Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Honours Chemistry (71 Credits)
Offered by:Chemistry
Degree:Bachelor of Science
Program Requirement:
Note: Attainment of the Honours degree requires a CGPA of at least 3.00.
Program Prerequisites
PRE-PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
Students entering from the Freshman program must have included CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or CHEM 115, BIOL 111 or BIOL 112, MATH 133, MATH 140/MATH 141 or MATH 150/MATH 151, PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or their equivalents in their Freshman year. Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses. Note that students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 do not have to take MATH 222.
Required Courses (53 credits)
The required courses in this program consist of 56 credits in chemistry, physics and mathematics, listed below. The courses marked with an asterisk (*) are omitted from the program of students who have successfully completed them at the CEGEP level but the Chemistry courses must be replaced by courses in that discipline if students wish to be eligible for admission to the Ordre des chimistes du Québec. Students from outside Quebec or transfer students should consult the Academic Adviser.
See http://www.mcgill.ca/chemistry/current-undergraduate-students/advising/.
A computer science course, either COMP 202 or COMP 208, is strongly recommended during U1 for students who have no previous introduction to computer programming. Students should contact their adviser on this matter. Completion of Mathematics MATH 222 during U1 is also strongly recommended. Physics PHYS 242 should be completed during U2.
* Denotes courses with CEGEP equivalents.
** Students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 are not required to take MATH 222.
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CHEM 212 Intro Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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).
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
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CHEM 213 Intrdctry Physcl Chem1: Thermo 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Thermodynamics. Topics include gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies, the entropy and free energy functions, absolute entropies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states, phase rule and phase diagrams, ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility, electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent, PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Amy S Blum
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CHEM 222 Intro Organic Chemistry 2 4 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
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CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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. The laboratory component includes introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 287 or CHEM 297
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Pallavi Sirjoosingh
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CHEM 273 IntroPhysclChem2:Kinetics&Meth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Kinetics: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry. Methods: physical chemistry laboratory, differential equations and linear algebra applied to physical chemistry, computation methods for data analysis and modeling
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and MATH 222
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 253.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Marc Gauthier, Eric Russell McCalla
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CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Marc-Andre Légaré
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CHEM 302 Intrdctry Organic Chemistry 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Masad J Damha
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CHEM 332 Biological Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to biological chemistry. Topics will include chemistry and structure of proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids; protein and nucleic acid biosynthesis; enzyme kinetics and mechanisms; membranes and membrane transport; bioenergetics; redox reactions in biological chemistry; gene expression; cloning, RNA and antibody technologies; genomics and proteomics.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 222 and CHEM 273.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 302
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Chemistry Majors/Honours only except by permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or have taken BIOL 200 or BIOL 201.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Auclair
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CHEM 345 Intro to Quantum Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to quantum chemistry covering the historical development, wave theory, methods of quantum mechanics, and applications of quantum chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Patanjali Kambhampati
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CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Molecular basis of thermodynamics with applications to ideal gases and simple solids. Topics to be covered will include: calculation of thermodynamic functions, chemical equilibrium constants, Einstein and Debye models of solids, absolute reaction rate theory, Debye-Hückel theory of strong electrolytes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 345
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Yelena Simine
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CHEM 367 Instrumental Analysis 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to modern instrumental analysis emphasizing chromatography, atomic spectroscopy and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and common methods of atomic determinations using flames/furnaces/plasma sources.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 267.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Mark P Andrews, Alexander S Wahba
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CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Spectroscopic methods of analysis will be studied with respect to fundamentals, operational aspects and instrument design. Topics will range from UV-visible to x-ray spectrometry. Methodologies will be evaluated with respect to their application in spectrometric systems. Laboratory automation will be studied and applied in the laboratory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 367
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Thomas C Preston, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall
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CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Introduction to transition metal chemistry, coordination numbers and geometry, and nomenclature will be followed by a discussion of crystal field theory and its applications to problems in spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Several aspects related to applications of organometallic compounds in catalysis and bioinorganic systems will be discussed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite: CHEM 281.
- Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Scott Bohle
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CHEM 392 Experimental Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Experiments related to the theoretical principles, synthetic techniques and instrumental methods used in modern experimental chemistry, including aspects of green chemistry and nanochemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite/corequisites: CHEM 381 and CHEM 302. Advanced laboratory for Chemistry Honours and Majors students.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 362.
- 2 hours Drop-in lab
- 4 hours laboratory
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Mitchell J Huot, Danielle K Vlaho
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
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CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chem Lab 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Selected experiments to illustrate more advanced physico-chemical principles.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 273 and CHEM 345 or permission of the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 355
- Fall, Winter
- Each lab section has limited enrolment.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
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MATH 222 Calculus 3 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 262.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick Allen, Marcin Sabok
- Sidney Trudeau
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PHYS 242 Electricity & Magnetism 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Properties of electromagnetic fields, dipole and quadropole fields and their interactions, chemical binding of molecules, electromagnetic properties of materials, Maxwell's equations and properties of electromagnetic waves, propagation of waves in media.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics, MATH 222
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Robert E Rutledge
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
6 credits of research*:
* Students may take up to 12 Research Project credits but only 6 of these may be used to fulfil the program requirement.
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CHEM 470 Research Project 1 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental and /or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
CHEM 480 Undergrad Research Project 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
12 credits of additional Chemistry courses as follows:
6 credits of Chemistry courses at the 300 level or higher, or MATH 315 plus 3 credits of Chemistry courses at the 300 level or higher, and
6 credits of Chemistry courses at the 400 level or higher.
