Ph.D. Bioresource Engineering Environment - MSE Option

Thesis (9 credits)

Please note: To apply for the Graduate Environment Option please visit the MSE webpage.

The M.Sc. Bioresource Engineering: Environment – MSE Option is coordinated through the McGill School of Environment (MSE). This option is intended for students who want to take an interdisciplinary approach in their graduate research on environmental issues.

Students will learn how knowledge is transferred into action with regard to the environment and how to develop an appreciation of the role of science, politics, economics, and moral judgment.

https://www.mcgill.ca/mse/programs/envroption

Requirements

• 9 credits
• A thesis - completion and final acceptance of a supervised research thesis according to the regulations of the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office.

Required courses, 6 credits

• BREE 701 Ph.D.Comprehensive Examination

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Bioresource Engineering: An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

  • Terms
    • Fall 2024
    • Winter 2025
  • Instructors
    • Zhiming Qi
    • Zhiming Qi
• BREE 751 Departmental Seminar Ph.D. 1

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Bioresource Engineering: To give seminars and participate in discussions.

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 751.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2024
    • Winter 2025
  • Instructors
    • Idaresit Ekaette
    • Michael O Ngadi
• BREE 752 Departmental Seminar Ph.D. 2

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Bioresource Engineering: To give seminars and participate in discussions.

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 752.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2024
    • Winter 2025
  • Instructors
    • Idaresit Ekaette
    • Michael O Ngadi
• BREE 753 Departmental Seminar Ph.D. 3

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Bioresource Engineering: To give seminars and participate in discussion.

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 753.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2024
    • Winter 2025
  • Instructors
    • Idaresit Ekaette
    • Michael O Ngadi
• BREE 754 Departmental Seminar Ph.D. 4

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Bioresource Engineering: To give seminars and participate in discussions.

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 754

  • Terms
    • Fall 2024
    • Winter 2025
  • Instructors
    • Idaresit Ekaette
    • Michael O Ngadi
• ENVR 610 Foundations of Environ Policy 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Environment: Analysis of current environmental policies to reveal implicit and explicit assumptions regarding scientific methods, hypothesis testing, subject/object, causality, certainty, deities, health, development, North-South concerns for resources, commons, national sovereignty, equity. Discussion of implications of such assumptions for building future environmental policies.

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment

  • Restriction: Enrolment in the Graduate Environment Option or enrolment in the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor.
  • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
• ENVR 650 Environmental Seminar 1 1 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Environment: Interdisciplinary environmental research seminars with the goals of appreciating both the breadth and interconnectedness of environmental research questions.

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment

  • Restriction: Open to students registered in Environment Option.

  • 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 651 Environmental Seminar 2 1 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Environment: Environmental seminars and workshops focused on critical thinking, critical review of articles, team work, effective public speaking, grantmanship.

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment

  • Restriction: Open to students registered in the Environment Option.

  • 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 652 Environmental Seminar 3 1 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Environment: Final research seminar.

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment

  • Prerequisite: ENVR 650.
  • Restriction: Open to students registered in Environment Option.

  • 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

Complementary courses, 3 credits

Please consult the online Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies calendar for detailed complementary course information.