Choose from 4 one-month intensive courses
Mondays to Thursdays
Shuttle bus friendly - courses begin @ 9:30 a.m.
Places are limited. Minerva registration opens March 6.
AECH 111
General Chemistry 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry (Agric&EnvirSci): Thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, aqueous solution chemistry including applications to acids, bases and buffers and selected topics in organic chemistry.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Winter
- 3 lectures, one 3 hour lab, and one tutorial hour
- Prerequisite(s): FDSC 110 or AECH 110
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FDSC 111.
(equivalent to CHEM 120)
AEHM 205
Science Literacy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Agric & Envir Sc): Development of English language and information literacy. Problem-based approach using science topics from specializations offered by the Faculty will be central to skill development. The course includes how to research and compose work in scientific format and will encourage a reader-oriented style.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Students whose first language is not English are encouraged to register for CESL 299, ESL: Academic English Seminar, or equivalent, prior to starting their program.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Carole Newman, Natalie Heather Waters
- Carole Newman, Natalie Heather Waters
ENVB 305
Population & Community Ecology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Environmental Biology: Interactions between organisms and their environment; historical and current perspectives in applied and theoretical population and community ecology. Principles of population dynamics, feedback loops, and population regulation. Development and structure of communities; competition, predation and food web dynamics. Biodiversity science in theory and practice.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 205
FDSC 230
Organic Chemistry
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Food Science: Atomic and molecular structure, modern concepts of bonding, overview of functional groups, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, mechanisms and reactions of aliphatic compounds.
Offered by: Food Science & Agr-Chemistry
- Fall or Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Terms
- Instructors
- Varoujan Yaylayan
- Alice D Cherestes
(equivalent to CHEM 212)