Credit Courses | Degree Programs | Trainings, Workshops & Short Courses
The following degrees cover various aspects of global health offered by departments all across the university. Please contact the host department for more information. Please note that these degrees are NOT offered by the McGill Global Health Programs office.
If you are looking to pursue thesis graduate studies, you can also search our Research section for individual Faculty members or research groups whose work match your research interests.
Undergraduate Degrees
Program Requirement:
There is increasing consensus around the idea that health is not just an expression of individual characteristics but an interaction between the characteristics of the individual and the environments, both physical and social, to which one is exposed over a lifetime of daily living and working. Health outcomes vary dramatically by physical and social characteristics of places both within and between countries and these provide a wedge for our understanding of the factors that might be modified to improve the health of large groups of people. The B.A.; Minor Concentration in Health Geography introduces students to both local and global health issues and provides a skill set in spatial and statistical analyses of diverse health outcomes in populations.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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GEOG 201 Intro Geo-Information Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to Geographic Information Systems. The systematic management of spatial data. The use and construction of maps. The use of microcomputers and software for mapping and statistical work. Air photo and topographic map analyses.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours and lab
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
3 credits from:
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ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: 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.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 203 Environmental Systems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to system-level interactions among climate, hydrology, soils and vegetation at the scale of drainage basins, including the study of the global geographical variability in these land-surface systems. The knowledge acquired is used to study the impact on the environment of various human activities such as deforestation and urbanisation.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Because of quantitative science content of course, not recommended for B.A. and B.Ed. students in their U0 year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 217 Cities in the Modern World 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to urban geography. Uses a spatial/geographic perspective to understand cities and their social and cultural processes. Addresses two major areas. The development and social dynamics in North American and European cities. The urban transformations in Asian, African, and Latin American societies that were recently predominantly rural and agrarian.
Offered by: Geography
- Note: Winter
- Note: 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
3 credits from:
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GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geog 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits*+
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
- Symbols:
- *+
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits*+
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken PPHS 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
- Symbols:
- *+
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
+ Students can take PPHS 525 OR SOCI 525
* These courses may have additional prerequisites or restrictions.
Program Requirement:
An understanding of the interface between human health and environment depends not only on an appreciation of the biological and ecological determinants of health, but equally on an appreciation of the role of social sciences in the design, implementation, and monitoring of interventions. Demographic patterns and urbanization, economic forces, ethics, indigenous knowledge and culture, and an understanding of how social change can be effected are all critical if we are to be successful in our efforts to assure health of individuals and societies in the future. Recognizing the key role that nutritional status plays in maintaining a healthy body, and the increasing importance of infection as a health risk linked intimately with the environment, this domain prepares students to contribute to the solution of problems of nutrition and infection by tying the relevant natural sciences to the social sciences.
Program Prerequisites or Corequisites
To graduate from the Faculty Program in Environment, students are required to complete these courses by the end of their U1 year. These courses can be taken using the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option. See: http://www.mcgill.ca/study/university_regulations_and_resources/undergra... for details.
Numeracy
3 credits from the following, or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objective 00UN):
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MATH 139 Calculus 1 with Precalculus 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of trigonometry and other Precalculus topics. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- 4 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- 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.
- Students continue in MATH 141
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Basic Science
3 credits of basic science from the following, or equivalent (e.g., CEGEP objective 00UK):
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AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): An introduction to core themes in biological sciences, including cell structure and function, cell replication, gene expression, genetic inheritance, biodiversity, evolution, and ecological interactions.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one 3-hour lab per week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have obtained CEGEP competency 00UK.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Fernando Altamura, Christie-Anna Lovat
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Suggested First Year (U1) Courses
For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the "Bieler School of Environment Student Handbook" available on the website (http://www.mcgill.ca/environment), or contact Kathy Roulet, the Program Adviser (kathy.roulet [at] mcgill.ca).
Program Requirements
Note: You are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes core and required courses, but does not include the program prerequisites or corequisites listed above.
Location Note: When planning your schedule and registering for courses, you should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Location Note: Core required courses are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Macdonald campus.
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ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: 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.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Formation of the Earth and the evolution of life. How geological and biological change are the consequence of history, chance, and necessity acting over different scales of space and time. General principles governing the formation of modern landscapes and biotas. Effects of human activities on natural systems.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics&Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 301 Environmental Research Design 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Techniques used in design and completion of environmental research projects. Problem definition, data sources and use of appropriate strategies and methodologies. Principles underlying research design are emphasized, including critical thinking, recognizing causal relationships, ideologies and bias in research, and when and where to seek expertise.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Downtown campus; Winter - Macdonald campus
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Restrictions: Restricted to U2 or higher
- Prerequisite(s): Completion of U1 Required courses in Environment, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 400 Environmental Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Students work in interdisciplinary seminar groups on challenging philosophical, ethical, scientific and practical issues. They will explore cutting-edge ideas and grapple with the reconciliation of environmental imperatives and social, political and economic pragmatics. Activities include meeting practitioners, attending guest lectures, following directed readings, and organizing, leading and participating in seminars.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Prerequisite: ENVR 203
- Restriction: Open only to U3 students, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Core: Complementary Course - Senior Research Project (3 credits)
Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
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AEBI 427 Barbados Interdisc Project 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): The planning of projects and research activities related to tropical food, nutrition, or energy at the local, regional, or national scale in Barbados. Projects and activities designed in consultation with university instructors, government, NGO, or private partners, and prepared by teams of 2-3 students working cooperatively with these mentors.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 423 and AEBI 425
- Restriction(s): Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 18, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 401 Environmental Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Students work in an interdisciplinary team on a real-world research project involving problem definition, methodology development, social, ethical and environmental impact assessment, execution of the study, and dissemination of results to the research community and to the people affected. Teams begin defining their projects during the preceding summer.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 and MATH 203 or equivalent, or by permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Only open to U3 students in their final year in the following programs: B.A. Faculty Program in Environment, B.A.& Sc. Interfaculty Program in Environment, B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) and B.Sc. Major in Environment, and Diploma in Environment.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 451 Research in Panama 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Research projects will be developed by instructors in consultation with Panamanian universities, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. Project groups will consist of four to six students working with a Panamanian institution. Topics will be relevant to Panama: e.g., protection of the Canal watershed, economical alternatives to deforestation, etc.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Restriction: students in the Panama Field Semester program. Offered in Panama only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FSCI 444 Barbados Research Project 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Science: A research project that is supervised by McGill academic staff and is conducted in collaboration with local partners. The project topic must relate to the field of sustainability relating to the Caribbean or Barbados specifically.
Offered by: Science
- Corequisites GEOG 340, ATOC 341, BIOL 343 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (33 credits)
33 credits of complementary courses are chosen as follows:
6 credits of Health and Environment
12 credits of Fundamentals, maximum 3 credits from any one category
9 credits from List A
6 credits from List B
Health and Environment
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* Students take either GEOG 221 or NRSC 221, but not both.
Fundamentals: (12 credits)
12 credits of Fundamentals (3 credits from each category):
Health and Infection
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 493 Health & Environment in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Exploration of key diseases of development, as well as patterns and determinants of health and disease in East Africa. Topics will focus on population and environmental health.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite: GEOG 221, GEOG 303 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GEOG 403. Open to students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS) only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geog 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PARA 410 Environment and Infection 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The field of economics as it relates to the activities of individual consumers, firms and organizations. Emphasis is on the application of economic principles and concepts to everyday decision making and to the analysis of current economic issues.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
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ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 225 Economics of the Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A study of the application of economic theory to questions of environmental policy. Particular attention will be given to the measurement and regulation of pollution, congestion and waste and other environmental aspects of specific economies.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-325 or 154-425
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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EDKP 292 Nutrition and Wellness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Kinesiology&Physical Education: This course will examine the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water in a balanced diet. Students will be introduced to the affects of nutrition on exercise, sport performance and wellness. The validity of claims concerning nutrient supplements will be studied.
Offered by: Kinesiology and Physical Ed
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EDKP 392
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
Statistics
One of the following Statistics courses or equivalent:
Note: Credit given for Statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. You should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Arts.
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AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci): Measures of central tendency and dispersion; binomial and Poisson distributions; normal, chi-square, Student's t and Fisher-Snedecor F distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance for simple experimental designs.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Please note that credit will be given for only one introductory statistics course. Consult your academic advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Pierre R L Dutilleul
- Jaskaran Dhiman
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GEOG 202 Statistics & Spatial Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Exploratory data analysis, univariate descriptive and inferential statistics, non-parametric statistics, correlation and simple regression. Problems associated with analysing spatial data such as the 'modifiable areal unit problem' and spatial autocorrelation. Statistics measuring spatial pattern in point, line and polygon data.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours and lab
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- No calculus prerequisites
- Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult http://www.mcgill.ca/students/transfercredit for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This is an introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to help students develop a critical attitude toward statistical argument. It serves as a background for further statistics courses, helping to provide the intuition which can sometimes be lost amid the formulas.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 204, PSYC 305 or ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
List A:
9 credits from List A (maximum 3 credits from any one category):
Health and Society
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SOCI 225 Medicine&Health in Mod Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-medical problems and ways in which sociological analysis and research are being used to understand and deal with them. Canadian and Québec problems include: poverty and health; mental illness; aging; death and dying; professionalism; health service organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 331 Population and Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main topics and controversies linking population processes and the environment. Topics include how population processes influence the environment, population responses to changing environments, policies related to these effects, variation across and within developed and developing countries.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 515 Medicine and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The sociology of health and illness. Reading in areas of interest, such as: the sociology of illness, health services occupations, organizational settings of health care, the politics of change in national health service systems, and contemporary ethical issues in medical care and research.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Hydrology and Climate
* Note: You may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322, but not both.
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AGRI 452 Water Resources in Barbados 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Physical environment challenges, centered on water, being faced by an island nation. Guest speakers, field study tours and laboratory tests. Private, government and NGO institutional context of conservation strategies, and water quantity and quality analyses for water management specific to Barbados.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Restrictions: Enrolment in full "Barbados Field Study Semester". Not open to students who have taken CIVE 452.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $19.43 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shiv Prasher
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GEOG 321 Climatic Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The earth-atmosphere system, radiation and energy balances. Surface-atmosphere exchange of energy, mass and momentum and related atmospheric processes on a local and regional scale. Introduction to measurement theory and practice in micrometeorology.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 322 Environmental Hydrology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Quantitative, experimental study of the principles governing the movement of water at or near the Earth's surface and how the research relates to the chemistry and biology of ecosystems.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Agriculture
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AEBI 425 Tropical Energy and Food 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): Tropical biofuel crops, conversion processes and final products, particularly energy and greenhouse gas balances and bionutraceuticals. Topics include effects of process extraction during refining on biofuel economics, the food versus fuel debate and impact of biofuels and bioproducts on tropical agricultural economics.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 423 and AEBI 427.
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour seminar
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 250
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
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AGRI 550 Sustained Tropical Agriculture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Contrast theory and practice in defining agricultural environmental "challenges" in the Neotropics. Indigenous and appropriate technological means of mitigation. Soil management and erosion, water scarcity, water over-abundance, and water quality. Explore agro-ecosystem protection via field trips and project designs. Institutional context of conservation strategies, NGO links, and public participation.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Prerequisites: HISP 218 or equivalent; MATH 203 or AEMA 310 or equivalent
- Restriction: Restricted Enrolment. Location in Panama. Student must be registered for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. McGill undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
Decision Making
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AGEC 333 Resource Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The role of resources in the environment, use of resources, and management of economic resources within the firm or organization. Problem-solving, case studies involving private and public decision-making in organizations are utilized.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Paul Thomassin
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ECON 440 Health Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The organization and performance of Canada's health care system are examined from an economist's perspective. The system is described and its special features analyzed. Much attention is given to the role of government in the system and to financing arrangements for hospital and medical services. Current financial problems are discussed.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 270 Religious Ethics & the Environ 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Environmental potential of various religious traditions and secular perspectives, including animal rights, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Biology Fundamentals:
* Note: You may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305, but not both.
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AEBI 210 Organisms 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): The biology of plants and plant-based systems in managed and natural terrestrial environments. The interactions between autotrophs and soil organisms and selected groups of animals with close ecological and evolutionary connections with plants (e.g., herbivores and pollinators) will be explored in lecture and laboratory.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab, per week.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Mehran Dastmalchi
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AEBI 211 Organisms 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): Introduction to the biology of heterotrophs, focusing on animal diversity from the perspectives of phylogenetics, physiology, and ecology. Introduction to major animal taxa, comparing and contrasting these taxa, and exploration of the relationships among them.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restrictions: None
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jessica Head
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 308 Ecological Dynamics 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Principles of population, community, and ecosystem dynamics: population growth and regulation, species interactions, dynamics of competitive interactions and of predator/prey systems; evolutionary dynamics.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour computer lab/tutorial
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 305 Population & Community Ecology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Interactions between organisms and their environment; historical and current perspectives in applied and theoretical population and community ecology. Principles of population dynamics, feedback loops, and population regulation. Development and structure of communities; competition, predation and food web dynamics. Biodiversity science in theory and practice.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Melissa McKinney
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LSCI 211 Biochemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids; enzymes and coenzymes. Introduction to intermediary metabolism.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Igor Cestari, Thavy Long
- Thavy Long, Igor Cestari
Development and Ecology
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Historical, theoretical and methodological development of political ecology as a field of inquiry on the interactions between society and environment, in the context of conflicts over natural resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 421 Mtl:Envr Hist & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course will focus on the role of place and history in the cities in which we live and in our understanding of sustainability. Each year, students will work to develop a historical reconstruction of the natural environment of Montreal and of its links to the cultural landscape, building on the work of previous cohorts of students.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Each year focuses on making a specific and unique contribution to The Hochelaga Project; topics vary as required.
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 422
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 300 Human Ecology in Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course will examine research approaches in human ecology since its inception early in this century. Emphasis will be placed on the theoretical shifts that have led to its emergence as an important social science perspective. The course will also involve case studies to evaluate the methodological utility of the approach.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
List B:
6 credits from List B (maximum 3 credits from any one category):
Advanced Ecology
* Note: You may take BIOL 451 or NRSC 451, but not both.
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AEBI 421 Trop. Horticultural Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): A comprehensive survey of the major fruit, vegetable, turf, and ornamental crops grown in Barbados. Effect of cultural practices, environment, pests and pathogens, social and touristic activities, and importation of horticultural produce on local horticulture.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 423, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 451 Res in Ecol&Develop in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- Open only to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite(s): ANTH 451 or GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 465 Conservation Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Discussion of relevant theoretical and applied issues in conservation biology. Topics: biodiversity, population viability analysis, community dynamics, biology of rarity, extinction, habitat fragmentation, social issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Ecology revisited in view of tropical conditions. Exploring species richness. Sampling and measuring biodiversity. Conservation status of ecosystems, communities and species. Indigenous knowledge.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 24 hours lecture and 36 hours field work over a 4-week period
- Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203, and BIOL 215
- Corequisites: ENVR 451; GEOG 404 and HIST 510 alternating with GEOG 498 and AGRI 550
- Restriction: location in Panama. Students must register for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Biotic and abiotic processes that control the flows of energy, nutrients and water through ecosystems; emergent system properties; approaches to analyzing complex systems. Labs include collection and multivariate analysis of field data.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- This course carries an additional charge of 19.94 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Prerequisites: ENVB 222, AEMA 310 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 500 Advanced Topics Ecotoxicology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Exploring the impact of environmental chemicals on biological organisms in an ecological context. Basic topics in ecotoxicology, such as source and fate, routes of exposure, bioavailability, dose-response, biomarkers, and risk assessment will be covered from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The processes by which pollutants are tested, regulated, and monitored will be critically examined.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 211 and AEBI 211 and one of NRSC 333 or ANSC 323, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jessica Head
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NRSC 451 Res in Ecol&Develop in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 451. Open to U2 or later students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS).
- Corequisites: ANTH or GEOG 451 Society & Development in Africa
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Pollution Control and Pest Management
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ENTO 350 Insect Biology and Control 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Introduction to insect structure, physiology, biochemistry, development, systematics, evolution, ecology and control. Stress on interrelationships and integrated pest control.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 205 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENTO 330 or BIOL 350
- Note: Offered on the downtown campus. This course is also offered as BIOL 350 in the Fall term.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENTO 352 Biocontrol of Pest Insects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Modern concepts of integrated control techniques and principles of insect pest management, with emphasis on biological control (use of predators, parasites and pathogens against pest insects), population monitoring, and manipulation of environmental, behavioral and physiological factors in the pest's way of life. Physical, cultural, and genetic controls and an introduction to the use of non-toxic biochemical controls (attractants, repellents, pheromones, antimetabolites).
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have previously taken ENTO 452
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: The environmental contaminants which cause pollution; sources, amounts and transport of pollutants in water, air and soil; waste management.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 333
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lyle Whyte, Jessica Head
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PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
Techniques and Management
* Note: You may take ENVB 529 or GEOG 201, but not both.
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AEBI 423 Sustainable Land Use 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): Management, preservation, and utilization of forage crops in sustainable tropical environments; examination of their value as livestock feed in terms of nutritional composition and impact on animal performance; land use issues as it pertains to forage and animal production in insular environments.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Since this course is being taught abroad, la Fête Nationale du Québec (June 24th) and Canada Day (July 1st) statutory holidays will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lectures on both Wednesday, June 24 and Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 529 GIS for Natural Resource Mgmt 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis techniques to the presentation and analysis of ecological information, including sources and capture of spatial data; characterizing, transforming, displaying spatial data; and spatial analysis to solve resource management problems.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite(s): At least one environmental science course and one ecology course or permission of instructor
- Restriction(s): U2 students and above. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 201, GEOG 306 or GEOG 307, ENVB/BREE 430, or BREE 529. Limited to 32 students.
- Fall
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Viacheslav Adamchuk, Jeffrey A Cardille
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ENVR 422 Mtl Urban Sustainability Anal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Applied and experience-based learning opportunities are employed to critically assess Montreal as a sustainable city through research, discussion, and field trips. The urban environment is considered through various specific dimensions, ranging from: waste, energy, urban agriculture, green spaces and design, or transportation.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 421
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 201 Intro Geo-Information Science 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to Geographic Information Systems. The systematic management of spatial data. The use and construction of maps. The use of microcomputers and software for mapping and statistical work. Air photo and topographic map analyses.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours and lab
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 404 Environmental Management 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Practical application of environmental planning, analysis and management techniques with reference to the needs and problems of developing areas. Special challenges posed by cultural differences and traditional resource systems are discussed. This course involves practical field work in a developing area (Kenya or Panama).
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 302 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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WILD 421 Wildlife Conservation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Resource Development: Study of current controversial issues focusing on wildlife conservation. Topics include: animal rights, exotic species, ecotourism, urban wildlife, multi-use of national parks, harvesting of wildlife, biological controls, and endangered species.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken NRSC 421.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Kyle Elliott
or, advanced quantitative methods course (with approval of Adviser).
Social Change and Influences
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ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 430 The Economics of Well-Being 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Definition, measurement, and determinants of subjective well-being and their implications for policy, growth, and the environment
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Prerequisites: ECON 230D1/D2 or ECON 250 D1/D2; ECON 227D1/D2 or ECON 257D1/D2 or equivalent; MATH 122 or MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150 or permission of instructor.
- Restrictions: ENVR 430 is not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 430.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 340 Sustain. in the Caribbean 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The local environmental, social, historical, political and economic context of Barbados and the Caribbean. The small island developing States (SIDS), and why those nations are more vulnerable to global environmental challenges. The 17 Sustainability Development Goals of the United Nations, with a focus on the leadership role played by Barbados for the entire Caribbean region.
Offered by: Geography
- Corequisites: ATOC 341, BIOL 343, FSCI 444 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 406 Human Dimensions Clim. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course will examine the human dimensions of climate change focusing on the vulnerability of human systems, climate change adaptation and mitigation, key policy debates, and current and future challenges. Case studies will be utilized to provide context and help investigate and understand key concepts, trends, and challenges.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 514 Clim Change Vulnblty & Adapt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical examination of: the theoretical and conceptual evolution of climate change vulnerability and adaptation research; methodological developments from the role of model-driven assessments to the rise of participatory case study research, and the integration of vulnerability research into adaptation planning.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 249 Health&the Healer in West Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The natural history of health and disease and the development of the healing arts, from antiquity to the beginning of modern times. The rise of "western" medicine. Health and healing as gradually evolving aspects of society and culture.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Immunology and Infectious Disease
* Note: You may take MIMM 413 or WILD 424, but not both.
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A study of the fundamental properties of viruses and their interactions with host cells. Bacteriophages, DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses, and retroviruses are covered. Emphasis will be on phenomena occurring at the molecular level and on the regulated control of gene expression in virus-infected cells.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MIMM 413 Parasitology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A study of the biology, immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions, pathogenicity, epidemiology and molecular biological aspects of selected parasites of medical importance. Laboratory will consist of a lecture on techniques, demonstrations and practical work.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PARA 424 Fundamental Parasitology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Systematics, morphology, biology and ecology of parasitic protozoa, flatworms, roundworms and arthropods with emphasis on economically and medically important species.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Prerequisite(s): AEBI 211 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 424.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
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PARA 438 Immunology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: An in-depth analysis of the principles of cellular and molecular immunology. The emphasis of the course is on host defence against infection and on diseases caused by abnormal immune responses.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Sonzogni-Desautels
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Populations and Place
* Note: You may take ANTH 451 or GEOG 451, but not both.
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ANTH 451 Res in Society & Dev in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Instruction focuses on three goals: 1) existing research in selected core thematic areas, 2) participating in interdisciplinary team research, 3) developing powers of observation and independent inquiry. Students will be expected to develop research activities and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to become conversant with advances in local research in their field.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Open only to AFSS students during the year of participation in the field. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDKP 204 Health Education 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Kinesiology&Physical Education: A study of the teacher's role in the total school health program at both elementary and high school levels; current issues in contemporary health education.
Offered by: Kinesiology and Physical Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 451 Res in Society & Dev in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Three intersecting components: 1) core development themes including culture change, environmental conservation, water, health, development (urban and rural), governance and conflict resolution, 2) research techniques for topics related to core themes, including ethics, risk, field methods and data analysis, 3) field documentation, scientific recording and communication.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken, or are taking ANTH 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 498 Humans in Tropical Envirnmnts 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Focus on understanding of inter-relations between humans and neotropical environments represented in Panama. Study of contemporary rural landscapes, their origins, development and change. Impacts of economic growth and inequality, social organization, and politics on natural resource use and environmental degradation. Site visits and field exercises in peasant/colonist, Amerindian, and plantation communities.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 6 hours lecture for 4 weeks, 3 hours seminar, 2 hours laboratory, 8 hours conference
- Restriction: Location in Panama. Student must register for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203 or equivalents
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 335 Science and Medicine in Canada 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The social and intellectual history of science and medicine in Canada, from early exploration, through the rise of learned societies, universities and professional organizations, to World War II.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 510 Enviro. Hist. of L. Am (Field) 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Human-nature interactions over different scales of time in Latin America (with an emphasis on neo-tropical environments) and the application of the historical perspective to contemporary environmental issues, including historiography and methodology; cultures of environmental knowledge.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- This course will be offered in Panama as part of the Panama Field Studies Semester. Language of instruction is in English but fluency in Spanish is required for the fieldwork component of the class.
- Prerequisites: HISP 218 or HISP 210 or equivalent proficiency
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken PPHS 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 550 Developing Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
The B.A.; Minor Concentration in International Development Studies focuses on the many challenges facing developing countries, including issues related to socio-economic inequalities and well being, governance, peace and conflict, environment and sustainability, and key development-related themes.
At least 9 of the 18 credits must be at the 300 level or above.
Students who are pursuing a Field Studies program can have a portion of their Field Studies courses count towards their IDS program. See Adviser in office for details.
Required Courses (9 credits)
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ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 313 Economic Development 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
Thematic
9 credits from the following:
Agriculture
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
Agricultural Economics
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AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
Anthropology
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ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to ways of understanding what it means to be human from the perspective of socio-cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to diverse approaches to this question through engagement with a wide range of ethnographic cases.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Nature and function of religion in culture. Systems of belief; the interpretation of ritual. Religion and symbolism. The relation of religion to social organization. Religious change and social movements.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The study of political systems and political processes. Conflict and its resolution. The emphasis of the course will be on local-level politics and non-industrial societies.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: U2 standing or above and ANTH 209, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 355 or ANTH 352 or RELG 207
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Central themes in the anthropology of Latin America, including colonialism, religiosity, sexuality and gender, indigeneity, social movements, and transnationalism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202 or 204 or 205 or 206 or 212 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthro 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 343 Anthropology and the Animal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: This course explores through the ethnographic study of human-animal relations how the question of "the animal" helps us examine our central assumptions about what it means to be human.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Prerequisite: One ANTH 200 level course or consent of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 418 Environment and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Advanced study of the environmental crisis in developing and advanced industrial nations, with emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management and environmental change. Each year, the seminar will focus on a particular set of issues, delineated by type of resource, geographic region, or analytical problem.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 339, or ANTH 349, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300, or GEOG 302, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 422 Contemp.Latin Amer Cult & Soc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Themes central to the culture and society of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean, including globalization, questions of race and ethnicity, (post)modernity, social movements, constructions of gender and sexuality, and national and diasporic identities.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 355, or ANTH 352, or HISP 226, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: A detailed examination of selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity & Diaspora 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Explores ethnic diversity within mainland China, as well as the diversity of Chinese cultures of diaspora, living outside the mainland, often as minorities subject to other dominant cultures.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Restrictions: Reserved for U3 Anthropology undergraduate students or graduate students, any other students by permission of instructor.
- Enrolment Limit: 25 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Historical, theoretical and methodological development of political ecology as a field of inquiry on the interactions between society and environment, in the context of conflicts over natural resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Business Administration
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BUSA 433 Topics in Int'l Business 1 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Current topics in the area of international business. Topics will be selected from important current issues in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Canadian Studies
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CANS 315 Indigenous Art and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Canadian Studies: An examination of the work of selected First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists in Canada.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ARTH 315 or have taken "Aboriginal Art and Culture" as a CANS or ARTH topics course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
East Asian Studies
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EAST 211 Intro:East Asian Culture:China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Chinese culture. The course will also examine the changing representations of the Chinese cultural tradition in the West. Readings will include original sources in translation from the fields of literature, philosophy, religion, and cultural history.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EAST 213 Intro:East Asian Culture:Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Korean culture, including Korean literature, religions, philosophy, and socio-economic formations.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 205 An Intro to Political Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
- Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 295, ECON 330 or ECON 352
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 223 Pol Economy of Trade Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 208
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 314 Economic Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 326 Ecological Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic and structural aspects of the ecological crisis. A course in which subjects discussed include the conflict between economic growth and the laws of thermodynamics; the search for alternative economic indicators; the fossil fuels crisis; and "green'' fiscal policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 336 The Chinese Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Examination of the growth and transformation of the Chinese economy and the domestic and international implications.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 (or ECON 230D1/D2 or 250D1/D2).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 411 Econ Development:A World Area 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): An advanced course in the economic development of a pre-designated underdeveloped country or a group of countries.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 416 Topics in Econ Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 230 or ECON 250 and ECON 227D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 473 Income Distribution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Economics of income and wealth distribution, and the study of inequality. The dynamics of income, saving and wealth and their determinants. Macroeconomic implications. Effects of fiscal and redistributive programmes. The role of unemployment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
English
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ENGL 440 First Nations&Inuit Lit&Media 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): An introduction to Inuit and First Nations literature and media in Canada, including oral literature and the development of aboriginal television and film.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 415 or ENGL 419 as "Native Canadian Literature" or as "Inuit Literature".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Geography
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GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course examines the origins, designs, motivations and cultural politics of planned cities, focusing primarily on those currently under construction in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A variety of themes will be explored including design responses to urban pollution and over-crowding, 'new' cities from earlier decades, totalitarianism and the city, utopianism, 'green' cities, and 'creative' cities. The course examines the various motivations underlying the design and construction of planned cities and how they are shaped by power, religion, and political ideologies. There will be a focus on evolving concepts used in city design as well as the continuities and cultural revivalism expressed through urban design and architecture. Students interested in urban and cultural geography, cities, architecture and planning in different cultural contexts will enjoy this course.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and above students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 408 Geography of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 410 Geog of Underdvlpmnt:Cur Probs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 425 SE Asia Urban Field Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course allows students to experience some of the urban changes taking place in Southeast Asian cities, a dynamic region, while providing the opportunity to connect recent scholarship with field observations. We will explore various current themes in urban studies and urban geography including globalization, the transnational circulation of urban policies, interpretations of culture and heritage / new built heritage, gentrification, migrant labour, public housing, creative clusters, and new cities as national economic strategies.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217 and GEOG 325
- Restriction(s): Preference will be given to Urban Studies Majors and Minors
- A fee of $1508.63 covers the cost of a 2 week urban field studies course in Singapore and Malaysia, including accommodation, ground transportation and entrance fees. Students are responsible for arranging their own airfares to Singapore.
- **Web withdrawal is not applicable.
- **The Instructor’s approval is required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 510 Humid Tropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Focus on the environmental and human spatial relationships in tropical rain forest and savanna landscapes. Human adaptation to variations within these landscapes through time and space. Biophysical constraints upon "development" in the modern era.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent and written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
History
Students may count either HIST 339 or POLI 347 towards their program but not both.
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HIST 197 FYS: Race in Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 200 Intro to African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 201 Modern African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 208 Intro to East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 209 Intro to South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Charts the making of South Asian civilization, 2500 BCE- 1707 CE, through a selection of key themes and major trends. Focus on the transformation of local kinship ties into regional kingdoms and empires, the evolution of religion and the legacy of the expansion of Islam and consequent rise of Turkish, Afghan and Mughal empires in this area.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 213 World History, 600-2000 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of Islam and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease, and imperialism are the major themes addressed.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 218 Modern East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 309 Hist of Latin America to 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The social, cultural, and economic aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean in the colonial period and the transition to independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 317 Themes:Indian Ocean Wrld Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examination of a selected theme or topic in the history of the Indian Ocean World.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 333 Indigenous Peoples & French 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Encounters between Indigenous Peoples and French newcomers in Canada and other parts of North America, 16th - 18th century. Through an examination of exploration, Catholic missions, trade, military alliances and colonization, the course focuses on the motives, outlooks and actions of both Indigenous Peoples and Europeans.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examines 20th Century China from the fall of the Qing, through Republican China, the emergence of communism, war with Japan, revolution and civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and later economic reforms.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 218 recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 340 History of Modern Egypt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Explores the history of Egypt from the 18th Century to today. Topics include: Ottoman Egypt, the impact of French and British Colonialism, Nasserism, Camp David and economic liberalization, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 341 Themes in South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a theme in the history of South Asia.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 209 recommended.
- Themes may vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 360 Latin America since 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 361 Topics in Cdn Regional History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Topics in Canadian regional history. Topics will vary by year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 366 Themes in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a specific topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 382 History of South Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 408 Sel Topics: Indigenous History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Selected topics in Indigenous history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 223
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 409 Topics in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 210, HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 419 Central America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The study of historical roots of the regional crisis of the 1980s, with particular attention to Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 352 Disasters and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines how disasters shape and are shaped by socio-economic conditions, inequalities and development processes through interdisciplinary investigation and a wide range of case studies. Analyzes disaster risk reduction, response and recovery efforts from the global to local levels, as well as survivors’ perspectives and experiences.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Disasters and Development" [fall 2018]. Opento U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 354 Civil Society and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to the study of civil society and development. Critically engages with both conventional socio-political views and emerging perspectives of civil society. Employs political, sociological, and anthropological perspectives to understand the multifaceted, and socio-cultural implications of civil society in both developing and developed countries. Examines civil society’s impact, capacity, and behavior through a wide range of development themes.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Civil Society and Development" [Winter 2017, Winter 2018]. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 356 Quantitative Methods for Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to quantitative methods for impact evaluation. Builds from fundamental concepts in statistics; introduction of an intuitive conceptual framework to think about causal effects. Simple but rigorous data analytics, design and implement randomized controlled trials, regression analysis, or implement other main methods for impact evaluation.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 358 Ethnographic Approaches to Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Consideration of how anthropologists have used ethnographic methods to evaluate, criticize and reform development. Drawing on ethnographies of “Big D” development, as well as small-scale grassroots initiatives, exploration of how qualitative methods have been used to strengthen development practice from within and deconstruct development ideology from without. Topics include state driven, participatory and internationally sponsored development; gender; “aidnography”; neoliberalism; markets and microcredit.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 360 Envrnmntl Challenges in Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examination of some of the great environmental challenges of our times, and some of the ways in which the development community has tackled them.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 397 Topics in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in International Development Studies. Content varies every term.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 398 Topics: Conflict & Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in international development studies and in areas of conflict and development.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to international development, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, and U3 students.
- Students can take multiple topics courses under INTD as long as the topics are different.