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Honours Chemistry - Bio-organic (75 Credits)
Offered by:Chemistry
Degree:Bachelor of Science
Program Requirement:
Note: Attainment of the Honours degree requires a CGPA of at least 3.00.
Program Prerequisites
PRE-PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
Students entering from the Freshman program must have included CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or CHEM 115, BIOL 111 or BIOL 112, MATH 133, MATH 140/MATH 141 or MATH 150/MATH 151, PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or their equivalents in their Freshman year. Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses. Note that students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 do not have to take MATH 222.
Required Courses (57 credits)
The required courses in this program consist of 57 credits in chemistry, biology and mathematics, listed below. The courses marked with an asterisk (*) are omitted from the program of students who have successfully completed them at the CEGEP level but the Chemistry courses must be replaced by courses in that discipline if students wish to be eligible for admission to the Ordre des chimistes du Québec. Students from outside Quebec or transfer students should consult the Academic Adviser.
See http://www.mcgill.ca/chemistry/current-undergraduate-students/advising/.
A computer science course, either COMP 202 or COMP 208, is strongly recommended during U1 for students who have no previous introduction to computer programming. Students should contact their adviser on this matter. Completion of Mathematics MATH 222 during U1 is also strongly recommended.
* Denotes courses with CEGEP equivalents.
** Students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 are not required to take MATH 222.
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BIOL 200 Molecular Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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, or CHEM 204
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Richard D W Roy, Kenneth E M Hastings, Paul Lasko, Serge Champetier
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BIOL 201 Cell Biology & Metabolism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): 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.
Offered by: Biology
- 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
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Tamara L Western, Joseph Alan Dent, Siegfried Hekimi, Huanquan Zheng, Serge Champetier
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CHEM 212 Intro Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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).
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
-
CHEM 213 Intrdctry Physcl Chem1: Thermo 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Thermodynamics. Topics include gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies, the entropy and free energy functions, absolute entropies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states, phase rule and phase diagrams, ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility, electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent, PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Amy S Blum
-
CHEM 222 Intro Organic Chemistry 2 4 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
-
CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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. The laboratory component includes introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 287 or CHEM 297
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Pallavi Sirjoosingh
-
CHEM 273 IntroPhysclChem2:Kinetics&Meth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Kinetics: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry. Methods: physical chemistry laboratory, differential equations and linear algebra applied to physical chemistry, computation methods for data analysis and modeling
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and MATH 222
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 253.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Marc Gauthier, Eric Russell McCalla
-
CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Marc-Andre Légaré
-
CHEM 302 Intrdctry Organic Chemistry 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Masad J Damha
-
CHEM 345 Intro to Quantum Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to quantum chemistry covering the historical development, wave theory, methods of quantum mechanics, and applications of quantum chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Patanjali Kambhampati
-
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CHEM 367 Instrumental Analysis 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to modern instrumental analysis emphasizing chromatography, atomic spectroscopy and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and common methods of atomic determinations using flames/furnaces/plasma sources.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 267.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Mark P Andrews, Alexander S Wahba
-
CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Spectroscopic methods of analysis will be studied with respect to fundamentals, operational aspects and instrument design. Topics will range from UV-visible to x-ray spectrometry. Methodologies will be evaluated with respect to their application in spectrometric systems. Laboratory automation will be studied and applied in the laboratory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 367
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Thomas C Preston, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall
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CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Introduction to transition metal chemistry, coordination numbers and geometry, and nomenclature will be followed by a discussion of crystal field theory and its applications to problems in spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Several aspects related to applications of organometallic compounds in catalysis and bioinorganic systems will be discussed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite: CHEM 281.
- Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Scott Bohle
-
CHEM 392 Experimental Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Experiments related to the theoretical principles, synthetic techniques and instrumental methods used in modern experimental chemistry, including aspects of green chemistry and nanochemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite/corequisites: CHEM 381 and CHEM 302. Advanced laboratory for Chemistry Honours and Majors students.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 362.
- 2 hours Drop-in lab
- 4 hours laboratory
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Mitchell J Huot, Danielle K Vlaho
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
-
CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chem Lab 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Selected experiments to illustrate more advanced physico-chemical principles.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 273 and CHEM 345 or permission of the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 355
- Fall, Winter
- Each lab section has limited enrolment.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
-
CHEM 502 Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: This course will cover biologically relevant molecules, particularly nucleic acids, proteins, and their building blocks. In each case, synthesis and biological functions will be discussed. The topics include synthesis of oligonucleotides and peptides; chemistry of phosphates; enzyme structure and function; coenzymes, and enzyme catalysis; polyketides; antiviral and anticancer agents.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Auclair, Youla S Tsantrizos
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MATH 222 Calculus 3 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 262.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick Allen, Marcin Sabok
- Sidney Trudeau
-
PHYS 242 Electricity & Magnetism 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Properties of electromagnetic fields, dipole and quadropole fields and their interactions, chemical binding of molecules, electromagnetic properties of materials, Maxwell's equations and properties of electromagnetic waves, propagation of waves in media.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics, MATH 222
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Robert E Rutledge
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
18 credits selected as follows:
6 credits of research*:
* Students may take up to 12 Research Project credits but only 6 of these may be used to fulfil the program requirement.
