2 hours lecture, 2. 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or equivalent
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BIOL 210. Perspectives of Science.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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BIOL 240. Monteregian Flora.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Field studies of ferns, fern allies, conifers and flowering plants; the use of keys for plant identification.
- 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鈥檚 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.
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| Chemistry |
CHEM 110. General Chemistry 1.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: High school mathematics and physics or permission of the instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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CHEM 120. General Chemistry 2.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: High school level mathematics and physics, or permission of the instructor; CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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CHEM 180. World of Chemistry: Environment.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Science and B.A. & Sc. students may take for credit only two of: CHEM 150, CHEM 160, CHEM 170, CHEM 180. These courses can be taken independently of each other.
- No prerequisites
- Winter
- No prerequisites
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CHEM 181. World of Chemistry: Food.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- **There are no scheduled days as the lectures are videos where the students can go at their own pace. The standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is June 21, 2021 and withdrawal is June 22, 2021.
- Winter
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 150.
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CHEM 182. World of Chemistry: Technology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 160.
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CHEM 183. World of Chemistry: Drugs.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 170.
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
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CHEM 203. Survey of Physical Chemistry.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with applications to biomolecular systems. Thermodynamic and kinetic control of biological processes.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213
- Restriction: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
- 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.
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CHEM 204. Physical Chemistry/Biological
Sciences 1.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Similar to /. Emphasis on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
- 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.
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CHEM 212. Introductory Organic Chemistry 1.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A fundamental study of aliphatic compounds and saturated functional groups including modern concepts of bonding, reaction mechanisms, conformational analysis, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry鈥檚 Web page ().
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().
- **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.
- Fall, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students registered in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 211, CHEM 242, or equivalent.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().
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CHEM 214. Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 2.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisites: CHEM 204 or CHEM 223/CHEM 243.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 204 or CHEM 223/CHEM 243.
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CHEM 219. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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 in even years. Students should register in ATOC 219 in odd years
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, and one of MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150, or a CEGEP DEC in Science, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 219, CHEM 419, or ATOC 419
- Offered in even years. Students should register in ATOC 219 in odd years
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CHEM 222. Introductory Organic Chemistry 2.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
- **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.
- Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or CHEM 242 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to Chemistry or Biochemistry students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 234 or CHEM252.
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Course information not available.
Course information not available.
CHEM 253. Introductory Physical Chemistry Laboratory.
Credits: 1 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Illustrative experiments in physical chemistry.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 204. Permission of instructor.
- Note: Chemistry Honours and Majors must take CHEM 223 and CHEM 253 simultaneously.
- 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.
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CHEM 281. Inorganic Chemistry 1.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or plan to take CHEM 201
- Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or plan to take CHEM 201
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
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CHEM 287. Introductory Analytical Chemistry.
Credits: 2 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or CHEM 115, or equivalent.
- Corequisite: Students in CHEM 287 are required to take the laboratory, CHEM 297, either simultaneously with CHEM 287 or in the term following CHEM 287.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 257D1/D2 or CHEM 277D1/D2.
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CHEM 297. Introductory Analytical Chemistry Laboratory.
Credits: 1 Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or CHEM 115, or equivalent.
- Pre- or Co-requisite: CHEM 287.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 257D1/D2 or CHEM 277D1/D2.
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| Computer Science |
COMP 102. Computers and Computing.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- For syllabus and further details refer to
- Restriction Note F: Management students cannot receive credit for COMP 102.
- 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.
- 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.
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COMP 189. Computers and Society.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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COMP 202. Foundations of Programming.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
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.
- Restriction Note N: COMP 202 cannot be taken for credit with or after COMP 250.
- 3 hours
- 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.
- To take COMP 202, students should have a solid understanding of pre-calculus fundamentals such as polynomial, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
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COMP 206. Introduction to Software Systems.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction Note G: Open only to students registered in a Core Group* or Mathematics Group* program, or the Minor in Computer Science. * as defined in the SOCS section, Undergraduate Programs Calendar
- Prerequisite: COMP 202 or COMP 250
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: COMP 202 or COMP 250
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COMP 230. Logic and Computability.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Propositional Logic, predicate calculus, proof systems, computability Turing machines, Church-Turing thesis, unsolvable problems, completeness, incompleteness, Tarski semantics, uses and misuses of G枚del's theorem.
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: CEGEP level mathematics.
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COMP 250. Introduction to Computer Science.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Mathematical tools (binary numbers, induction,recurrence relations, asymptotic complexity,establishing correctness of programs). Datastructures (arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists,trees, binary trees, binary search trees, heaps,hash tables). Recursive and non-recursivealgorithms (searching and sorting, tree andgraph traversal). Abstract data types. Objectoriented programming in Java (classes andobjects, interfaces, inheritance). Selected topics.
- Restriction Note M: COMP 250 and COMP 203 cannot both be taken for credit.
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite(s): MATH 140 or equivalent. COMP 202 or COMP 204 or COMP 208 (or equivalent).
- Corequisite(s): MATH 133
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECSE 250.
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COMP 280. History and Philosophy of Computing.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A history of early mathematical computation. Symbolic logic and computation. Modern computer systems and networks. The rise of the internet.