- Content varies every term.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 490 Development Research Project 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, research project in international development. Requirements consist of a project proposal and final research report.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.30 and permission of the department Adviser. Only tenure track professors or McGill faculty lecturers may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 499 Internship: Intl. Develop. St. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.3 and permission of the department Internship Adviser. This course will not normally fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. A letter from a supervisor at the institution must attest to the successful completion of the student's tenure. Only tenure track professors or McGIll faculty lectures may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Islamic Studies
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ISLA 200 Islamic Civilization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 210 Muslim Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 310 Women in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The socio-legal status, conditions, and experiences of various groups of women in Middle Eastern societies. These features are explored within the framework of Islamic feminism and Western feminist discourses, and the tensions and conflicts between them. The dynamics of seclusion, veiling, and polygamy are explored in connection to Medieval Arab ruling elites as a background to some of the discussions and debates over the status of women in modern postcolonial Arab society. Socio-economic divisions, state policies, patriarchy, and colonialism are investigated as key factors in understanding the modern historical transformation of gendered relations and women's roles.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 345 Science&Civilization in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: History of scientific traditions and ideas in Islamic civilization, from the origins of Islam to the early modern period. Emphasis is on the derivation, development and transmissions of Islamic science, as well as on the assimilation and influence of science within Islamic culture.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 355 Modern History: Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the historical transformation of the modern Middle East concentrating on its internal socio-economic changes, as well as the colonial experience and encounters with the West since the early 19th century. Examination of the historical conditions that led to the rise of nationalism, the nation-state, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 360 Islam and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Middle East and Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 365 Middle East Since the 1970's 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Changes that have occurred in the Middle East since the 1970's, viewed through the lens of themes such as migration, consumerism, war, communications, and ideology.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 383 Central Questions-Islamic Law 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An integrative view of Islamic law in the past and present, including landmarks in Islamic legal history (e.g., sources of law; early formation; intellectual make-up; the workings of court; legal change; legal effects of colonialism; modernity and legal reform) and a structured definition of what it was/is.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 411 History:Middle-East 1918-1945 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The impact of WWI on Middle Eastern society and politics; the British and French mandates; the growth of nationalisms, revolutions and the formation of national states; WW II and the clash of political interests within the region.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 415 Modern Iran: Anthro Approach 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The modern history, social, and cultural anthropology of contemporary Iran.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 421 Islamic Culture-Indian Subcont 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Survey of Islamic culture (faith systems, literature, music, art) on the Indian subcontinent from the early modern period to the present, with a focus on conflict and relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, and between majority and minority Muslim groups.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Latin American & Caribbean Studies
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LACS 497 ResSem:Latin Amer&theCaribbean 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Latin American & Caribbean St: An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the Latin-American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Open to Program students and to others with permission of the Program Adviser.
- Ordinarily offered in alternate years
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Management Core
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MGCR 382 International Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 460 Social Context of Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 360.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management, Organizational Behavior
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Organizational Behaviour: Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management Policy
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MGPO 435 The Origins of Capitalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course covers the evolution of modern business institutions from their roots in the early middle ages to the modern era. Covering economic issues in the context of arts and culture, it offers a "distant mirror on globalization."
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Restricted to U2 and U3 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneur&Innovation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation – the application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to solve social problems through social ventures, enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Focuses on the social economy, including how the market system can be leveraged to create social value.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 469 Managing Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.
Offered by: Management
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MSUS 402 Sys Thinking & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Managing for Sustainability: Examines interconnected dynamics of organizations and social, economic, and ecological systems. Introduces systems thinking principles to foster learning, inform organizational decision-making, and solve real-world problems. Covers problem diagnosis and resolution of organizational and societal sustainability issues through causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow mapping, group model building, computational simulations and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
Political Science
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POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 243 Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 244 Intl Politics: State Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 319 Politics of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 322 Political Change: South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Political change in South Asia in late colonial and post-colonial periods. Issues covered include social and cultural history; colonial rule, nationalism and state formation; democratic and authoritarian tendencies; economic policies and consequences; challenges to patterns of dominance and national boundaries; prospects for democracy, prosperity and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 338 Developing Areas/Topics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Selected aspects of the Third World. In any given year the course will concentrate either on a particular region or on a relevant thematic problem.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the societies, political forces and regimes of selected countries of the Eastern Arab world (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia).
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 341 Foreign Policy:The Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the changing regional security environment and the evolving foreign policies and relationships of Arab states in three areas - relations with non-Arab regional powers (Israel, Iran), inter-Arab relations, Great Power relations. The course will focus particularly on Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A 200- or 300- level course in International Relations or Middle East politics or permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 347 Arab-Israel Confl,Crisis,Peace 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Concepts - protracted conflict, crisis, war, peace; system, subsystem; Conflict-levels of analysis; historical context; images and issues; attitudes, policies, role of major powers; Crises-Wars - configuration of power; crisis models; decision-making in 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 crisis-wars; conflict- crisis management; Peace-Making - pre-1977; Egypt-Israel peace treaty; Madrid, Oslo, Israel-Jordan peace; prospects for conflict resolution.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 160-243 prior to 1997-98; or POLI 244
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An overview of the foreign policies of two rising powers - China and India - in addition to Japan, covering the historical evolution, goals and determinants of their foreign policies, interactions with the rest of Asia and the world, and efforts at institutionalised cooperation in South and East Asia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or 244, or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Environmental problems like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and ocean acidification transcend national borders. Solving these problems will require global cooperation on an unprecedented level. This course will explore the challenges of contemporary global environmental governance and the innovative solutions being advanced at the community, municipal, provincial, national, and international levels.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 352 Intl Pol/Foreign Pol:Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 353 Politics Intl Refugee Regime 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course explores the causes and consequences of displacement, and international responses to this issue, focusing on forced migration linked to conflict, persecution and human rights abuses. It examines key actors, interests and norms that shape the international refugee regime, and international responses to other forms of displacement. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which displaced persons themselves navigate and shape the regime, and to challenges including the resolution of displacement crises, and accountability for forced migration.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Pre-requisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 359 Topics in Intl Politics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in International Relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- The fee for this field course is $3500. The fee for this activity covers ground transportation, academic materials, accommodation, and other field related expenses.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Topics covered include: colonialism, nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, war, economic development, social development, overseas Chinese, ethnicity, religion, populism, and international relations, as they apply to Southeast Asian politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 372 Indigenous Pples&the Cnd State 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The relationship of Indigenous politics to larger debates and literatures within political science, such as citizenship theory, federalism, and collective action. Subjects covered include Canada's treaty history, constitutional changes, key policy frameworks, and Indigenous political development.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: At least one course in Canadian politics such as, POLI 221 or POLI 222 OR Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 372 prior to W06.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to key issues in contemporary Chinese politics, spanning the period from the Communist Revolution through the Maoist (1949-1976) and reform eras (1978 to present). Topics include both domestic politics and foreign policy.
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 381 Politics in Japan and S Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to key issues of contemporary politics in Japan and South Korea, covering the politics and economic development of Post-WWII Japan and Post-Korean War South Korea. Themes include: How were the contemporary political systems established in Japan and South Korea? How have these systems changed over time? What are the impacts of political institutions on the political and economic development in the two countries? How do social actors and political and economic institutions interact with each other? What are the foreign policymaking strategies in the two countries?
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Theories of ethno-nationalism examined in light of experience in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Topics include formation and mobilization of national, ethnic and religious identities in colonial and post-colonial societies; impact of ethno-nationalism on pluralism, democracy, class and gender relations; means to preserve tolerance in multicultural societies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: one 300 or 400-level course in comparative politics; and one 300 or 400-level course on developing areas (any discipline.) The same course can fulfill both requirements
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 435 Identity and Inequality 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Inequality is often particularly durable between groups whose boundaries are based on assumed ancestry - e.g., the major ethnic categories in former European settler colonies, castes in South Asia. This course explores ongoing changes in the relationship between identity and social, economic and political inequality in some of these contexts.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 300 level course in comparative politics or related social science course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 441 IPE: Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Politics of international trade, such as the international rules governing trade in goods, the functioning of international bodies such as the WTO, and the domestic sources of these international policies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 442 Int'l Rel of Ethnic Conflict 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Issues related to the internationalization of ethnic conflict, including diasporas, contagion and demonstration effects, intervention, irredentism, the use of sanctions and force. Combination of theory and the study of contemporary cases.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: POLI 244 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 445 IPE: Monetary Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Advanced course in international political economy; the politics of international of monetary relations, such as international rules governing international finance, the reasons for and consequences of financial flows, and the functioning of international financial bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 474 Inequality and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the developing world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 476 Religion and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course examines the relationship between religion and politics in the developing and developed world. The first part of the course focuses on the relationship between religion and the state. The second part then looks at specific topics in which religion plays a salient role: political parties; social movements; democratization; fundamentalism and democracy; violence; and capitalism and economic development. Readings are largely in the field of comparative politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A course in Comparative Politics or permission of instructor.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics (both Developed Areas and Developing Areas).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Religious Studies
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RELG 331 Religion and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: An exploration of the distinctive ways in which the world's religions are shaping and are shaped by the dynamics of globalization. It examines the multiple intersections of religion and globalization through a variety of themes and case studies in human rights, development, education, ecology, gender, and conflict
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 319 when topic was "Religion and Globalization"
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Social justice and human rights issues as key aspects of modem religious ethics. Topics include: the relationship of religion to the modem human rights movement; religious perspectives on the universality of human rights; the scope and limits of religious freedom; conflicts between religion and rights.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 371 Ethics of Violence/Non-Violenc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Forms of violence and the reaction of religious groups are assessed both for their effectiveness and for their fidelity to their professed beliefs. Different traditions, ranging from the wholesale adoption of violent methods (e.g., the Crusades) to repudiation (e.g., Gandhi; the Peace Churches).
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 375 Religion, Politics and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: A study of contemporary religious traditions in the light of debates regarding secularization, the relation of religion and politics, and the interaction of religion with major social institutions.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 265 War, States and Social Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The impact of war on society in agrarian and industrial epochs. Particular attention is given to the relationship between war and economic development, social classes, nationalism, and democratization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender&Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 446 Colonialism and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 550 Developing Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 555 Comparative Historical Socio 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Social Work
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SWRK 400 Policy & Practice for Refugees 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Social Work: Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: Open to U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
The B.A.; Major Concentration in International Development Studies focuses on the many challenges facing developing countries, including issues related to socio-economic inequalities and well being, governance, peace and conflict, environment and sustainability, key development-related themes, and training in research methods related to international development studies.
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. At least 18 of the 36 credits must be at the 300 level or above.
2. At least 9 credits must be from INTD courses.
3. Students cannot take more than 12 credits in any one discipline other than the INTD discipline.
Students who are pursuing a Field Studies program can have a portion of their Field Studies courses count towards their IDS program. See Adviser in office for details.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 313 Economic Development 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 497 Adv. Topics: Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: A course on topics of common interest to faculty members and students of the International Development Studies programs.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction: Open only to students in final year of an IDS Concentration. Students are permitted to take one section ONLY.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (24 credits)
6 credits from the following two Introductory Categories.
Culture, Populations and Development
3 credits from the following:
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ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to ways of understanding what it means to be human from the perspective of socio-cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to diverse approaches to this question through engagement with a wide range of ethnographic cases.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Politics, Society and Development
3 credits from the following:
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POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 243 Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 244 Intl Politics: State Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Thematic
12-15 credits from the following:
Agriculture
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
Agricultural Economics
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AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
Anthropology
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Nature and function of religion in culture. Systems of belief; the interpretation of ritual. Religion and symbolism. The relation of religion to social organization. Religious change and social movements.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The study of political systems and political processes. Conflict and its resolution. The emphasis of the course will be on local-level politics and non-industrial societies.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: U2 standing or above and ANTH 209, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 355 or ANTH 352 or RELG 207
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Central themes in the anthropology of Latin America, including colonialism, religiosity, sexuality and gender, indigeneity, social movements, and transnationalism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202 or 204 or 205 or 206 or 212 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthro 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 343 Anthropology and the Animal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: This course explores through the ethnographic study of human-animal relations how the question of "the animal" helps us examine our central assumptions about what it means to be human.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Prerequisite: One ANTH 200 level course or consent of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 418 Environment and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Advanced study of the environmental crisis in developing and advanced industrial nations, with emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management and environmental change. Each year, the seminar will focus on a particular set of issues, delineated by type of resource, geographic region, or analytical problem.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 339, or ANTH 349, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300, or GEOG 302, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 422 Contemp.Latin Amer Cult & Soc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Themes central to the culture and society of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean, including globalization, questions of race and ethnicity, (post)modernity, social movements, constructions of gender and sexuality, and national and diasporic identities.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 355, or ANTH 352, or HISP 226, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: A detailed examination of selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity & Diaspora 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Explores ethnic diversity within mainland China, as well as the diversity of Chinese cultures of diaspora, living outside the mainland, often as minorities subject to other dominant cultures.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Restrictions: Reserved for U3 Anthropology undergraduate students or graduate students, any other students by permission of instructor.
- Enrolment Limit: 25 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Historical, theoretical and methodological development of political ecology as a field of inquiry on the interactions between society and environment, in the context of conflicts over natural resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Business Administration
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BUSA 433 Topics in Int'l Business 1 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Current topics in the area of international business. Topics will be selected from important current issues in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Canadian Studies
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CANS 315 Indigenous Art and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Canadian Studies: An examination of the work of selected First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists in Canada.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ARTH 315 or have taken "Aboriginal Art and Culture" as a CANS or ARTH topics course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
East Asian Studies
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EAST 211 Intro:East Asian Culture:China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Chinese culture. The course will also examine the changing representations of the Chinese cultural tradition in the West. Readings will include original sources in translation from the fields of literature, philosophy, religion, and cultural history.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EAST 213 Intro:East Asian Culture:Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Korean culture, including Korean literature, religions, philosophy, and socio-economic formations.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 205 An Intro to Political Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
- Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 295, ECON 330 or ECON 352
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 223 Pol Economy of Trade Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 208
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 314 Economic Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 326 Ecological Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic and structural aspects of the ecological crisis. A course in which subjects discussed include the conflict between economic growth and the laws of thermodynamics; the search for alternative economic indicators; the fossil fuels crisis; and "green'' fiscal policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 336 The Chinese Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Examination of the growth and transformation of the Chinese economy and the domestic and international implications.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 (or ECON 230D1/D2 or 250D1/D2).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 411 Econ Development:A World Area 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): An advanced course in the economic development of a pre-designated underdeveloped country or a group of countries.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 416 Topics in Econ Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 230 or ECON 250 and ECON 227D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 473 Income Distribution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Economics of income and wealth distribution, and the study of inequality. The dynamics of income, saving and wealth and their determinants. Macroeconomic implications. Effects of fiscal and redistributive programmes. The role of unemployment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
English
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ENGL 440 First Nations&Inuit Lit&Media 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): An introduction to Inuit and First Nations literature and media in Canada, including oral literature and the development of aboriginal television and film.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 415 or ENGL 419 as "Native Canadian Literature" or as "Inuit Literature".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Geography
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GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course examines the origins, designs, motivations and cultural politics of planned cities, focusing primarily on those currently under construction in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A variety of themes will be explored including design responses to urban pollution and over-crowding, 'new' cities from earlier decades, totalitarianism and the city, utopianism, 'green' cities, and 'creative' cities. The course examines the various motivations underlying the design and construction of planned cities and how they are shaped by power, religion, and political ideologies. There will be a focus on evolving concepts used in city design as well as the continuities and cultural revivalism expressed through urban design and architecture. Students interested in urban and cultural geography, cities, architecture and planning in different cultural contexts will enjoy this course.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and above students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 408 Geography of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 410 Geog of Underdvlpmnt:Cur Probs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 425 SE Asia Urban Field Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course allows students to experience some of the urban changes taking place in Southeast Asian cities, a dynamic region, while providing the opportunity to connect recent scholarship with field observations. We will explore various current themes in urban studies and urban geography including globalization, the transnational circulation of urban policies, interpretations of culture and heritage / new built heritage, gentrification, migrant labour, public housing, creative clusters, and new cities as national economic strategies.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217 and GEOG 325
- Restriction(s): Preference will be given to Urban Studies Majors and Minors
- A fee of $1508.63 covers the cost of a 2 week urban field studies course in Singapore and Malaysia, including accommodation, ground transportation and entrance fees. Students are responsible for arranging their own airfares to Singapore.
- **Web withdrawal is not applicable.
- **The Instructor’s approval is required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 510 Humid Tropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Focus on the environmental and human spatial relationships in tropical rain forest and savanna landscapes. Human adaptation to variations within these landscapes through time and space. Biophysical constraints upon "development" in the modern era.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent and written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
History
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HIST 197 FYS: Race in Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 200 Intro to African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 201 Modern African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 208 Intro to East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 209 Intro to South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Charts the making of South Asian civilization, 2500 BCE- 1707 CE, through a selection of key themes and major trends. Focus on the transformation of local kinship ties into regional kingdoms and empires, the evolution of religion and the legacy of the expansion of Islam and consequent rise of Turkish, Afghan and Mughal empires in this area.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 213 World History, 600-2000 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of Islam and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease, and imperialism are the major themes addressed.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 218 Modern East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 309 Hist of Latin America to 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The social, cultural, and economic aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean in the colonial period and the transition to independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 317 Themes:Indian Ocean Wrld Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examination of a selected theme or topic in the history of the Indian Ocean World.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 333 Indigenous Peoples & French 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Encounters between Indigenous Peoples and French newcomers in Canada and other parts of North America, 16th - 18th century. Through an examination of exploration, Catholic missions, trade, military alliances and colonization, the course focuses on the motives, outlooks and actions of both Indigenous Peoples and Europeans.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examines 20th Century China from the fall of the Qing, through Republican China, the emergence of communism, war with Japan, revolution and civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and later economic reforms.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 218 recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 340 History of Modern Egypt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Explores the history of Egypt from the 18th Century to today. Topics include: Ottoman Egypt, the impact of French and British Colonialism, Nasserism, Camp David and economic liberalization, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 341 Themes in South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a theme in the history of South Asia.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 209 recommended.
- Themes may vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 360 Latin America since 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 361 Topics in Cdn Regional History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Topics in Canadian regional history. Topics will vary by year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 366 Themes in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a specific topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 382 History of South Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 408 Sel Topics: Indigenous History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Selected topics in Indigenous history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 223
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 409 Topics in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 210, HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 419 Central America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The study of historical roots of the regional crisis of the 1980s, with particular attention to Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 352 Disasters and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines how disasters shape and are shaped by socio-economic conditions, inequalities and development processes through interdisciplinary investigation and a wide range of case studies. Analyzes disaster risk reduction, response and recovery efforts from the global to local levels, as well as survivors’ perspectives and experiences.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Disasters and Development" [fall 2018]. Opento U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 354 Civil Society and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to the study of civil society and development. Critically engages with both conventional socio-political views and emerging perspectives of civil society. Employs political, sociological, and anthropological perspectives to understand the multifaceted, and socio-cultural implications of civil society in both developing and developed countries. Examines civil society’s impact, capacity, and behavior through a wide range of development themes.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Civil Society and Development" [Winter 2017, Winter 2018]. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 360 Envrnmntl Challenges in Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examination of some of the great environmental challenges of our times, and some of the ways in which the development community has tackled them.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 397 Topics in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in International Development Studies. Content varies every term.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 398 Topics: Conflict & Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in international development studies and in areas of conflict and development.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to international development, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, and U3 students.
- Students can take multiple topics courses under INTD as long as the topics are different.
- Content varies every term.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 490 Development Research Project 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, research project in international development. Requirements consist of a project proposal and final research report.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.30 and permission of the department Adviser. Only tenure track professors or McGill faculty lecturers may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 499 Internship: Intl. Develop. St. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.3 and permission of the department Internship Adviser. This course will not normally fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. A letter from a supervisor at the institution must attest to the successful completion of the student's tenure. Only tenure track professors or McGIll faculty lectures may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Islamic Studies
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ISLA 200 Islamic Civilization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 210 Muslim Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 310 Women in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The socio-legal status, conditions, and experiences of various groups of women in Middle Eastern societies. These features are explored within the framework of Islamic feminism and Western feminist discourses, and the tensions and conflicts between them. The dynamics of seclusion, veiling, and polygamy are explored in connection to Medieval Arab ruling elites as a background to some of the discussions and debates over the status of women in modern postcolonial Arab society. Socio-economic divisions, state policies, patriarchy, and colonialism are investigated as key factors in understanding the modern historical transformation of gendered relations and women's roles.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 345 Science&Civilization in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: History of scientific traditions and ideas in Islamic civilization, from the origins of Islam to the early modern period. Emphasis is on the derivation, development and transmissions of Islamic science, as well as on the assimilation and influence of science within Islamic culture.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 355 Modern History: Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the historical transformation of the modern Middle East concentrating on its internal socio-economic changes, as well as the colonial experience and encounters with the West since the early 19th century. Examination of the historical conditions that led to the rise of nationalism, the nation-state, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 360 Islam and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Middle East and Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 365 Middle East Since the 1970's 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Changes that have occurred in the Middle East since the 1970's, viewed through the lens of themes such as migration, consumerism, war, communications, and ideology.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 383 Central Questions-Islamic Law 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An integrative view of Islamic law in the past and present, including landmarks in Islamic legal history (e.g., sources of law; early formation; intellectual make-up; the workings of court; legal change; legal effects of colonialism; modernity and legal reform) and a structured definition of what it was/is.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 411 History:Middle-East 1918-1945 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The impact of WWI on Middle Eastern society and politics; the British and French mandates; the growth of nationalisms, revolutions and the formation of national states; WW II and the clash of political interests within the region.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 415 Modern Iran: Anthro Approach 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The modern history, social, and cultural anthropology of contemporary Iran.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 421 Islamic Culture-Indian Subcont 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Survey of Islamic culture (faith systems, literature, music, art) on the Indian subcontinent from the early modern period to the present, with a focus on conflict and relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, and between majority and minority Muslim groups.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Latin American & Caribbean Studies
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LACS 497 ResSem:Latin Amer&theCaribbean 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Latin American & Caribbean St: An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the Latin-American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Open to Program students and to others with permission of the Program Adviser.
- Ordinarily offered in alternate years
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Management Core
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MGCR 382 International Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 460 Social Context of Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 360.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management, Organizational Behavior
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Organizational Behaviour: Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management Policy
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MGPO 435 The Origins of Capitalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course covers the evolution of modern business institutions from their roots in the early middle ages to the modern era. Covering economic issues in the context of arts and culture, it offers a "distant mirror on globalization."
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Restricted to U2 and U3 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneur&Innovation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation – the application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to solve social problems through social ventures, enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Focuses on the social economy, including how the market system can be leveraged to create social value.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 469 Managing Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.
Offered by: Management
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MSUS 402 Sys Thinking & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Managing for Sustainability: Examines interconnected dynamics of organizations and social, economic, and ecological systems. Introduces systems thinking principles to foster learning, inform organizational decision-making, and solve real-world problems. Covers problem diagnosis and resolution of organizational and societal sustainability issues through causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow mapping, group model building, computational simulations and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
Political Science
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POLI 319 Politics of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 322 Political Change: South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Political change in South Asia in late colonial and post-colonial periods. Issues covered include social and cultural history; colonial rule, nationalism and state formation; democratic and authoritarian tendencies; economic policies and consequences; challenges to patterns of dominance and national boundaries; prospects for democracy, prosperity and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 338 Developing Areas/Topics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Selected aspects of the Third World. In any given year the course will concentrate either on a particular region or on a relevant thematic problem.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the societies, political forces and regimes of selected countries of the Eastern Arab world (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia).
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 341 Foreign Policy:The Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the changing regional security environment and the evolving foreign policies and relationships of Arab states in three areas - relations with non-Arab regional powers (Israel, Iran), inter-Arab relations, Great Power relations. The course will focus particularly on Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A 200- or 300- level course in International Relations or Middle East politics or permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 347 Arab-Israel Confl,Crisis,Peace 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Concepts - protracted conflict, crisis, war, peace; system, subsystem; Conflict-levels of analysis; historical context; images and issues; attitudes, policies, role of major powers; Crises-Wars - configuration of power; crisis models; decision-making in 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 crisis-wars; conflict- crisis management; Peace-Making - pre-1977; Egypt-Israel peace treaty; Madrid, Oslo, Israel-Jordan peace; prospects for conflict resolution.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 160-243 prior to 1997-98; or POLI 244
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An overview of the foreign policies of two rising powers - China and India - in addition to Japan, covering the historical evolution, goals and determinants of their foreign policies, interactions with the rest of Asia and the world, and efforts at institutionalised cooperation in South and East Asia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or 244, or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Environmental problems like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and ocean acidification transcend national borders. Solving these problems will require global cooperation on an unprecedented level. This course will explore the challenges of contemporary global environmental governance and the innovative solutions being advanced at the community, municipal, provincial, national, and international levels.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 352 Intl Pol/Foreign Pol:Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 353 Politics Intl Refugee Regime 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course explores the causes and consequences of displacement, and international responses to this issue, focusing on forced migration linked to conflict, persecution and human rights abuses. It examines key actors, interests and norms that shape the international refugee regime, and international responses to other forms of displacement. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which displaced persons themselves navigate and shape the regime, and to challenges including the resolution of displacement crises, and accountability for forced migration.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Pre-requisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 359 Topics in Intl Politics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in International Relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- The fee for this field course is $3500. The fee for this activity covers ground transportation, academic materials, accommodation, and other field related expenses.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Topics covered include: colonialism, nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, war, economic development, social development, overseas Chinese, ethnicity, religion, populism, and international relations, as they apply to Southeast Asian politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 372 Indigenous Pples&the Cnd State 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The relationship of Indigenous politics to larger debates and literatures within political science, such as citizenship theory, federalism, and collective action. Subjects covered include Canada's treaty history, constitutional changes, key policy frameworks, and Indigenous political development.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: At least one course in Canadian politics such as, POLI 221 or POLI 222 OR Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 372 prior to W06.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to key issues in contemporary Chinese politics, spanning the period from the Communist Revolution through the Maoist (1949-1976) and reform eras (1978 to present). Topics include both domestic politics and foreign policy.
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 381 Politics in Japan and S Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to key issues of contemporary politics in Japan and South Korea, covering the politics and economic development of Post-WWII Japan and Post-Korean War South Korea. Themes include: How were the contemporary political systems established in Japan and South Korea? How have these systems changed over time? What are the impacts of political institutions on the political and economic development in the two countries? How do social actors and political and economic institutions interact with each other? What are the foreign policymaking strategies in the two countries?
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 422 Developing Areas/Topics 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in the Comparative Politics of Developing Areas.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: a basic course and preferably an upper level course in comparative politics
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Theories of ethno-nationalism examined in light of experience in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Topics include formation and mobilization of national, ethnic and religious identities in colonial and post-colonial societies; impact of ethno-nationalism on pluralism, democracy, class and gender relations; means to preserve tolerance in multicultural societies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: one 300 or 400-level course in comparative politics; and one 300 or 400-level course on developing areas (any discipline.) The same course can fulfill both requirements
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 435 Identity and Inequality 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Inequality is often particularly durable between groups whose boundaries are based on assumed ancestry - e.g., the major ethnic categories in former European settler colonies, castes in South Asia. This course explores ongoing changes in the relationship between identity and social, economic and political inequality in some of these contexts.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 300 level course in comparative politics or related social science course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 441 IPE: Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Politics of international trade, such as the international rules governing trade in goods, the functioning of international bodies such as the WTO, and the domestic sources of these international policies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 442 Int'l Rel of Ethnic Conflict 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Issues related to the internationalization of ethnic conflict, including diasporas, contagion and demonstration effects, intervention, irredentism, the use of sanctions and force. Combination of theory and the study of contemporary cases.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: POLI 244 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 445 IPE: Monetary Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Advanced course in international political economy; the politics of international of monetary relations, such as international rules governing international finance, the reasons for and consequences of financial flows, and the functioning of international financial bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 474 Inequality and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the developing world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 476 Religion and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course examines the relationship between religion and politics in the developing and developed world. The first part of the course focuses on the relationship between religion and the state. The second part then looks at specific topics in which religion plays a salient role: political parties; social movements; democratization; fundamentalism and democracy; violence; and capitalism and economic development. Readings are largely in the field of comparative politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A course in Comparative Politics or permission of instructor.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics (both Developed Areas and Developing Areas).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Religious Studies
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RELG 331 Religion and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: An exploration of the distinctive ways in which the world's religions are shaping and are shaped by the dynamics of globalization. It examines the multiple intersections of religion and globalization through a variety of themes and case studies in human rights, development, education, ecology, gender, and conflict
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 319 when topic was "Religion and Globalization"
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Social justice and human rights issues as key aspects of modem religious ethics. Topics include: the relationship of religion to the modem human rights movement; religious perspectives on the universality of human rights; the scope and limits of religious freedom; conflicts between religion and rights.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 371 Ethics of Violence/Non-Violenc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Forms of violence and the reaction of religious groups are assessed both for their effectiveness and for their fidelity to their professed beliefs. Different traditions, ranging from the wholesale adoption of violent methods (e.g., the Crusades) to repudiation (e.g., Gandhi; the Peace Churches).
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 375 Religion, Politics and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: A study of contemporary religious traditions in the light of debates regarding secularization, the relation of religion and politics, and the interaction of religion with major social institutions.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 265 War, States and Social Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The impact of war on society in agrarian and industrial epochs. Particular attention is given to the relationship between war and economic development, social classes, nationalism, and democratization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender&Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 446 Colonialism and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 550 Developing Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 555 Comparative Historical Socio 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Social Work
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SWRK 400 Policy & Practice for Refugees 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Social Work: Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: Open to U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Methods
3-6 credits from the following: *
Anthropology
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ANTH 358 The Process of Anthro Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The nature of anthropological research as evidenced in monographs and articles; processes of concept formation and interpretation of data; the problem of objectivity.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restrictions: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 227D1 Economic Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Distributions, averages, dispersions, sampling, testing, estimation, correlation, regression, index numbers, trends and seasonals.
Offered by: Economics
- Students must register for both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 together are equivalent to ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 227D2 Economic Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): See ECON 227D1 for course description.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 227D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 together are equivalent to ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 356 Quantitative Methods for Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to quantitative methods for impact evaluation. Builds from fundamental concepts in statistics; introduction of an intuitive conceptual framework to think about causal effects. Simple but rigorous data analytics, design and implement randomized controlled trials, regression analysis, or implement other main methods for impact evaluation.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 358 Ethnographic Approaches to Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Consideration of how anthropologists have used ethnographic methods to evaluate, criticize and reform development. Drawing on ethnographies of “Big D” development, as well as small-scale grassroots initiatives, exploration of how qualitative methods have been used to strengthen development practice from within and deconstruct development ideology from without. Topics include state driven, participatory and internationally sponsored development; gender; “aidnography”; neoliberalism; markets and microcredit.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Political Science
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POLI 210 Poli Sci Research Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to political science research methods. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the scientific study of politics, the variety of research methodologies in political science, and the challenges that arise when researchers attempt to explain or measure political phenomena, demonstrate causal relationships and draw methodologically- defensible conclusions from research .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 461 Adv. Quant. Political Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A lab course that deals with topics not covered in POLI 311 or POLI 312 and applicable across political science subfields. Such topics include: Estimating models with limited and categorical outcomes; dealing with time-dependent data; estimating models of duration; advanced spatial methods; advanced text-as-data methods; advanced network methods .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This is an introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to help students develop a critical attitude toward statistical argument. It serves as a background for further statistics courses, helping to provide the intuition which can sometimes be lost amid the formulas.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 204, PSYC 305 or ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 461 Quantitative Data Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course blends theory and applications in regression analysis. It focuses on fitting a straight line regression using matrix algebra, extending models for multivariate analysis and discusses problems in the use of regression analysis, providing criteria for model building and selection, and using statistical software to apply statistics efficiently.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 350
- You may not be able to get credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 477 Qualitative Methods in Sociol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to qualitative research methods. Students will be exposed to various types of data collection (e.g., textual, observational) and data analysis techniques (e.g., in vivo coding) for qualitative data in an experiential, hands-on fashion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When selecting their Methods courses, students must consult with the IDS Adviser. They must also consult with the most recent Faculty of Arts policy on course overlap: https://www.mcgill.ca/study/faculties/arts/undergraduate/ug_arts_course_...
Program Requirement:
The B.A.; Honours in International Development Studies focuses on the many challenges facing developing countries, including issues related to socio-economic inequalities and well being, governance, peace and conflict, environment and sustainability, key development-related themes, and training in research methods related to international development studies.
Honours students must maintain a CGPA of 3.30 in their program courses and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. At least 30 of the 57 credits must be at the 300 level or above; 9 credits of these must be at the 400 level or above.
2. At least 12 credits must be from INTD courses.
3. Students cannot take more than 18 credits in any discipline other than the INTD discipline.
Students who are pursuing a Field Studies program can have a portion of their Field Studies courses count towards their IDS program. See Adviser in office for details.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 313 Economic Development 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 498 Honours Seminar in Int'l Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Seminar on selected topics in international development studies.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (45 credits)
6 credits from the following two Introductory Categories.
