B.Sc. Liberal program

Biochemistry: An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: BIOL 200
• Restrictions: A non-terminal course intended to be followed by BIOC 311; BIOC 312 in the U2 year. Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 201 or ANAT 212.

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Thomas Duchaine, Arnim Pause, Maxime Bouchard

Biology (Sci): The physical and chemical properties of the cell and its components in relation to their structure and function. Topics include: protein structure, enzymes and enzyme kinetics; nucleic acid replication, transcription and translation; the genetic code, mutation, recombination, and regulation of gene expression.

Offered by: Biology

• Fall
• 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
• Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
• Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Francesco Fagotto, Monique C Zetka, Thomas E Bureau, Richard D W Roy

Biology (Sci): Introduction to basic principles, and to modern advances, problems and applications in the genetics of higher and lower organisms with examples representative of the biological sciences.

Offered by: Biology

• Winter, Summer
• 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
• Prerequisite: BIOL 200.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CELL 204.

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Daniel J Schoen, Mario Chevrette, David Hipfner

Chemistry: Similar to CHEM 223/CHEM 243. Emphasis on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall, Winter
• Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent and one full course in calculus
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Amy S Blum
  • Christopher J Barrett

Chemistry: A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall, Winter, Summer
• Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.
• Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.
• Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 or equivalent
• Each lab section is limited enrolment
• Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page (http://www.chemistry.mcgill.ca/advising/outside/equivalent.htm).

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Michel Daoust, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Youla S Tsantrizos, Youla S Tsantrizos, David Noble Harpp
  • Jean-Philip Lumb, Michel Daoust, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Mitchell J Huot, Michel Daoust, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Mitchell J Huot, Michel Daoust, Samuel Lewis Sewall

Chemistry: Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall, Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken an equivalent Organic 2 at CEGEP (see McGill University Basic Math and Sciences Equivalence Table at www.mcgill.ca/mathscitable) or who have or are taking CHEM 234.

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • David Noble Harpp, Dmytro Perepichka, Michel Daoust, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier
  • Karine Auclair, Michel Daoust, Michel Daoust, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier

Biology (Sci): Unified view of form and function in animals and plants. Focus on how the laws of chemistry and physics illuminate biological processes relating to the acquisition of energy and materials and their use in movement, growth, development, reproduction and responses to environmental stress.

Offered by: Biology

• 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

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Rajinder S Dhindsa

Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A general treatment of microbiology bearing specifically on the biological properties of microorganisms. Emphasis will be on procaryotic cells. Basic principles of microbial genetics are also introduced.

Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology

• Fall
• 3 hours of lecture
• Corequisite: BIOL 200

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
• Instructors
  • Benoit Cousineau, Martin Olivier, Donald C Sheppard

Physiology: Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.

Offered by: Physiology

• Fall
• 3 hours lectures weekly
• Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisites: BIOL 200, CHEM 212 or equivalent.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHGY 211 or students who are taking and who have taken NSCI 200.
• Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Ann Wechsler, Phil Gold, David S Ragsdale

Physiology: Physiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine and renal systems.

Offered by: Physiology

• Winter
• 3 hours lectures weekly
• Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisite: BIOL 200, BIOL 201, BIOC 212, CHEM 212 or equivalent.
• Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor
• Although PHGY 210 may be taken without the prior passing of PHGY 209, students should note that they may have some initial difficulties because of lack of familiarity with some basic concepts introduced in PHGY 209

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • John H White, Ann Wechsler, Tomoko Takano

Biochemistry: A comprehensive course in modern biochemical techniques involving properties of enzymes, metabolism, fractionation of organelles from mammalian cells and molecular biology.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Fall/Winter
• 1 lecture and one 6-hour lab per week
• Prerequisites: BIOL 200 and BIOL 201 or BIOC 212, CHEM 222; CHEM 257D1/CHEM 257D2 recommended.
• Corequisites: BIOC 311 and BIOC 312.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 301.
• For students in Biochemistry programs, others with permission of instructor
• Students must register for both BIOC 300D1 and BIOC 300D2.
• No credit will be given for this course unless both BIOC 300D1 and BIOC 300D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Imed Eddine Gallouzi, Imed Eddine Gallouzi, Josee Dostie, Kalle Burgess Gehring

