BASIC SCIENCE COMPLEMENTARY COURSES - COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Students following the Computer Engineering Program (entry from CEGEP) must take 6 credits (2 courses) from the following list:
ATOC 214. Introduction: Physics of the Atmosphere.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to key physical processes operating in the atmosphere, designed for students in science and engineering. Topics typically include: composition of the
atmosphere; vertical structure; heat transfer; solar and terrestrial radiation and Earth's energy balance; seasonal and daily temperature changes; humidity and the formation of clouds and precipitation; stability of tropospheric air layers; applications of adiabatic charts.
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: CEGEP Physics, or the combination of PHYS 131 and PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.
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ATOC 215. Oceans, Weather and Climate.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to key physical and dynamical processes in the oceans and atmosphere. Topics typically include air-sea-ice interactions, laws of motion, the geostrophic and thermal wind relations, general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, weather, radiative balance, climate sensitivity and variability, role of the atmosphere and oceans in climate.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: MATH 141
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ATOC 219. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as smog chamber, acid rain, and ozone hole will be examined.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, and one of MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150, or a CEGEP DEC in Science, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 219, CHEM 419 or ATOC 419
- Offered in odd years. Students should register in CHEM 219 in even years
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BIOL 200. Molecular Biology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The physical and chemical properties of the cell and its components in relation to their structure and function. Topics include: protein structure, enzymes and enzyme kinetics; nucleic acid replication, transcription and translation; the genetic code, mutation, recombination, and regulation of gene expression.
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
- Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent, or CHEM 204
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BIOL 215. Introduction to Ecology and Evolution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the fundamental processes of ecology and evolution that bear on the nature and diversity of organisms and the processes that govern their assembly into ecological communities and their roles in ecosystem function.
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ENVR 202
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CHEM 203. Survey of Physical Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with applications to biomolecular systems. Thermodynamic and kinetic control of biological processes.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213
- Restriction: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
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CHEM 211. Organic Chemistry 1 Lectures.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
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Description
A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.
- 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).
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 212 or equivalent. Permission of the Department of Chemistry is required.
- 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).
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ENVR 200. The Global Environment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A systems approach to study the different components of the environment involved in global climate change: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The interactions among these components. Their role in global climate change. The human dimension to global change.
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
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EPSC 201. Understanding Planet Earth.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Learn about Earth's origin, its place in the solar system, its internal structure, rocks and minerals, the formation of metal and fossil fuel deposits, and the extinction of dinosaurs. Discover the impact of the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountain chains on Earth's past, present and future. Explore 125 million-year-old Mount Royal.
- Fall or Winter
- 3 hours lectures; afternoon field trips
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 233.
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EPSC 210. Introductory Mineralogy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Elementary crystallography, chemistry and identification of the principal rock-forming and ore minerals, in hand specimens and using optical microscopy. Demonstrations of other techniques applied to the identification of minerals and to the analysis of their composition and structure. Optional 2-day field trip.
- Fall
- 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- A nominal fee is charged to cover expenses of materials and supplies for identification kits (pen magnet, streak plate, hand lens and acid bottle) used to identify minerals during laboratory exercises.
- Des frais seront prelevés pour couvrir l'usage des collections d'enseignement et les accessoires (loupe, aimant, bouteille d'acide chlorhydrique dilué, plaque de porcelaine) essentiels à l'identification des minéraux pendant les travaux pratiques.
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ESYS 200. Earth-System Interactions.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Topics related to climate change, biogeochemical cycles and natural resources are evaluated from an Earth System perspective. Exploration of the scientific literature in targeted areas of Earth system science with a focus on human-Earth interactions. Emphasis is on complex global issues that cross traditional disciplines, and interpreting and communicating academic knowledge derived from Earth system research.
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 200 or permission of instructor.
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PHYS 230. Dynamics of Simple Systems.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Translational motion under Newton's laws; forces, momentum, work/energy theorem. Special relativity; Lorentz transforms, relativistic mechanics, mass/energy equivalence. Topics in rotational dynamics. Noninertial frames.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: CEGEP Physics or PHYS 131.
- Corequisite: MATH 222
- Restriction: Not open to students taking or having passed PHYS 251
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PHYS 260. Modern Physics and Relativity.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
History of special relativity; Lorentz transformations: kinematics and dynamics; transformation of electric and magnetic forces; introduction to topics in modern physics.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: CEGEP physics or PHYS 142.
- Corequisite: MATH 222
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