Culture, Populations and Development
3 credits from the following:
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ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to ways of understanding what it means to be human from the perspective of socio-cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to diverse approaches to this question through engagement with a wide range of ethnographic cases.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Politics, Society and Development
3 credits from the following:
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POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 243 Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 244 Intl Politics: State Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Thematic
30-33 credits from the following:
Agriculture
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
Agricultural Economics
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AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
Anthropology
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Nature and function of religion in culture. Systems of belief; the interpretation of ritual. Religion and symbolism. The relation of religion to social organization. Religious change and social movements.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The study of political systems and political processes. Conflict and its resolution. The emphasis of the course will be on local-level politics and non-industrial societies.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: U2 standing or above and ANTH 209, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 355 or ANTH 352 or RELG 207
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Central themes in the anthropology of Latin America, including colonialism, religiosity, sexuality and gender, indigeneity, social movements, and transnationalism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202 or 204 or 205 or 206 or 212 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthro 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 343 Anthropology and the Animal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: This course explores through the ethnographic study of human-animal relations how the question of "the animal" helps us examine our central assumptions about what it means to be human.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Prerequisite: One ANTH 200 level course or consent of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 418 Environment and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Advanced study of the environmental crisis in developing and advanced industrial nations, with emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management and environmental change. Each year, the seminar will focus on a particular set of issues, delineated by type of resource, geographic region, or analytical problem.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 339, or ANTH 349, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300, or GEOG 302, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 422 Contemp.Latin Amer Cult & Soc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Themes central to the culture and society of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean, including globalization, questions of race and ethnicity, (post)modernity, social movements, constructions of gender and sexuality, and national and diasporic identities.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 355, or ANTH 352, or HISP 226, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: A detailed examination of selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity & Diaspora 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Explores ethnic diversity within mainland China, as well as the diversity of Chinese cultures of diaspora, living outside the mainland, often as minorities subject to other dominant cultures.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Restrictions: Reserved for U3 Anthropology undergraduate students or graduate students, any other students by permission of instructor.
- Enrolment Limit: 25 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Historical, theoretical and methodological development of political ecology as a field of inquiry on the interactions between society and environment, in the context of conflicts over natural resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Business Administration
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BUSA 433 Topics in Int'l Business 1 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Current topics in the area of international business. Topics will be selected from important current issues in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Canadian Studies
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CANS 315 Indigenous Art and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Canadian Studies: An examination of the work of selected First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists in Canada.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ARTH 315 or have taken "Aboriginal Art and Culture" as a CANS or ARTH topics course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
East Asian Studies
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EAST 211 Intro:East Asian Culture:China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Chinese culture. The course will also examine the changing representations of the Chinese cultural tradition in the West. Readings will include original sources in translation from the fields of literature, philosophy, religion, and cultural history.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EAST 213 Intro:East Asian Culture:Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Korean culture, including Korean literature, religions, philosophy, and socio-economic formations.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 205 An Intro to Political Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
- Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 295, ECON 330 or ECON 352
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 223 Pol Economy of Trade Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 208
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 314 Economic Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 326 Ecological Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic and structural aspects of the ecological crisis. A course in which subjects discussed include the conflict between economic growth and the laws of thermodynamics; the search for alternative economic indicators; the fossil fuels crisis; and "green'' fiscal policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 336 The Chinese Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Examination of the growth and transformation of the Chinese economy and the domestic and international implications.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 (or ECON 230D1/D2 or 250D1/D2).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 411 Econ Development:A World Area 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): An advanced course in the economic development of a pre-designated underdeveloped country or a group of countries.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 416 Topics in Econ Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 230 or ECON 250 and ECON 227D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 473 Income Distribution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Economics of income and wealth distribution, and the study of inequality. The dynamics of income, saving and wealth and their determinants. Macroeconomic implications. Effects of fiscal and redistributive programmes. The role of unemployment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
English
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ENGL 440 First Nations&Inuit Lit&Media 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): An introduction to Inuit and First Nations literature and media in Canada, including oral literature and the development of aboriginal television and film.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 415 or ENGL 419 as "Native Canadian Literature" or as "Inuit Literature".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Geography
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GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course examines the origins, designs, motivations and cultural politics of planned cities, focusing primarily on those currently under construction in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A variety of themes will be explored including design responses to urban pollution and over-crowding, 'new' cities from earlier decades, totalitarianism and the city, utopianism, 'green' cities, and 'creative' cities. The course examines the various motivations underlying the design and construction of planned cities and how they are shaped by power, religion, and political ideologies. There will be a focus on evolving concepts used in city design as well as the continuities and cultural revivalism expressed through urban design and architecture. Students interested in urban and cultural geography, cities, architecture and planning in different cultural contexts will enjoy this course.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and above students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 408 Geography of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 410 Geog of Underdvlpmnt:Cur Probs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 425 SE Asia Urban Field Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course allows students to experience some of the urban changes taking place in Southeast Asian cities, a dynamic region, while providing the opportunity to connect recent scholarship with field observations. We will explore various current themes in urban studies and urban geography including globalization, the transnational circulation of urban policies, interpretations of culture and heritage / new built heritage, gentrification, migrant labour, public housing, creative clusters, and new cities as national economic strategies.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217 and GEOG 325
- Restriction(s): Preference will be given to Urban Studies Majors and Minors
- A fee of $1508.63 covers the cost of a 2 week urban field studies course in Singapore and Malaysia, including accommodation, ground transportation and entrance fees. Students are responsible for arranging their own airfares to Singapore.
- **Web withdrawal is not applicable.
- **The Instructor’s approval is required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 510 Humid Tropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Focus on the environmental and human spatial relationships in tropical rain forest and savanna landscapes. Human adaptation to variations within these landscapes through time and space. Biophysical constraints upon "development" in the modern era.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent and written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
History
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HIST 197 FYS: Race in Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 200 Intro to African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 201 Modern African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 208 Intro to East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 209 Intro to South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Charts the making of South Asian civilization, 2500 BCE- 1707 CE, through a selection of key themes and major trends. Focus on the transformation of local kinship ties into regional kingdoms and empires, the evolution of religion and the legacy of the expansion of Islam and consequent rise of Turkish, Afghan and Mughal empires in this area.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 213 World History, 600-2000 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of Islam and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease, and imperialism are the major themes addressed.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 218 Modern East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 309 Hist of Latin America to 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The social, cultural, and economic aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean in the colonial period and the transition to independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 317 Themes:Indian Ocean Wrld Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examination of a selected theme or topic in the history of the Indian Ocean World.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 333 Indigenous Peoples & French 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Encounters between Indigenous Peoples and French newcomers in Canada and other parts of North America, 16th - 18th century. Through an examination of exploration, Catholic missions, trade, military alliances and colonization, the course focuses on the motives, outlooks and actions of both Indigenous Peoples and Europeans.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examines 20th Century China from the fall of the Qing, through Republican China, the emergence of communism, war with Japan, revolution and civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and later economic reforms.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 218 recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 340 History of Modern Egypt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Explores the history of Egypt from the 18th Century to today. Topics include: Ottoman Egypt, the impact of French and British Colonialism, Nasserism, Camp David and economic liberalization, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 341 Themes in South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a theme in the history of South Asia.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 209 recommended.
- Themes may vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 360 Latin America since 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 361 Topics in Cdn Regional History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Topics in Canadian regional history. Topics will vary by year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 366 Themes in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a specific topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 382 History of South Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 408 Sel Topics: Indigenous History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Selected topics in Indigenous history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 223
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 409 Topics in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 210, HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 419 Central America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The study of historical roots of the regional crisis of the 1980s, with particular attention to Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 352 Disasters and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines how disasters shape and are shaped by socio-economic conditions, inequalities and development processes through interdisciplinary investigation and a wide range of case studies. Analyzes disaster risk reduction, response and recovery efforts from the global to local levels, as well as survivors’ perspectives and experiences.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Disasters and Development" [fall 2018]. Opento U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 354 Civil Society and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to the study of civil society and development. Critically engages with both conventional socio-political views and emerging perspectives of civil society. Employs political, sociological, and anthropological perspectives to understand the multifaceted, and socio-cultural implications of civil society in both developing and developed countries. Examines civil society’s impact, capacity, and behavior through a wide range of development themes.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Civil Society and Development" [Winter 2017, Winter 2018]. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 360 Envrnmntl Challenges in Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examination of some of the great environmental challenges of our times, and some of the ways in which the development community has tackled them.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 397 Topics in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in International Development Studies. Content varies every term.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 398 Topics: Conflict & Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in international development studies and in areas of conflict and development.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to international development, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, and U3 students.
- Students can take multiple topics courses under INTD as long as the topics are different.
- Content varies every term.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 490 Development Research Project 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, research project in international development. Requirements consist of a project proposal and final research report.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.30 and permission of the department Adviser. Only tenure track professors or McGill faculty lecturers may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 491 Honours Thesis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, research and preparation of an undergraduate thesis under the direction of a staff member.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction: Open only to U3 Honours and Joint Honours students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 492 Hons Thesis with Field Resrch 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, field work and research and preparation of an undergraduate thesis under the direction of a staff member.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Requirements consist of previously approved project proposal, field component (usually carried out during the summer), and research thesis based on field work to be completed upon return.
- Restriction: Open only to U3 Honours and Joint Honours students.
- Restriction: Permission of an appropriate supervising instructor and program adviser required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 497 Adv. Topics: Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: A course on topics of common interest to faculty members and students of the International Development Studies programs.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction: Open only to students in final year of an IDS Concentration. Students are permitted to take one section ONLY.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 499 Internship: Intl. Develop. St. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.3 and permission of the department Internship Adviser. This course will not normally fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. A letter from a supervisor at the institution must attest to the successful completion of the student's tenure. Only tenure track professors or McGIll faculty lectures may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 597 Seminar in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the International Development Studies program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor is required. At least one 400 level course listed in their International Development Studies Stream complementary course options.
- Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year Honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Islamic Studies
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ISLA 200 Islamic Civilization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 210 Muslim Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 310 Women in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The socio-legal status, conditions, and experiences of various groups of women in Middle Eastern societies. These features are explored within the framework of Islamic feminism and Western feminist discourses, and the tensions and conflicts between them. The dynamics of seclusion, veiling, and polygamy are explored in connection to Medieval Arab ruling elites as a background to some of the discussions and debates over the status of women in modern postcolonial Arab society. Socio-economic divisions, state policies, patriarchy, and colonialism are investigated as key factors in understanding the modern historical transformation of gendered relations and women's roles.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 345 Science&Civilization in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: History of scientific traditions and ideas in Islamic civilization, from the origins of Islam to the early modern period. Emphasis is on the derivation, development and transmissions of Islamic science, as well as on the assimilation and influence of science within Islamic culture.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 355 Modern History: Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the historical transformation of the modern Middle East concentrating on its internal socio-economic changes, as well as the colonial experience and encounters with the West since the early 19th century. Examination of the historical conditions that led to the rise of nationalism, the nation-state, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 360 Islam and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Middle East and Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 365 Middle East Since the 1970's 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Changes that have occurred in the Middle East since the 1970's, viewed through the lens of themes such as migration, consumerism, war, communications, and ideology.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 383 Central Questions-Islamic Law 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An integrative view of Islamic law in the past and present, including landmarks in Islamic legal history (e.g., sources of law; early formation; intellectual make-up; the workings of court; legal change; legal effects of colonialism; modernity and legal reform) and a structured definition of what it was/is.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 411 History:Middle-East 1918-1945 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The impact of WWI on Middle Eastern society and politics; the British and French mandates; the growth of nationalisms, revolutions and the formation of national states; WW II and the clash of political interests within the region.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 415 Modern Iran: Anthro Approach 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The modern history, social, and cultural anthropology of contemporary Iran.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 421 Islamic Culture-Indian Subcont 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Survey of Islamic culture (faith systems, literature, music, art) on the Indian subcontinent from the early modern period to the present, with a focus on conflict and relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, and between majority and minority Muslim groups.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Latin American & Caribbean Studies
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LACS 497 ResSem:Latin Amer&theCaribbean 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Latin American & Caribbean St: An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the Latin-American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Open to Program students and to others with permission of the Program Adviser.
- Ordinarily offered in alternate years
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS
Management Core
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MGCR 382 International Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 460 Social Context of Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 360.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management, Organizational Behavior
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Organizational Behaviour: Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management Policy
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MGPO 435 The Origins of Capitalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course covers the evolution of modern business institutions from their roots in the early middle ages to the modern era. Covering economic issues in the context of arts and culture, it offers a "distant mirror on globalization."
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Restricted to U2 and U3 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneur&Innovation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation – the application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to solve social problems through social ventures, enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Focuses on the social economy, including how the market system can be leveraged to create social value.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 469 Managing Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.
Offered by: Management
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MSUS 402 Sys Thinking & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Managing for Sustainability: Examines interconnected dynamics of organizations and social, economic, and ecological systems. Introduces systems thinking principles to foster learning, inform organizational decision-making, and solve real-world problems. Covers problem diagnosis and resolution of organizational and societal sustainability issues through causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow mapping, group model building, computational simulations and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
Political Science
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POLI 319 Politics of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 322 Political Change: South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Political change in South Asia in late colonial and post-colonial periods. Issues covered include social and cultural history; colonial rule, nationalism and state formation; democratic and authoritarian tendencies; economic policies and consequences; challenges to patterns of dominance and national boundaries; prospects for democracy, prosperity and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 338 Developing Areas/Topics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Selected aspects of the Third World. In any given year the course will concentrate either on a particular region or on a relevant thematic problem.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the societies, political forces and regimes of selected countries of the Eastern Arab world (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia).
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 341 Foreign Policy:The Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the changing regional security environment and the evolving foreign policies and relationships of Arab states in three areas - relations with non-Arab regional powers (Israel, Iran), inter-Arab relations, Great Power relations. The course will focus particularly on Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A 200- or 300- level course in International Relations or Middle East politics or permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 347 Arab-Israel Confl,Crisis,Peace 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Concepts - protracted conflict, crisis, war, peace; system, subsystem; Conflict-levels of analysis; historical context; images and issues; attitudes, policies, role of major powers; Crises-Wars - configuration of power; crisis models; decision-making in 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 crisis-wars; conflict- crisis management; Peace-Making - pre-1977; Egypt-Israel peace treaty; Madrid, Oslo, Israel-Jordan peace; prospects for conflict resolution.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 160-243 prior to 1997-98; or POLI 244
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An overview of the foreign policies of two rising powers - China and India - in addition to Japan, covering the historical evolution, goals and determinants of their foreign policies, interactions with the rest of Asia and the world, and efforts at institutionalised cooperation in South and East Asia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or 244, or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Environmental problems like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and ocean acidification transcend national borders. Solving these problems will require global cooperation on an unprecedented level. This course will explore the challenges of contemporary global environmental governance and the innovative solutions being advanced at the community, municipal, provincial, national, and international levels.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 352 Intl Pol/Foreign Pol:Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 353 Politics Intl Refugee Regime 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course explores the causes and consequences of displacement, and international responses to this issue, focusing on forced migration linked to conflict, persecution and human rights abuses. It examines key actors, interests and norms that shape the international refugee regime, and international responses to other forms of displacement. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which displaced persons themselves navigate and shape the regime, and to challenges including the resolution of displacement crises, and accountability for forced migration.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Pre-requisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 359 Topics in Intl Politics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in International Relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- The fee for this field course is $3500. The fee for this activity covers ground transportation, academic materials, accommodation, and other field related expenses.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Topics covered include: colonialism, nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, war, economic development, social development, overseas Chinese, ethnicity, religion, populism, and international relations, as they apply to Southeast Asian politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 372 Indigenous Pples&the Cnd State 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The relationship of Indigenous politics to larger debates and literatures within political science, such as citizenship theory, federalism, and collective action. Subjects covered include Canada's treaty history, constitutional changes, key policy frameworks, and Indigenous political development.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: At least one course in Canadian politics such as, POLI 221 or POLI 222 OR Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 372 prior to W06.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to key issues in contemporary Chinese politics, spanning the period from the Communist Revolution through the Maoist (1949-1976) and reform eras (1978 to present). Topics include both domestic politics and foreign policy.
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 381 Politics in Japan and S Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to key issues of contemporary politics in Japan and South Korea, covering the politics and economic development of Post-WWII Japan and Post-Korean War South Korea. Themes include: How were the contemporary political systems established in Japan and South Korea? How have these systems changed over time? What are the impacts of political institutions on the political and economic development in the two countries? How do social actors and political and economic institutions interact with each other? What are the foreign policymaking strategies in the two countries?
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 422 Developing Areas/Topics 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in the Comparative Politics of Developing Areas.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: a basic course and preferably an upper level course in comparative politics
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Theories of ethno-nationalism examined in light of experience in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Topics include formation and mobilization of national, ethnic and religious identities in colonial and post-colonial societies; impact of ethno-nationalism on pluralism, democracy, class and gender relations; means to preserve tolerance in multicultural societies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: one 300 or 400-level course in comparative politics; and one 300 or 400-level course on developing areas (any discipline.) The same course can fulfill both requirements
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 435 Identity and Inequality 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Inequality is often particularly durable between groups whose boundaries are based on assumed ancestry - e.g., the major ethnic categories in former European settler colonies, castes in South Asia. This course explores ongoing changes in the relationship between identity and social, economic and political inequality in some of these contexts.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 300 level course in comparative politics or related social science course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 441 IPE: Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Politics of international trade, such as the international rules governing trade in goods, the functioning of international bodies such as the WTO, and the domestic sources of these international policies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 442 Int'l Rel of Ethnic Conflict 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Issues related to the internationalization of ethnic conflict, including diasporas, contagion and demonstration effects, intervention, irredentism, the use of sanctions and force. Combination of theory and the study of contemporary cases.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: POLI 244 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 445 IPE: Monetary Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Advanced course in international political economy; the politics of international of monetary relations, such as international rules governing international finance, the reasons for and consequences of financial flows, and the functioning of international financial bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 474 Inequality and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the developing world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 476 Religion and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course examines the relationship between religion and politics in the developing and developed world. The first part of the course focuses on the relationship between religion and the state. The second part then looks at specific topics in which religion plays a salient role: political parties; social movements; democratization; fundamentalism and democracy; violence; and capitalism and economic development. Readings are largely in the field of comparative politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A course in Comparative Politics or permission of instructor.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics (both Developed Areas and Developing Areas).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Religious Studies
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RELG 331 Religion and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: An exploration of the distinctive ways in which the world's religions are shaping and are shaped by the dynamics of globalization. It examines the multiple intersections of religion and globalization through a variety of themes and case studies in human rights, development, education, ecology, gender, and conflict
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 319 when topic was "Religion and Globalization"
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Social justice and human rights issues as key aspects of modem religious ethics. Topics include: the relationship of religion to the modem human rights movement; religious perspectives on the universality of human rights; the scope and limits of religious freedom; conflicts between religion and rights.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 371 Ethics of Violence/Non-Violenc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Forms of violence and the reaction of religious groups are assessed both for their effectiveness and for their fidelity to their professed beliefs. Different traditions, ranging from the wholesale adoption of violent methods (e.g., the Crusades) to repudiation (e.g., Gandhi; the Peace Churches).
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 375 Religion, Politics and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: A study of contemporary religious traditions in the light of debates regarding secularization, the relation of religion and politics, and the interaction of religion with major social institutions.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 265 War, States and Social Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The impact of war on society in agrarian and industrial epochs. Particular attention is given to the relationship between war and economic development, social classes, nationalism, and democratization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender&Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 446 Colonialism and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 550 Developing Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 555 Comparative Historical Socio 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Social Work
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SWRK 400 Policy & Practice for Refugees 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Social Work: Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: Open to U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Methods
6-9 credits from the following: *
Anthropology
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ANTH 358 The Process of Anthro Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The nature of anthropological research as evidenced in monographs and articles; processes of concept formation and interpretation of data; the problem of objectivity.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restrictions: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 227D1 Economic Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Distributions, averages, dispersions, sampling, testing, estimation, correlation, regression, index numbers, trends and seasonals.
Offered by: Economics
- Students must register for both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 together are equivalent to ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 227D2 Economic Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): See ECON 227D1 for course description.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 227D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 together are equivalent to ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 356 Quantitative Methods for Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to quantitative methods for impact evaluation. Builds from fundamental concepts in statistics; introduction of an intuitive conceptual framework to think about causal effects. Simple but rigorous data analytics, design and implement randomized controlled trials, regression analysis, or implement other main methods for impact evaluation.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 358 Ethnographic Approaches to Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Consideration of how anthropologists have used ethnographic methods to evaluate, criticize and reform development. Drawing on ethnographies of “Big D” development, as well as small-scale grassroots initiatives, exploration of how qualitative methods have been used to strengthen development practice from within and deconstruct development ideology from without. Topics include state driven, participatory and internationally sponsored development; gender; “aidnography”; neoliberalism; markets and microcredit.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Political Science
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POLI 210 Poli Sci Research Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to political science research methods. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the scientific study of politics, the variety of research methodologies in political science, and the challenges that arise when researchers attempt to explain or measure political phenomena, demonstrate causal relationships and draw methodologically- defensible conclusions from research .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 461 Adv. Quant. Political Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A lab course that deals with topics not covered in POLI 311 or POLI 312 and applicable across political science subfields. Such topics include: Estimating models with limited and categorical outcomes; dealing with time-dependent data; estimating models of duration; advanced spatial methods; advanced text-as-data methods; advanced network methods .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This is an introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to help students develop a critical attitude toward statistical argument. It serves as a background for further statistics courses, helping to provide the intuition which can sometimes be lost amid the formulas.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 204, PSYC 305 or ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 461 Quantitative Data Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course blends theory and applications in regression analysis. It focuses on fitting a straight line regression using matrix algebra, extending models for multivariate analysis and discusses problems in the use of regression analysis, providing criteria for model building and selection, and using statistical software to apply statistics efficiently.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 350
- You may not be able to get credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 477 Qualitative Methods in Sociol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to qualitative research methods. Students will be exposed to various types of data collection (e.g., textual, observational) and data analysis techniques (e.g., in vivo coding) for qualitative data in an experiential, hands-on fashion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When selecting their Methods courses, students must consult with the IDS Adviser. They must also consult with the most recent Faculty of Arts policy on course overlap: https://www.mcgill.ca/study//faculties/arts/undergraduate/ug_arts_course...
Program Requirement:
The B.A.; Joint Honours - International Development Studies component focuses on the many challenges facing developing countries, including issues related to socio-economic inequalities and well being, governance, peace and conflict, environment and sustainability, key development-related themes, and training in research methods related to international development studies.
Students wishing to study at the Honours level in two disciplines can combine Joint Honours program components in any two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs".
Joint Honours students should consult an adviser in each department to discuss their course selection and their interdisciplinary Honours thesis (if applicable).
Honours students must maintain a CGPA of 3.30 in their program courses and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
Course Selection Guidelines for the Overall Program
1. At least 18 of the 36 credits must be at the 300 level or above. Nine credits must be at the 400 level or above.
2. At least 12 credits must be from INTD courses.
3. Students cannot take more than 12 credits in any one discipline other than the INTD discipline.
Students who are pursuing a Field Studies program can have a portion of their Field Studies courses count towards their IDS program. See Adviser in office for details.
NOTE: Students in the Econ-IDS Joint Honours program are required to take ECON 257D1/D2 and therefore cannot also take ECON 227 as part of their IDS program requirements.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 313 Economic Development 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 498 Honours Seminar in Int'l Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Seminar on selected topics in international development studies.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (24 credits)
6 credits from the following two Introductory Categories.
Culture, Populations and Development
3 credits from the following:
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ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to ways of understanding what it means to be human from the perspective of socio-cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to diverse approaches to this question through engagement with a wide range of ethnographic cases.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Politics, Society and Development
3 credits from the following:
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POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 243 Intl Poltcs of Econ Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 244 Intl Politics: State Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Thematic (12 credits)
12 credits from the following:
Agriculture
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
Agricultural Economics
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AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
Anthropology
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 209 Anthropology of Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Nature and function of religion in culture. Systems of belief; the interpretation of ritual. Religion and symbolism. The relation of religion to social organization. Religious change and social movements.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 308 Political Anthropology 01 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The study of political systems and political processes. Conflict and its resolution. The emphasis of the course will be on local-level politics and non-industrial societies.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: U2 standing or above and ANTH 209, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 355 or ANTH 352 or RELG 207
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 326 Anthropology of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Central themes in the anthropology of Latin America, including colonialism, religiosity, sexuality and gender, indigeneity, social movements, and transnationalism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202 or 204 or 205 or 206 or 212 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 338 Indigenous Studies of Anthro 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Intensive study of theories and cases in ecological anthropology. Theories are examined and tested through comparative case-study analysis. Cultural constructions of "nature" and "environment" are compared and analyzed. Systems of resource management and conflicts over the use of resources are studied in depth.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 343 Anthropology and the Animal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: This course explores through the ethnographic study of human-animal relations how the question of "the animal" helps us examine our central assumptions about what it means to be human.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Prerequisite: One ANTH 200 level course or consent of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 418 Environment and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Advanced study of the environmental crisis in developing and advanced industrial nations, with emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management and environmental change. Each year, the seminar will focus on a particular set of issues, delineated by type of resource, geographic region, or analytical problem.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 339, or ANTH 349, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300, or GEOG 302, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 422 Contemp.Latin Amer Cult & Soc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Themes central to the culture and society of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean, including globalization, questions of race and ethnicity, (post)modernity, social movements, constructions of gender and sexuality, and national and diasporic identities.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 355, or ANTH 352, or HISP 226, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 436 North American Native Peoples 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: A detailed examination of selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 500 Chinese Diversity & Diaspora 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Explores ethnic diversity within mainland China, as well as the diversity of Chinese cultures of diaspora, living outside the mainland, often as minorities subject to other dominant cultures.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Restrictions: Reserved for U3 Anthropology undergraduate students or graduate students, any other students by permission of instructor.
- Enrolment Limit: 25 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 512 Political Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Historical, theoretical and methodological development of political ecology as a field of inquiry on the interactions between society and environment, in the context of conflicts over natural resources.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Business Administration
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BUSA 433 Topics in Int'l Business 1 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Current topics in the area of international business. Topics will be selected from important current issues in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Canadian Studies
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CANS 315 Indigenous Art and Culture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Canadian Studies: An examination of the work of selected First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists in Canada.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ARTH 315 or have taken "Aboriginal Art and Culture" as a CANS or ARTH topics course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
East Asian Studies
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EAST 211 Intro:East Asian Culture:China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Chinese culture. The course will also examine the changing representations of the Chinese cultural tradition in the West. Readings will include original sources in translation from the fields of literature, philosophy, religion, and cultural history.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EAST 213 Intro:East Asian Culture:Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Asian Language & Literature: This course provides a critical introduction to central themes in Korean culture, including Korean literature, religions, philosophy, and socio-economic formations.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 205 An Intro to Political Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
- Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 295, ECON 330 or ECON 352
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 223 Pol Economy of Trade Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 208
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 314 Economic Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 326 Ecological Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Macroeconomic and structural aspects of the ecological crisis. A course in which subjects discussed include the conflict between economic growth and the laws of thermodynamics; the search for alternative economic indicators; the fossil fuels crisis; and "green'' fiscal policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 336 The Chinese Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Examination of the growth and transformation of the Chinese economy and the domestic and international implications.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 (or ECON 230D1/D2 or 250D1/D2).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 411 Econ Development:A World Area 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): An advanced course in the economic development of a pre-designated underdeveloped country or a group of countries.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 416 Topics in Econ Development 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 230 or ECON 250 and ECON 227D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 473 Income Distribution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Economics of income and wealth distribution, and the study of inequality. The dynamics of income, saving and wealth and their determinants. Macroeconomic implications. Effects of fiscal and redistributive programmes. The role of unemployment.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
English
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ENGL 440 First Nations&Inuit Lit&Media 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:English (Arts): An introduction to Inuit and First Nations literature and media in Canada, including oral literature and the development of aboriginal television and film.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Winter
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 415 or ENGL 419 as "Native Canadian Literature" or as "Inuit Literature".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Geography
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GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 310 Development and Livelihoods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 325 New Master-Planned Cities 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course examines the origins, designs, motivations and cultural politics of planned cities, focusing primarily on those currently under construction in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A variety of themes will be explored including design responses to urban pollution and over-crowding, 'new' cities from earlier decades, totalitarianism and the city, utopianism, 'green' cities, and 'creative' cities. The course examines the various motivations underlying the design and construction of planned cities and how they are shaped by power, religion, and political ideologies. There will be a focus on evolving concepts used in city design as well as the continuities and cultural revivalism expressed through urban design and architecture. Students interested in urban and cultural geography, cities, architecture and planning in different cultural contexts will enjoy this course.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and above students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 408 Geography of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 410 Geog of Underdvlpmnt:Cur Probs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 425 SE Asia Urban Field Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course allows students to experience some of the urban changes taking place in Southeast Asian cities, a dynamic region, while providing the opportunity to connect recent scholarship with field observations. We will explore various current themes in urban studies and urban geography including globalization, the transnational circulation of urban policies, interpretations of culture and heritage / new built heritage, gentrification, migrant labour, public housing, creative clusters, and new cities as national economic strategies.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 217 and GEOG 325
- Restriction(s): Preference will be given to Urban Studies Majors and Minors
- A fee of $1508.63 covers the cost of a 2 week urban field studies course in Singapore and Malaysia, including accommodation, ground transportation and entrance fees. Students are responsible for arranging their own airfares to Singapore.
- **Web withdrawal is not applicable.
- **The Instructor’s approval is required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 510 Humid Tropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Focus on the environmental and human spatial relationships in tropical rain forest and savanna landscapes. Human adaptation to variations within these landscapes through time and space. Biophysical constraints upon "development" in the modern era.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent and written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
History
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HIST 197 FYS: Race in Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 200 Intro to African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 201 Modern African History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 208 Intro to East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 209 Intro to South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Charts the making of South Asian civilization, 2500 BCE- 1707 CE, through a selection of key themes and major trends. Focus on the transformation of local kinship ties into regional kingdoms and empires, the evolution of religion and the legacy of the expansion of Islam and consequent rise of Turkish, Afghan and Mughal empires in this area.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 213 World History, 600-2000 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of Islam and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease, and imperialism are the major themes addressed.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 218 Modern East Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 223 Indigenous Peoples and Empires 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 309 Hist of Latin America to 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The social, cultural, and economic aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean in the colonial period and the transition to independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 317 Themes:Indian Ocean Wrld Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examination of a selected theme or topic in the history of the Indian Ocean World.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 333 Indigenous Peoples & French 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Encounters between Indigenous Peoples and French newcomers in Canada and other parts of North America, 16th - 18th century. Through an examination of exploration, Catholic missions, trade, military alliances and colonization, the course focuses on the motives, outlooks and actions of both Indigenous Peoples and Europeans.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 338 Twentieth-Century China 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examines 20th Century China from the fall of the Qing, through Republican China, the emergence of communism, war with Japan, revolution and civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and later economic reforms.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 218 recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 340 History of Modern Egypt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Explores the history of Egypt from the 18th Century to today. Topics include: Ottoman Egypt, the impact of French and British Colonialism, Nasserism, Camp David and economic liberalization, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 341 Themes in South Asian History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a theme in the history of South Asia.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 209 recommended.
- Themes may vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 360 Latin America since 1825 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 361 Topics in Cdn Regional History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Topics in Canadian regional history. Topics will vary by year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 363 Canada 1870-1914 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 366 Themes in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Exploration of a specific topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 382 History of South Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 408 Sel Topics: Indigenous History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Selected topics in Indigenous history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 223
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 409 Topics in Latin American Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 210, HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Topics will vary from year to year.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 419 Central America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The study of historical roots of the regional crisis of the 1980s, with particular attention to Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 350 Culture and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: This is a general survey course intended to familiarize students with the complexities surrounding the interaction between culture and development from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Specific themes may include religion, democracy, gender, diaspora communities and the environment, using relevant case studies from the developing world.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite(s): A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 with the same topic: "Culture and Development" prior to Fall 2017. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 352 Disasters and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines how disasters shape and are shaped by socio-economic conditions, inequalities and development processes through interdisciplinary investigation and a wide range of case studies. Analyzes disaster risk reduction, response and recovery efforts from the global to local levels, as well as survivors’ perspectives and experiences.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Disasters and Development" [fall 2018]. Opento U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 354 Civil Society and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to the study of civil society and development. Critically engages with both conventional socio-political views and emerging perspectives of civil society. Employs political, sociological, and anthropological perspectives to understand the multifaceted, and socio-cultural implications of civil society in both developing and developed countries. Examines civil society’s impact, capacity, and behavior through a wide range of development themes.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken INTD 397 when topic was "Civil Society and Development" [Winter 2017, Winter 2018]. Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 360 Envrnmntl Challenges in Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examination of some of the great environmental challenges of our times, and some of the ways in which the development community has tackled them.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 397 Topics in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in International Development Studies. Content varies every term.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 398 Topics: Conflict & Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Examines topics in specific problem areas in international development studies and in areas of conflict and development.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to international development, or permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, and U3 students.
- Students can take multiple topics courses under INTD as long as the topics are different.
