Many different field study opportunities are available to SSS students to acquire practical experience. This is a unique opportunity to apply the academical skills learnt in the classroom to real world situations. Field Study Semesters are packages of McGill courses aimed at upper-year students that focus on the physical and social aspects of the environment. They are offered in various regions around the world in the Fall or Winter term. Currently, Field Study Semesters are offered in East Africa, Panama, and Barbados. In addition to the McGill Field Study Semesters, many Departments offer field courses that students can consider during their studies to complement their SSS program.
Field Study Semesters
McGill East Africa Field Study Semester (MEAFSS)
McGill Barbados Field Study Semester (MBFSS)
Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester (BITS)
McGill Panama Field Study Semester (MPFSS)
Related Field Courses
Local Field Courses
BIOL 240. Monteregian Flora.
Description
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or permission
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PLNT 358
- Note: Taught at the Gault Nature Reserve. Contact instructor for specific dates, logistics: (virginie.millien [at] mcgill.ca (virginie[dot]millien[at]mcgill[dot]ca)).
- This course is offered in the summer.
- This course, given at the University’s Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilaire, has an additional fee of $485.56 which includes a hand lens, a textbook, handouts, lodging and supper each day.
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Description
- Prerequisites: BIOL 206 and BIOL 215, or equivalents, or permission of the instructor.
- Note: This course has an additional fee. The Department of Biology subsidizes a portion of the cost for this activity.
- The field portion of this course is given at the University’s Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilare over a two-week period in the summer term. In the summer, students prepare a report based on projects carried out during this field portion. There is an additional fee of $885.00 that covers room and board and handouts. This fee could be refundable if the department approves it.
- **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.
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Description
- Prerequisite: BIOL 205
- This course is offered in the summer.
- Apply first to Huntsman, then contact susan.gabe [at] mcgill.ca (susan[dot]gabe[at]mcgill[dot]ca).
- The fee for this field course is $1913.86 to cover fees related to the use of facilities for teaching and lab spaces in the Huntsman Marine Center (lodging, meals, facility rental spaces, transportation and tour fees).
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderGEOG 398. Field Studies in Human Geography.
Description
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any introductory human geography course; or by permission of the instructor
- A fee of $1,055.07 is charged to all students registered in GEOG 398.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderGEOG 495. Field Studies - Physical Geography.
Description
- 2-week field school
- Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and 6 credits from the following list of Systematic Physical Geography courses: GEOG 305, GEOG321, GEOG 322, GEOG 372, GEOG 470.
- Additional Dept. fee $579.99 will be charged to student fee account to cover the cost of transportation, accommodations, local fees and all meals for approximately 12 nights, as the course is held at the Gault Estate at Mont St.-Hilaire during May.
- **This is a field course, so students won't be taking the holiday.
- **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 fourth lecture day.
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AGRI 325. Sustainable Agriculture Field Course
Description
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent; permission of the instructor.
- Lectures and visits will be jointly delivered by local experts and McGill Staff. Lectures (25%) and field visits (75%).
- This course has a fee of $1,969.06, a small portion of which is tax receiptable on the T2202A; it includes internal travel (by coach), accommodation, most of the meals for the duration of the course, as well as instructor costs.
- 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.
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