-
CHEM 470 Research Project 1 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental and /or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
-
CHEM 480 Undergrad Research Project 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
9 credits from the following:
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BIOL 202 Basic Genetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- 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.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Nam Sung Moon, Laura Nilson, Daniel J Schoen, David Hipfner
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BIOL 301 Cell and Molecular Laboratory 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): An introduction to biology research and communication with a focus on cell and molecular biology. Through conducting a series of project-based experiments and writing a final report, molecular and synthetic biology techniques such as gene cloning, manipulation, protein isolation and characterization and how research is conducted, analyzed and communicated will be addressed. In addition, an introduction to bioinformatics methods and their role in analysis will be provided.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall or Winter
- 1 hour lecture and one 6-hour laboratory
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200, BIOL 201 (or ANAT 212/BIOC 212); or BIOL 219
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOC 300, or BIOC 220 and BIOC 320. Requires departmental approval.
- For approval email maxime.leroux [at] mcgill.ca. Specify your ID number as well as the term and two lab day preferences.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, Paul M Harrison, Maxime Leroux
- Maxime Leroux, Arnold L Hayer, Paul M Harrison
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CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Molecular basis of thermodynamics with applications to ideal gases and simple solids. Topics to be covered will include: calculation of thermodynamic functions, chemical equilibrium constants, Einstein and Debye models of solids, absolute reaction rate theory, Debye-Hückel theory of strong electrolytes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 345
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Yelena Simine
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MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Eqns 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First order ordinary differential equations including elementary numerical methods. Linear differential equations. Laplace transforms. Series solutions.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Prerequisite: MATH 222.
- Corequisite: MATH 133.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 325.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Jacques Claude Hurtubise
- Rosalie Bélanger-Rioux
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MIMM 211 Introductory Microbiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Benoit Cousineau
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MIMM 214 Intro Immun: Elem of Immunity 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): Basic immunology, organs and cells, elements of innate immunity, phagocytes, complement, elements of adaptive immunity, B-cells, T-cells, antigen presenting cells, MHC genes and molecules, antigen processing and presentation, cytokines and chemokines. Emphasis on anatomy and the molecular and cellular players working together as a physiological system to maintain human health.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jasmin K Chahal
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MIMM 314 Intermediate Immunology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): An intermediate-level immunology course covering the cellular and molecular basis of lymphocyte development and activation in immune responses in health and disease.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Winter
- 3 hours of lecture
- Prerequisite: MIMM 214
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Ciriaco Piccirillo, Irah King
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MIMM 323 Microbial Physiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): An introduction to the composition and structure of microbial cells, the biochemical activities associated with cellular metabolism and how these activities are regulated and coordinated. The course will have a molecular and genetic approach to the study of microbial physiology.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Fall
- 3 hours of lecture
- Prerequisite: MIMM 211
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Gregory T Marczynski, Bernard Turcotte
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PHGY 209 Mammalian Physiology 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 2023
- Instructors
- Melissa A Vollrath, David S Ragsdale, Alvin Shrier, Erik P Cook, Céline Aguer
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PHGY 210 Mammalian Physiology 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 2024
- Instructors
- Melissa A Vollrath, Tomoko Takano, Anne-Marie Lauzon, John H White, Michael R Guevara, Céline Aguer
and 3 credits of additional Chemistry courses at the 400 level or higher.
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Honours Physics and Chemistry (80 Credits)
Offered by:Physics
Degree:Bachelor of Science
Program Requirement:
This program provides a strong basis in both chemistry and physics. It contains a core of chemistry courses and a mix of honours-level courses in physics and mathematics.
To graduate with an Honours degree, a student must have, at time of graduation, a CGPA of at least 3.0 in the required and complementary courses of the program, as well as an overall CGPA of at least 3.0.
This is a specialized and demanding program. The student will have two advisers, one from Chemistry and the other from Physics. This program may be completed in 80 or 83 credits.
Program Prerequisites
Students entering Physics programs from the Freshman program must have successfully completed the courses below or their equivalents. Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses.
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CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics or permission of instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Jean-Marc Gauthier, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Ashok K Kakkar, Maureen H McKeague
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CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics, or permission of instructor: CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Marc Gauthier, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Paul W Wiseman
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PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
Offered by: Physics
- 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
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Tami Pereg-Barnea
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PHYS 142 Electromagnetism & Optics 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
Offered by: Physics
- 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
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Hong Guo
3 credits from:
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BIOL 111 Principles:Organismal Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): An introduction to the phylogeny, structure, function and adaptation of unicellular organisms, plants and animals in the biosphere.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 2 hours lecture and 3 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.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Andrew Hendry, Benjamin Jesse Shapiro, Elena M Cristescu, Fiona M Soper
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BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): The cell: ultrastructure, division, chemical constituents and reactions. Bioenergetics: photosynthesis and respiration. Principles of genetics, the molecular basis of inheritance and biotechnology.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 2 hours lecture and 3 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
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Joseph Alan Dent, Frieder B Schöck
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MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): 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.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction A: Not open to students who have taken MATH 221 or CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent.
- 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.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Sidney Trudeau, Elizabeth W Collins-Woodfin, Romain Branchereau
- Mathilde Gerbelli-Gauthier
7-8 credits from:
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MATH 140 Calculus 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: High School Calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 139 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction: 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
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Jérôme Fortier, Dylan J Cant, Hao Fu
- Jérôme Fortier
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MATH 141 Calculus 2 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Prerequisites: MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 121 or CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: 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
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Hannah A Cairns, Marcin Sroka
- Sidney Trudeau, Jeremy Macdonald, Hovsep Mazakian
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MATH 150 Calculus A 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, L'Hospital's rule, applications, Taylor polynomials, parametric curves, functions of several variables.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 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: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: 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
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Charles Roth
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MATH 151 Calculus B 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Integration, methods and applications, infinite sequences and series, power series, arc length and curvature, multiple integration.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture; 2 hours tutorial
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Prerequisite: MATH 150
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
- 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
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Charles Roth
Note: Either MATH 140 and MATH 141 or MATH 150 and MATH 151.