- Content varies every term.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 490 Development Research Project 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, research project in international development. Requirements consist of a project proposal and final research report.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.30 and permission of the department Adviser. Only tenure track professors or McGill faculty lecturers may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 491 Honours Thesis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, research and preparation of an undergraduate thesis under the direction of a staff member.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction: Open only to U3 Honours and Joint Honours students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 492 Hons Thesis with Field Resrch 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Supervised reading, field work and research and preparation of an undergraduate thesis under the direction of a staff member.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Requirements consist of previously approved project proposal, field component (usually carried out during the summer), and research thesis based on field work to be completed upon return.
- Restriction: Open only to U3 Honours and Joint Honours students.
- Restriction: Permission of an appropriate supervising instructor and program adviser required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 497 Adv. Topics: Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: A course on topics of common interest to faculty members and students of the International Development Studies programs.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction: Open only to students in final year of an IDS Concentration. Students are permitted to take one section ONLY.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 499 Internship: Intl. Develop. St. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 3.3 and permission of the department Internship Adviser. This course will not normally fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. A letter from a supervisor at the institution must attest to the successful completion of the student's tenure. Only tenure track professors or McGIll faculty lectures may supervise.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 597 Seminar in Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the International Development Studies program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor is required. At least one 400 level course listed in their International Development Studies Stream complementary course options.
- Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year Honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Islamic Studies
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ISLA 200 Islamic Civilization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 210 Muslim Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 310 Women in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The socio-legal status, conditions, and experiences of various groups of women in Middle Eastern societies. These features are explored within the framework of Islamic feminism and Western feminist discourses, and the tensions and conflicts between them. The dynamics of seclusion, veiling, and polygamy are explored in connection to Medieval Arab ruling elites as a background to some of the discussions and debates over the status of women in modern postcolonial Arab society. Socio-economic divisions, state policies, patriarchy, and colonialism are investigated as key factors in understanding the modern historical transformation of gendered relations and women's roles.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 345 Science&Civilization in Islam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: History of scientific traditions and ideas in Islamic civilization, from the origins of Islam to the early modern period. Emphasis is on the derivation, development and transmissions of Islamic science, as well as on the assimilation and influence of science within Islamic culture.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: All readings are in English.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 355 Modern History: Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the historical transformation of the modern Middle East concentrating on its internal socio-economic changes, as well as the colonial experience and encounters with the West since the early 19th century. Examination of the historical conditions that led to the rise of nationalism, the nation-state, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 360 Islam and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Middle East and Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 365 Middle East Since the 1970's 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Changes that have occurred in the Middle East since the 1970's, viewed through the lens of themes such as migration, consumerism, war, communications, and ideology.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 383 Central Questions-Islamic Law 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: An integrative view of Islamic law in the past and present, including landmarks in Islamic legal history (e.g., sources of law; early formation; intellectual make-up; the workings of court; legal change; legal effects of colonialism; modernity and legal reform) and a structured definition of what it was/is.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 411 History:Middle-East 1918-1945 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The impact of WWI on Middle Eastern society and politics; the British and French mandates; the growth of nationalisms, revolutions and the formation of national states; WW II and the clash of political interests within the region.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- 3 hours
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 415 Modern Iran: Anthro Approach 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: The modern history, social, and cultural anthropology of contemporary Iran.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ISLA 421 Islamic Culture-Indian Subcont 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Islamic Studies: Survey of Islamic culture (faith systems, literature, music, art) on the Indian subcontinent from the early modern period to the present, with a focus on conflict and relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, and between majority and minority Muslim groups.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Latin American & Caribbean Studies
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LACS 497 ResSem:Latin Amer&theCaribbean 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Latin American & Caribbean St: An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the Latin-American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Open to Program students and to others with permission of the Program Adviser.
- Ordinarily offered in alternate years
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
* When topic is relevant to IDS.
Management Core
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MGCR 382 International Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 460 Social Context of Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 360.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management, Organizational Behavior
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Organizational Behaviour: Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Management Policy
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MGPO 435 The Origins of Capitalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course covers the evolution of modern business institutions from their roots in the early middle ages to the modern era. Covering economic issues in the context of arts and culture, it offers a "distant mirror on globalization."
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Restricted to U2 and U3 students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneur&Innovation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation – the application of principles of entrepreneurship and innovation to solve social problems through social ventures, enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Focuses on the social economy, including how the market system can be leveraged to create social value.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 469 Managing Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.
Offered by: Management
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MSUS 402 Sys Thinking & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Managing for Sustainability: Examines interconnected dynamics of organizations and social, economic, and ecological systems. Introduces systems thinking principles to foster learning, inform organizational decision-making, and solve real-world problems. Covers problem diagnosis and resolution of organizational and societal sustainability issues through causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow mapping, group model building, computational simulations and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
Political Science
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POLI 319 Politics of Latin America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 322 Political Change: South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Political change in South Asia in late colonial and post-colonial periods. Issues covered include social and cultural history; colonial rule, nationalism and state formation; democratic and authoritarian tendencies; economic policies and consequences; challenges to patterns of dominance and national boundaries; prospects for democracy, prosperity and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 338 Developing Areas/Topics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Selected aspects of the Third World. In any given year the course will concentrate either on a particular region or on a relevant thematic problem.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the societies, political forces and regimes of selected countries of the Eastern Arab world (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia).
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 341 Foreign Policy:The Middle East 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of the changing regional security environment and the evolving foreign policies and relationships of Arab states in three areas - relations with non-Arab regional powers (Israel, Iran), inter-Arab relations, Great Power relations. The course will focus particularly on Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A 200- or 300- level course in International Relations or Middle East politics or permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 347 Arab-Israel Confl,Crisis,Peace 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Concepts - protracted conflict, crisis, war, peace; system, subsystem; Conflict-levels of analysis; historical context; images and issues; attitudes, policies, role of major powers; Crises-Wars - configuration of power; crisis models; decision-making in 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 crisis-wars; conflict- crisis management; Peace-Making - pre-1977; Egypt-Israel peace treaty; Madrid, Oslo, Israel-Jordan peace; prospects for conflict resolution.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 160-243 prior to 1997-98; or POLI 244
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An overview of the foreign policies of two rising powers - China and India - in addition to Japan, covering the historical evolution, goals and determinants of their foreign policies, interactions with the rest of Asia and the world, and efforts at institutionalised cooperation in South and East Asia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or 244, or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Environmental problems like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and ocean acidification transcend national borders. Solving these problems will require global cooperation on an unprecedented level. This course will explore the challenges of contemporary global environmental governance and the innovative solutions being advanced at the community, municipal, provincial, national, and international levels.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 352 Intl Pol/Foreign Pol:Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 353 Politics Intl Refugee Regime 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course explores the causes and consequences of displacement, and international responses to this issue, focusing on forced migration linked to conflict, persecution and human rights abuses. It examines key actors, interests and norms that shape the international refugee regime, and international responses to other forms of displacement. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which displaced persons themselves navigate and shape the regime, and to challenges including the resolution of displacement crises, and accountability for forced migration.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Pre-requisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 359 Topics in Intl Politics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in International Relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- The fee for this field course is $3500. The fee for this activity covers ground transportation, academic materials, accommodation, and other field related expenses.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Topics covered include: colonialism, nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, war, economic development, social development, overseas Chinese, ethnicity, religion, populism, and international relations, as they apply to Southeast Asian politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 372 Indigenous Pples&the Cnd State 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The relationship of Indigenous politics to larger debates and literatures within political science, such as citizenship theory, federalism, and collective action. Subjects covered include Canada's treaty history, constitutional changes, key policy frameworks, and Indigenous political development.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: At least one course in Canadian politics such as, POLI 221 or POLI 222 OR Permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 372 prior to W06.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to key issues in contemporary Chinese politics, spanning the period from the Communist Revolution through the Maoist (1949-1976) and reform eras (1978 to present). Topics include both domestic politics and foreign policy.
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 381 Politics in Japan and S Korea 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An introduction to key issues of contemporary politics in Japan and South Korea, covering the politics and economic development of Post-WWII Japan and Post-Korean War South Korea. Themes include: How were the contemporary political systems established in Japan and South Korea? How have these systems changed over time? What are the impacts of political institutions on the political and economic development in the two countries? How do social actors and political and economic institutions interact with each other? What are the foreign policymaking strategies in the two countries?
Offered by: Political Science
- The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
- Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in comparative politics (POLI 211, POLI 212, or POLI 227).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 422 Developing Areas/Topics 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A specific problem area in the Comparative Politics of Developing Areas.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: a basic course and preferably an upper level course in comparative politics
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Theories of ethno-nationalism examined in light of experience in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Topics include formation and mobilization of national, ethnic and religious identities in colonial and post-colonial societies; impact of ethno-nationalism on pluralism, democracy, class and gender relations; means to preserve tolerance in multicultural societies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: one 300 or 400-level course in comparative politics; and one 300 or 400-level course on developing areas (any discipline.) The same course can fulfill both requirements
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 435 Identity and Inequality 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Inequality is often particularly durable between groups whose boundaries are based on assumed ancestry - e.g., the major ethnic categories in former European settler colonies, castes in South Asia. This course explores ongoing changes in the relationship between identity and social, economic and political inequality in some of these contexts.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: 300 level course in comparative politics or related social science course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 441 IPE: Trade 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Politics of international trade, such as the international rules governing trade in goods, the functioning of international bodies such as the WTO, and the domestic sources of these international policies.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 442 Int'l Rel of Ethnic Conflict 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Issues related to the internationalization of ethnic conflict, including diasporas, contagion and demonstration effects, intervention, irredentism, the use of sanctions and force. Combination of theory and the study of contemporary cases.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: POLI 244 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 445 IPE: Monetary Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Advanced course in international political economy; the politics of international of monetary relations, such as international rules governing international finance, the reasons for and consequences of financial flows, and the functioning of international financial bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 474 Inequality and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the developing world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 476 Religion and Politics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course examines the relationship between religion and politics in the developing and developed world. The first part of the course focuses on the relationship between religion and the state. The second part then looks at specific topics in which religion plays a salient role: political parties; social movements; democratization; fundamentalism and democracy; violence; and capitalism and economic development. Readings are largely in the field of comparative politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite(s): A course in Comparative Politics or permission of instructor.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics (both Developed Areas and Developing Areas).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Religious Studies
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RELG 331 Religion and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: An exploration of the distinctive ways in which the world's religions are shaping and are shaped by the dynamics of globalization. It examines the multiple intersections of religion and globalization through a variety of themes and case studies in human rights, development, education, ecology, gender, and conflict
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 319 when topic was "Religion and Globalization"
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Social justice and human rights issues as key aspects of modem religious ethics. Topics include: the relationship of religion to the modem human rights movement; religious perspectives on the universality of human rights; the scope and limits of religious freedom; conflicts between religion and rights.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 371 Ethics of Violence/Non-Violenc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Forms of violence and the reaction of religious groups are assessed both for their effectiveness and for their fidelity to their professed beliefs. Different traditions, ranging from the wholesale adoption of violent methods (e.g., the Crusades) to repudiation (e.g., Gandhi; the Peace Churches).
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 375 Religion, Politics and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: A study of contemporary religious traditions in the light of debates regarding secularization, the relation of religion and politics, and the interaction of religion with major social institutions.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 265 War, States and Social Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The impact of war on society in agrarian and industrial epochs. Particular attention is given to the relationship between war and economic development, social classes, nationalism, and democratization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 365 Health and Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender&Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 446 Colonialism and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 550 Developing Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 555 Comparative Historical Socio 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Social Work
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SWRK 400 Policy & Practice for Refugees 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Social Work: Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restrictions: Open to U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Methods (6 credits)
6 credits from the following:*
* When selecting their Methods courses, students must consult with the IDS Adviser. They must also consult with the most recent Faculty of Arts policy on course overlap: https://www.mcgill.ca/study/faculties/arts/undergraduate/ug_arts_course_...
Anthropology
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ANTH 358 The Process of Anthro Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: The nature of anthropological research as evidenced in monographs and articles; processes of concept formation and interpretation of data; the problem of objectivity.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Fall
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restrictions: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Economics
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ECON 227D1 Economic Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Distributions, averages, dispersions, sampling, testing, estimation, correlation, regression, index numbers, trends and seasonals.
Offered by: Economics
- Students must register for both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 together are equivalent to ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 227D2 Economic Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): See ECON 227D1 for course description.
Offered by: Economics
- Prerequisite: ECON 227D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- ECON 227D1 and ECON 227D2 together are equivalent to ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Development Studies
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INTD 356 Quantitative Methods for Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Introduction to quantitative methods for impact evaluation. Builds from fundamental concepts in statistics; introduction of an intuitive conceptual framework to think about causal effects. Simple but rigorous data analytics, design and implement randomized controlled trials, regression analysis, or implement other main methods for impact evaluation.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INTD 358 Ethnographic Approaches to Dev 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: Consideration of how anthropologists have used ethnographic methods to evaluate, criticize and reform development. Drawing on ethnographies of “Big D” development, as well as small-scale grassroots initiatives, exploration of how qualitative methods have been used to strengthen development practice from within and deconstruct development ideology from without. Topics include state driven, participatory and internationally sponsored development; gender; “aidnography”; neoliberalism; markets and microcredit.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Political Science
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POLI 210 Poli Sci Research Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: This course provides an introduction to political science research methods. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the scientific study of politics, the variety of research methodologies in political science, and the challenges that arise when researchers attempt to explain or measure political phenomena, demonstrate causal relationships and draw methodologically- defensible conclusions from research .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 461 Adv. Quant. Political Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: A lab course that deals with topics not covered in POLI 311 or POLI 312 and applicable across political science subfields. Such topics include: Estimating models with limited and categorical outcomes; dealing with time-dependent data; estimating models of duration; advanced spatial methods; advanced text-as-data methods; advanced network methods .
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Sociology
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SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This is an introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to help students develop a critical attitude toward statistical argument. It serves as a background for further statistics courses, helping to provide the intuition which can sometimes be lost amid the formulas.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 204, PSYC 305 or ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 461 Quantitative Data Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course blends theory and applications in regression analysis. It focuses on fitting a straight line regression using matrix algebra, extending models for multivariate analysis and discusses problems in the use of regression analysis, providing criteria for model building and selection, and using statistical software to apply statistics efficiently.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 350
- You may not be able to get credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 477 Qualitative Methods in Sociol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to qualitative research methods. Students will be exposed to various types of data collection (e.g., textual, observational) and data analysis techniques (e.g., in vivo coding) for qualitative data in an experiential, hands-on fashion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
(81-87 credits)
The B.Com.; Major in International Management focuses on combining business studies with regional or thematic global studies and foreign language proficiency, including the impact of managing in one of three themes:
1) Comparative Global Studies;
2) Global Politics and Economy;
3) Global Well-Being and Development.
This Major is interdisciplinary and integrative and includes an international business component, an interdisciplinary area of study that includes a Minor Concentration/Minor outside the Management Faculty, language courses, and an experiential learning experience in the form of either exchange, internship or research.
Required Courses (42 credits)
Management Core
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MGCR 211 Intro to Financial Accounting 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 222 Intro to Org Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 250 Expressive Analysis for Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Focusing on skills with respect to analysis, writing and presentation in management.
Offered by: Management
- Open to U0 and U1 B.Com. students. Not open to students who have taken BUSA 250.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 271 Business Statistics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Statistical concepts and methodology, their application to managerial decision-making, real-life data, problem-solving and spreadsheet modeling. Topics include: descriptive statistics; normal distributions, sampling distributions and estimation, hypothesis testing for one and two populations, goodness of fit, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MATH 122 and MATH 123 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 227D1/D2, ECON 257D1/D2, MATH 203 at McGill, MATH 204, MATH 324, PSYC 204; students with an exemption from High School or CEGEP for MATH 203 will NOT be exempt from MCGR 271.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 293 Managerial Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: The course focuses on the application of economic theory to management problems and the economic foundations of marketing, finance, and production. Attention is given to the following topics: price and cost analysis; demand and supply analysis, conditions of competition.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 208, ECON 230D1/D2, or ECON 250D1/D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 294 The Firm in the Macroeconomy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Topics and tools of macroeconomics such as national accounting, the IS-LM model, the drivers of output and business cycles, and the basics of monetary policy and inflation. Emphasis on financial markets, the role of expectations, and the reasons for possible deviations from full information market efficiency.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisites: MGCR 293
- Restrictions: Open only to B.Com. students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 295, ECON 209, ECON 330D1/D2 or ECON 352D1/D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 331 Information Technology Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Introduction to principles and concepts of information systems in organizations. Topics include information technology, transaction processing systems, decision support systems, database and systems development. Students are required to have background preparation on basic micro computer skills including spreadsheet and word-processing.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 341 Introduction to Finance 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, U3 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 372 Operations Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Design, planning, establishment, control, and improvement of the activities/processes that create a firm's final products and/or services. The interaction of operations with other business areas will also be discussed. Topics include forecasting, product and process design, waiting lines, capacity planning, inventory management and total quality management.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Open to U1, U2, U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 472.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 382 International Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 423 Strategic Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGCR 460 Social Context of Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Core: Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students. Not open to students who have taken MGCR 360.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Major
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BUSA 356 Management in Global Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Contemporary issues in international management illustrating unique challenges faced in IB, including legal and political foundations of international management, cross-cultural awareness, global mindset, global leadership, building effective international workforce and operations.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- This optional course is part of the Brazil Study Abroad Program which has a fee of $3,134.32 which includes a 12 day trip to Brazil for company visits and classes. The fee includes accommodation in Brazil, breakfasts, local course related transportation, as well as instructor costs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (39-45 credits)
International Business Component
12 credits selected from the following:
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BUSA 391 International Business Law 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Introduction to the legal aspects of foreign trade and investment transactions. Forms and documentation of types of foreign trade contracts. Conflict avoidance, arbitration, and litigation arising from international transactions. Government regulation of foreign trade. Legal aspects of the international transfer of investments and technology. Conventions and institutions of international economic cooperation (e.g. GATT, ICC, IMF, etc.).
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 394 Managing in Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Environmental aspects, Eastern value systems and distinct patterns of management in the Asia-Pacific region. Patterns of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and other management philosophies, practices and styles. Interaction between these theories and practices and those of the West and Canada will be contrasted.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 395 Managing in Europe 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Current social, economic and trade developments in the rapidly-evolving European arena. Focus on both the expanding EU and integrating with emerging market economies and Central and Eastern Europe. Emphasis on managing in the expanded opportunities and challenges facing international and Canadian managers.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 396 Managing Internationally in QC 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Review of Quebec companies with an international presence and/or that are looking to expand internationally, international organizations expanding into Quebec, as well as Quebec companies that focus primarily on the local market. The government perspective: tools and levers that the government used to promote trade and investment; the organization perspective: start-ups, small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as large multinationals.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite(s): MGCR 382
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 401 Independent St. in Int'l Bus. 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Independent study in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Note 1: Projects to be arranged individually with instructors. A detailed student proposal must be submitted to the instructor and the BCom Office during the first week of term.
- Restriction(s): U3 students only. CGPA of at least 3.00 required.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 433 Topics in Int'l Business 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Current topics in the area of international business. Topics will be selected from important current issues in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 481 Managing in North America 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Analysis of corporate strategies in the context of Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Emphasis on public policy's impact on corporate decision-making and implications for management. Examines bilateral experience of major industrial sectors compared with global corporate strategies. Theoretical and empirical literature combined with industrial histories, policy and management case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FINE 482 International Finance 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Finance: The international financial environment as it affects the multinational manager. Balance of payments concepts, adjustment process of the external imbalances and the international monetary system. In depth study of the institutional and theoretical aspects of foreign exchange markets; international capital markets, including Eurobonds and eurocredit markets.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 341
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FINE 492 Int'l Corporate Finance 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Finance: Focus on the financial and operational management of multinational enterprises including (but not limited to) financing and capital budgeting decisions, corporate governance and its implications on valuation and control, and recent developments in international capital markets.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 342
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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INDR 459 Comparative Employ. Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Industrial Relations: Comparison of employment relations in current socio-political and economic context of a variety of nations. Emphasis on historical and recent developments in labour-management relations, labour legislation, institutional structures, collective bargaining, contract coverage, and the role of multi-national corporations.
Offered by: Management
- Prequisite: INDR 294
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students.
- INDR459 focuses on traditional industrial relations topics (unionization, collective bargaining, etc.) and complements INDR492 which deals with labour policies in general and in comparative persepctive.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 383 International Business Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Development and application of conceptual approaches to general management policy and strategy formulation in multinational business involvement (exporting, licensing, contractual arrangements, turnkey projects, joint ventures, consortia); technology transfer, location and ownership strategies: competitive multinational relationships. Emphasis on pragmatic analysis, using case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisites: MGCR 382
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 469 Managing Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.
Offered by: Management
- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MGPO 475 Strategies for Devel Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Management Policy: Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MRKT 451 Marketing Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Marketing: Theoretical techniques and procedures common in marketing research. Topics include: research design, sampling, questionnaire design, coding, tabulating, data analysis (including statistical techniques). Specialized topics may encompass advertising, motivation and product research; forecasting and location theory.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MRKT 483 International Marketing Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Marketing: Marketing management considerations of a company seeking to extend beyond its domestic market. Required changes in product, pricing, channel, and communications policies. Attention to international trade and export marketing in the Canadian context.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Organizational Behaviour: Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Experiential Learning Component
0-3 credits from the following; students must choose one of these experiential learning courses or the exchange - as there is no McGill course associated with the exchange component, credits for course(s) completed abroad will count towards courses in the B.Com. degree as determined by the program/exchange adviser.
Internship
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BUSA 497 Internship in Int'l Business 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Internship with an approved host institution.
Offered by: Management
- The internship will consist of a minimum of 150 hours of work over a period of 8 to 12 weeks at an approved host institution. The institution should be located either overseas or have an international focus. Major in International Management students who are enrolled in Minor Concentrations in the Faculty of Arts may complete Internship courses in the Faculty of Arts. Please consult the Faculty of Arts Internship Program section in the Undergraduate Programs Calendar or refer to the Arts Internships Website: www.mcgill.ca/arts-internships for requirements, including hours and weeks required and CGPA cut-offs.
- Restriction(s): U2 and U3 Major in International Management students only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Research
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BUSA 401 Independent St. in Int'l Bus. 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Independent study in international business.
Offered by: Management
- Note 1: Projects to be arranged individually with instructors. A detailed student proposal must be submitted to the instructor and the BCom Office during the first week of term.
- Restriction(s): U3 students only. CGPA of at least 3.00 required.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
International Exchange
Students who participate in an exchange or Study Away will receive credits for courses successfully approved and completed while abroad. This will fulfill the experiential learning component, no additional credits will be granted for this option.
NOTE: There are CGPA requirements for experiential learning experiences [international exchange, internship, research]. Students must consult with a BCom Academic Advisor if they do not meet the minimum CGPA requirement.
* Only one Independent Studies course may be taken in the B.Com. degree.
Area of Study Component
18 credits from one of the following three Streams:
Stream 1: Comparative Global Studies
Students can choose to study a region including Africa, East Asia, Middle East, South Asia, Europe, or the Americas, or several regions from a comparative global perspective in Religious Studies, Political Science, History, or Economics. This option focuses on aspects of global society and culture from a social science perspective. This theme is suitable for students who would like to work in a specific country or region or for students who want to work for a multinational company or government organization with global interests.
B.A. Minor Concentration in African Studies (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Canadian Studies (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in East Asian Cultural Studies (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Economics* (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in History (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Jewish Studies (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Quebec Studies & Community-Engaged Learning/
La concentration Mineure en Études sur le Québec et apprentissage par engagement communautaire (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Russian Culture (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in South Asian Studies (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in World Islamic & Middle East Studies (18 credits)
* Students should choose Economics (ECON) courses with a regional focus. Course numbers above ECON 209 (excluding ECON 295) are required, with at least 6 credits at the 300, 400, or 500 levels. Credits for the introductory sequence MGCR 293 and ECON 295 that are prerequisites for 300-level courses in economics do not count as part of this Minor concentration. ECON 227 will not count if it is taken to meet other B.Com. requirements.
Stream 2: Global Politics and Economy
This theme focuses on aspects of public policy from the perspective of global transactions and finance. Students may select a minor concentration in the area of international relations and investigate policy on a global scale and its operations in the context of policy, war and peace, the economy, security, trade, human rights, and international organizations. Graduates with this option would be poised to apply their educational background to careers with world government, trade, or economic organizations, NGOs, national governments, or businesses with global interests. The choices of programs include Economics, Geography, Political Science, or a selected group of courses.
B.A. Minor Concentration in Economics (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Political Science (18 credits)
OR
Global Governance, Conflict and Human Rights
18 credits of the following courses with at least 6 credits at the 300 level or above:
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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CANS 307 Canada in the World 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Canadian Studies: Canada's interaction with other countries and regions.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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CANS 412 Canada and Americas Seminar 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Canadian Studies: Canada and the Americas.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Prerequisites: Cans 200 or permission of the Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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COMS 230 Communication and Democracy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Communication Studies: Introduction to investigation of the relationship between communication, media practices and democracy. Examines the role of media and communication in existing and emerging democratic contexts, and the challenges of constructing and maintaining a democratic media and communication environment on the domestic and international levels.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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COMS 320 Media and Empire 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Communication Studies: The relationship between mass media and empire-building, as well as the role of mass and alternative media in anti-imperialism movements. Topics may include: Print technologies and the British Empire; shipping technologies, industrialization and the slave trade; new media and the anti-war and anti-globalization movements.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Prerequisite: One of the following: COMS 200, COMS 210, or COMS 230 or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 221 United States since 1865 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Examines the defining moments and movements in the U.S. since Reconstruction, including populism, progressivism, the World Wars, the New Deal, the Cold War, the sixties and its consequences. Emphasis on the political, social and ideological transformations that ensued.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Fall
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 302 IR History 1: 1750-1950 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The history of international relations during the era of the four global wars, the expansion of the West in world affairs, the changes in the balance of power in Europe, the rise and fall of the colonial empires, and the ascendancy of the flank powers, Russia and the United States.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 304 IR History 2: Cold War 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The history of the Cold War. Special attention will be paid to the different viewpoints and experiences of the Cold War participants by studying the historiography and archival materials released in the Eastern Block and Western World.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 371 American Civ. Rights 1877-1940 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: The social, economic, political, and constitutional history of citizenship and civil rights in the United States from the end of Reconstruction through the 1930s. Emphasis on segregation and disfranchisement; immigration restrictions, americanization and national identities; civil rights movements and organizations; women's suffrage; voting rights and representation.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 387 The First World War 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: A world-wide political, social, economic, cultural and military survey, from the origins of the Great War to the Treaty of Versailles.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 388 The Second World War 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: A world-wide political, social, economic, cultural and military survey, from the Treaty of Versailles to the first years of the Cold War.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 438 Topics in Cold War History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: One large aspect of Cold War, either thematic or regional, will be explored.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 304 or other 300-level course relevant to the current topic of the course or permission on the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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JWST 240 The Holocaust 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Jewish Studies: Consideration of the history of the Holocaust and the literary, theological and cultural responses to the destruction of European Jewry.
Offered by: Jewish Studies
- For detailed course content go to www.mcgill.ca/jewishstudies/undergraduates.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken JWST 252 "The Holocaust"
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 334 Ethical Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: A course focusing on central questions in ethical theory such as the nature of the good and the right and the factors which determine moral rightness and wrongness.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: one of PHIL 230, PHIL 237, PHIL 242, PHIL 343, or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 212 Gov't&Politics-Developed World 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The nature of politics in a few selected nations of the industrialized world, applying the concepts introduced in POLI 211 to specific national contexts. Countries studied will be drawn principally from Europe and North America.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 244 Intl Politics: State Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 322 Political Change: South Asia 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Political change in South Asia in late colonial and post-colonial periods. Issues covered include social and cultural history; colonial rule, nationalism and state formation; democratic and authoritarian tendencies; economic policies and consequences; challenges to patterns of dominance and national boundaries; prospects for democracy, prosperity and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 345 International Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 360 Security: War and Peace 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: Focuses on international security and strategies of war and peace in historical and comparative frameworks. Topics include case studies of 20th century wars, conventional and nuclear strategy, and various approaches to peace.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Political Science: An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Social justice and human rights issues as key aspects of modem religious ethics. Topics include: the relationship of religion to the modem human rights movement; religious perspectives on the universality of human rights; the scope and limits of religious freedom; conflicts between religion and rights.
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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RELG 371 Ethics of Violence/Non-Violenc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Forms of violence and the reaction of religious groups are assessed both for their effectiveness and for their fidelity to their professed beliefs. Different traditions, ranging from the wholesale adoption of violent methods (e.g., the Crusades) to repudiation (e.g., Gandhi; the Peace Churches).
Offered by: Religious Studies
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 210 Sociological Perspectives 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Major theoretical perspectives and research methods in sociology. The linkages of theory and method in various substantive areas including: the family, community and urban life, religion, ethnicity, occupations and stratification, education, and social change.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 230 Sociology of Ethnic Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): An introduction to the sociological study of minority groups in Canada. The course will explore the themes of racism, prejudice, and discrimination, ethnic and racial inequalities, cultural identities, multiculturalism, immigration. Theoretical, empirical, and policy issues will be discussed. While the focus will be primarily on Canada, comparisons will be made with the United States.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 265 War, States and Social Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The impact of war on society in agrarian and industrial epochs. Particular attention is given to the relationship between war and economic development, social classes, nationalism, and democratization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 307 Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 386 Contemporary Social Movements 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course will focus on contemporary social movements in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe, such as the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and the environmental movement. Empirical studies of movements will be used to explore such general issues as how social movements emerge, grow, and decline.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Stream 3: Global Well-Being and Development
Broad-based, interdisciplinary topics will allow students to study current issues of social importance ranging from: poverty and inequality, health promotion and the environment, sustainability, and natural resource management. Students will be prepared to apply business practices to the protection of the vulnerable and the planet. Students will be poised to work for multinationals, governments, or non-governmental organizations.
B.A. Minor Concentration in Anthropology (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Economics* (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Geography (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in International Development Studies (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Psychology (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Social Studies of Medicine (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Sociology (18 credits)
B.A. Minor Concentration in Environment (18 credits) [Bieler School of Environment]
B.Sc. Minor in Environment (18 credits) [Bieler School of Environment]
B.Sc. Field Study Minor (18 credits)
* Students should choose Economics (ECON) courses related to the environment, development, and health. Course numbers above ECON 209 (excluding ECON 295) are required, with at least 6 credits at the 300, 400, or 500 levels. Credits for the introductory sequence MGCR 293 and ECON 295 that are prerequisites for 300-level courses in economics do not count as part of this Minor Concentration. ECON 227 will not count if it is taken to meet other B.Com. requirements.
Language Component
9-12 credits chosen from the following:
9 credits of language in First- or Second-Level EAST (Asian Languages and Literature)*
or
9 credits from ISLA 221 D1/D2 Introductory Arabic**
* Students may choose to complete additional credits in Japanese, Chinese or Korean for a total of 18 credits. Only 9 credits of EAST languages will count toward the Major and any optional additional credits will count as electives or toward another component if the student has sufficient credits to complete it within their degree. Students may not exceed the total credits required to graduate in order to complete these additional language credits.
** Students with no prior knowledge of Arabic may choose two levels of Arabic. Only ISLA 221D1/D2 will count toward the Major and any additional optional credits in ISLA 322D1/D2 or ISLA 423D1/D2 will count as electives.
OR
12 credits of language courses, at the 500 level or lower, chosen from ONE of the following Subject Codes:
CLAS (Classics) [Modern Greek]
EAST (East Asian) - Third and Fourth Level
FREN (French)
FRSL (French as a Second Language)
GERM (German Studies) [German]
HISP (Hispanic Studies) [Spanish, Portuguese]
***ISLA (Middle East Studies) [Lower and Higher Intermediate Level Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Persian]
****ITAL (Italian Studies) [Italian]
JWST (Jewish Studies) [Hebrew, Yiddish]
RUSS (Russian)
*** Students placed in Lower Intermediate Arabic will complete ISLA 322D1/D2 and ISLA 423D1/D2 for a total of 12 credits.
**** Students wishing to register for ITAL 205D1/D2 should do so in their first year as this course is open only to U0 and U1 students. ITAL 206 is open to U0, U1, and U2 students. ITAL 210D1/D2, ITAL 215D1/D2, and ITAL 216 can be taken by all students.
Note: Registration processes for language courses vary by department, but usually involve placement tests or departmental approval. Students should consult with the individual departments to ensure that they register for the appropriate level.
Program Requirement:
The Cellular concentration in this domain is open only to students in the B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment or B.Sc. Major Environment program.
This domain considers the interface between the environment and human well-being, with particular focus on the triad that ties human health to the environment through the elements of food and infectious agents. Each of these elements is influenced by planned and unplanned environmental disturbances. For example, agricultural practices shift the balance between beneficial and harmful ingredients of food. Use of insecticides presents dilemmas with regard to the environment, economics, and human health. The distribution of infectious diseases is influenced by the climatic conditions that permit vectors to coexist with humans, by deforestation, by urbanization, and by human interventions ranging from the building of dams to provision of potable water.
In designing interventions that aim to prevent or reduce infectious contaminants in the environment, or to improve food production and nutritional quality, not only is it important to understand methods of intervention, but also to understand social forces that influence how humans respond to such interventions.
Students in the Cellular concentration will explore these interactions in more depth, at a physiological level. Students in the Population concentration will gain a depth of understanding at an ecosystem level that looks at society, land, and population health.