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| Earth & Planetary Sciences |
ESYS 104. The Earth System.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ATOC 104 or GEOG 104 or EPSC 104.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
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EPSC 180. The Terrestrial Planets.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EPSC 200.
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
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EPSC 181. Environmental Geology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EPSC 243
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
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EPSC 185. Natural Disasters.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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.
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EPSC 186. Astrobiology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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..
- 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.
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Course information not available.
EPSC 201. Understanding Planet Earth.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall or Winter
- 3 hours lectures; afternoon field trips
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 233.
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EPSC 233. Earth and Life Through Time
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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EPSC 334. Invertebrate Paleontology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Winter
- 2 hours lectures and one laboratory period
- Prerequisite: EPSC 201 or EPSC 233 or ENVR 202 or permission of instructor
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| Faculty of Science |
FSCI 198. Climate Crisis and Climate Actions.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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| Geography |
ESYS 104. The Earth System.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ATOC 104 or GEOG 104 or EPSC 104.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
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GEOG 201. Introductory Geo-Information Science.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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GEOG 203. Environmental Systems.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Because of quantitative science content of course, not recommended for B.A. and B.Ed. students in their U0 year.
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GEOG 205. Global Change: Past, Present and Future.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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GEOG 221. Environment and Health.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Note: Offered at Macdonald campus in alternate years.
- Note: 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. In Winter 2013, GEOG 221/NRSC 221 will be taught on the downtown campus.
- 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.
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GEOG 272. Earth's Changing Surface.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
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| Mathematics and Statistics |
MATH 133. Linear Algebra and Geometry.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
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.
- 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.
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
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MATH 139. Calculus 1 with Precalculus.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Review of trigonometry and other Precalculus topics. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Fall
- 4 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction: 1) Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent.2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 140 or MATH 150. 3) 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
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MATH 140. Calculus 1.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: High School Calculus
- Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken MATH139 or MATH 150 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
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MATH 141. Calculus 2.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series.
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122 or MATH 130 or MATH 131, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122 or MATH 130 or MATH 131, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Prerequisites: MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122,except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
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MATH 150. Calculus A.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, L'Hospital's rule, applications, Taylor polynomials, parametric curves, functions of several variables.
- MATH 150 and MATH 151 cover the material of MATH 139, MATH 140, MATH 141, MATH 222
- 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(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 139 or MATH 140 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent. 2) 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
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MATH 151. Calculus B.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Integration, methods and applications, infinite sequences and series, power series, arc length and curvature, multiple integration.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- 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
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture; 2 hours tutorial
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Prerequisite: MATH 150
- Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 141 or CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematic sand Statistics.
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MATH 203. Principles of Statistics 1.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
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).
- 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 for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
- 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 for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
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MATH 204. Principles of Statistics 2.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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.
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MATH 222. Calculus 3.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
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.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP course 201-303 or MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 227
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP course 201-303 or MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 227
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP course 201-303 or MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 227
- Prerequisite: MATH 141. Familiarity with vector geometry or Corequisite: MATH 133
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 150, MATH 151, MATH206, or MATH 262.
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MATH 223. Linear Algebra.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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 206, MATH 236, MATH 247, or MATH 251.
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| Physics |
PHYS 101. Introductory Physics - Mechanics.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introductory course in physics without calculus, covering mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, energy, and rotational motion), oscillations and waves, sound, light, and wave optics.
- 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
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PHYS 102. Introductory Physics - Electromagnetism.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Electric field and potential. D.C. circuits and measurements. Capacitance. Magnetic field and induction. Electromagnetic waves and geometrical optics.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
- 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
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PHYS 131. Mechanics and Waves.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures; 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 101, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
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PHYS 142. Electromagnetism and Optics.
Credits: 4 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
- 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
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PHYS 180. Space, Time and Matter.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restrictions: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 200.
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PHYS 181. Everyday Physics.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Note: The course will be divided into thirteen weeks with a different topic for each week throughout the semester.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 202.
- Winter
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PHYS 182. Our Evolving Universe.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 204 or PHYS 205.
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PHYS 183. The Milky Way Inside and Out.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students in a Physics program. Not open to students who have taken PHYS 204 or PHYS 206.
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PHYS 184. Energy and the Environment.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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).
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 228.
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PHYS 224. Physics of Music.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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
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| Psychology |
PSYC 100. Introduction to Psychology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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
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PSYC 204. Introduction to Psychological Statistics.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.
- 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.
- 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.
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PSYC 100. Introduction to Psychology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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
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PSYC 211. Introductory Behavioural Neuroscience.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Winter
- 2 lectures
- Prerequisites: BIOL 111, 112 or 115, PSYC 100 or equivalent
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PSYC 212. Perception.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
- Fall 2 Lectures, 1 conference
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PSYC 213. Cognition.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Winter
- 2 lectures, 1 conference
- Prerequisite: One previous course in Psychology.
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PSYC 215. Social Psychology.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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).
- Fall and Winter
- 3 lectures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 330, MGCR 221 or SOCI 216
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PSYC 305. Statistics for Experimental Design.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science) Terms offered: Summer 2025 View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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| Psychiatry |
PSYT 199. FYS: Mental Illness and the Brain.
Credits: 3 Offered by: Psychiatry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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
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