Biochemistry: See BIOC 300D1 for course description.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: BIOC 300D1
• No credit will be given for this course unless both BIOC 300D1 and BIOC 300D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Jose Guerreiro Teodoro

Biochemistry: The generation of metabolic energy in higher organisms with an emphasis on its regulation at the molecular, cellular and organ level. Chemical concepts and mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis are also emphasized. Included: selected topics in carbohydrate, lipid and nitrogen metabolism; complex lipids and biological membranes; hormonal signal transduction.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOL 200, BIOL 201 or BIOC 212, CHEM 222

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Julie St-Pierre, Jacques Jean G Genest, Josee Dostie

Biochemistry: Gene expression from the start of transcription to the synthesis of proteins, their modifications and degradation. Topics covered: purine and pyrimidine metabolism; transcription and its regulation; mRNA processing; translation; targeting of proteins to specific cellular sites; protein glycosylation; protein phosphorylation; protein turn-over; programmed cell death (apoptosis).

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisites: BIOC 311, BIOL 200, BIOL 201 or BIOC 212

• Terms
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Alain Nepveu, Nahum Sonenberg, Gordon C Shore

Chemistry: Topics covered may include the following: Aromatic compounds, heterocyclic chemistry, sulfur and phosphorus chemistry, organosulfur and organophosphorus compounds, and biomolecules such as lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids, polypeptides, DNA and RNA.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall, Winter
• Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • James L Gleason
  • Hanadi Sleiman

Biology (Sci): Elementary statistical methods in biology. Introduction to the analysis of biological data with emphasis on the assumptions behind statistical tests and models. Use of statistical techniques typically available on computer packages.

Offered by: Biology

• Fall
• 2 hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory
• Prerequisite: MATH 112 or equivalent
• You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Brian Leung

Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to programming in a modern high-level language, modular software design and debugging. Programming concepts are illustrated using a variety of application areas.

Offered by: Computer Science

• 3 hours
• Prerequisite: a CEGEP level mathematics course
• Restrictions: COMP 202 and COMP 208 cannot both be taken for credit. COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 208 is intended for students interested in scientific computation. COMP 202 cannot be taken for credit with or after COMP 250

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Daniel G Pomerantz, Jorg Andreas Kienzle
  • Daniel G Pomerantz, Bettina Kemme

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• No calculus prerequisites
• Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
• You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult http://www.mcgill.ca/student-records/transfercredits/ for information regarding transfer credits for this course.

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Christian Genest
  • David B Wolfson

Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Taylor series, Taylor's theorem in one and several variables. Review of vector geometry. Partial differentiation, directional derivative. Extreme of functions of 2 or 3 variables. Parametric curves and arc length. Polar and spherical coordinates. Multiple integrals.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics

• Prerequisite: MATH 141. Familiarity with vector geometry or Corequisite: MATH 133
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP course 201-303 or MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 227

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Wilbur Jonsson
  • Wilbur Jonsson

Psychology: The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.

Offered by: Psychology

• Fall and Winter
• Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300
• This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336
• You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
  • Winter 2014
• Instructors
  • Rhonda N Amsel
  • David J Ostry

Biochemistry: Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of enzymes. Active site mapping and site-specific mutagenesis of enzymes. Enzyme kinetics and mechanisms of catalysis. Multienzyme complexes.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOC 311, BIOC 312 and/or sufficient organic chemistry.
• Restriction: Intended primarily for students at the U3 level

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Bhushan Nagar, Thomas Martin Schmeing, Enrico Purisima

Biochemistry: RNA processing, localization and stability. RNAi mechanisms, regulation and applications. Regulation of DNA replication. Genomics: human genome sequence, regulation and organization. DNA repair mechanisms. Special topics on transgenics, genetic diseases and cancer.

Offered by: Biochemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOC 311, BIOC 312 or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2013
• Instructors
  • Josee Dostie, Jose Guerreiro Teodoro, Imed Eddine Gallouzi