Suggested First Year (U1) Courses
For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the "Bieler School of Environment Student Handbook" available on the website (http://www.mcgill.ca/environment), or contact Kathy Roulet, the Program Adviser (kathy.roulet [at] mcgill.ca).
Program Requirements
Note: You are required to take a maximum of 33 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes core and required courses.
Location Note: When planning your schedule and registering for courses, you should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Location Note: Core required courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Macdonald campus.
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ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: 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.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Formation of the Earth and the evolution of life. How geological and biological change are the consequence of history, chance, and necessity acting over different scales of space and time. General principles governing the formation of modern landscapes and biotas. Effects of human activities on natural systems.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics&Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 301 Environmental Research Design 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Techniques used in design and completion of environmental research projects. Problem definition, data sources and use of appropriate strategies and methodologies. Principles underlying research design are emphasized, including critical thinking, recognizing causal relationships, ideologies and bias in research, and when and where to seek expertise.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Downtown campus; Winter - Macdonald campus
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Restrictions: Restricted to U2 or higher
- Prerequisite(s): Completion of U1 Required courses in Environment, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 400 Environmental Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Students work in interdisciplinary seminar groups on challenging philosophical, ethical, scientific and practical issues. They will explore cutting-edge ideas and grapple with the reconciliation of environmental imperatives and social, political and economic pragmatics. Activities include meeting practitioners, attending guest lectures, following directed readings, and organizing, leading and participating in seminars.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Prerequisite: ENVR 203
- Restriction: Open only to U3 students, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Core: Complementary Course - Senior Research Project (3 credits)
Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
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AEBI 427 Barbados Interdisc Project 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): The planning of projects and research activities related to tropical food, nutrition, or energy at the local, regional, or national scale in Barbados. Projects and activities designed in consultation with university instructors, government, NGO, or private partners, and prepared by teams of 2-3 students working cooperatively with these mentors.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 423 and AEBI 425
- Restriction(s): Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 18, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 401 Environmental Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Students work in an interdisciplinary team on a real-world research project involving problem definition, methodology development, social, ethical and environmental impact assessment, execution of the study, and dissemination of results to the research community and to the people affected. Teams begin defining their projects during the preceding summer.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 and MATH 203 or equivalent, or by permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Only open to U3 students in their final year in the following programs: B.A. Faculty Program in Environment, B.A.& Sc. Interfaculty Program in Environment, B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) and B.Sc. Major in Environment, and Diploma in Environment.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 451 Research in Panama 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Research projects will be developed by instructors in consultation with Panamanian universities, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. Project groups will consist of four to six students working with a Panamanian institution. Topics will be relevant to Panama: e.g., protection of the Canal watershed, economical alternatives to deforestation, etc.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Restriction: students in the Panama Field Semester program. Offered in Panama only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FSCI 444 Barbados Research Project 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Science: A research project that is supervised by McGill academic staff and is conducted in collaboration with local partners. The project topic must relate to the field of sustainability relating to the Caribbean or Barbados specifically.
Offered by: Science
- Corequisites GEOG 340, ATOC 341, BIOL 343 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Domain: Required Course (6 credits)
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PARA 410 Environment and Infection 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
Domain: Complementary Courses (36 credits)
36 credits of the complementary courses are selected as follows:
18 credits - Fundamentals, 3 credits from each category
12 credits - Human Health, maximum of 3 credits from any one category
6 credits - Natural Environment, maximum of 3 credits from any one category
Fundamentals:
18 credits of Fundamentals, 3 credits from each category.
Health, Society, and Environment
* Note: You may take GEOG 221 or NRSC 221, but not both.
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geog 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 331 Population and Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main topics and controversies linking population processes and the environment. Topics include how population processes influence the environment, population responses to changing environments, policies related to these effects, variation across and within developed and developing countries.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Cellular Biology
* Note: You will not receive credit for either LSCI 211 or LSCI 202 if you have already received credit for both BIOL 200 and BIOL 201; you will not receive credit for either BIOL 200 or BIOL 201 if you have already received credit for both LSCI 202 and LSCI 211.
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ANSC 234 Biochemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Metabolism in humans and domestic animals. The chemistry of alimentary digestion, absorption, transport, intermediary metabolism and excretion.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Prerequisite: LSCI 211
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Deborah Martin, Werner Giehl Glanzner
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LSCI 202 Molecular Cell Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Organization and function of intracellular organelles in eukaryotic cells. Mechanisms of membrane transport. Protein sorting and vesicular transport. Cytoskeleton. DNA and chromosome structure. DNA replication. Mechanisms of RNA and protein synthesis. Control of gene expression. Cell cycle and the control of cell division. Mechanisms of cell communication and signal transduction. Apoptosis. Neuronal signaling.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Qian Liu
Genetics
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LSCI 204 Genetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: The course integrates classical, molecular and population genetics of animals, plants, bacteria and viruses. The aim is to understand the flow of genetic information within a cell, within families and in populations. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving based learning. The laboratory exercises will emphasize the interpretation of genetic experimental data.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 202.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Benoit Charron
Molecular Biology
* Note: You will not receive credit for either LSCI 211 or LSCI 202 if you have already received credit for both BIOL 200 and BIOL 201; you will not receive credit for either BIOL 200 or BIOL 201 if you have already received credit for both LSCI 202 and LSCI 211.
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LSCI 211 Biochemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids; enzymes and coenzymes. Introduction to intermediary metabolism.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Igor Cestari, Thavy Long
- Thavy Long, Igor Cestari
Statistics
One of the following Statistics courses or equivalent:
Note: Credit given for Statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students in Science should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Science.
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AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci): Measures of central tendency and dispersion; binomial and Poisson distributions; normal, chi-square, Student's t and Fisher-Snedecor F distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance for simple experimental designs.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Please note that credit will be given for only one introductory statistics course. Consult your academic advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Pierre R L Dutilleul
- Jaskaran Dhiman
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MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- No calculus prerequisites
- Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult http://www.mcgill.ca/students/transfercredit for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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ANSC 433 Animal Nutrition & Metabolism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Introduction to fundamental aspects of animal nutrition, including gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; nutrient functions and requirements of livestock species; evaluation of feedstuffs and their use in ration formulation; and feeding strategies. Laboratory classes will include hands-on experience on feed analyses, gastrointestinal tract dissections, nutritional experiments and demonstrations in livestock species as well as computer-based ration balancing exercises.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 1-hour lab
- Prerequisites: ANSC 234 or ANSC 330 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
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NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
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NUTR 307 Metabolism and Human Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course looks at the importance of nutrition from the molecular to the organismal levels in human health and disease. The focus will be on the significance of nutrients in regulating metabolism, and impact of genotype in the metabolism of nutrients.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite(s): ANSC 234
- Corequisite(s): ANSC 323 or NUTR 207
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial/conference hour.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes, Luis B Agellon, Ryan J Mailloux
Human Health:
12 credits chosen from Human Health, maximum of 3 credits from any one category:
Immunology and Pathogenicity
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MICR 341 Mechanisms of Pathogenicity 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology (Agric&Envir Sc): A study of the means by which bacteria cause disease in animals and humans. Includes response of host to invading bacteria, bacterial attachment and penetration processes, and modes of actions of exotoxins and endotoxins.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite: LSCI 230
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PARA 438 Immunology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: An in-depth analysis of the principles of cellular and molecular immunology. The emphasis of the course is on host defence against infection and on diseases caused by abnormal immune responses.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Sonzogni-Desautels
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PATH 300 Human Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Pathology: Provides a fundamental understanding of the diseases prevalent in North America, for upper level students in the biological sciences. Includes: general responses of cells and organ systems to injury; assessment of individual diseases by relating the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention to the primary biological abnormalities in each disorder.
Offered by: Pathology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Infectious Disease
* Note: You can take MIMM 413 or PARA 424, but not both.
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ANSC 400 Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: The basic principles of molecular biology and the underlying molecular basis for various methodologies in molecular biology are covered. The molecular genetic basis for viral infections and tumorigenesis will be covered as examples of the use of molecular genetic approaches to address biological problems.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Prerequisite: LSCI 204
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Matthias Klein
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MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A study of the fundamental properties of viruses and their interactions with host cells. Bacteriophages, DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses, and retroviruses are covered. Emphasis will be on phenomena occurring at the molecular level and on the regulated control of gene expression in virus-infected cells.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MIMM 413 Parasitology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A study of the biology, immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions, pathogenicity, epidemiology and molecular biological aspects of selected parasites of medical importance. Laboratory will consist of a lecture on techniques, demonstrations and practical work.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PARA 424 Fundamental Parasitology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Systematics, morphology, biology and ecology of parasitic protozoa, flatworms, roundworms and arthropods with emphasis on economically and medically important species.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Prerequisite(s): AEBI 211 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 424.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Toxicology
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ANSC 312 Animal Health and Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: An introduction to the pathogenesis and control of diseases in farm animals. Immune response and other protective mechanisms. Implications of animal diseases and drug therapy for product safety and public health.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Vilceu Bordignon
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ENVB 500 Advanced Topics Ecotoxicology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Exploring the impact of environmental chemicals on biological organisms in an ecological context. Basic topics in ecotoxicology, such as source and fate, routes of exposure, bioavailability, dose-response, biomarkers, and risk assessment will be covered from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The processes by which pollutants are tested, regulated, and monitored will be critically examined.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 211 and AEBI 211 and one of NRSC 333 or ANSC 323, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jessica Head
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NUTR 512 Herbs, Foods&Phytochemicals 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures and a project
- Prerequisites (Undergraduate): FDSC 211 or LSCI 211 or BIOL 201 or BIOC 212
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick L Owen
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PHAR 300 Drug Action 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Principles of pharmacology and toxicology. Frequently encountered drugs will be used as a focus to illustrate sites and mechanisms of action, distribution, metabolism, elimination and adverse side effects.
Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Fall
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200, PHGY 209, PHGY 210 and one of BIOL 201 or ANAT/BIOC 212 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHAR 303 Principles of Toxicology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Fundamental mechanisms by which toxic compounds damage a biological system (organelle, cell, organ, organism, ecosystem). Detection and quantification of toxicity and risk/benefit analysis are considered. Selected agents of current risk to human health or the environment are evaluated in depth.
Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Hormones
* Note: You will not receive credit for ANSC 424 if you have already received credit for both PHGY 209 and PHGY 210; you will not receive credit for PHGY 210 if you have already received credit for both ANSC 323 and ANSC 424.
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ANSC 424 Metabolic Endocrinology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: A detailed study of the endocrine system and its role in the maintenance of homeostasis in higher vertebrates, including the endocrine regulation of energy balance.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: ANSC 323
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Raj Duggavathi
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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
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PSYC 342 Hormones & Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Psychology: The role of hormones in organization of CNS function, as effectors of behaviour, in expression of behaviours and in mental illness.
Offered by: Psychology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Physiology
* Note: You will not receive credit ANSC 323 if you have already received credit for both PHGY 209 and PHGY 210; you will not receive credit for PHGY 209 if you have already received credit for both ANSC 323 and ANSC 424.
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ANSC 323 Mammalian Physiology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: A study of the organization, functions and regulation of various organ systems in mammals. The nervous, endocrine, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, digestive and reproductive systems are discussed.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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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
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Natural Environment:
6 credits chosen from the Natural Environment, maximum of 3 credits from any one category:
Hydrology and Climate
* Note: You may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322, but not both.
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ATOC 341 Caribbean Climate and Weather 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: The climate system and ongoing global change, ocean and atmosphere circulation and future trends in the tropics; local climate variability and dynamics, extreme weather events in the Caribbean
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties that are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Corequisites: BIOL 343, GEOG 340, FSCI 444 or permission of the Program Director
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $19.43 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shiv Prasher
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GEOG 321 Climatic Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The earth-atmosphere system, radiation and energy balances. Surface-atmosphere exchange of energy, mass and momentum and related atmospheric processes on a local and regional scale. Introduction to measurement theory and practice in micrometeorology.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 322 Environmental Hydrology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Quantitative, experimental study of the principles governing the movement of water at or near the Earth's surface and how the research relates to the chemistry and biology of ecosystems.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Techniques and Management
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AEBI 423 Sustainable Land Use 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): Management, preservation, and utilization of forage crops in sustainable tropical environments; examination of their value as livestock feed in terms of nutritional composition and impact on animal performance; land use issues as it pertains to forage and animal production in insular environments.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Since this course is being taught abroad, la Fête Nationale du Québec (June 24th) and Canada Day (July 1st) statutory holidays will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lectures on both Wednesday, June 24 and Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Principles and practice of Environmental Assessment (EA) in Canada and internationally. Exploration of issues surrounding impact assessment for sustainable development in different sectors, including their limitations.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Open to U2 students and above.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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ENVR 422 Mtl Urban Sustainability Anal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Applied and experience-based learning opportunities are employed to critically assess Montreal as a sustainable city through research, discussion, and field trips. The urban environment is considered through various specific dimensions, ranging from: waste, energy, urban agriculture, green spaces and design, or transportation.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 421
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 340 Sustain. in the Caribbean 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The local environmental, social, historical, political and economic context of Barbados and the Caribbean. The small island developing States (SIDS), and why those nations are more vulnerable to global environmental challenges. The 17 Sustainability Development Goals of the United Nations, with a focus on the leadership role played by Barbados for the entire Caribbean region.
Offered by: Geography
- Corequisites: ATOC 341, BIOL 343, FSCI 444 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 450 Research Meth: Human Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Introduction to how diverse approaches to nutrition research including international, community, laboratory, clinical, molecular, meta-analyses are necessary to advance the field of nutrition. Emphasis on ethics, scientific method, research process and analysis of results.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
or, advanced quantitative methods course (with approval of Adviser).
Pest Management
* Note: You may take BIOL 350 or ENTO 350, but not both.
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BIOL 350 Insect Biology and Control 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Introduction to insect structure, physiology, biochemistry, development, systematics, evolution, ecology and control. Stress on interrelationships and integrated pest control.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 205 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENTO 330 or ENTO 350.
- Note: This course is also offered as ENTO 350 in the winter term.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENTO 350 Insect Biology and Control 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Introduction to insect structure, physiology, biochemistry, development, systematics, evolution, ecology and control. Stress on interrelationships and integrated pest control.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 205 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENTO 330 or BIOL 350
- Note: Offered on the downtown campus. This course is also offered as BIOL 350 in the Fall term.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENTO 352 Biocontrol of Pest Insects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Modern concepts of integrated control techniques and principles of insect pest management, with emphasis on biological control (use of predators, parasites and pathogens against pest insects), population monitoring, and manipulation of environmental, behavioral and physiological factors in the pest's way of life. Physical, cultural, and genetic controls and an introduction to the use of non-toxic biochemical controls (attractants, repellents, pheromones, antimetabolites).
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have previously taken ENTO 452
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Pollution Control and Management
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BREE 322 Organic Waste Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: An introduction to engineering aspects of handling, storage and treatment of all biological and food industry wastes. Design criteria will be elaborated and related to characteristics of wastes. Physical, chemical and biological treatment systems.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- 2 lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 322.
- A fee of $24.34 is charged to support a field trip to local waste management facilities for guided tour and information-gathering for a course assignment as well as some laboratory supplies for hands-on composting and/or anaerobic digestion lab.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grant Clark
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BREE 518 Ecological Engineering 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Concepts and practice of ecological engineering: the planned creation or management of a community of organisms, their nonliving surroundings, and technological components to provide services. Survey of applications such as constructed wetlands, aquatic production systems, green infrastructure for urban storm water management, environmental restoration. Taught cooperatively with a parallel course at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Online collaboration with an interdisciplinary, international team is an important component of the course.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- One 3-hour lecture per week.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Grant Clark
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NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: The environmental contaminants which cause pollution; sources, amounts and transport of pollutants in water, air and soil; waste management.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 333
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lyle Whyte, Jessica Head
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PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
Ecology
* Note: You may take ENVR 540 or BIOL 540, but not both; you many take BIOL 451 or NRSC 451, but not both.
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AEBI 421 Trop. Horticultural Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): A comprehensive survey of the major fruit, vegetable, turf, and ornamental crops grown in Barbados. Effect of cultural practices, environment, pests and pathogens, social and touristic activities, and importation of horticultural produce on local horticulture.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 423, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 343 Biodiversity in the Caribbean 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Biodiversity loss and the measure of ecological integrity of ecosystems, patterns of diversification and evolution of terrestrial and oceanic biotas in the Caribbean.
Offered by: Biology
- Corequisites: GEOG 340, ATOC 341, FSCI 444 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 432 Limnology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): A study of the physical, chemical and biological properties of lakes and other inland waters, with emphasis on their functioning as systems.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisites: BIOL 206 and BIOL 215 or permission of instructor.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENVB 315.
- This course, involving two field weekends, has an additional fee of $353.32, which includes room and board and transportation. The fee is refundable during the period where a student can drop the course with full refund. The Department of Biology subsidizes a portion of the cost for this activity.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 451 Res in Ecol&Develop in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- Open only to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite(s): ANTH 451 or GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 465 Conservation Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Discussion of relevant theoretical and applied issues in conservation biology. Topics: biodiversity, population viability analysis, community dynamics, biology of rarity, extinction, habitat fragmentation, social issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 540 Ecology of Species Invasions 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Causes and consequences of biological invasion, as well as risk assessment methods and management strategies for dealing with invasive species.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite(s): BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 plus ENVR 202), and at least one 300- or 400-level course in ecology, evolution, or conservation biology.
- Restriction: Not open to U1 or U2 students
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ENVR 540.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Ecology revisited in view of tropical conditions. Exploring species richness. Sampling and measuring biodiversity. Conservation status of ecosystems, communities and species. Indigenous knowledge.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 24 hours lecture and 36 hours field work over a 4-week period
- Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203, and BIOL 215
- Corequisites: ENVR 451; GEOG 404 and HIST 510 alternating with GEOG 498 and AGRI 550
- Restriction: location in Panama. Students must register for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Biotic and abiotic processes that control the flows of energy, nutrients and water through ecosystems; emergent system properties; approaches to analyzing complex systems. Labs include collection and multivariate analysis of field data.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- This course carries an additional charge of 19.94 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Prerequisites: ENVB 222, AEMA 310 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 540 Ecology of Species Invasions 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Causes and consequences of biological invasion, as well as risk assessment methods and management strategies for dealing with invasive species.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 plus ENVR 202), and at least one 300- or 400-level course in ecology, evolution, or conservation biology.
- Restrictions: Not open to U1 or U2 students. Not open to students who are taking or have taken BIOL 540.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MICR 331 Microbial Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology (Agric&Envir Sc): The ecology of microorganisms, primarily bacteria and archaea, and their roles in biogeochemical cycles. Microbial interactions with the environment, plants, animals and other microbes emphasizing the underlying genetics and physiology. Diversity, evolution (microbial phylogenetics) and the application of molecular biology in microbial ecology.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 230 or AEBI 212 or ENVR 202 or permission of the instructor.
- Not recommended for U1 students.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brian T Driscoll
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NRSC 451 Res in Ecol&Develop in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 451. Open to U2 or later students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS).
- Corequisites: ANTH or GEOG 451 Society & Development in Africa
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PLNT 304 Biology of Fungi 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: This course describes the various groups of fungi and explores in depth their biology and physiology, their ecological niches and the role in various ecosystems and their benefits and uses in industry and biotechnology.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Restriction: U2 or above, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PLNT 460 Plant Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Theory and practice of plant ecology with an emphasis on the interaction between patterns and ecological processes and the dynamics, conservation and management of plant populations and communities over a range of temporal and spatial scales.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor.
- This course carries an additional charge of $170.00 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
The Population concentration in this domain is open only to students in the B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment or B.Sc. Major Environment program.
This domain considers the interface between the environment and human well-being, with particular focus on the triad that ties human health to the environment through the elements of food and infectious agents. Each of these elements is influenced by planned and unplanned environmental disturbances. For example, agricultural practices shift the balance between beneficial and harmful ingredients of food. Use of insecticides presents dilemmas with regard to the environment, economics, and human health. The distribution of infectious diseases is influenced by the climatic conditions that permit vectors to coexist with humans, by deforestation, by urbanization, and by human interventions ranging from the building of dams to provision of potable water.
In designing interventions that aim to prevent or reduce infectious contaminants in the environment, or to improve food production and nutritional quality, not only is it important to understand methods of intervention, but also to understand social forces that influence how humans respond to such interventions.
Students in the Population concentration will gain a depth of understanding at an ecosystem level that looks at society, land, and population health. Students in the Cellular concentration will explore these interactions in more depth, at a physiological level.
Suggested First Year (U1) Courses
For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the "Bieler School of Environment Student Handbook" available on the website (http://www.mcgill.ca/environment), or contact Kathy Roulet, the Program Adviser (kathy.roulet [at] mcgill.ca).
Program Requirements
Note: You are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes core and required courses.
Location Note: When planning your schedule and registering for courses, you should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Location Note: Core required courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Macdonald campus.
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ENVR 200 The Global Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: 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.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Formation of the Earth and the evolution of life. How geological and biological change are the consequence of history, chance, and necessity acting over different scales of space and time. General principles governing the formation of modern landscapes and biotas. Effects of human activities on natural systems.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics&Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 301 Environmental Research Design 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Techniques used in design and completion of environmental research projects. Problem definition, data sources and use of appropriate strategies and methodologies. Principles underlying research design are emphasized, including critical thinking, recognizing causal relationships, ideologies and bias in research, and when and where to seek expertise.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Downtown campus; Winter - Macdonald campus
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Restrictions: Restricted to U2 or higher
- Prerequisite(s): Completion of U1 Required courses in Environment, or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 400 Environmental Thought 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Students work in interdisciplinary seminar groups on challenging philosophical, ethical, scientific and practical issues. They will explore cutting-edge ideas and grapple with the reconciliation of environmental imperatives and social, political and economic pragmatics. Activities include meeting practitioners, attending guest lectures, following directed readings, and organizing, leading and participating in seminars.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
- Prerequisite: ENVR 203
- Restriction: Open only to U3 students, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Core: Complementary Course - Senior Research Project (3 credits)
Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.
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AEBI 427 Barbados Interdisc Project 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): The planning of projects and research activities related to tropical food, nutrition, or energy at the local, regional, or national scale in Barbados. Projects and activities designed in consultation with university instructors, government, NGO, or private partners, and prepared by teams of 2-3 students working cooperatively with these mentors.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 423 and AEBI 425
- Restriction(s): Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 18, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 401 Environmental Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Students work in an interdisciplinary team on a real-world research project involving problem definition, methodology development, social, ethical and environmental impact assessment, execution of the study, and dissemination of results to the research community and to the people affected. Teams begin defining their projects during the preceding summer.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 and MATH 203 or equivalent, or by permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Only open to U3 students in their final year in the following programs: B.A. Faculty Program in Environment, B.A.& Sc. Interfaculty Program in Environment, B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) and B.Sc. Major in Environment, and Diploma in Environment.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 451 Research in Panama 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Research projects will be developed by instructors in consultation with Panamanian universities, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. Project groups will consist of four to six students working with a Panamanian institution. Topics will be relevant to Panama: e.g., protection of the Canal watershed, economical alternatives to deforestation, etc.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Winter
- Restriction: students in the Panama Field Semester program. Offered in Panama only
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FSCI 444 Barbados Research Project 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Science: A research project that is supervised by McGill academic staff and is conducted in collaboration with local partners. The project topic must relate to the field of sustainability relating to the Caribbean or Barbados specifically.
Offered by: Science
- Corequisites GEOG 340, ATOC 341, BIOL 343 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Domain: Required Course (3 credits)
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PARA 410 Environment and Infection 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
Domain: Complementary Courses (39 credits)
39 credits of complementary courses are selected as follows:
24 credits - Fundamentals, maximum of 3 credits from each category
6 credits - List A categories, maximum of 3 credits from any one category
9 credits - List B categories, maximum of 3 credits from any one category
Fundamentals:
24 credits of fundamentals, 3 credits from each category:
Health and Environment
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GEOG 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Health and Society
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GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geog 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 234 Population & Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 309 Health and Illness 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 331 Population and Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Main topics and controversies linking population processes and the environment. Topics include how population processes influence the environment, population responses to changing environments, policies related to these effects, variation across and within developed and developing countries.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Toxicology
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ANSC 312 Animal Health and Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: An introduction to the pathogenesis and control of diseases in farm animals. Immune response and other protective mechanisms. Implications of animal diseases and drug therapy for product safety and public health.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Vilceu Bordignon
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ENVB 500 Advanced Topics Ecotoxicology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Exploring the impact of environmental chemicals on biological organisms in an ecological context. Basic topics in ecotoxicology, such as source and fate, routes of exposure, bioavailability, dose-response, biomarkers, and risk assessment will be covered from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The processes by which pollutants are tested, regulated, and monitored will be critically examined.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 211 and AEBI 211 and one of NRSC 333 or ANSC 323, or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jessica Head
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NUTR 512 Herbs, Foods&Phytochemicals 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures and a project
- Prerequisites (Undergraduate): FDSC 211 or LSCI 211 or BIOL 201 or BIOC 212
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick L Owen
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PHAR 303 Principles of Toxicology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Fundamental mechanisms by which toxic compounds damage a biological system (organelle, cell, organ, organism, ecosystem). Detection and quantification of toxicity and risk/benefit analysis are considered. Selected agents of current risk to human health or the environment are evaluated in depth.
Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Cellular Biology
Note: You will not receive credit for either LSCI 211 or LSCI 202, if you have already received credit for both BIOL 200 and BIOL 201; you will not receive credit for either BIOL 200 or BIOL 201 if you have already received credit for LSCI 202 and LSCI 211.
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ANSC 234 Biochemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Metabolism in humans and domestic animals. The chemistry of alimentary digestion, absorption, transport, intermediary metabolism and excretion.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Prerequisite: LSCI 211
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Deborah Martin, Werner Giehl Glanzner
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LSCI 202 Molecular Cell Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Organization and function of intracellular organelles in eukaryotic cells. Mechanisms of membrane transport. Protein sorting and vesicular transport. Cytoskeleton. DNA and chromosome structure. DNA replication. Mechanisms of RNA and protein synthesis. Control of gene expression. Cell cycle and the control of cell division. Mechanisms of cell communication and signal transduction. Apoptosis. Neuronal signaling.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Qian Liu
Molecular Biology
Note: You will not receive credit for either LSCI 211 or LSCI 202 if you have already received credit for both BIOL 200 and BIOL 201; you will not receive credit for either BIOL 200 or BIOL 201 if you have already received credit for both LSCI 202 and LSCI 211.
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LSCI 211 Biochemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids; enzymes and coenzymes. Introduction to intermediary metabolism.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Igor Cestari, Thavy Long
- Thavy Long, Igor Cestari
Statistics
One of the following Statistics courses or equivalent:
Note: Credit given for Statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students in Science should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Science.
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AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci): Measures of central tendency and dispersion; binomial and Poisson distributions; normal, chi-square, Student's t and Fisher-Snedecor F distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance for simple experimental designs.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Please note that credit will be given for only one introductory statistics course. Consult your academic advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Pierre R L Dutilleul
- Jaskaran Dhiman
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MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- No calculus prerequisites
- Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult http://www.mcgill.ca/students/transfercredit for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Nutrition
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ANSC 433 Animal Nutrition & Metabolism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Introduction to fundamental aspects of animal nutrition, including gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; nutrient functions and requirements of livestock species; evaluation of feedstuffs and their use in ration formulation; and feeding strategies. Laboratory classes will include hands-on experience on feed analyses, gastrointestinal tract dissections, nutritional experiments and demonstrations in livestock species as well as computer-based ration balancing exercises.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 1-hour lab
- Prerequisites: ANSC 234 or ANSC 330 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
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NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
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NUTR 307 Metabolism and Human Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course looks at the importance of nutrition from the molecular to the organismal levels in human health and disease. The focus will be on the significance of nutrients in regulating metabolism, and impact of genotype in the metabolism of nutrients.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite(s): ANSC 234
- Corequisite(s): ANSC 323 or NUTR 207
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial/conference hour.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes, Luis B Agellon, Ryan J Mailloux
Advanced Ecology
* Note: You may take ENVR 540 or BIOL 540, but not both; you make take BIOL 451 or NRSC 451, but not both.
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AEBI 421 Trop. Horticultural Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): A comprehensive survey of the major fruit, vegetable, turf, and ornamental crops grown in Barbados. Effect of cultural practices, environment, pests and pathogens, social and touristic activities, and importation of horticultural produce on local horticulture.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 423, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 451 Res in Ecol&Develop in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- Open only to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite(s): ANTH 451 or GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 465 Conservation Biology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Discussion of relevant theoretical and applied issues in conservation biology. Topics: biodiversity, population viability analysis, community dynamics, biology of rarity, extinction, habitat fragmentation, social issues.
Offered by: Biology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 540 Ecology of Species Invasions 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Causes and consequences of biological invasion, as well as risk assessment methods and management strategies for dealing with invasive species.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite(s): BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 plus ENVR 202), and at least one 300- or 400-level course in ecology, evolution, or conservation biology.
- Restriction: Not open to U1 or U2 students
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ENVR 540.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Ecology revisited in view of tropical conditions. Exploring species richness. Sampling and measuring biodiversity. Conservation status of ecosystems, communities and species. Indigenous knowledge.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter
- 24 hours lecture and 36 hours field work over a 4-week period
- Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203, and BIOL 215
- Corequisites: ENVR 451; GEOG 404 and HIST 510 alternating with GEOG 498 and AGRI 550
- Restriction: location in Panama. Students must register for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Biotic and abiotic processes that control the flows of energy, nutrients and water through ecosystems; emergent system properties; approaches to analyzing complex systems. Labs include collection and multivariate analysis of field data.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- This course carries an additional charge of 19.94 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Prerequisites: ENVB 222, AEMA 310 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 540 Ecology of Species Invasions 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Causes and consequences of biological invasion, as well as risk assessment methods and management strategies for dealing with invasive species.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 plus ENVR 202), and at least one 300- or 400-level course in ecology, evolution, or conservation biology.
- Restrictions: Not open to U1 or U2 students. Not open to students who are taking or have taken BIOL 540.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MICR 331 Microbial Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology (Agric&Envir Sc): The ecology of microorganisms, primarily bacteria and archaea, and their roles in biogeochemical cycles. Microbial interactions with the environment, plants, animals and other microbes emphasizing the underlying genetics and physiology. Diversity, evolution (microbial phylogenetics) and the application of molecular biology in microbial ecology.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 230 or AEBI 212 or ENVR 202 or permission of the instructor.
- Not recommended for U1 students.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Brian T Driscoll
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NRSC 451 Res in Ecol&Develop in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 451. Open to U2 or later students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS).
- Corequisites: ANTH or GEOG 451 Society & Development in Africa
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PLNT 460 Plant Ecology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Theory and practice of plant ecology with an emphasis on the interaction between patterns and ecological processes and the dynamics, conservation and management of plant populations and communities over a range of temporal and spatial scales.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor.
- This course carries an additional charge of $170.00 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
List A:
6 credits from the following List A categories, maximum of 3 credits from any one category:
Hydrology, Climate, and Agriculture
* Note: You may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322, but not both.
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AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour seminar
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 250
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 550 Sustained Tropical Agriculture 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Contrast theory and practice in defining agricultural environmental "challenges" in the Neotropics. Indigenous and appropriate technological means of mitigation. Soil management and erosion, water scarcity, water over-abundance, and water quality. Explore agro-ecosystem protection via field trips and project designs. Institutional context of conservation strategies, NGO links, and public participation.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Prerequisites: HISP 218 or equivalent; MATH 203 or AEMA 310 or equivalent
- Restriction: Restricted Enrolment. Location in Panama. Student must be registered for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ATOC 341 Caribbean Climate and Weather 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: The climate system and ongoing global change, ocean and atmosphere circulation and future trends in the tropics; local climate variability and dynamics, extreme weather events in the Caribbean
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties that are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Corequisites: BIOL 343, GEOG 340, FSCI 444 or permission of the Program Director
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $19.43 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shiv Prasher
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GEOG 321 Climatic Environments 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The earth-atmosphere system, radiation and energy balances. Surface-atmosphere exchange of energy, mass and momentum and related atmospheric processes on a local and regional scale. Introduction to measurement theory and practice in micrometeorology.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 322 Environmental Hydrology 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Quantitative, experimental study of the principles governing the movement of water at or near the Earth's surface and how the research relates to the chemistry and biology of ecosystems.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Decision Making, Techniques and Management
* Note: You may take AGEC 200 or ECON 208, but not both; you may take ENVB 529 or GEOG 201, but not both.
