Academics

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Freshman course selection

If you are entering university for the first time from a high school system (outside of the Quebec CEGEP system), you will be required to complete 30 credits of freshman courses, as listed below.  The courses you need to register for depend on the degree you have been accepted into.  Any questions about your course selection should be addressed to your freshmanadvisor.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Freshman Advisor).

B.Sc. Ag. & Env. Sci.

Fall (14.5 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15.5 credits)

  • AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • Elective (to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor during the fall term)

 

B.Sc. Ag. & Env. Sci. (Agricultural Economics Major)

Fall (14 credits)

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (16 credits)

  • AEBI 122 Cell Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEHM 205 Science Literacy 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • BREE 103 Linear Algebra 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • One of the following:
    • AGEC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • AGEC 231 Econ Systems of Agriculture 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

 

B.Sc. Nutr. Sci. and Concurrent B.Sc. Food Sci. and B.Sc. Nutr. Sci.

Fall (14.5 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15.5 credits)

  • AEBI 122 Cell Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • FDSC 230 Organic Chemistry 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

 

B.Sc. Food Sci.

Fall (14.5 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15.5 credits)

  • AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • Elective (to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor during the fall term)

 

B.Eng. (Bioresource)

Fall (14.5 credits)

  • AEBI 120 General Biology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 101 Calculus 1 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 113 Physics 1 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • BREE 187 Freshman Seminar 1 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Winter (15.5 credits)

  • AECH 111 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEMA 102 Calculus 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • AEPH 115 Physics 2 4 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • BREE 103 Linear Algebra 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • BREE 188 Freshman Seminar 2 0.5 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

 


Making your schedule

Use the Visual Schedule Builder to preview your future weekly schedule.  Then use Minerva to register for your courses.


Advanced placement

If you have passed advanced placement courses and/or exams, you may receive transfer credit at McGill. Please contact your freshmanadvisor.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Freshman Advisor).

If you feel that you've completed the equivalent of one or more university-level science courses, but do not have acceptable certification to that effect, you may be eligible to write admission placement exams in biology, chemistry, math, or physics. Please contact your freshmanadvisor.macdonald [at] mcgill.ca (Freshman Advisor).


Precalculus Lab

During the first week of classes, all students registered in AEMA 101 Calculus 1 will write a precalculus diagnostic test. This test is not for credit and will not affect your grades. Based on your results, you might be advised to register for a Precalculus Lab, taken concurrently with Calculus 1.

AEMA 105 Precalculus Lab 1 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

More details will be presented during orientation week.

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