Required Courses (68 credits)
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CHEM 212 Intro Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 2023
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
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CHEM 213 Intrdctry Physcl Chem1: Thermo 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Thermodynamics. Topics include gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies, the entropy and free energy functions, absolute entropies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states, phase rule and phase diagrams, ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility, electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent, PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Amy S Blum
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CHEM 273 IntroPhysclChem2:Kinetics&Meth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Kinetics: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry. Methods: physical chemistry laboratory, differential equations and linear algebra applied to physical chemistry, computation methods for data analysis and modeling
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and MATH 222
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 253.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Marc Gauthier, Eric Russell McCalla
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CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Marc-Andre Légaré
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CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Molecular basis of thermodynamics with applications to ideal gases and simple solids. Topics to be covered will include: calculation of thermodynamic functions, chemical equilibrium constants, Einstein and Debye models of solids, absolute reaction rate theory, Debye-Hückel theory of strong electrolytes.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 345
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Yelena Simine
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CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chem Lab 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Selected experiments to illustrate more advanced physico-chemical principles.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 273 and CHEM 345 or permission of the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 355
- Fall, Winter
- Each lab section has limited enrolment.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
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CHEM 556 Advanced Quantum Mechanics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Quantum mechanical treatment of species of chemical interest. Introduction to perturbation theory, both time-dependent and time-independent. Treatment of the variational principle. Introduction to atomic spectra. Chemical bonding in terms of both the valence bond and molecular orbital theory. Elementary collision theory. Interaction of radiation with molecules.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Patanjali Kambhampati
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CHEM 574 Intro Polymer Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A survey course on the structure of polymers, kinetics and mechanisms of polymer and copolymer synthesis; characterization and molecular weight distributions; polymer microstructure, the thermodynamics of polymer solutions; the crystalline and amorphous states, rubber elasticity and structure-property relationships.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 or CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or CHEM 233 (for engineering students only), or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 455 or CHEM 674.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Ashok K Kakkar
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COMP 208 Computer Programming for PS&E 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Computer Science (Sci): Programming and problem solving in a high level computer language: variables, expressions, types, functions, conditionals, loops, objects and classes. Introduction to algorithms such as searching and sorting. Modular software design, libraries, file input and output, debugging. Emphasis on applications in Physical Sciences and Engineering, such as root finding, numerical integration, diffusion, Monte Carlo methods.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Corequisite: MATH 133 and MATH 141, or equivalents.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 202, COMP 204, orGEOG 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 208 is intended for students with sufficient math background and in (non-life) science or engineering fields.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Michael Langer, Jonathan C Campbell
- Deven I Parekh
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MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Matrix algebra, determinants, systems of linear equations. Abstract vector spaces, inner product spaces, Fourier series. Linear transformations and their matrix representations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizable and defective matrices, positive definite and semidefinite matrices. Quadratic and Hermitian forms, generalized eigenvalue problems, simultaneous reduction of quadratic forms. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Winter
- Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Intended for Honours Physics and Engineering students
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 236, MATH 223 or MATH 251
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Tim Hoheisel
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MATH 248 Honours Vector Calculus 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Partial derivatives and differentiation of functions in several variables; Jacobians; maxima and minima; implicit functions. Scalar and vector fields; orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Multiple integrals; arc length, volume and surface area. Line and surface integrals; irrotational and solenoidal fields; Green's theorem; the divergence theorem. Stokes' theorem; and applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall and Winter and Summer
- Prerequisites: MATH 133 and MATH 222 or consent of Department.
- Restriction: Intended for Honours Physics, Computer Science, Physiology and Engineering students.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 314 or MATH 358.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Niky Kamran
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MATH 249 Honours Complex Variables 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Functions of a complex variable; Cauchy-Riemann equations; Cauchy's theorem and consequences. Taylor and Laurent expansions. Residue calculus; evaluation of real integrals; integral representation of special functions; the complex inversion integral. Conformal mapping; Schwarz-Christoffel transformation; Poisson's integral formulas; applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): MATH 248 or MATH 358 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Intended for Honours Physics and Engineering students
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 316
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Brent Pym
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MATH 325 Honours ODE's 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First and second order equations, linear equations, series solutions, Frobenius method, introduction to numerical methods and to linear systems, Laplace transforms, applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall and Winter
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MATH 222.
- Restriction: Intended for Honours Mathematics, Physics and Engineering programs.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 263 (formerly MATH 261), MATH 315
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Tony Humphries
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PHYS 241 Signal Processing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Linear circuit elements, resonance, network theorems, diodes, transistors, amplifiers, feedback, integrated circuits.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 2 hours lectures; 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks
- Prerequisite: CEGEP physics or PHYS 142.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Walter Reisner
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PHYS 251 Honours Classical Mechanics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Newton's laws, work energy, angular momentum. Harmonic oscillator, forced oscillations. Inertial forces, rotating frames. Central forces, centre of mass, planetary orbits, Kepler's laws.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: CEGEP physics or PHYS 131.