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AEBI 423 Sustainable Land Use 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): Management, preservation, and utilization of forage crops in sustainable tropical environments; examination of their value as livestock feed in terms of nutritional composition and impact on animal performance; land use issues as it pertains to forage and animal production in insular environments.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
- Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
- **Since this course is being taught abroad, la Fête Nationale du Québec (June 24th) and Canada Day (July 1st) statutory holidays will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lectures on both Wednesday, June 24 and Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
- Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The field of economics as it relates to the activities of individual consumers, firms and organizations. Emphasis is on the application of economic principles and concepts to everyday decision making and to the analysis of current economic issues.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
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AGEC 333 Resource Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The role of resources in the environment, use of resources, and management of economic resources within the firm or organization. Problem-solving, case studies involving private and public decision-making in organizations are utilized.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Paul Thomassin
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ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis&Applic 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
Offered by: Economics
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Principles and practice of Environmental Assessment (EA) in Canada and internationally. Exploration of issues surrounding impact assessment for sustainable development in different sectors, including their limitations.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Open to U2 students and above.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Gordon M Hickey
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ENVB 529 GIS for Natural Resource Mgmt 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis techniques to the presentation and analysis of ecological information, including sources and capture of spatial data; characterizing, transforming, displaying spatial data; and spatial analysis to solve resource management problems.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite(s): At least one environmental science course and one ecology course or permission of instructor
- Restriction(s): U2 students and above. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 201, GEOG 306 or GEOG 307, ENVB/BREE 430, or BREE 529. Limited to 32 students.
- Fall
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Viacheslav Adamchuk, Jeffrey A Cardille
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ENVR 422 Mtl Urban Sustainability Anal 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: Applied and experience-based learning opportunities are employed to critically assess Montreal as a sustainable city through research, discussion, and field trips. The urban environment is considered through various specific dimensions, ranging from: waste, energy, urban agriculture, green spaces and design, or transportation.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 421
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 201 Intro Geo-Information Science 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An introduction to Geographic Information Systems. The systematic management of spatial data. The use and construction of maps. The use of microcomputers and software for mapping and statistical work. Air photo and topographic map analyses.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours and lab
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Offered by: Geography
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 340 Sustain. in the Caribbean 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The local environmental, social, historical, political and economic context of Barbados and the Caribbean. The small island developing States (SIDS), and why those nations are more vulnerable to global environmental challenges. The 17 Sustainability Development Goals of the United Nations, with a focus on the leadership role played by Barbados for the entire Caribbean region.
Offered by: Geography
- Corequisites: ATOC 341, BIOL 343, FSCI 444 or permission of the Program Director.
- Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students from all faculties who are registered in the Barbados Field Study Semester, with minimum CGPA of 3.0.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 404 Environmental Management 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Practical application of environmental planning, analysis and management techniques with reference to the needs and problems of developing areas. Special challenges posed by cultural differences and traditional resource systems are discussed. This course involves practical field work in a developing area (Kenya or Panama).
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 302 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Philosophy: An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)
Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
or, advanced quantitative methods course (with approval of Adviser).
Development and History
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 461 Society and Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Religious Studies: Factors influencing patterns of stability and change in major social institutions and the implications for formal and non-formal education.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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HIST 292 History and the Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:History: Sketch of the history of the material aspects of human interaction with the rest of nature. Included will be a historian's view of the social, technical, and ecological implications of the great variety of activities devised by our species. Though global in outlook, this course will emphasize the relevant historiography of France, England and North America.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
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SOCI 254 Development&Underdevelopment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Summer
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
List B:
9 credits from the following List B categories, maximum of 3 credits from any one category:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
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ANSC 400 Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: The basic principles of molecular biology and the underlying molecular basis for various methodologies in molecular biology are covered. The molecular genetic basis for viral infections and tumorigenesis will be covered as examples of the use of molecular genetic approaches to address biological problems.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Prerequisite: LSCI 204
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Matthias Klein
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A study of the fundamental properties of viruses and their interactions with host cells. Bacteriophages, DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses, and retroviruses are covered. Emphasis will be on phenomena occurring at the molecular level and on the regulated control of gene expression in virus-infected cells.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MIMM 413 Parasitology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Microbiology and Immun (Sci): A study of the biology, immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions, pathogenicity, epidemiology and molecular biological aspects of selected parasites of medical importance. Laboratory will consist of a lecture on techniques, demonstrations and practical work.
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PARA 424 Fundamental Parasitology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Systematics, morphology, biology and ecology of parasitic protozoa, flatworms, roundworms and arthropods with emphasis on economically and medically important species.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Prerequisite(s): AEBI 211 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 424.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
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PARA 438 Immunology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: An in-depth analysis of the principles of cellular and molecular immunology. The emphasis of the course is on host defence against infection and on diseases caused by abnormal immune responses.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Sonzogni-Desautels
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Populations and Place
* Note: You may take ANTH 451 or GEOG 451, but not both.
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
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ANTH 451 Res in Society & Dev in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Instruction focuses on three goals: 1) existing research in selected core thematic areas, 2) participating in interdisciplinary team research, 3) developing powers of observation and independent inquiry. Students will be expected to develop research activities and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to become conversant with advances in local research in their field.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Open only to AFSS students during the year of participation in the field. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENVR 421 Mtl:Envr Hist & Sustainability 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environment: This course will focus on the role of place and history in the cities in which we live and in our understanding of sustainability. Each year, students will work to develop a historical reconstruction of the natural environment of Montreal and of its links to the cultural landscape, building on the work of previous cohorts of students.
Offered by: Bieler School of Environment
- Each year focuses on making a specific and unique contribution to The Hochelaga Project; topics vary as required.
- Prerequisite(s): ENVR 301 or equivalent, or permission from the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): ENVR 422
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 300 Human Ecology in Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: The course will examine research approaches in human ecology since its inception early in this century. Emphasis will be placed on the theoretical shifts that have led to its emergence as an important social science perspective. The course will also involve case studies to evaluate the methodological utility of the approach.
Offered by: Geography
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 451 Res in Society & Dev in Africa 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Three intersecting components: 1) core development themes including culture change, environmental conservation, water, health, development (urban and rural), governance and conflict resolution, 2) research techniques for topics related to core themes, including ethics, risk, field methods and data analysis, 3) field documentation, scientific recording and communication.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken, or are taking ANTH 451.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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GEOG 498 Humans in Tropical Envirnmnts 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Focus on understanding of inter-relations between humans and neotropical environments represented in Panama. Study of contemporary rural landscapes, their origins, development and change. Impacts of economic growth and inequality, social organization, and politics on natural resource use and environmental degradation. Site visits and field exercises in peasant/colonist, Amerindian, and plantation communities.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- 6 hours lecture for 4 weeks, 3 hours seminar, 2 hours laboratory, 8 hours conference
- Restriction: Location in Panama. Student must register for a full semester of studies in Panama
- Prerequisites: HISP 218, MATH 203 or equivalents
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. McGill undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
Pollution Control and Pest Management
* Note: You may take BIOL 350 or ENTO 350, but not both.
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BIOL 350 Insect Biology and Control 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Sci): Introduction to insect structure, physiology, biochemistry, development, systematics, evolution, ecology and control. Stress on interrelationships and integrated pest control.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 205 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENTO 330 or ENTO 350.
- Note: This course is also offered as ENTO 350 in the winter term.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BREE 322 Organic Waste Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: An introduction to engineering aspects of handling, storage and treatment of all biological and food industry wastes. Design criteria will be elaborated and related to characteristics of wastes. Physical, chemical and biological treatment systems.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- 2 lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 322.
- A fee of $24.34 is charged to support a field trip to local waste management facilities for guided tour and information-gathering for a course assignment as well as some laboratory supplies for hands-on composting and/or anaerobic digestion lab.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grant Clark
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ENTO 350 Insect Biology and Control 3 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Introduction to insect structure, physiology, biochemistry, development, systematics, evolution, ecology and control. Stress on interrelationships and integrated pest control.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- 3 hours lecture
- Prerequisite: BIOL 205 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENTO 330 or BIOL 350
- Note: Offered on the downtown campus. This course is also offered as BIOL 350 in the Fall term.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ENTO 352 Biocontrol of Pest Insects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Entomology: Modern concepts of integrated control techniques and principles of insect pest management, with emphasis on biological control (use of predators, parasites and pathogens against pest insects), population monitoring, and manipulation of environmental, behavioral and physiological factors in the pest's way of life. Physical, cultural, and genetic controls and an introduction to the use of non-toxic biochemical controls (attractants, repellents, pheromones, antimetabolites).
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have previously taken ENTO 452
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: The environmental contaminants which cause pollution; sources, amounts and transport of pollutants in water, air and soil; waste management.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 333
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Lyle Whyte, Jessica Head
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PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
Genetics
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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
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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LSCI 204 Genetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: The course integrates classical, molecular and population genetics of animals, plants, bacteria and viruses. The aim is to understand the flow of genetic information within a cell, within families and in populations. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving based learning. The laboratory exercises will emphasize the interpretation of genetic experimental data.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 202.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Benoit Charron
Program Requirement:
The program provides a global perspective on agriculture and food security, and addresses issues related to rural development, malnutrition, poverty and food safety with special emphasis on the developing world. Using a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach, the program provides students with a comprehensive set of courses at McGill in combination with hands-on experience through structured internships and study abroad opportunities. The field experience (short courses, internships or full semester) includes project development in local communities, observing subsistence agriculture in situ and participating in various activities which sensitize students to the challenges that countries face to feed their people. Students will have the opportunity to develop the knowledge base needed for successful careers in government, non-government and international institutions in the areas of international and sustainable development, international research and project management, agri-business, and food and agriculture policy analysis.
For information on academic advising, see: http://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/studentinfo/advising
Program Prerequisites
Refer to "Faculty Information and Regulations" > "Minimum Credit Requirements", in this publication for prerequisites and minimum credit requirements.
Required Courses (33 credits)
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AEBI 210 Organisms 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): The biology of plants and plant-based systems in managed and natural terrestrial environments. The interactions between autotrophs and soil organisms and selected groups of animals with close ecological and evolutionary connections with plants (e.g., herbivores and pollinators) will be explored in lecture and laboratory.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab, per week.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Mehran Dastmalchi
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AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci): Measures of central tendency and dispersion; binomial and Poisson distributions; normal, chi-square, Student's t and Fisher-Snedecor F distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance for simple experimental designs.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Please note that credit will be given for only one introductory statistics course. Consult your academic advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Pierre R L Dutilleul
- Jaskaran Dhiman
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AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The field of economics as it relates to the activities of individual consumers, firms and organizations. Emphasis is on the application of economic principles and concepts to everyday decision making and to the analysis of current economic issues.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
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AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
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AGRI 493 International Project Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Principles and practice related to management of agriculture, nutrition and environmental projects within an international context. Case-studies and workshops drawing on expertise of development professionals from government and the private sector address techniques and resources for successful planning, implementation and evaluation within a multi-sectoral framework.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ANSC 250 Principles of Animal Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Introduction to the scientific principles underlying the livestock and poultry industries. Emphasis will be placed on the breeding, physiology and nutrition of animals raised for the production of food and fibre.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Kevin Wade
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ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: With reference to the ecosystems in the St Lawrence lowlands, the principles and processes governing climate-landform-water-soil-vegetation systems and their interactions will be examined in lecture and laboratory. Emphasis on the natural environment as an integrated system.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Khosro Mousavi-Torbati
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INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
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NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. McGill undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
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AGRI 215 Agro-Ecosystems Field Course 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Through case studies and field trips, students will examine the problems and constraints within the Canadian agro-ecosystem, including the interrelationships among food production, the environment, agricultural policy and social issues. Research in this field of study will also be introduced.
Offered by: Plant Science
- This course carries an additional charge of $65.29 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips to agricultural enterprises. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour seminar
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 250
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 499 Agri. Development Internship 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Supervised internship to provide practical experience working on agricultural issues related to international development. The internship can take many forms, including work in a developing country, for an agency that focuses on international development, or on a research project that aims at solving problems faced by developing populations.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Students should take this course after having completed four semesters in their undergraduate program. It is the student's responsibility to find an appropriate internship, which must be approved by the instructor before registration is authorized.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Julie Major
- Julie Major
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ANSC 420 Animal Biotechnology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Applications of animal biotechnology in agriculture, biomedicine and environmental preservation, including culture, manipulation and transformation of somatic cells, isolation of stem cells, reproductive biotechnologies, animal cloning by nuclear transplantation, production of genetically modified and gene-edited animals, and cell and gene therapies.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karina Gutierrez
-
BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $19.43 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shiv Prasher
-
FDSC 310 Post Harvest Fruit&Veg Technol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The post harvest chemistry and physiology of horticultural crops as they affect quality and marketability, handling methods pre and post harvest, principles and practices in cooling, storage, transportation and packaging.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- This course carries an additional charge of $48.67 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hosahalli Ramaswamy
-
NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
-
PLNT 300 Cropping Systems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Application of plant science and soil science to production of agronomic and horticultural crops. Use and sustainability of fertilization, weed control, crop rotation, tillage, drainage and irrigation practices.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: AEBI 210
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Donald L Smith
-
PLNT 435 Plant Breeding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Principles and practices of plant breeding, including reproduction of crop plants; plant hybridization; sources of genetic variation; selection methods used for self- and cross-pollinated crops and for clonally reproduced crops; breeding for diseases and pest resistance; applications of biotechnology in plant breeding.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Valerio Hoyos-Villegas
-
SOIL 315 Soil Nutrient Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Plant nutrients in the soil, influence of soil properties on nutrient absorption and plant growth, use of organic and inorganic fertilizers.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one lab
- Prerequisite(s): ENVB 210 or GEOG 305 or SOIL 326 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Joann Whalen
-
SOIL 326 Soils in a Changing Environ 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Soil processes responsible for soil formation will be studied and the impact of changes to the physical and chemical environment will be discussed.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: A previous course in soil science, geography, geology or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Specialization (24 credits)
Students must also complete at least one Specialization of 24 credits.
Program Requirement:
Students can use their electives to complete the Honours program. The courses credited to the Honours program must be in addition to any required or complementary courses taken to satisfy the requirements of the student's Major and Specialization.
In addition to satisfying the Honours requirements, students must apply for the Honours program in March or April of their U2 year. It is the responsibility of the student to find a professor who is willing to support and supervise the research project. No student will be accepted into the program until a supervisor has agreed to supervise the student. Applicants must have a minimum CGPA of 3.3 to enter the Honours program and they must earn a B grade (3.0) or higher in the courses making up the Honours program. Students are required to achieve a minimum overall CGPA of 3.3 at graduation to obtain honours. Students can use their electives to complete the Honours program. The courses credited to the Honours program must be in addition to any required or complementary courses taken to satisfy the requirements of the student's major and specialization.
The Honours program consists of 12 credits of courses that follow one of two plans listed below.
Students who meet all the requirements will have the name of their program changed to include the word "Honours."
A brief description of the Honours project activities involved will be documented and signed by the Program Director of the student's Major, the supervisor of the Honours project, and the student.
The program provides a global perspective on agriculture and food security, and addresses issues related to rural development, malnutrition, poverty and food safety with special emphasis on the developing world. Using a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach, the program provides students with a comprehensive set of courses at McGill in combination with hands-on experience through structured internships and study abroad opportunities. The field experience (short courses, internships, or full semester) includes project development in local communities, observing subsistence agriculture in situ, and participating in various activities which sensitize students to the challenges that countries face to feed their people. Students will have the opportunity to develop the knowledge base needed for successful careers in government, non-government, and international institutions in the areas of international and sustainable development, international research and project management, agri-business, and food and agriculture policy analysis.
Program Prerequisites
Refer to "Faculty Information and Regulations" > "Minimum Credit Requirements" in this eCalendar for prerequisites and minimum credit requirements.
Required Courses (33 credits)
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AEBI 210 Organisms 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): The biology of plants and plant-based systems in managed and natural terrestrial environments. The interactions between autotrophs and soil organisms and selected groups of animals with close ecological and evolutionary connections with plants (e.g., herbivores and pollinators) will be explored in lecture and laboratory.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab, per week.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Mehran Dastmalchi
-
AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci): Measures of central tendency and dispersion; binomial and Poisson distributions; normal, chi-square, Student's t and Fisher-Snedecor F distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance for simple experimental designs.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Please note that credit will be given for only one introductory statistics course. Consult your academic advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Pierre R L Dutilleul
- Jaskaran Dhiman
-
AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The field of economics as it relates to the activities of individual consumers, firms and organizations. Emphasis is on the application of economic principles and concepts to everyday decision making and to the analysis of current economic issues.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
-
AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
-
AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
-
AGRI 493 International Project Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Principles and practice related to management of agriculture, nutrition and environmental projects within an international context. Case-studies and workshops drawing on expertise of development professionals from government and the private sector address techniques and resources for successful planning, implementation and evaluation within a multi-sectoral framework.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ANSC 250 Principles of Animal Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Introduction to the scientific principles underlying the livestock and poultry industries. Emphasis will be placed on the breeding, physiology and nutrition of animals raised for the production of food and fibre.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Kevin Wade
-
ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Environmental Biology: With reference to the ecosystems in the St Lawrence lowlands, the principles and processes governing climate-landform-water-soil-vegetation systems and their interactions will be examined in lecture and laboratory. Emphasis on the natural environment as an integrated system.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Khosro Mousavi-Torbati
-
INTD 200 Intro to Int'l Development 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:International Development: An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
-
NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. McGill undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
Complementary Courses (21 credits)
9 credits from the following:
-
AGRI 215 Agro-Ecosystems Field Course 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Through case studies and field trips, students will examine the problems and constraints within the Canadian agro-ecosystem, including the interrelationships among food production, the environment, agricultural policy and social issues. Research in this field of study will also be introduced.
Offered by: Plant Science
- This course carries an additional charge of $65.29 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips to agricultural enterprises. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
-
AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour seminar
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 250
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
-
AGRI 499 Agri. Development Internship 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Supervised internship to provide practical experience working on agricultural issues related to international development. The internship can take many forms, including work in a developing country, for an agency that focuses on international development, or on a research project that aims at solving problems faced by developing populations.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Students should take this course after having completed four semesters in their undergraduate program. It is the student's responsibility to find an appropriate internship, which must be approved by the instructor before registration is authorized.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Julie Major
- Julie Major
-
ANSC 420 Animal Biotechnology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Applications of animal biotechnology in agriculture, biomedicine and environmental preservation, including culture, manipulation and transformation of somatic cells, isolation of stem cells, reproductive biotechnologies, animal cloning by nuclear transplantation, production of genetically modified and gene-edited animals, and cell and gene therapies.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karina Gutierrez
-
BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering
- Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
- This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
- This course carries an additional course charge of $19.43 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Shiv Prasher
-
FDSC 310 Post Harvest Fruit&Veg Technol 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The post harvest chemistry and physiology of horticultural crops as they affect quality and marketability, handling methods pre and post harvest, principles and practices in cooling, storage, transportation and packaging.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- This course carries an additional charge of $48.67 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hosahalli Ramaswamy
-
NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Natural Resource Sciences: Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
-
PLNT 300 Cropping Systems 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Application of plant science and soil science to production of agronomic and horticultural crops. Use and sustainability of fertilization, weed control, crop rotation, tillage, drainage and irrigation practices.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: AEBI 210
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Donald L Smith
-
PLNT 435 Plant Breeding 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Plant Science: Principles and practices of plant breeding, including reproduction of crop plants; plant hybridization; sources of genetic variation; selection methods used for self- and cross-pollinated crops and for clonally reproduced crops; breeding for diseases and pest resistance; applications of biotechnology in plant breeding.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Valerio Hoyos-Villegas
-
SOIL 315 Soil Nutrient Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Plant nutrients in the soil, influence of soil properties on nutrient absorption and plant growth, use of organic and inorganic fertilizers.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one lab
- Prerequisite(s): ENVB 210 or GEOG 305 or SOIL 326 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Joann Whalen
-
SOIL 326 Soils in a Changing Environ 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Soil Science: Soil processes responsible for soil formation will be studied and the impact of changes to the physical and chemical environment will be discussed.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: A previous course in soil science, geography, geology or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Honours Courses
12 credits of Honours Plan A or Plan B:
Honours Plan A
Two 6-credit Honours research courses in the subject area of the student's major, chosen in consultation with the Program Director of the student's major and the professor who has agreed to supervise the research project.
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FAES 401 Honours Research Project 1 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Agric & Envir Sci: Students will prepare a Literature Review, Progress Report and deliver a Proposal Seminar as well as begin work on the research project. Completion of the project will take place in FAES 402, Honours Research Project 2.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restrictions: This course is intended for senior undergraduate students (U3) in the final year of their Honours program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
- Sergio A Burgos
-
FAES 402 Honours Research Project 2 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Agric & Envir Sci: Honours Research Project 2 is the completion of the project begun in FAES 401 and requires a Progress Report, a Final Project Report and a Project Presentation.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Prerequisites: FAES 401 and permission of instructor
- Restrictions: This course is intended for senior undergraduate students (U3) in the final year of their Honours program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jacqueline C Bede, Sergio A Burgos, Denis Roy
- Sergio A Burgos
OR
Honours Plan B
A minimum of two 3-credit Honours courses and 6 credits in 400- or 500-level courses, from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, selected in consultation with the Program Director of the student's major. The topic of the Honours research project must be on a topic related to their major and selected in consultation with the Program Director of the student's major and the professor who has agreed to supervise the research project.
-
FAES 405 Honours Project 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Agric & Envir Sci: Students will prepare a Literature Review, Progress Report and deliver a Proposal Seminar as well as begin work on the research project. Completion of the project will take place in FAES 406, Honours Project 2.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restrictions: This course is intended for senior undergraduate students (U3) in the final year of their Honours program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
- Sergio A Burgos
-
FAES 406 Honours Project 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Faculty of Agric & Envir Sci: Honours Project 2 is the completion of the project begun in FAES 405 and requires a Progress Report, a Final Project Report and a Project Presentation.
Offered by: Agricultural & Env.Sc.-Dean
- Prerequisites: FAES 405 and permission of instructor
- Restrictions: This course is intended for senior undergraduate students (U3) in the final year of their Honours program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
- Sergio A Burgos
Specialization (24 credits)
Students must also complete at least one Specialization of 24 credits.
Program Requirement:
This Major covers many aspects of human nutrition and food and their impact on health and society at the community and international level. It offers a core emphasis on the scientific fundamentals of nutrition and metabolism throughout the lifespan. The specialization in global nutrition emphasizes the importance of the interaction of nutrition, diet, water, environment, and infection. This degree does not lead to professional licensure as a Dietitian/Nutritionist. Graduates are qualified for careers in national and international governmental and non-governmental food and health agencies, in world development programs, in the food sector, and the health science communications field. Graduates often continue on to graduate studies preparing for careers in public health, epidemiology, research, medicine, and dentistry or as specialists in nutrition.
Please refer to "Faculty Information and Regulations" > "Minimum Credit Requirements" in this eCalendar for prerequisites and minimum credit requirements.
For information on academic advising, see: http://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/studentinfo/advising
Required Courses (63 credits)
All required courses must be passed with a minimum grade of C.
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AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci): Measures of central tendency and dispersion; binomial and Poisson distributions; normal, chi-square, Student's t and Fisher-Snedecor F distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression and correlation; analysis of variance for simple experimental designs.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Two 1.5-hour lectures and one 2-hour lab
- Please note that credit will be given for only one introductory statistics course. Consult your academic advisor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Pierre R L Dutilleul
- Jaskaran Dhiman
-
ANSC 234 Biochemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Metabolism in humans and domestic animals. The chemistry of alimentary digestion, absorption, transport, intermediary metabolism and excretion.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Prerequisite: LSCI 211
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Deborah Martin, Werner Giehl Glanzner
-
ANSC 323 Mammalian Physiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: A study of the organization, functions and regulation of various organ systems in mammals. The nervous, endocrine, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, digestive and reproductive systems are discussed.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
ANSC 424 Metabolic Endocrinology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: A detailed study of the endocrine system and its role in the maintenance of homeostasis in higher vertebrates, including the endocrine regulation of energy balance.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: ANSC 323
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Raj Duggavathi
-
FDSC 200 Introduction to Food Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: This course enables one to gain an appreciation of the scope of food science as a discipline. Topics include introductions to chemistry, processing, packaging, analysis, microbiology, product development, sensory evaluation and quality control as they relate to food science.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Xiaonan Lu
-
FDSC 251 Food Chemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: A study of the chemistry and functionality of the major components comprising food systems, such as water, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The relationship of these components to food stability will be studied in terms of degradative reactions and processing.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ashraf A Ismail
-
FDSC 305 Food Chemistry 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: A study of the chemistry and functionality of the minor components comprising food systems, such as enzymes, anthocyanins, carotenoids, additives, vitamins and essential oils. The relationship of these components to food stability in terms of degradative reactions and processing.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 251
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Benjamin K Simpson
-
LSCI 204 Genetics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: The course integrates classical, molecular and population genetics of animals, plants, bacteria and viruses. The aim is to understand the flow of genetic information within a cell, within families and in populations. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving based learning. The laboratory exercises will emphasize the interpretation of genetic experimental data.
Offered by: Plant Science
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 202.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Jean-Benoit Charron
-
LSCI 211 Biochemistry 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: Biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids; enzymes and coenzymes. Introduction to intermediary metabolism.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Igor Cestari, Thavy Long
- Thavy Long, Igor Cestari
-
LSCI 230 Introductory Microbiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Life Sciences: The occurrence and importance of microorganisms in the biosphere. Principles governing growth, death and metabolic activities of microorganisms. An introduction to the microbiology of soil, water, plants, food, humans and animals.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sebastien Faucher
-
NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Provides students who have a basic biology/chemistry background with the fundamental information on how macronutrients, vitamins and minerals are metabolized in the body, followed by application to evaluate current issues of maximizing health and disease prevention at different stages of the lifecycle.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Corequisites: FDSC 230 [for students that have not taken the CEGEP equivalent OOXV].
- Prerequisites: AEBI 122 or BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent OOXU
- Restriction: Not open to students who take NUTR 200 or EDKP 292
- Restriction: Science students in physical science and psychology programs who wish to take this course should see the Arts and Science Student Affairs Office for permission to register.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes
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NUTR 214 Food Fundamentals 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food composition and structure. Scientific principles underlying physical, chemical, and nutrient content changes during food preparation. The role of ingredients and nutrients, and their interaction in food preparation. Culture of food including historical context and sustainability. Sensory evaluation and food safety.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- One 3-hour lecture and one 4-hour lab
- Prerequisite: FDSC 230 or corequisite with instructor's permission.
- Corequisite(s): LSCI 211 and NUTR 207
- Not to be charged in Fall 2020. This course includes a fee of $350 for a culinary tool kit, chef coat, hairnet, food ingredients, supplies and laboratory manual. The fee is refundable as long as the kit and supplies have not been opened, used or scratched and the manual is intact. Students who drop this course during the course add/drop period may return the kit (if already received) to their department, who will then advise the Student Accounts Office to reverse the charges for the fee once they have inspected the materials and found them to be in acceptable condition.
- Restriction(s): Enrolment restricted to Dietetics, Nutrition and Concurrent degrees or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Amani Al-asmar
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NUTR 307 Metabolism and Human Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course looks at the importance of nutrition from the molecular to the organismal levels in human health and disease. The focus will be on the significance of nutrients in regulating metabolism, and impact of genotype in the metabolism of nutrients.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite(s): ANSC 234
- Corequisite(s): ANSC 323 or NUTR 207
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial/conference hour.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Linda J Wykes, Luis B Agellon, Ryan J Mailloux
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NUTR 322 Applied Sciences Communication 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: The principles and techniques of communicating applied sciences to individuals and groups in both the professional and public milieu. Effective public speaking and group interaction techniques. Communication materials selection, development, use, and evaluation. Writing for the media. Balancing risk and reason in communicating scientific findings.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Winter
- 2 lectures, 1 lab
- Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credits in a B.Sc. program
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Popi Kasvis
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NUTR 337 Nutrition Through Life 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrient utilization, requirements and recommended allowances as related to physiological development throughout the life cycle. Physiological, psychological and environmental determinants of eating behaviour.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Michèle Iskandar
-
NUTR 344 Clinical Nutrition 1 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Clinical nutrition assessment and dietary modification of pathological conditions including hypertension, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, COPD, introduction to diabetes, dysphagia.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Winter
- Two 2.5-hour lectures
- Prerequisites: ANSC 234 or BIOC 311, and ANSC 323, and NUTR 307.
- Corequisites: NUTR 337 and ANSC 424.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Stephanie Chevalier
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NUTR 450 Research Meth: Human Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Introduction to how diverse approaches to nutrition research including international, community, laboratory, clinical, molecular, meta-analyses are necessary to advance the field of nutrition. Emphasis on ethics, scientific method, research process and analysis of results.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
-
NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
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NUTR 505 Public Health Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course focuses on the nutrition status of populations, communities and groups of people using a public health lens. It identifies and assesses human nutrition issues and problems, their causes, influencing factors and social conditions using a social determinants of health framework. Offers opportunities to design and conduct needs assessments, design and plan programs and plan for their evaluation. The purpose and role of participatory approaches with diverse populations and Indigenous populations in particular will be analyzed. Health systems, public health and political influence in Canada, as related to nutrition will be addressed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite: NUTR 337
- Restrictions: Not open to students who were registered for NUTR 403 in Fall 2017
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Treena Delormier
-
NUTR 512 Herbs, Foods&Phytochemicals 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 3 lectures and a project
- Prerequisites (Undergraduate): FDSC 211 or LSCI 211 or BIOL 201 or BIOC 212
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Patrick L Owen
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
12 credits of complementary courses are selected as follows:
Common Complementary Courses
6 credits selected from:
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ANSC 433 Animal Nutrition & Metabolism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: Introduction to fundamental aspects of animal nutrition, including gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; nutrient functions and requirements of livestock species; evaluation of feedstuffs and their use in ration formulation; and feeding strategies. Laboratory classes will include hands-on experience on feed analyses, gastrointestinal tract dissections, nutritional experiments and demonstrations in livestock species as well as computer-based ration balancing exercises.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 1-hour lab
- Prerequisites: ANSC 234 or ANSC 330 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
-
ANSC 560 Biology of Lactation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: An interdisciplinary approach to the study of mammary development, the onset of lactation and its cessation, comparing the differences in mammalian species in mammary development from embryological, pre- and post-pubertal and pre- and post-partum aspects. Lactation at the cellular and biochemical levels.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
-
FDSC 537 Nutraceutical Chemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: The origin, classification, mechanism of action and chemical properties of potential and established nutraceutical compounds and their applications in functional foods.
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Fall
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: FDSC 211 or LSCI 211, FDSC 230 and FDSC 233 or permission of instructor.
- Course offered in even years.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Varoujan Yaylayan
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FDSC 545 Advances in Food Microbiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Food Science: An advanced level food microbiology course providing a perspective on advanced topics in food microbiology (microbial biofilms, antimicrobial resistance, bacterial endospores) and describing the fundamental principles of advanced techniques in food microbiology (microbiological, biochemical, immunological, genetics methods).
Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisite: MICR 230 or LSCI 230, or permission of instructor
- Offered in alternate years only
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jennifer Ronholm
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NUTR 503 Nutrition and Exercise 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Interaction of exercise physiology with nutrient and energy metabolism in healthy adults. Principles of physical training and role of physical activity and exercise in weight management and food intake regulation. Importance of physical activity in childhood, during pregnancy, in healthy adults and in improving functional capacity in the elderly.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- Prerequisites: Undergraduate Basic Biochemistry (ANSC 234 or BIOC 311), Undergraduate Mammalian Physiology (EDKP 395 or PHGY 210 or ANSC 323), Undergraduate Introductory Nutrition (EDKP 292 or NUTR 207 or NUTR 307).
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Hugues Plourde, Ross Andersen
-
NUTR 507 Adv Nutritional Biochemistry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Specialized advanced topics in human nutrition, biochemistry and metabolism, including the dietary absorption and metabolism of iron, copper, and selenium and their role in energy metabolism, antioxidant defence, toxin elimination, and redox signaling and food source contamination, nutritional toxicology, and the negative impact these toxins have on metabolic networks and antioxidant defences.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisites: NUTR 307, NUTR 337, ANSC 234
- A strong understanding of basic cellular metabolism is vital for success.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ryan J Mailloux
-
NUTR 511 Nutrition and Behaviour 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will integrate biological, social and psychological determinants of eating and food choices in both health and disease. Topics will include behavioural theories relevant to eating and food choice, neurobiology of appetite regulation, mental health, obesity, chronic disease and effectiveness of behaviour-change intervention strategies.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Daiva E Nielsen
-
NUTR 537 Advanced Human Metabolism 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Advanced topics in regulation and dysregulation of metabolism integrating mechanistic pre-clinical approaches to studying human health and disease. Presentation and critical analysis of metabolic research.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ryan J Mailloux, Linda J Wykes, Luis B Agellon
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NUTR 545 Clinical Nutrition 2 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Pathophysiology and clinical nutrition intervention for various medical conditions. Topics include gastrointestinal disorders, surgery and nutrition support.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Chelsia A Gillis
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NUTR 546 Clinical Nutrition 3 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Clinical nutrition for diabetes, renal disease, eating disorders and other disorders in both adult and pediatric populations.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 551 Analysis of Nutrition Data 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Practical application of theoretical concepts in data analysis covering issues of study design, data collection, database organization, and statistical analysis using SPSS statistical software. Applications of statistical tests, reporting and interpretation of results, and data visualization.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- Prerequisites: NUTR 337, AEMA 310 or another undergraduate-level statistics course.
