Program Curriculum

Structure

Students start in September and finish by the end of the following August. The program comprises three sections:

• September to December: graduate level courses
• January to April: graduate level courses, site visits and preparation for summer internship
• May to August: summer internship and related project research paper

Courses

Term 1. Fall Semester

1. BREE 510 Watershed Systems Management 3 Credits 
2. BREE 651 Departmental Seminar M.Sc. 1 1 Credits 
3. BREE 503 Water: Society, Law and Policy 3 Credits 
4. Graduate level elective course (3 credits)
5. Graduate level elective course (3 credits)

Total (Fall Semester) 13 credits

Term 2. Winter Semester

1. PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits 
2. BREE 652 Departmental Seminar M.Sc. 2 1 Credits 
3. BREE 655 IWRM Research Visits 3 Credits 
4. Graduate level elective course (3 credits)
5. Graduate level elective course (3 credits)

Total (Winter Semester) 13 credits 

Term 3. Summer Semester

1. BREE 630 IWRM Internship 13 Credits 
2. BREE 631 IWRM Project 6 Credits 

Total (Summer Semester) 19 credits

Total 45 credits

Note: Examples of possible graduate level elective courses

• Department of Geography
• McGill School of Environment
• Faculty of Engineering
• Department of Natural Resource Sciences

Site visits

As a part of the BREE 655 IWRM Research Visits 3 Credits 

Students have visited the International Joint Commission, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Environment Canada, CH2M HILL, AECOM and Ouranos (Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change). Talks have also been given by senior representatives of the UN, World Bank, Local water NGOs and SNC-Lavalin