- Corequisite: MATH 222
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having taken PHYS 230.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Charles Gale
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PHYS 257 Experimental Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Introductory laboratory work and data analysis as related to mechanics, optics and thermodynamics. Introduction to computers as they are employed for laboratory work, for data analysis and for numerical computation. Previous experience with computers is an asset, but is not required.
Offered by: Physics
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Brigitte Vachon
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PHYS 258 Experimental Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Advanced laboratory work and data analysis as related to mechanics, optics and thermodynamics. Computers will be employed routinely for data analysis and for numerical computation, and, particularly, to facilitate the use of Fourier methods.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 6 hours of laboratory and classroom work
- Prerequisite: PHYS 257
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- David Cooke
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PHYS 350 Hons Electricity & Magnetism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Fundamental laws of electric and magnetic fields in both integral and differential form.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: MATH 248, MATH 325.
- Restriction: Honours students or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students having taken PHYS 340
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Eve J Lee
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PHYS 352 Honours Electromagnetic Waves 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Vector and scalar potentials; plane waves in homogeneous media; refraction and reflection; guided waves; radiation from simple systems; dipole and quadrupole radiation; introduction to fields of moving charges; synchrotron radiation; Bremsstrahlung.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: PHYS 350.
- Restriction: Honours students, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Bradley J Siwick
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PHYS 357 Honours Quantum Physics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Experimental basis for quantum mechanics; wave-packets; uncertainty principle. Hilbert space formalism. Schrodinger equation: eigenvalues and eigenvectors: applications to 1-d problems including the infinite and finite potential wells and the harmonic oscillator. Tunneling. Time independent perturbation theory.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: MATH 223 or equivalent, and one of PHYS 230, PHYS 251, or CIVE 281
- Restriction: Honours students or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having passed PHYS 346
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Kartiek Agarwal
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PHYS 457 Honours Quantum Physics 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Angular momentum and spin operators. Operator methods in quantum mechanics. Coupling of spin and angular momenta. Variational principles and elements of time dependent perturbation theory (the Golden Rule). Solution of the Schrodinger equation in three dimensions. Applications to the hydrogen and helium atoms and to simple problems in atomic and molecular physics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: PHYS 357
- Restriction: Honours students or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 346
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Andrew Cumming
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PHYS 558 Solid State Physics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Properties of crystals; free electron model, band structure; metals, insulators and semi-conductors; phonons; magnetism; selected additional topics in solid-state (e.g. ferroelectrics, elementary transport theory).
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Bill Coish
Complementary Courses (12-15 credits)
(with at least 3 credits in Chemistry and 3 credits in Physics)
0-3 credits from:
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MATH 222 Calculus 3 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 262.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick Allen, Marcin Sabok
- Sidney Trudeau
*Note: A student who has not taken MATH 222 (or equivalent) prior to entering the program must take it in their first semester, increasing the program credits from 80 to 83. The student must then take MATH 314 in their second semester instead of MATH 248, if scheduling requires it.
3 credits selected from:
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CHEM 593 Statistical Mechanics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Intermediate topics in statistical mechanics, including: modern and classical theories of real gases and liquids, critical phenomena and the renormalization group, time-dependent phenomena, linear response and fluctuations, inelastic scattering, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics methods.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Yelena Simine
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PHYS 559 Advanced Statistical Mechanics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Scattering and structure factors. Review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; correlation functions (static); mean field theory; critical phenomena; broken symmetry; fluctuations, roughening.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Bill Coish
9 credits selected from the list below:
Note: PHYS 459D1 and PHYS 459D2 are taken together.
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CHEM 480D1 Undergrad Research Project 2 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Students must register for both CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 together are equivalent to CHEM 480
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
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CHEM 480D2 Undergrad Research Project 2 1.5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470 and CHEM 480D1. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 together are equivalent to CHEM 480
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
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CHEM 505 Comp Model of Molecules & Mtls 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A comprehensive introduction to computational methods and software for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The main focus of the course is on important practical aspects of chemistry-related computer modeling: how to perform simulations reliably and efficiently, and how to interpret simulation results. Two main classes of computer simulations--electronic structure methods and statistical mechanics methods--will be discussed in detail together with a wide range of chemical examples.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 345 or equivalent and CHEM 365 or PHYS 329 or equivalent, and COMP 202 or COMP 208 or equivalent.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Rustam Khaliullin
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CHEM 531 Chem of Inorganic Materials 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Structure, bonding, synthesis, properties and applications of covalent, ionic, metallic crystals, and amorphous solids. Defect structures and their use in synthesis of specialty materials such as electronic conductors, semiconductors, and superconductors, and solid electrolytes. Basic principles of composite materials and applications of chemistry to materials processing.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 381
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Mark P Andrews
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CHEM 575 Chemical Kinetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Kinetic laws, measurement of reaction rates, transition state and collision theory, experimental techniques in reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms, RRKM theory, Marcus theory of electron transfer, photochemistry and catalysis. Recent developments and their application to chemical and biological problems. Elementary reactions in gas, solution and solid phases and on surfaces.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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CHEM 585 Colloid Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Principles of the physical chemistry of phase boundaries. Electrical double layer theory; van der Waals forces; Brownian motion; kinetics of coagulation; electrokinetics; light scattering; solid/liquid interactions; adsorption; surfactants; hydrodynamic interactions; rheology of dispersions.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 345, MATH 233 and MATH 315, PHYS 241 and PHYS 242. Students who haven't taken CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 must have taken CHEM 273 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Theo van de Ven
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PHYS 351 Honours Classical Mechanics 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Rigid bodies, angular momentum, gyroscope, moment of inertia, principal axes, Euler's equations. Coupled oscillations and normal modes. Lagrangian mechanics and applications. Hamiltonian mechanics. Topics in advanced analytical mechanics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: PHYS 251.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 451.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Katelin Schutz
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PHYS 359 Advanced Physics Laboratory 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Advanced level experiments in physics including quantum effects and some properties of condensed matter physics and modern physics.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 6 hours
- Corequisite: PHYS 457 or PHYS 447 or permission of the instructor.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 258
- Students who have taken PHYS 469 will conduct different experiments in this course.