- Corequisite: NUTR 450
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Daiva E Nielsen
-
PARA 438 Immunology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: An in-depth analysis of the principles of cellular and molecular immunology. The emphasis of the course is on host defence against infection and on diseases caused by abnormal immune responses.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Karine Sonzogni-Desautels
6 credits selected from:
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AGEC 330 Agriculture and Food Markets 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: Nature and organization of agricultural and food markets as economic institutions, including the application of economic theory to problems within the agri-food marketing chain. Spatial and temporal price relationships, and the role of market structure.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.
Offered by: Agricultural Economics
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Aurelie P Harou
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AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.
Offered by: Plant Science
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour seminar
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 250
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Caroline B Begg
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AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Elsa Vasseur
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ANSC 560 Biology of Lactation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Animal Science: An interdisciplinary approach to the study of mammary development, the onset of lactation and its cessation, comparing the differences in mammalian species in mammary development from embryological, pre- and post-pubertal and pre- and post-partum aspects. Lactation at the cellular and biochemical levels.
Offered by: Animal Science
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Sergio A Burgos
-
ANTH 302 New Horizons in Medical Anth. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Anthropology: Using recent ethnographies as textual material, this course will cover theoretical and methodological developments in medical anthropology since the early 1990's. Topics include a reconsideration of the relationship between culture and biology, medical pluralism revisited, globalization and health and disease, and social implications of new biomedical technologies.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 227
- Restriction: Anthropology program students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
GEOG 303 Health Geography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
GEOG 403 Global Health & Envir. Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. McGill undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Hugo R Melgar-Quiñonez
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NUTR 430 Directed Studies:Diet & Nutr 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: An individualized course of study in dietetics/human nutrition under the supervision of a staff member with expertise on a topic not otherwise available in a formal course. A written agreement between student and staff member must be made before registration and filed with the Program Coordinator.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall and Winter
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Ryan J Mailloux
- Ryan J Mailloux
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NUTR 506 Qualitative Methods: Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: Perspectives in study design, methods, and analysis. The application of qualitative research for developing, implementing, and evaluating community nutrition programs. Critiquing qualitative research articles and proposals for cultural safety and scientific rigour.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite: NUTR 551
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUTR 520 Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: An in-depth examination of the antecedents of nutritional issues, understanding of the traditional and contemporary food systems, and nutrition-related health outcomes of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (North America). Topics include the changing patterns of food use, systems of traditional and market food, techniques and ethics of nutritional and environmental research with Indigenous peoples. Culturally safe research and health promotion approaches for addressing the nutrition and health concerns of Indigenous communities.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PARA 410 Environment and Infection 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Petra Rohrbach
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PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Parasitology: The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.
Offered by: Parasitology
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Niladri Basu
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Elective Courses (15 credits)
15 credits of Electives are taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree. Reciprocal agreement allows all students to take a limited number of electives at any Quebec university. With prior approval students can take electives at any Canadian or international university.
Master Degrees
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Program Requirement:
The Population Dynamics Option (PDO) is open to Masters (non-thesis) students in Sociology specializing in Population Dynamics. The purpose of this program is to provide graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and an overview substantive course on the key population issues facing societies today. In addition, students will take one complementary course in Sociology; Economics; or Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, which focusses on a particular population issue such as population health, migration, aging, family dynamics, and labour markets and skills acquisition. Students will attend at least five of the seminars given in the Social Statistics and Population Dynamics Seminar series. Research projects must be on a topic relating to population dynamics, approved by the PDO coordinating committee.
Research Project (18 credits)
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SOCI 696 Research Paper 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Exploratory research for the selection of a research topic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOCI 697 Research Paper 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Preparation, submission and approval of the proposal by the student to his/her supervisor.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOCI 699 Research Paper 4 12 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Completion, submission and approval of the research paper by the committee.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Required Courses (24 credits)
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SOCI 504 Quantitative Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): An introduction to basic regression techniques commonly used in the social sciences. Covers the least squares linear regression model in depth and may introduce models for discrete dependent variables as well as the maximum-likelihood approach to statistical inference. Emphasis on the assumptions behind regression models and correct interpretation of results. Assignments will emphasize practical aspects of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOCI 545 Sociology of Population 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 580 Social Res Design&Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Asking researchable sociological questions and evaluation of different research designs used to answer such questions. Development of cogent research proposals, including data collection procedures. Principles, dynamics, strengths and practical limitations of research designs. Examples from recent publications.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to U3 and graduate students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOCI 600 Qualitative Research Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Overview of qualitative research design and modes of data collection, particularly observation, interviewing and focus groups. Students are required to design and undertake their own qualitative research project. Introduction to computerized tools for qualitative data management, transcription and analysis.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken SOCI 540.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 603 Bibliographic Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Research-related skills for the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Corequisite: SOCI 604.
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology M.A. students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOCI 604 Bibliographic Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Advanced research-related skills for the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Corequisite: SOCI 603.
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology M.A. students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 625D1 Prof Dev Seminar in Sociology
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Professional development of incoming graduate students in sociology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course will be offered every other week, during the Fall and Winter terms, for a duration of one hour.
- Restrictions: Open to incoming graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
- Students must register at the same time for SOCI 625 D1 and SOCI 625D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 625D2 Prof Dev Seminar in Sociology
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Professional development of incoming graduate students in sociology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course will be offered every other week, during the Fall and Winter terms, for a duration of one hour.
- Restrictions: Open to incoming graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 626 Demographic Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to demographic measurement and modeling. Course covers direct and indirect estimation, standardization, life table construction, and population projections.
Offered by: Sociology
- Specific topics may vary from semester to semester.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 652 Current Sociological Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of works in some major areas of Sociology with a focus on: antecedent thought and research in the area; the internal structure and consistency of these works; the validity of the major claims made; and the implications for future theoretical development and research.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 330
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
All students must have taken these courses or take them during the first year of the program. Students granted an exemption from any one or more of these courses by the Graduate Studies Committee must substitute another substantive seminar at the 500 level or higher in its place.
Complementary Course (3 credits)
3 credits at the 500 level or higher related to population dynamics selected from the following:
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ECON 634 Economic Development 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A systematic treatment of the characteristics and problems of economic development in underdeveloped countries.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 641 Labour Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A synthesis of theoretical developments in the area of labour economics with stress upon problems of empirical testing.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 734 Economic Development 4 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Problems of economic growth and planning in selected underdeveloped countries. Topics covered vary from year to year in response to student interests; growth, poverty and income distribution, LDC labour markets and institutions, trade and development, international debt problems, issues in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 741 Advanced Labour Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Selected theoretical and policy issues in labour economics.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 742 Empirical Microeconomics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Surveys the empirical techniques used in applied microeconomic fields, particularly development and labour economics. Focus is on the formulation of empirical models derived from economic theory, and on various estimation methodologies, including panel data econometrics, limited dependent variable models, and duration analysis. A "hands on" approach is emphasized.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 744 Health Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The emphasis will be on describing and analyzing the structure and performance of the Canadian health system, though some attention will be given to recent attempts by the federal and provincial governments to deal with current problems in this field. Readings will be selected from the economics and health literature.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 648 Methods in Social Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Methods for conducting studies in social epidemiology and population health will be covered. Topics will include causal inference; measurement and concepts of social exposures; methods for study design and analysis. Techniques for descriptive and etiologic investigations of socioeconomic position, gender, race and ethnicity, geography, and social policies will be discussed.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 681 Global Health: Epid. Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: A review of selected epidemiological research focussing on global health and disease topics. Research will be mostly from developing countries and research methods will be highlighted. Case studies will be used to illustrate specific applications and challenges.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: With permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 528 Economic Eval of Hlth Programs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 528.
- No prior background in economics is required.
- Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 615 Intro:Infectious Disease Epid 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 502 Sociology of Fertility 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): An upper-level course that will cover the major theories and findings from the social scientific study of fertility behavior. Readings and discussion will focus on the causal linkages between social change and transitions in fertility behavior. We will examine contemporary and historical fertility behavior and transitions across the globe.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students and final year undergraduates
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 512 Ethnicity & Public Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Major themes in the theoretical literature on ethnicity. Public policies with direct and indirect implications for inter-ethnic relations will be studied. Policies affecting areas such as language, education, immigration, employment and promotion, multiculturalism and welfare. Examples drawn from several multi-ethnic societies. Political, constitutional, and economic problems associated with these policy initiatives.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 230 or permission from the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOCI 629.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken PPHS 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 526 IndigenousWomen'sHlth&Hlthcare 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course examines (i) the health status of Indigenous women in Canada, (ii) Indigenous ways of knowing about health, (iii) healthcare services, delivery, and access for Indigenous women in rural and remote areas as well as in urban centres, (iv) and participatory health research with Indigenous communities.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: Undergraduate students must obtain permission of instructor to enroll in the course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 535 Sociology of the Family 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 588 Biosociology/Biodemography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
The M.Sc. in Experimental Surgery, Concentration in Global Surgery, emphasizes health care needs specifically within the surgical field in resource-limited settings. It comprises three main pillars: research, education, and mentorship. Through extensive research work, students will participate in the design and implementation of innovative approaches in surgical care and injury surveillance, advancing the surgical capacities in low and middle income countries. Students will also participate in global surgical endeavors allowing professionals from partner countries and Canada to engage in a learning and knowledge transfer experience through training and courses. Students choosing this option will have the opportunity to engage in international research projects including injury epidemiology surveillance and assessment of surgical access through the study of databases. The thesis must be relevant to global surgery.
Thesis Courses (30 credits)
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EXSU 690 M.Sc. Research 1 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Experimental Surgery: Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: Surgery
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EXSU 691 M.Sc. Research 2 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Experimental Surgery: Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: Surgery
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EXSU 692 M.Sc. Research 3 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Experimental Surgery: Independent research work under the direction of the Thesis Supervisor and the Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: Surgery
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EXSU 693 M.Sc. Thesis 18 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Experimental Surgery: Written and oral presentation of thesis proposal to the research Supervisory Committee.
Offered by: Surgery
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Required Courses (9 credits)
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EPIB 507 Biostats for Health Sciences 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Human Nutrition, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
- Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.
- Due to the intensive nature of this course during the summer session, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day. The standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines apply for sections of this course offered during the Fall or Winter semesters.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 521 Regression Anal for Health Sc. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: The aim of this course is to provide students with basic principles of regression analyses applicable to the health sciences so that they can understand and use appropriate statistical regression techniques for continuous and discrete data. The course will cover: Linear regression: Regression for two or more explanatory variables, Polynomial regression, Dummy variables, Inference for regression parameters, Confounding and collinearity, Effect modification, Model-checking, Model selection, Prediction. Logistic and Poisson regression: Logistic regression for one or more variables, Interpreting odds ratios, Inference for logistic and Poisson regression parameters, Confounding and interactions in logistic regression, Model selection, Prediction. A very brief overview of survival analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 507 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Course not open to students registered in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics or Public Health programs. Not open to students who have taken EPIB 591 when topic was “Regression Analysis for Health Sciences".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EXSU 602 Knowledge Management 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Experimental Surgery: Critical elements required for the creation and delivery of digital slide presentations.
Offered by: Surgery
- 3 hours/week
- Compulsory for students in the Department of Surgery and available to others by permission of the coordinators
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EXSU 601, 601D1/D2, 601N1/N2 prior to Fall 2019.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Jacques Lapointe
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits, taken from 500-, 600-, or 700-level courses in consultation with the Research Advisory Committee.
Depending on their individual background, students may be asked by their Research Advisory Committee to take additional courses.
Program Requirement:
The M.Sc. in Family Medicine; Global Health emphasizes the foundational values of global primary health care including health equity, cultural safety, social participation in health, and integrated, whole-person care over the life-span. The program provides comprehensive training in quantitative and qualitative methods, the participatory research approach, and integrated knowledge translation and exchange. Topics include primary health care policy and practice, decolonizing approaches, program management, social determinants of health and heath equity, and healthcare delivery innovations. The thesis must focus on an international or Canadian global health issue.
Thesis Courses (24 credits)
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FMED 697 Master's Thesis Research 1 12 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Independent work under the direction of a supervisor in a designated area of research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the M.Sc in Family Medicine program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Tibor Schuster, Isabelle M Vedel
- Isabelle M Vedel
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FMED 698 Master's Thesis Research 2 12 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Independent work under the direction of a supervisor in a designated area of research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the M.Sc in Family Medicine program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Tibor Schuster, Isabelle M Vedel
- Isabelle M Vedel
Required Courses (9 credits)
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FMED 504 Family Med. Research Seminars 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Research seminars on various topics relevant to family medicine research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: Priority will be given to students registered in the MSc in Experimental Medicine Family Medicine program.
- Topic Winter 2024: Foundations of Global Primary Health Care
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Alayne Mary Adams, Anne Cockcroft
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FMED 505 Epid&Data Analy in Prim Care 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: An introduction of epidemiological concepts, data analysis, and methods applicable to primary care research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Open to all graduate students in Faculty of Medicine.
- Priority to students registered in the MSc in Family Medicine program.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking DENT 505
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Alexandra De Pokomandy, Belinda Farias Nicolau, Tracie A Barnett, Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil, Tibor Schuster
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FMED 603 Found of Participatory Reserch 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Principles and main applications of modern participatory research in health organizations.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Restriction: Only open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Neil Andersson
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FMED 615 Appl Know Trans & Exch in Hlth 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Intended for health care practitioners, planners, and researchers, especially in resource-poor settings in Canada and internationally, students will be exposed to behaviour change models; techniques for critical evaluation of existing evidence; accountability in health services; and scientific writing and presenting, using a blended learning approach.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Language of instruction: English
- Restriction: Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- **This course will be held on June 3, 10, 20, 27 & 28.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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FMED 625 Qualitative Health Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Discussion and practice of qualitative methodologies for conducting rigorous and reflective qualitative research projects with a family medicine and primary health care focus, including ethnographic fieldwork and community interviews.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Course will be given in English. Course work may be submitted in English or French.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYT 625. Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (7 or 9 credits)
7 or 9 credits from the following:
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FMED 506 Indigenous PerspDecolonHlthRes 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: An examination and reflection of traditional Indigenous world view and ways of knowing; the Canadian colonization and assimilation experience and their outcomes and impacts; and the contemporary Indigenous health research landscape bringing Indigenous ways of knowing and practice into the field and to future studies.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Language of Instruction: English
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Alex M McComber
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FMED 527 Inuit Health: Canadian Context 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Exploration of the cultural roots of Inuit health prior to the arrival of Europeans; the risks to health introduced by imported disease and colonial institutions; the complexity of navigating modern health systems; and the paths to regain better health. Particular focus on the Nunavik region of Quebec.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Restrictions: Open to students enrolled in a McGill University graduate program or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Richard Budgell
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FMED 604 Adv Partic Research in Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Overview of participatory research with community, clinical, and organisational stakeholders. Content focuses on participatory engagement and data collection methods, while students have an opportunity to work through aspects of their participatory project with the help of group discussions, small group work, roleplay, and guest presentations from actual participatory projects.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Neil Andersson
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FMED 611 Hlthcare Syst, Policy&Perform 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: A critical review of healthcare systems, especially primary care systems, focuses on Quebec and indicative global settings. Explores options and approaches for using evidence to influence policy and to improve primary healthcare systems, and addresses methods for evaluating performance of healthcare services.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Language of Instruction: English.
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Alayne Mary Adams, Kathleen Rice, Enis Baris, Anne Cockcroft
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FMED 619 PgmMgt:GlobHlth&Prim HlthCare 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Program management design, theory, methods and practical applications in both domestic and global health settings, with a focus on primary health care in order to achieve rapid scale-up of effective health interventions towards universal coverage while strengthening health systems for sustained impact.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Yves Bergevin
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PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 613 The Practice of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to core competencies in the practice of global health, including historical, colonial roots of global health, project planning and implementation, equitable and ethical conduct, building partnerships, working within interdisciplinary teams, effective communication and personal-social skills.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Elective Courses (3 or 5 credits)
3 or 5 credits at the 500 level or higher chosen in consultation with the student’s thesis supervisor and the Director of the concentration, based on the student's area of interest.
Program Requirement:
The M.Sc. in Public Health; Non-Thesis focuses on the foundations and principles of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health research and practice, and to design, conduct, and analyze clinical, population-based, environmental, policy, and methodological public health-related research. The program will include a three-month practicum after the first year.
Required Courses (36 Credits)
Students exempted from any of the courses listed below must replace them with additional complementary course credits.
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EPIB 601 Fundamentals of Epidemiology 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to epidemiologic concepts and corresponding terms. After an introduction to the history, definition, and purposes of epidemiology, "core" concepts that are relevant in several areas of investigation (e.g., etiologic research, health care research, and community medicine practice) will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 603 Intermediate Epidemiology 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Concepts and methods for epidemiology at the intermediate level, including causation, measures of disease occurrence and effect, study designs, biases in epidemiologic research, interaction, and data analysis for categorical and survival data using statistical software.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 605 Critical Appraisal in Epid 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course provides the opportunity to develop skills to critically evaluate evidence presented in the biomedical and health sciences literature, based on the concepts acquired in the epidemiology introductory courses.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 607 Inferential Statistics 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Introduction to the basic principles of statistical inference used in clinical and epidemiologic research. Topics include variability; methods of processing and describing data; sampling and sampling distributions; inferences regarding means and proportions, non-parametric methods, regression and correlation.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): A first year course in undergraduate differential and integral calculus.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 613 Intro to Statistical Software 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Introduction to statistical software and data management; including basics of entering, manipulating data and elementary statistical analysis, SAS software, with reference to other packages of potential interest to students (R, Stata, SPSS).
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Enrolment in Epidemiology stream program or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 621 Data Analysis in Health Sci 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques for continuous categorical and survival data. Topics include generalized linear models, multiple linear and logistic regression, introductory survival analysis, model selection. Maximum likelihood and Bayesean approaches will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 602 Foundations of Population Hlth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to population health and the conceptual basis of the population health approach to measuring disease occurrence and to prevention. Fundamentals of, and methods for, studying burden of disease in population, and how these differ across time, space, and groups. Topics include population dynamics, denominators, occurrence of events, time, person and place, health indicators, standardization, life tables, age, cohort and period effects, disease surveillance and vital statistics. Introduction to the concepts and principles of measurement including measurement error, validity, reliability, and accuracy.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 612 Principles/Pub Hlth Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Principles and methods in public health practice. Topics will include investigation in public health, public health intervention, program evaluation, public health and the health care system, society and public health.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 601, EPIB 602 or PPHS 602, and EPIB 607 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 612.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 630 MScPH Practicum/Project 12 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: The practicum provides the opportunity to integrate classroom learning and practice in a population or public health work environment. The student contributes to an organization's mandate and to addressing a population and/or public health problem while developing skills as a population and/or public health professional and/or researcher.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Open to students registered in the M.Sc. in Public Health; Non-Thesis.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Practicum/Project
If a stream is chosen as part of the complementary courses, the practicum must be related to the subject of the selected stream.
Complementary Courses (9-18 Credits)
Environmental Health Sciences
3 credits from:
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GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geog 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
OCCH 602 Occupational Health Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Occupational Health & Hygiene: This course analyzes the functions, structure and organization of occupational health programs and services.
Offered by: Occupational Health
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
OCCH 604 Monitoring Occupational Envnmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Occupational Health & Hygiene: Principles and practices of environmental and biological monitoring of workplace hazards are addressed. Familiarization with instrumentation and calibration procedures is undertaken. Students learn to identify workplace health hazards, develop effective sampling strategies, use industrial hygiene equipment and interpret results of exposure measurements.
Offered by: Occupational Health
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Or other course, at the 500 level or higher, selected with the Program's Academic Adviser.
Health Services Research Policy and Management
3 credits from:
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PPHS 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 528 Economic Eval of Hlth Programs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 528.
- No prior background in economics is required.
- Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 617 Impact Evaluation 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course will cover methods for estimating the effects of social interventions on health outcomes. We will provide the intuition for conducting impact evaluation studies in population health and discuss recent developments. We will define causal policy effects within the potential outcomes framework and introduce and formally define policy-relevant research questions based on specific causal contrasts. We will cover the use of randomized and cluster randomized trials for impact evaluation, including cost-effectiveness. We will additionally cover quasi-experimental designs such as interrupted time series, difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, and regression discontinuity.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Or other course, at the 500 level or higher, selected with the Program's Academic Adviser.
Population and Public Health Interventions (social and behavioural science)
3 credits from:
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EPIB 632 Mental Dis:Pop Perspec&Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Semester-long seminar on key issues and concepts integral to the epidemiological study of mental disorders, through the lens of a population perspective. Review of the origins of the field, classical studies, and recent major studies. Survey of where the field is now. Discussion of national and global burden of mental disorders. Defining and diagnosing mental disorders. Methods to identify psychopathology in community versus clinical settings. Reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnoses and measurement tools. Research designs including approaches to study etiology, health services delivery, prevention, role functioning, and policy.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 603 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYT 713.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 614 Knowl Transl&Pub Hlth Ldrship 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: An examination of knowledge translation in public health, including synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically-sound application of knowledge to policy and programming. Overview of knowledge translation processes for effective evidence-informed public health leadership.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: PPHS 612 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 678 when topic was ‘Knowledge Translation, Communications, and Evidence-Informed Public Health Leadership’.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 616 Princ&Prac of Pub Hlth Survl 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: The objectives of this course are to familiarize students with the theory and methods of surveillance, a core public health function. The seminars will define surveillance and explore surveillance applications and methods through case studies and in-class exercises. Topics will include: measurement, indicators, analytical methods, and the future of surveillance. Computer-based modules will complement seminars. Topics will include: estimating the burden of a disease, detecting disease outbreaks, and identifying cases of chronic disease.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 603, EPIB 621, PPHS 612, or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Students are encouraged to use R statistical software and to bring a laptop to class.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 618 Prgrm Planning&Eval: Pub Hlth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Major activities in planning and evaluating an evidence-based public health intervention using a structured approach to intervention planning and different evaluation methodologies and techniques. Emphasis on evidence-based program planning, logic model development, participatory approaches, and program evaluation in applied public health settings.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Or other course, at the 500 level or higher, selected with the Program's Academic Adviser.
0-9 credits from one of the following six streams.
In consultation with and approval by the program’s academic adviser, students may focus on one of the following areas.
Courses may not satisfy more than one program requirement.
Stream 1: Epidemiology
9 credits from:
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EPIB 628 Measurement in Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course will focus on methodological issues related to measures of health status, determinants of health status, and other relevant covariates encountered in clinical and epidemiologic research. Topics to be covered include instrument development, assessment of reliability and validity, item response theory, and latent variable-based measurement models.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 629 Knowledge Synthesis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course will provide a detailed description of the systematic review process, discuss the strengths and limitations of the method, and provide step-by-step guidance on how to perform a systematic review, and how to critically appraise systematic reviews. Specific topics to be covered include: formulation of the review question, searching of literature, quality assessment of studies, data extraction, meta-analytic methods, and report writing. The course will also cover statistical issues of meta-analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 601 and EPIB 607, or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 619. Not open to students who have taken EPIB 675 when topic was 'Knowledge Synthesis'.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 637 AdvModel:Survl&OtherMultivData 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Advanced applied biostatistics course dealing with flexible modeling of non-linear effects of continuous covariates in multivariable analyses, and survival data, including e.g. time-varying covariates and time-dependent or cumulative effects. Focus on the concepts, limitations and advantages of specific methods, and interpretation of their results. Students will get hands-on experience in the implementation of selected methods by applying them to their own multivariable data, in individual survival analysis projects.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 621, or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 638 Mathematical Modeling of ID 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Mathematical models of infectious diseases –computer simulations of epidemics–enable detailed analyses and understanding of factors affecting the distribution of infections/diseases in populations and now play a key role in policy making. Covered topics include: short-term dynamics of infections (R0), compartmental models, stochastic models (including agent-based), contact patterns and heterogeneity, and Bayesian model calibration. The learning objectives are: 1) recognize research questions that can be addressed using modeling; 2) develop, parameterize, calibrate, and analyze simple infectious disease models in R; and 3) critically appraise scientific modeling papers.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 621 or permission of the instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 676 when topic was "Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases".
- This is an intermediate-level quantitative course. Previous courses in calculus and biostatistics are recommended (in doubt, contact the instructor prior to registration). A working knowledge of the R statistical software (or equivalent) is mandatory (data structures, function, loop, etc.).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 648 Methods in Social Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Methods for conducting studies in social epidemiology and population health will be covered. Topics will include causal inference; measurement and concepts of social exposures; methods for study design and analysis. Techniques for descriptive and etiologic investigations of socioeconomic position, gender, race and ethnicity, geography, and social policies will be discussed.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Stream 2: Global Health
3 credits in:
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PPHS 613 The Practice of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to core competencies in the practice of global health, including historical, colonial roots of global health, project planning and implementation, equitable and ethical conduct, building partnerships, working within interdisciplinary teams, effective communication and personal-social skills.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
6 credits from:
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EPIB 681 Global Health: Epid. Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: A review of selected epidemiological research focussing on global health and disease topics. Research will be mostly from developing countries and research methods will be highlighted. Case studies will be used to illustrate specific applications and challenges.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: With permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 614 Knowl Transl&Pub Hlth Ldrship 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: An examination of knowledge translation in public health, including synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically-sound application of knowledge to policy and programming. Overview of knowledge translation processes for effective evidence-informed public health leadership.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: PPHS 612 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 678 when topic was ‘Knowledge Translation, Communications, and Evidence-Informed Public Health Leadership’.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 615 Intro:Infectious Disease Epid 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 618 Prgrm Planning&Eval: Pub Hlth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Major activities in planning and evaluating an evidence-based public health intervention using a structured approach to intervention planning and different evaluation methodologies and techniques. Emphasis on evidence-based program planning, logic model development, participatory approaches, and program evaluation in applied public health settings.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Stream 3: Population Dynamics
6 credits in:
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SOCI 545 Sociology of Population 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
SOCI 626 Demographic Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to demographic measurement and modeling. Course covers direct and indirect estimation, standardization, life table construction, and population projections.
Offered by: Sociology
- Specific topics may vary from semester to semester.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
3 credits from:
-
EPIB 648 Methods in Social Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Methods for conducting studies in social epidemiology and population health will be covered. Topics will include causal inference; measurement and concepts of social exposures; methods for study design and analysis. Techniques for descriptive and etiologic investigations of socioeconomic position, gender, race and ethnicity, geography, and social policies will be discussed.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
EPIB 681 Global Health: Epid. Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: A review of selected epidemiological research focussing on global health and disease topics. Research will be mostly from developing countries and research methods will be highlighted. Case studies will be used to illustrate specific applications and challenges.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: With permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 528 Economic Eval of Hlth Programs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 528.
- No prior background in economics is required.
- Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 512 Ethnicity & Public Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Major themes in the theoretical literature on ethnicity. Public policies with direct and indirect implications for inter-ethnic relations will be studied. Policies affecting areas such as language, education, immigration, employment and promotion, multiculturalism and welfare. Examples drawn from several multi-ethnic societies. Political, constitutional, and economic problems associated with these policy initiatives.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 230 or permission from the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOCI 629.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 535 Sociology of the Family 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 588 Biosociology/Biodemography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Stream 4: Health Policy and Ethics
3 credits in:
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PPHS 624 Public Health Ethics & Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Critical assessment of ethical dilemmas and policy considerations raised by the practice of public health. Specific topics include: measuring and defining health; surveillance and privacy; preparedness, quarantine, and distribution of resources during a health emergency; and health inequalities.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 624.
- Students from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
6 credits from:
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PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 528 Economic Eval of Hlth Programs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 528.
- No prior background in economics is required.
- Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 614 Knowl Transl&Pub Hlth Ldrship 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: An examination of knowledge translation in public health, including synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically-sound application of knowledge to policy and programming. Overview of knowledge translation processes for effective evidence-informed public health leadership.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: PPHS 612 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 678 when topic was ‘Knowledge Translation, Communications, and Evidence-Informed Public Health Leadership’.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Stream 5: Infectious Disease
3 credits in:
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PPHS 615 Intro:Infectious Disease Epid 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
6 credits from:
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EPIB 638 Mathematical Modeling of ID 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Mathematical models of infectious diseases –computer simulations of epidemics–enable detailed analyses and understanding of factors affecting the distribution of infections/diseases in populations and now play a key role in policy making. Covered topics include: short-term dynamics of infections (R0), compartmental models, stochastic models (including agent-based), contact patterns and heterogeneity, and Bayesian model calibration. The learning objectives are: 1) recognize research questions that can be addressed using modeling; 2) develop, parameterize, calibrate, and analyze simple infectious disease models in R; and 3) critically appraise scientific modeling papers.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 621 or permission of the instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 676 when topic was "Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases".
- This is an intermediate-level quantitative course. Previous courses in calculus and biostatistics are recommended (in doubt, contact the instructor prior to registration). A working knowledge of the R statistical software (or equivalent) is mandatory (data structures, function, loop, etc.).
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
PPHS 528 Economic Eval of Hlth Programs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 528.
- No prior background in economics is required.
- Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 615 Intro:Infectious Disease Epid 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 618 Prgrm Planning&Eval: Pub Hlth 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Major activities in planning and evaluating an evidence-based public health intervention using a structured approach to intervention planning and different evaluation methodologies and techniques. Emphasis on evidence-based program planning, logic model development, participatory approaches, and program evaluation in applied public health settings.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 624 Public Health Ethics & Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Critical assessment of ethical dilemmas and policy considerations raised by the practice of public health. Specific topics include: measuring and defining health; surveillance and privacy; preparedness, quarantine, and distribution of resources during a health emergency; and health inequalities.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 624.
- Students from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Stream 6: Environmental Health
9 credits from:
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EPIB 684 Princ of Envrnmntl Hlth Sci 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Topics in environmental health sciences: principles of exposure assessment and of toxicology.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students pursuing a career in Environmental Health Sciences or with permission of the course instructors. Not open to students who have taken or are taking EXMD 670 or NRSC 670 or PHAR 670.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 685 Princ of Envrnmntl Hlth Sci 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Topics in environmental health sciences: principles of environmental epidemiology.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Environmental Health Sciences or permission of the course instructors. Not open to students who have taken or are taking EXMD 671 or NRSC 671 or PHAR 671.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Or other courses, at the 500-level or higher, selected with the Academic Adviser.
Elective Courses (6-15 Credits)
6-15 credits of coursework, at the 500 level or higher. Students may choose to focus on more advanced methods in epidemiology, biostatistics, geography, or substantive areas such as environmental or occupational health, or to select a variety of courses that will deepen their general knowledge of the disciplines that influence population and public health.
Courses will be selected with and approved by the Program's Academic Adviser.
Program Requirement:
The Master of Science(Applied) in Advanced Nursing; Non-Thesis - Global Health program focuses on collaborative, trauma-informed, culturally safe, Strengths-Based Nursing (SBN) and health care approaches to working with underserved populations including in limited-resource and rural environments. The concentration stresses the importance of understanding the inherent power dynamics, systemic barriers, and ethical dilemmas that arise through this work. The program emphasizes health equity focused content throughout. In the final year of study, the program includes one semester in a global health partnership site (locally, provincially or internationally) that focuses on clinical and project-based work.
Required Courses (45 credits)
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NUR2 515 Applied Statistics for Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Principles of data analysis and statistical inference with an emphasis on the utilization and interpretation of analysis of variance and regression procedures in nursing research. An additional emphasis will be on critiquing data analysis in current nursing research articles.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite(s): PSYC 204 or Undergraduate Introductory-Level Statistics Course
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 516 Perspectives on Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: An overview of the main issues in global health studies, approaches by which to understand these issues, and the importance of making reasoned links between the key global health studies concepts.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Restriction: Open to students registered in the M.Sc. (Applied) in Nursing (Global Health area of study) and to Direct-Entry Qualifying year students or with permission from the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 600 Knowledge Transl in Healthcare 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: An introduction to conceptual models, strategies, and tools to support the identification, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices in nursing and health care. The theoretical foundations for an actual implementation project and an introduction to basic concepts in project management.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisites: NUR2 612
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 606 Clin Reas. in a Glob Context 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Generating comprehensive, collaborative, culturally safe and customized advanced nursing care plans in response to commonly presenting health/illness issues in underserved populations including those with limited resources. Identification of barriers to sound clinical reasoning and effectively present nursing care plans to other healthcare professionals in diverse settings.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite: NUR2 612
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 608 Seminar in Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Students gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families. The orientation to practice is Strengths-Based Nursing.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 611D1/D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 611 Policy Leadership in Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Students continue to gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 611D1 and NUR2 611D2
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 612 Research Methods in Nursing 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct research. The philosophy and principles of scientific inquiry, research design, sampling, techniques of data collection, ethics, and incorporating research into practice are discussed with emphasis for nursing.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 617 Clin in Fam Systems Nursing 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This course develops the knowledge and skills required to enhance the health of families. Family health has to do with ways of learning, developing, relating,behaving, and thinking which promote physical and psychological well-being. It involves coping with adversity by developing or drawing on family and individual strengths, as well as external resources. From the foundational perspective of Strengths-Based Nursing, students will learn approaches to family engagement and assessment using theoretically and empirically grounded strategies for working with families.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Corequisite(s): NUR2 608
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 614D1/D2.
- A fee of $25.56 for two name pins will be charged based on registration in this course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 626 Professional Issues in Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: An examination of theories of learning and organizational behaviour as related to the preparation of nurses for the delivery of health care services. Implications of these theories for the assessment, development, and evaluation of nursing programs will be investigated.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 630 Research Project 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Development of a proposal for a nursing related clinical project under the supervision of a Faculty member of the Ingram School of Nursing. Introduction to research proposal writing, including the framing of research questions, the selection of methodological approaches, the consideration of ethical principles in the conduct of research, as well as the development of realistic and feasible expectations for developing a project within limited time frames.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisites: NUR2 612
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 631 Research Project 2 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Implementation of a project with the expected outcomes of collecting data, transcribing it; entering it into a database; writing and interpreting the data and writing it into a report describing the results.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite: NUR2 630.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 632 Research Project 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Disseminating and reporting, orally and in writing, research findings on a clinical project. The written research report must be in the form of a journal manuscript.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite: NUR2 631
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 636 Global Hlth Nursing Internship 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This course offers students in the Global Health concentrations an opportunity to integrate knowledge and clinical competencies acquired thus far in the program in collaboration with an on-site mentor. Students may choose to focus the clinical experience in either community nursing or an acute care setting to further develop and strengthen advanced clinical judgment as well as the ability to respond more purposefully to complex health concerns of individuals, families, and/or communities.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite(s): NUR2 609 and NUR2 610 OR NUR2 617 and NUR2 618 Minimum Grade or Test Scores : B-
- Restriction(s): Only open to students in the MSc(A) Nursing - Global Health Direct Entry concentration and MSc(A) Nursing - Global Health concentration. Not open to students who have taken NUR2 625.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 642 Ethics in Advanced Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Analysis of common as well as complex ethical issues in advanced nursing practice. General ethical standards for professional practice are reviewed as well as selected controversies.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Course (3 credits)
3 credits at the 500 level or higher of a course that furthers global health competencies, to be approved by an Academic Adviser.
Program Requirement:
The M.Sc. (Applied) in Nursing; Non-Thesis, established in 1974, remains the only one of it's kind in Canada. This three-year program is tailored to the university graduate with a general degree and no previous preparation in nursing or other health care professions. Candidates complete entry-to-practice preparation in nursing while also completing graduate-level studies in nursing. Students must first successfully complete a Qualifying Year (QY) of study before applying to the M.Sc.(A.) in Nursing; Non-Thesis. By the end of M.Sc.(A.) Year 1, students are eligible to practice as nursing externs during the summer break, in accordance with the regulations of the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ) (i.e., the Quebec Order of Nurses - the provincial licensing board). Upon completion of M.Sc.(A.) Year 2, graduates are eligible to write the OIIQ exams.
Required Courses (61 credits)
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IPEA 502 Patient-Centred Care in Action
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Interprofessional Ed Activity: A half day activity, including preparatory work, introducing students to a simulated patient/family centred care scenario in which they will be working in interprofessional teams to develop a plan of care.
Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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IPEA 503 Managing Interprofess Conflict
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Interprofessional Ed Activity: Reflection on sources of conflict and strategies to manage conflict. Using conflict productively for team building and innovative approaches for resolving conflict within the interprofessional health care team.
Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences
- Prerequisites: IPEA 500, IPEA 501, IPEA 502, or with permission from instructor.
- Internet connection required
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 515 Applied Statistics for Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Principles of data analysis and statistical inference with an emphasis on the utilization and interpretation of analysis of variance and regression procedures in nursing research. An additional emphasis will be on critiquing data analysis in current nursing research articles.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite(s): PSYC 204 or Undergraduate Introductory-Level Statistics Course
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 516 Perspectives on Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: An overview of the main issues in global health studies, approaches by which to understand these issues, and the importance of making reasoned links between the key global health studies concepts.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Restriction: Open to students registered in the M.Sc. (Applied) in Nursing (Global Health area of study) and to Direct-Entry Qualifying year students or with permission from the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 607 Children's Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This course aims to understand the biological, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives of children 0-18 years and their families using a strength-based nursing framework. This course will go beyond the traditional developmental approach to nursing children and will explore new ways of thinking about their care.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Corequisite(s): NUR2 609
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 609 NursingCareofChildren&theirFam 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Clinical experience working with selected children/adolescents and their families in an acute hospital setting. The focus will be on learning to nurse children/adolescents experiencing illness during an admission to an acute health care facility.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Corequisite(s): NUR2 611D1
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 613D1.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 610 Ambulatory/Community Care 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Clinical experience in the community/ambulatory settings integrating concepts related to acute and chronic health concerns within a family-centered framework.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Corequisite(s): NUR2 608 and IPEA 502
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 613D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 611 Policy Leadership in Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Students continue to gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 611D1 and NUR2 611D2
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
-
NUR2 612 Research Methods in Nursing 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct research. The philosophy and principles of scientific inquiry, research design, sampling, techniques of data collection, ethics, and incorporating research into practice are discussed with emphasis for nursing.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 616 Advanced Clinical Skills 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Supervised clinical experiences in health care agencies are aimed at developing competence in technical and family nursing skills at an advanced level. Experience is determined on an individual basis according to learning needs and the student's area of interest.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- **Due to the length of the clinical course, add/drop is the eleventh lecture day and withdrawal is the fifteenth lecture day.
- *In order to secure placement in clinical course, the add/drop is March 30, 2021 which is before the start of the course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 619 Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 4 1 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This laboratory course addresses illness management clinical technical skills and is the companion course to NUR2 616. Students develop a range of clinical technical skills related to the GI, urinary, integumentary systems as well as resuscitation and emergency skills.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Corequisite(s): NUR2 616, NUR2 621
- A nominal fee of $119.45 is charged to all nursing students who register in courses where clinical skills are taught to students in the Nursing Learning Laboratory. The fee is for clinical skills kits that students will use during their training in the Nursing Learning Laboratory. The kits also contain additional materials for students to take with them after the training to allow them to practice the skills they learn on their own.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 621 Wound Care 2 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This course will focus on teaching the principles of assessment and evidence-informed management of chronic and acute wounds in the clinical and community setting. Wound infections, debridement, wound care products, compression, trauma and other types of chronic and complex wounds will be covered along with appropriate treatment options for general and special populations such as neonatal, pediatric, palliative and obese.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 623 Clin.Assess.&Therapeutics 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Medical, surgical, and nursing management of the major illnesses in adults and children. Topics will include diagnostic tests, drug therapies, dietary management, exercise, relaxation techniques, pain management approaches, patient education, and strategies for maintaining physical and emotional well-being.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisites: PATH 300
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 626 Professional Issues in Nursing 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: An examination of theories of learning and organizational behaviour as related to the preparation of nurses for the delivery of health care services. Implications of these theories for the assessment, development, and evaluation of nursing programs will be investigated.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 630 Research Project 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Development of a proposal for a nursing related clinical project under the supervision of a Faculty member of the Ingram School of Nursing. Introduction to research proposal writing, including the framing of research questions, the selection of methodological approaches, the consideration of ethical principles in the conduct of research, as well as the development of realistic and feasible expectations for developing a project within limited time frames.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisites: NUR2 612
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 631 Research Project 2 6 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Implementation of a project with the expected outcomes of collecting data, transcribing it; entering it into a database; writing and interpreting the data and writing it into a report describing the results.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite: NUR2 630.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 632 Research Project 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Disseminating and reporting, orally and in writing, research findings on a clinical project. The written research report must be in the form of a journal manuscript.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite: NUR2 631
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 634 Clin. Assess. & Therapeutics 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Medical, surgical, and nursing management of the major illnesses in adults and children. Topics will include diagnostic tests, drug therapies, dietary management, symptom management, patient education, and strategies for maintaining physical and emotional well-being.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 637 Clinical Nursing Specializ'n 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This course provides students with the opportunity to focus on a specialty clinical area of their choice. This specialty could include any age group in acute care, specialty care setting or community/public health setting. This will allow an opportunity to care for a specific population of patients with unique health challenges related to their illness and the resulting impact on their family and support networks and resources, complex, unpredictable, and/or intense health needs; expansion or acquisition of new knowledge and skills and role autonomy extending beyond traditional scopes of nursing practice.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Prerequisite(s): NUR2 609, NUR2 610, NUR2 616
- Restriction(s): Only open to students in the MSc(A) Nursing - Direct Entry Nursing concentration. Not open to students who have taken NUR2 625.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 638 Nursing in Critical Care 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: This course will provide students with the opportunity to consolidate acquired clinical skills, nursing theory and previous clinical courses in an acute care setting.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 640 Clinical Reasoning 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Advanced pathophysiology of diseases across the lifespan, decision-making, and interventions for advanced practice related to illness management in a multiple-problem context, including independent clinical reasoning in the management of health and illness concerns.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUR2 642 Ethics in Advanced Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nursing: Analysis of common as well as complex ethical issues in advanced nursing practice. General ethical standards for professional practice are reviewed as well as selected controversies.
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
Research Project (12 credits)
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BUSA 689 Integrative Project 12 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: An examination of a major managerial issue facing their organization. Working with supervisors in weekly exchange, they will prepare a report that integrates the relevant concepts from the program to explain and/or evaluate the issue and recommend a course of action.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Required Courses (33 credits)
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BUSA 666 The Practice of Management 5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Examination of the philosophy, the history, and the practice of management, with introduction to personal competences necessary to carry out the complex role of general manager effectively. Latest developments in management theory and practice will be examined, in the context of the history, role of managers, and personal competence.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 668 The Venture 5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: An introduction to the tools of the analytic disciplines such as managerial economics, accounting, statistics and finance. Students will apply tools to specific problems or activities within their organization, and complete an analysis that integrates these concepts and competences with a work situation.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 670 Managing Organizations 5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Provides a basic understanding of the key processes and configurations of organizing, alternate systems and structures. Examines practical and theoretical aspects of measurement, data classification, reporting, practical analysis, cost accounting, performance measurement and forecasting.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 672 Managerial Exchange 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: A field experience that exposes the student to critical managerial challenges faced by an organization other than his/her own. Requires application of concepts, and competences.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 675 Managing Context 5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Examination of the role of "outsiders", and review of the competences needed by general managers to effectively manage contextual relationships such as with government bodies, capital markets, customers and suppliers. Also, examination of cultures, emerging issues in global management, and perspectives on ethics and human rights.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 680 Managing People 5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Examination of different models of individual behaviour and of similarities and differences among them. Review of interpersonal competences, including ability to communicate, lead individuals and groups, create commitment, develop trust for strategic alliances, and coaching employees rather than directing them.
Offered by: Management
- A fee of $500 will cover the cost of two meals per day, visits, and other program associated fees for the international module.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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BUSA 685 Managing Change 5 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Business Admin: Examination of major kinds of organizational transformations that managers must deal with including starting a new business, turning around a moribund company, restructuring, downsizing, and regrouping businesses around the world. Review of new product/service development, and development of competences that help create flexible organizations.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Doctoral Degrees
Program Requirement:
The PhD program will build upon our MSc in Family Medicine.
Research topics in the field of family medicine and primary health care cross conventional discipline boundaries and research traditions. Our training program focuses on patient-oriented, community-based research using innovative methodologies and participatory approaches. The program advances academic excellence in family medicine and primary health care.
Thesis
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
PhD Comprehensive Exam
PhD students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in the following topics: basic statistics, epidemiology, qualitative and mixed methods, literature synthesis, knowledge translation and participatory research approaches. If a PhD candidate does not have prior training in any of these areas and believes that he or she cannot answer questions on these topics during the comprehensive exam, additional courses will be required for the PhD student.
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FMED 701 PhD Comprehensive Examination
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program in family medicine (ad hoc).
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Restriction(s): Open only to students enrolled in the ad hoc PhD in Family Medicine program.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Tibor Schuster
- Tibor Schuster
Required Courses (9 credits)
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FMED 601 Adv Topics in Family Medicine 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Scientific communication; curriculum design and development; professional development; and setting appropriate goals for a successful academic research program in family medicine and primary care.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
- Terms
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Tamara E Carver, Kathleen Rice, Alayne Mary Adams
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FMED 604 Adv Partic Research in Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Overview of participatory research with community, clinical, and organisational stakeholders. Content focuses on participatory engagement and data collection methods, while students have an opportunity to work through aspects of their participatory project with the help of group discussions, small group work, roleplay, and guest presentations from actual participatory projects.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Neil Andersson
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FMED 702 Adv Doctoral PC Research Semrs 1 Credits*
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Family Medicine: Research seminars on various topics relevant to advanced family medicine and primary care research.
Offered by: Family Medicine
- Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the PhD in Family Medicine and Primary Care and the ad hoc PhD in Family Medicine programs.
- Topic Summer 2024: "Introduction to Machine Learning".
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
- Symbols:
- *
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Instructors
- Tracie A Barnett, Alayne Mary Adams
- Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi
* Note: this slot course must be taken three times (3 cr.)
Elective Course (3 credits)
3 credits in advanced research methods, at the 600 level or higher. May be chosen from outside the Department, in consultation with the student's academic adviser or supervisor.
Program Requirement:
This option will provide enhanced training in global health to graduate students registered in the Ph.D. in Epidemiology; Global Health degree program at McGill. Students will become familiar with topics of global health relevance and incorporate this into their core coursework and thesis research. The thesis must be relevant to global health and approved by the Global Health Coordinating Committee. Contextualizing the core training students receive in epidemiology and in their respective substantive discipline within the global health research domain will enhance their academic experience. Graduates of this option will be prepared to pursue further training in global health or to undertake a variety of career opportunities in global health in Canada or internationally.
Required Courses (22 credits)
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EPIB 681 Global Health: Epid. Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: A review of selected epidemiological research focussing on global health and disease topics. Research will be mostly from developing countries and research methods will be highlighted. Case studies will be used to illustrate specific applications and challenges.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: With permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 701 Ph.D.Comprehensive Examination
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: The comprehensive examination is a written examination. The objective is to assess the degree to which students have been able to assimilate and apply the principles of epidemiologic research. Examinations held twice yearly.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 702 Ph.D. Proposal
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Essential skills for thesis writing and defence, including essential elements of research protocols, formulation of research objectives, the design, and strategies.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Note: Required for Ph.D. students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 703 Principles of Study Design 2 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course will provide an overview of the concepts and principles underlying epidemiologic study design. Focus will be on the importance of appropriately formulating the research question, identifying the target population, defining the relevant entities, and on how these factors affect the validity of study findings. Examples from the published literature will be extensively used to illustrate the crucial points and will be discussed in class.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Registration in the Ph.D. Epidemiology program, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 704 Doctoral Level Epib Methods 1 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Estimation of epidemiologic effect measures and their confidence intervals in a variety of different study designs. Emphasis on analysis of sample data sets using regression models, graphical and tabular presentation of results, causal interpretation of effect estimates, writing reports for scientific publications, and sensitivity analyses for violated assumptions.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 603 and EPIB 621 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Open to Ph.D students in Epidemiology or Biostatistics programs only.
- Not open to students who have taken EPIB 604.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 705 Doctoral Level Epid Methods 2 4 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: The course has a conceptual and analytical causal inference perspective. The nature of specific study biases resulting in non-causal components in the observed association between exposure and outcome are discussed, including endogenous selection bias, measured and unmeasured confounding, and measurement error. Methods to recover the causal effect with such biases are presented. Causal mediation analysis is discussed. Models for survival analysis are discussed as well as the problem of- and some solutions to missing data. A brief overview of genetic epidemiology principles is covered.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 704
- Restriction(s): Open to Ph.D. students in Epidemiology or Biostatistics programs only.
- Not open to students who have taken EPIB 608.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 706 Doctoral Seminar:Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course aims to provide an opportunity to students who have completed the Epidemiology course series in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, to optimize their training in ways that will be helpful to their thesis research and to the development of their career as epidemiologists. The content of this interactive course and the delivery of the material is primarily determined by students based on the knowledge gaps that they identify. The course will allow students to expand their methodological tool box, explore controversies in epidemiology, and gain experience synthesizing and communicating complex concepts to an informed audience.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 701
- Restriction(s): Enrolment in PhD Epidemiology or permission of instructor
- Not open to students who have taken EPIB 609.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 707 Res Design in Health Sci 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Lectures and discussions and student oral and written presentations with the aim of providing guidance and experience in the development of objectives, background and methods for both the formulation of, and the constructive peer criticism of, research protocols in the health sciences.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 701
- Restriction(s): Registration in the PhD program in Epidemiology.
- Not open to students who have taken EPIB 623.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
6 credits of coursework at the 500 level or higher, with a minimum of 3 credits in biostatistics, and 3 credits in epidemiology. Courses must be chosen in consultation with the student's supervisor and/or the degree program's director or adviser.
3 credits of coursework at the 500 level or higher from this list, or any other course approved by the Global Health Option Committee that have not been taken to satisfy other program requirements.
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GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geog 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Geography: A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
Offered by: Geography
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in Dev Countries 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis
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PPHS 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 545 Sociology of Population 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Program Requirement:
The Population Dynamics Option (PDO) is open to PhD students in Sociology specializing in Population Dynamics. The purpose of this program is to provide graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and an overview substantive course on the key population issues facing societies today. In addition, students will take one complementary course in Sociology; Economics; or Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, which focusses on a particular population issue such as population health, migration, aging, family dynamics, and labour markets and skills acquisition. Students will attend at least five of the seminars given in the Social Statistics and Population Dynamics Seminar series. Dissertation topics must be related to population dynamics and approved by the PDO coordinating committee.
Thesis
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Required Courses (6 credits)
A minimum of three years of study is required.
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SOCI 545 Sociology of Population 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 625D1 Prof Dev Seminar in Sociology
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Professional development of incoming graduate students in sociology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course will be offered every other week, during the Fall and Winter terms, for a duration of one hour.
- Restrictions: Open to incoming graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
- Students must register at the same time for SOCI 625 D1 and SOCI 625D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 625D2 Prof Dev Seminar in Sociology
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Professional development of incoming graduate students in sociology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course will be offered every other week, during the Fall and Winter terms, for a duration of one hour.
- Restrictions: Open to incoming graduate students in the Department of Sociology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 626 Demographic Methods 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Introduction to demographic measurement and modeling. Course covers direct and indirect estimation, standardization, life table construction, and population projections.
Offered by: Sociology
- Specific topics may vary from semester to semester.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 702 Ph.D. Proposal Approval
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Presentation and acceptance of the Ph.D. Proposal Defense by the student to the Department Proposal Committee.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Only open to Ph.D. students in the Sociology Department
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 703 Bibliographic Methods 3
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Further development of research-related skills and the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology Ph.D. students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 704 Bibliographic Methods 4
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Further development of research-related skills and the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology Ph.D. students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 705 PhD Comprehensive Examination
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The Comprehensive Examination in Sociology provides an opportunity for students to read broadly in two sub-fields within the discipline, after which they take a written examination that assesses their competence in each sub-field. Students are required to be examined in two of the ten areas of specialization identified by the Department. The comprehensive examination must be successfully passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Ph.D. candidates must take a comprehensive examination in two sub-fields within sociology by August of their Ph.D. 3 year. These fields will be chosen from the Department's areas of specialization. In this option, one of these fields must be in Population Dynamics.
Ph.D. candidates are required to submit a thesis on an approved topic. The topic must be approved by a dissertation proposal committee convened by the student's dissertation supervisor. The thesis should be completed within five years after the initial residency period of two to three years.
Further details on the requirements and regulations for the thesis and the fields in which the Department is prepared to direct research may be obtained from the Sociology website at www.mcgill.ca/sociology/faculty and at http://www.mcgill.ca/gps/thesis.
Complementary Courses
(12-24 credits)
6 credits from substantive courses at the 500 level or higher subject to the approval of the Graduate Committee.
3 credits must be taken within the Department from the list below:
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SOCI 506 Quantitative Methods 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Advanced statistical analyses focusing on advanced methods such as event history analysis and analysis of contingency tables.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 504 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 507 Social Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): An examination of the major sociological theories of long term macro social change. Topics include why industrialization began in Europe instead of Asia, the divergence among societies in systems of class, gender, ethnic and racial inequality, and whether industrial society has entered a new post-industrial or post-modern phase.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken SOCI 672. Undergraduates by permission of instructor only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 508 Med Socio & Social Psychiatry 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The social construction of mental illness and disease, the personal and professional definition and recognition of illness, the distribution and determinants of illness, disease, sickness in the population, and the politics of medical research.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 309 or SOCI 310 or Permission of the Instructor.
- Note: Open to Social Studies of Medicine students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 510 Sem in Social Stratification 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Recent theoretical and empirical developments in social stratification and inequality. The study of social class, with attention to the anomalous findings on heterogeneity in labour markets and the labour process, status attainment processes, and the socio-political and industrial attitudes of the working class. Students will prepare quantitative analysis of Canadian survey material as well as critical qualitative reviews.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 512 Ethnicity & Public Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Major themes in the theoretical literature on ethnicity. Public policies with direct and indirect implications for inter-ethnic relations will be studied. Policies affecting areas such as language, education, immigration, employment and promotion, multiculturalism and welfare. Examples drawn from several multi-ethnic societies. Political, constitutional, and economic problems associated with these policy initiatives.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 230 or permission from the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOCI 629.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 514 Criminology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): A survey of the major schools of thought that have developed to explain criminal behaviour from the emergence of modern criminology in the 18th and 19th centuries to current debates.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.
- Note: Grad students and U3 students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 515 Medicine and Society 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The sociology of health and illness. Reading in areas of interest, such as: the sociology of illness, health services occupations, organizational settings of health care, the politics of change in national health service systems, and contemporary ethical issues in medical care and research.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken PPHS 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 526 IndigenousWomen'sHlth&Hlthcare 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course examines (i) the health status of Indigenous women in Canada, (ii) Indigenous ways of knowing about health, (iii) healthcare services, delivery, and access for Indigenous women in rural and remote areas as well as in urban centres, (iv) and participatory health research with Indigenous communities.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: Undergraduate students must obtain permission of instructor to enroll in the course.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 529 Political Sociology 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Key theories and empirical areas of political sociology. Major works relevant to each theme will be read and analyzed. Topics include: political socialization, the social psychology of political behaviour, class and politics, political organizations, elite studies. A research paper in one of the areas covered will be required.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 330
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 530 Sex and Gender 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This seminar critically reviews theoretical perspectives and research on sex and gender in various domains of social life. It gives special emphasis to work which considers the meaning of gender and how it differs across time and place.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to Honours Sociology students and to Sociology Majors with the permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 535 Sociology of the Family 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 538 Sel Top in Soc of Biomed Know 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The seminar will examine recent work in the sociology of biomedical knowledge. It will focus on the technological shaping of biomedical knowledge, i.e., on the impact of new technologies and equipments on the development of biomedical knowledge.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 545 Sociology of Population 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 550 Developing Societies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 555 Comparative Historical Socio 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 571 Deviance and Social Control 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This seminar focuses on how social groups enforce rules (and maintain social order) through coercion and socialization. It reviews current research and critiques key theoretical approaches to social control. Included are discussions of regulating institutions such as prisons and mental asylums, and the roles of gossip, manners and etiquettes.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 588 Biosociology/Biodemography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 590 Social Conflict and Violence 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course examines recent theory and research on the comparative study of social conflict and political violence. Topics covered include the causes and consequences of international wars, state repression, civil violence, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 601 Qualitative Research Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Qualitative data interpretation and analysis. Coding, identifying themes and memo-writing. Students conclude their qualitative research project, writing up findings in the form of a publishable-quality paper.
Offered by: Sociology
- Seminar will be offered once a week, during the Fall term, for a duration of two hours (1x2).
- Prerequisite: SOCI 600
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 620 Quantitative Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course provides an introduction to generalized linear models for analyzing categorical and correlated data. The main topics include: (1) logistic/probit models (including multinomial logit, logit models for ordinal data) and (2) Extensions to multilevel and panel data analysis. The exposition covers model specification,estimation, hypothesis testing, remedies for violations of statistical assumptions, and interpretation of the results. The emphasis is on applications of these models in social science research, and research articles in sociology are used to illustrate the application of these models and techniques.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Premission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 621 Fixed and Random Effects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Fixed and random effect regression. Emphasis on longitudinal panel data and hierarchical data.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 622 Event History Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Applied introduction to event history analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze changes from one state to another (i.e. transitions) and the effects of independent variables on the timing and likelihood of these transitions.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 623 Latent Variable Models 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Latent variable models attempt to explain complex relations between manifest/observed variables by simple relations between these variables and an underlying unobservable or “latent” structure. Topics include both cross-sectional (Latent Class, factor analysis) and longitudinal (Latent Transition/Hidden Markov, Latent Class Growth Analysis, Growth Mixture Models) versions.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 624 Social Networks 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Social networks from various standpoints, including classical theory, formal models, methods for empirical analysis, and substantive applications.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 652 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 631D1 Informing Soc Pol w/ Can Data 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Tools needed to work with complex Canadian surveys in order to address social issues. Theoretical sessions given by experts from the academic community and statistical agencies are combined with laboratory workshops where students apply advanced statistical methods to survey data and complete their own research projects.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: Advanced undergraduate course in statistics (SOCI 461 or equivalent); passive bilinguism (French and English); and permission of the instructor
- Passive bilingualism (English and French) required, as training will be given in both languages. Maximum enrollment: 12. With permission of the instructor. The course is offered over 2 semesters, and meets 6 hours every 2 weeks.
- Students must register for both SOCI 631D1 and SOCI 631D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both SOCI 631D1 and SOCI 631D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 631D2 Informing Soc Pol w/ Can Data 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Tools needed to work with complex Canadian surveys in order to address social issues. Theoretical sessions given by experts from the academic community and statistical agencies are combined with laboratory workshops where students apply advanced statistical methods to survey data and complete their own research projects.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 631D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both SOCI 631D1 and SOCI 631D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 720 Reading in Social Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Supervised readings in social theory supervised by a member of staff. Topics will be chosen to suit individual interests.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 730 Reading and Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Supervised readings and research supervised by a memeber of staff. Topics will be chosen to suit individual interests.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
3 credits must be related to population dynamics from the list below:
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ECON 634 Economic Development 3 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A systematic treatment of the characteristics and problems of economic development in underdeveloped countries.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 641 Labour Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): A synthesis of theoretical developments in the area of labour economics with stress upon problems of empirical testing.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 734 Economic Development 4 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Problems of economic growth and planning in selected underdeveloped countries. Topics covered vary from year to year in response to student interests; growth, poverty and income distribution, LDC labour markets and institutions, trade and development, international debt problems, issues in trade policy.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 741 Advanced Labour Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Selected theoretical and policy issues in labour economics.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 742 Empirical Microeconomics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): Surveys the empirical techniques used in applied microeconomic fields, particularly development and labour economics. Focus is on the formulation of empirical models derived from economic theory, and on various estimation methodologies, including panel data econometrics, limited dependent variable models, and duration analysis. A "hands on" approach is emphasized.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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ECON 744 Health Economics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Economics (Arts): The emphasis will be on describing and analyzing the structure and performance of the Canadian health system, though some attention will be given to recent attempts by the federal and provincial governments to deal with current problems in this field. Readings will be selected from the economics and health literature.
Offered by: Economics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 648 Methods in Social Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Methods for conducting studies in social epidemiology and population health will be covered. Topics will include causal inference; measurement and concepts of social exposures; methods for study design and analysis. Techniques for descriptive and etiologic investigations of socioeconomic position, gender, race and ethnicity, geography, and social policies will be discussed.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EPIB 681 Global Health: Epid. Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Epidemiology & Biostatistics: A review of selected epidemiological research focussing on global health and disease topics. Research will be mostly from developing countries and research methods will be highlighted. Case studies will be used to illustrate specific applications and challenges.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: With permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 501 Population Health&Epidemiology 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 527 Econ for Hlth Serv Res&Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 527.
- NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory economics is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 528 Economic Eval of Hlth Programs 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions, pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 528.
- No prior background in economics is required.
- Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 529 Global Env Hlth&Burden/Disease 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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PPHS 615 Intro:Infectious Disease Epid 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Population&Pub Health Sciences: Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 502 Sociology of Fertility 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): An upper-level course that will cover the major theories and findings from the social scientific study of fertility behavior. Readings and discussion will focus on the causal linkages between social change and transitions in fertility behavior. We will examine contemporary and historical fertility behavior and transitions across the globe.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students and final year undergraduates
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 512 Ethnicity & Public Policy 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Major themes in the theoretical literature on ethnicity. Public policies with direct and indirect implications for inter-ethnic relations will be studied. Policies affecting areas such as language, education, immigration, employment and promotion, multiculturalism and welfare. Examples drawn from several multi-ethnic societies. Political, constitutional, and economic problems associated with these policy initiatives.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 230 or permission from the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOCI 629.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 513 Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 520 Migration and Immigrant Groups 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 525 HlthCare Systems in Comp Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken PPHS 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 535 Sociology of the Family 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 588 Biosociology/Biodemography 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
6 credits from the following streams:
Qualitative Stream:
3 credits from the following:
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SOCI 601 Qualitative Research Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Qualitative data interpretation and analysis. Coding, identifying themes and memo-writing. Students conclude their qualitative research project, writing up findings in the form of a publishable-quality paper.
Offered by: Sociology
- Seminar will be offered once a week, during the Fall term, for a duration of two hours (1x2).
- Prerequisite: SOCI 600
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
and
3 credits from the following:
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SOCI 620 Quantitative Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course provides an introduction to generalized linear models for analyzing categorical and correlated data. The main topics include: (1) logistic/probit models (including multinomial logit, logit models for ordinal data) and (2) Extensions to multilevel and panel data analysis. The exposition covers model specification,estimation, hypothesis testing, remedies for violations of statistical assumptions, and interpretation of the results. The emphasis is on applications of these models in social science research, and research articles in sociology are used to illustrate the application of these models and techniques.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Premission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 621 Fixed and Random Effects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Fixed and random effect regression. Emphasis on longitudinal panel data and hierarchical data.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 622 Event History Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Applied introduction to event history analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze changes from one state to another (i.e. transitions) and the effects of independent variables on the timing and likelihood of these transitions.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 623 Latent Variable Models 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Latent variable models attempt to explain complex relations between manifest/observed variables by simple relations between these variables and an underlying unobservable or “latent” structure. Topics include both cross-sectional (Latent Class, factor analysis) and longitudinal (Latent Transition/Hidden Markov, Latent Class Growth Analysis, Growth Mixture Models) versions.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
OR
Quantitative Stream:
6 credits from the following:
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SOCI 620 Quantitative Methods 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): This course provides an introduction to generalized linear models for analyzing categorical and correlated data. The main topics include: (1) logistic/probit models (including multinomial logit, logit models for ordinal data) and (2) Extensions to multilevel and panel data analysis. The exposition covers model specification,estimation, hypothesis testing, remedies for violations of statistical assumptions, and interpretation of the results. The emphasis is on applications of these models in social science research, and research articles in sociology are used to illustrate the application of these models and techniques.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Premission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 621 Fixed and Random Effects 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Fixed and random effect regression. Emphasis on longitudinal panel data and hierarchical data.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 622 Event History Analysis 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Applied introduction to event history analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze changes from one state to another (i.e. transitions) and the effects of independent variables on the timing and likelihood of these transitions.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 623 Latent Variable Models 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Latent variable models attempt to explain complex relations between manifest/observed variables by simple relations between these variables and an underlying unobservable or “latent” structure. Topics include both cross-sectional (Latent Class, factor analysis) and longitudinal (Latent Transition/Hidden Markov, Latent Class Growth Analysis, Growth Mixture Models) versions.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 504 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
If an exemption is obtained for one or both of the qualitative or quantitative stream courses above, another one must then be substituted in its place.
0-12 credits from the following:
Students who have not taken the courses listed below must make up the deficiencies in addition to the regular coursework:
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SOCI 504 Quantitative Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): An introduction to basic regression techniques commonly used in the social sciences. Covers the least squares linear regression model in depth and may introduce models for discrete dependent variables as well as the maximum-likelihood approach to statistical inference. Emphasis on the assumptions behind regression models and correct interpretation of results. Assignments will emphasize practical aspects of quantitative analysis.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 580 Social Res Design&Practice 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Asking researchable sociological questions and evaluation of different research designs used to answer such questions. Development of cogent research proposals, including data collection procedures. Principles, dynamics, strengths and practical limitations of research designs. Examples from recent publications.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to U3 and graduate students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 600 Qualitative Research Methods 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Overview of qualitative research design and modes of data collection, particularly observation, interviewing and focus groups. Students are required to design and undertake their own qualitative research project. Introduction to computerized tools for qualitative data management, transcription and analysis.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken SOCI 540.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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SOCI 652 Current Sociological Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Offered in the:Sociology (Arts): Examination of works in some major areas of Sociology with a focus on: antecedent thought and research in the area; the internal structure and consistency of these works; the validity of the major claims made; and the implications for future theoretical development and research.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 330
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
If you are admitted at the Ph.D. 1 level and an exemption is obtained for one or more of the four courses above, another one must then be substituted in its place.