- Restriction: Open to both Majors and Honours students
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Dominic Ryan
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PHYS 404 Climate Physics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: This course covers the essentials of climate physics through the lens of one-dimensional, vertical atmospheric models. This includes shortwave and longwave radiative transfer, convection, phase changes, clouds, greenhouse gases, and atmospheric escape. This is an adequate level of detail for understanding Earth's climate, paleoclimate, anthropogenic climate change, or pursing studies of Solar System planets and extrasolar planets.
Offered by: Physics
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 230 or PHYS 251, PHYS 232 or PHYS 253, MATH 315 or MATH 325, and MATH 222
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken ATOC 404
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Yi Huang
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PHYS 434 Optics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Fundamental concepts of optics, including applications and modern developments. Light propagation in media; geometric optics and optical instruments; polarization and coherence properties of light; interference and interferometry; diffraction theory and applications in spectrometry and imaging; Gaussian beams, Fourier optics and photonic band structure. A laboratory component provides hands-on experience in optical setup design, construction and testing of concepts introduced in lectures.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- Corequisite: PHYS 342 or PHYS 352, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Kai Wang
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PHYS 459D1 Honours Research Thesis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Honours supervised research project and thesis.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 6 hours
- Restriction: Honours students or permission of instructor
- Students must register for both PHYS 459D1 and PHYS 459D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PHYS 459D1 and PHYS 459D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Charles Gale
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PHYS 459D2 Honours Research Thesis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: See PHYS 459D1 for course description.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- Prerequisite: PHYS 459D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both PHYS 459D1 and PHYS 459D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Charles Gale
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PHYS 469 Advanced Physics Laboratory 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Advanced level experiments in physics including quantum effects and some properties of condensed matter physics and modern physics.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 6 hours
- Restriction: Honours students or permission of instructor
- Prerequisite: PHYS 258 or permission of the instructor
- Corequisite: PHYS 457 or PHYS 447 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Open to honours and majors physics students
- Student who have taken PHYS 359 will conduct different experiments in this course.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Jack C Sankey (Childress)
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PHYS 479 Physics Research Project 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: A supervised research project.
Offered by: Physics
- 6 hours
- Restriction: U2 or U3 students in a Physics program, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- David S Hanna
- Michael Hilke
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PHYS 512 Comp. Phys. with Applications 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Computational methods in Physics illustrated with realworld applications.
Offered by: Physics
- U3 or graduate students in Physics, Chemistry, or Engineering, or permission of the instructor. Basic familiarity with computer programming highly recommended.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Andrew Cumming
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PHYS 562 Electromagnetic Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Electrostatics, dielectrics, magnetostatics, timevarying fields, relativity, radiating systems, fields of moving charges.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisites (Graduate): U1 or U2 Honours Physics or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- David Cooke
For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Honours Chemistry: Biophysical Chemistry (75 Credits)
Offered by:Chemistry
Degree:Bachelor of Science
Program Requirement:
This program trains students in the fundamentals of chemistry and develops the physical science, computational, and mathematical skills needed for advanced biophysical chemistry research in the biomedical and biotechnology industries. The program features integrative, interdisciplinary courses in bio-physical sciences.
Program Prerequisites
Note: Attainment of the Honours degree requires a CGPA of at least 3.00.
Pre-Program Requirements: Students entering from the Freshman program must have included CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or CHEM 115, BIOL 111 or BIOL 112, MATH 133, MATH 140/MATH 141 or MATH 150/MATH 151, PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or their equivalents in their Freshman year. Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses. Note that students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 do not have to take MATH 222.
Required Courses (65 credits)
The courses marked with an asterisk (*) are omitted from the program of students who have successfully completed them at the CEGEP level. Students completing the program will not be eligible for admission to the Ordre des chimistes du Québec without additional chemistry electives. This program is not currently accredited by the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
Completion of Mathematics MATH 222 and MATH 315 during U1 is strongly recommended.
* Denotes courses with CEGEP equivalents.
** Students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 are not required to take MATH 222.
Bio-Physical Sciences Core
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BIOL 219 Intro to Phys Mol & Cell Biol 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): An introduction to molecular and cell biology from a physical perspective. Techniques and methodologies, both experimental and computational, are included in the presentation of each thematic module.
Offered by: Biology
- Prerequisite(s): BIOL 112; CHEM 110 and CHEM 120; MATH 140, MATH 141 and MATH 133; PHYS 131 and PHYS 142; or the equivalents of these courses.
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212, BIOC 212, BIOL 200, and BIOL 201, or BIEN 219. Only open to students in Bioengineering, Computer Science-Biology, Biology-Mathematics, Biology-Quantitative Biology, Chemistry-Biophysical Chemistry, and Physics-Biological Physics Options.
- This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Adam G Hendricks, Alanna J Watt, Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe
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BIOL 319 Introduction to Biophysics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Emerging physical approaches and quantitative measurement techniques are providing new insights into longstanding biological questions. This course will present underlying physical theory, quantitative measurement techniques, and significant findings in molecular and cellular biophysics. Principles covered include Brownian motion, low Reynolds-number environments, forces relevant to cells and molecules, chemical potentials, and free energies. These principles are applied to enzymes as molecular machines, membranes, DNA, and RNA.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter. Students with training in physics and biology will be well-suited to the course. .
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200 or BIOL 219; MATH 222; PHYS 230 and (PHYS 232 or PHYS 253), or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 319
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Walter Reisner
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BIOL 395 Quantitative Biology Seminar 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Overview of concepts and current research in quantitative biology; theoretical ecology and evolution, computational biology, and physical biology.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- Prerequisites: BIOL 219; or BIOL 200 plus BIOL 201 or ANAT 212 or BIOC 212; CHEM 212; COMP 202 or COMP 204 or COMP 250; MATH 222; or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Only open to U2 students in the following programs: B.Sc.; Major and Honours in Biology; Quantitative Biology, B.Sc.; Major and Honours Computer Science and Biology, B.Sc.; Major Biology and Mathematics, B.Sc.; Major Physiology and Mathematics, B.Sc.; Major Physiology and Physics, B.Sc.; Major and Honours Chemistry; Biophysical Chemistry, and B.Sc.; Major and Honours Physics; Biological Physics.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Arnold L Hayer, Paul W Wiseman, Andrew Hendry, Frederic Guichard, Gregor F Fussmann, Brian Leung, Ehab Abouheif, Claudia Kleinman, Marlene H Oeffinger, Michael Hendricks
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CHEM 212 Intro Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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).
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
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MATH 222 Calculus 3 3 Credits**
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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 MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 262.
- Symbols:
- **
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick Allen, Marcin Sabok
- Sidney Trudeau
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MATH 223 Linear Algebra 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): 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.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 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 236, MATH 247 or MATH 251. It is open to students in Faculty Programs
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Djivede A Kelome, Mikael Y Pichot
- Mikael Y Pichot
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MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Eqns 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): First order ordinary differential equations including elementary numerical methods. Linear differential equations. Laplace transforms. Series solutions.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Prerequisite: MATH 222.
- Corequisite: MATH 133.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 325.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Jacques Claude Hurtubise
- Rosalie Bélanger-Rioux
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MATH 323 Probability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Sample space, events, conditional probability, independence of events, Bayes' Theorem. Basic combinatorial probability, random variables, discrete and continuous univariate and multivariate distributions. Independence of random variables. Inequalities, weak law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Prerequisites: MATH 141 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Intended for students in Science, Engineering and related disciplines, who have had differential and integral calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 356
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Alia Sajjad, Tharshanna Nadarajah
- Alia Sajjad, Tharshanna Nadarajah
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PHYS 329 Stat Physics w/ Biophys Appl 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: This interdisciplinary course introduces Statistical Physics illustrated with modern biophysical applications. Principles covered include partition functions, Boltzmann distribution, bosons, fermions, Bose Einstein condensates, Ferni gases, chemical potential, thermodynamical forces, biochemical kinetics, and an introduction to noise and phase transitions in biology.
Offered by: Physics
- Prerequisite(s): [BIOL 219 and (PHYS 253 or PHYS 232 or CHEM 345)] or permission of the instructor
- Restriction(s): Not opened to students having taken PHYS 333, PHYS 362, or CHEM 365
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
Chemistry
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CHEM 213 Intrdctry Physcl Chem1: Thermo 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Thermodynamics. Topics include gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies, the entropy and free energy functions, absolute entropies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states, phase rule and phase diagrams, ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility, electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent, PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Amy S Blum
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CHEM 222 Intro Organic Chemistry 2 4 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Summer 2024
- Instructors
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot, Laura Pavelka, Nathan Luedtke
- Danielle K Vlaho, Mitchell J Huot
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CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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. The laboratory component includes introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 287 or CHEM 297
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Pallavi Sirjoosingh
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CHEM 273 IntroPhysclChem2:Kinetics&Meth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Kinetics: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry. Methods: physical chemistry laboratory, differential equations and linear algebra applied to physical chemistry, computation methods for data analysis and modeling
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and MATH 222
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 253.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Marc Gauthier, Eric Russell McCalla
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CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: 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.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Marc-Andre Légaré
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CHEM 345 Intro to Quantum Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to quantum chemistry covering the historical development, wave theory, methods of quantum mechanics, and applications of quantum chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Patanjali Kambhampati
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CHEM 367 Instrumental Analysis 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An introduction to modern instrumental analysis emphasizing chromatography, atomic spectroscopy and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and common methods of atomic determinations using flames/furnaces/plasma sources.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 267.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall, Jean-Marc Gauthier, Mark P Andrews, Alexander S Wahba
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CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Spectroscopic methods of analysis will be studied with respect to fundamentals, operational aspects and instrument design. Topics will range from UV-visible to x-ray spectrometry. Methodologies will be evaluated with respect to their application in spectrometric systems. Laboratory automation will be studied and applied in the laboratory.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 367
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Thomas C Preston, Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall
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CHEM 470 Research Project 1 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: A course designed to give students research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental and /or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chem Lab 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Selected experiments to illustrate more advanced physico-chemical principles.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 273 and CHEM 345 or permission of the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 355
- Fall, Winter
- Each lab section has limited enrolment.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
- Samuel Lewis Sewall
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PHYS 242 Electricity & Magnetism 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Physics: Properties of electromagnetic fields, dipole and quadropole fields and their interactions, chemical binding of molecules, electromagnetic properties of materials, Maxwell's equations and properties of electromagnetic waves, propagation of waves in media.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures
- Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics, MATH 222
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Robert E Rutledge
Complementary Courses
(9-10 credits)
3 credits of:
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CHEM 302 Intrdctry Organic Chemistry 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Masad J Damha
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CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Introduction to transition metal chemistry, coordination numbers and geometry, and nomenclature will be followed by a discussion of crystal field theory and its applications to problems in spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Several aspects related to applications of organometallic compounds in catalysis and bioinorganic systems will be discussed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite: CHEM 281.
- Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Scott Bohle
6-7 credits of:
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BIOL 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): A survey of current knowledge and approaches in the area of regulation of gene expression, post-transcriptional control of gene expression, and signal transduction.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Frieder B Schöck, Nam Sung Moon
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BIOL 301 Cell and Molecular Laboratory 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): An introduction to biology research and communication with a focus on cell and molecular biology. Through conducting a series of project-based experiments and writing a final report, molecular and synthetic biology techniques such as gene cloning, manipulation, protein isolation and characterization and how research is conducted, analyzed and communicated will be addressed. In addition, an introduction to bioinformatics methods and their role in analysis will be provided.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall or Winter
- 1 hour lecture and one 6-hour laboratory
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200, BIOL 201 (or ANAT 212/BIOC 212); or BIOL 219
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOC 300, or BIOC 220 and BIOC 320. Requires departmental approval.
- For approval email maxime.leroux [at] mcgill.ca. Specify your ID number as well as the term and two lab day preferences.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe, Paul M Harrison, Maxime Leroux
- Maxime Leroux, Arnold L Hayer, Paul M Harrison
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BIOL 316 Biomembranes and Organelles 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): The course focuses on biomembranes and subcellular organelles and their implications for disease. The topics include: protein and lipid biochemistry, membrane structure and transport; intracellular compartmentalization, protein sorting and modification, intracellular membrane trafficking; energy transfer, organization and dynamics of chloroplasts and mitochondria; extracellular matrix and cell walls.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Huanquan Zheng
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BIOL 551 Principles of Cellular Control 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Fundamental principles of cellular control, with cell cycle control as a major theme. Biological and physical concepts are brought to bear on control in healthy cells..
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Revised Prerequisite: CHEM 115 or 120, MATH 133 and 141, PHYS 142; or equivalents. BIOL 201 or ANAT/BIOC 212. Recommended: COMP 202, PHYS 230 and BIOL/PHYS 319.
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Jacalyn M Vogel, Paul Francois
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CHEM 302 Intrdctry Organic Chemistry 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the: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: CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Masad J Damha
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CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Introduction to transition metal chemistry, coordination numbers and geometry, and nomenclature will be followed by a discussion of crystal field theory and its applications to problems in spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Several aspects related to applications of organometallic compounds in catalysis and bioinorganic systems will be discussed.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisite: CHEM 281.
- Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Scott Bohle
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CHEM 502 Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: This course will cover biologically relevant molecules, particularly nucleic acids, proteins, and their building blocks. In each case, synthesis and biological functions will be discussed. The topics include synthesis of oligonucleotides and peptides; chemistry of phosphates; enzyme structure and function; coenzymes, and enzyme catalysis; polyketides; antiviral and anticancer agents.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Auclair, Youla S Tsantrizos
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CHEM 514 Biophysical Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Physical chemistry concepts needed to understand the function of biological systems at the molecular level, including the structure, stability, transport, and interactions of biological macromolecules.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 203 or CHEM 204 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 404.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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CHEM 520 Methods in Chemical Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: An overview of advanced techniques at the leading edge of Chemical Biology, including some or all of: biological imaging, kinetics of enzyme inhibition, combinatorial synthesis, atomic force microscopy of biological molecules, self assembling biomimetic structures, oligonucleotide therapeutics, biomolecular X-ray crystallography, computational methods, and nuclear magnetic resonance applied to protein interactions.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Instructors
- Anthony K Mittermaier, Alexander S Wahba, Gonzalo Cosa, Alexey Kostikov
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CHEM 555 Magnetic ResonanceSpectroscopy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: The fundamental principles underlying Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Electron Paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) will be covered and applied to biomolecules and materials chemistry. Topics include multidimensional spectra, molecular dynamics, the density matrix, and the product operator formalism.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 355 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Linda Reven, Anthony K Mittermaier
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CHEM 575 Chemical Kinetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Chemistry: Kinetic laws, measurement of reaction rates, transition state and collision theory, experimental techniques in reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms, RRKM theory, Marcus theory of electron transfer, photochemistry and catalysis. Recent developments and their application to chemical and biological problems. Elementary reactions in gas, solution and solid phases and on surfaces.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
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COMP 208 Computer Programming for PS&E 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Computer Science (Sci): Programming and problem solving in a high level computer language: variables, expressions, types, functions, conditionals, loops, objects and classes. Introduction to algorithms such as searching and sorting. Modular software design, libraries, file input and output, debugging. Emphasis on applications in Physical Sciences and Engineering, such as root finding, numerical integration, diffusion, Monte Carlo methods.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Corequisite: MATH 133 and MATH 141, or equivalents.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 202, COMP 204, orGEOG 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 208 is intended for students with sufficient math background and in (non-life) science or engineering fields.
- Terms
- Fall 2023
- Winter 2024
- Instructors
- Michael Langer, Jonathan C Campbell
- Deven I Parekh
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