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Program Requirements

The B.Com.; Major in Managing for Sustainability is designed for students who wish to combine managerial and business knowledge with a solid understanding of the interlinked economic, social and ecological challenges of achieving sustainability. It integrates management studies with fundamentals of environmental science and sustainability, and is offered in collaboration with the 成人VR视频 School of Environment and the Department of Geography.

The Major includes: a core set of courses that integrate multiple management disciplines with sustainability; 成人VR视频 School of Environment courses which cover fundamental concepts of environmental science and human impacts on natural systems; a geography course on analyzing sustainability; and an experiential learning component in the form of a consulting engagement, internship or research project offering 鈥渞eal world鈥� experience.

Graduates will have developed the key competencies required of sustainability professionals, and be prepared for positions in the private sector, consultancies, government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international organizations.

Required Courses (6 credits)

• GEOG 360 Analyzing Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Examines challenges to sustainability through a series of case studies to illustrate the analytical approaches used to understand the linkages between scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional, ethical, and human behavioural aspect of systems. Includes cases that are thematic and place-based, national and international, spanning from the local to global scales.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Robinson, Brian; Harris, Lorna (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: ENVR 201 or equivalent; and GEOG 203 or ENVR 200 or ESYS 200 or equivalent; or permission of instructor

• MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Graham, Margaret (Fall) Renaut, Jean-Philippe (Winter)

  • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

Complementary Courses (33 credits)

6-9 credits from the following:

• ACCT 401 Sustainability and Environmental Accounting (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Accounting : Developing measures of corporate environmental performance, assessing their reliability and reporting to external stakeholders. Using sustainability metrics in strategic and operational business decisions. Implementing and utilizing Environmental management systems and standards. Managing corporate environmental risks and accounting for environmental costs. Environmental auditing.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Kalyta, Pavlo; McMahon, Kevin (Fall)

  • Prerequisite: MGCR 211

  • Open only to U2 and U3 students.

• INSY 455 Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Information Systems : The role of information and other technologies in the size and nature of an organization鈥檚 environmental 鈥榝ootprint鈥�. Achieving sustainability through strategic innovation, such as digitization, recycling, reuse of materials, sustainable design, LEED certifications, smart grids and energy metrics. Analyzing the environmental benefits and hidden costs of novel technologies.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Vaast, Emmanuelle; Struben, Jeroen (Winter)

  • Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.

• MGPO 438 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Management Policy : Explores key concepts associated with social entrepreneurship and social innovation 鈥� 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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Nowak, Anita (Fall) Nowak, Anita (Winter)

  • Restriction(s): Open to U2, U3 students only. Students cannot receive credits if they already received credits for MGPO 434.

• MGSC 488 Sustainability and Operations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Management Science : Social and environmental impacts of an organization鈥檚 operations. Regulatory environments, eco-efficiency concepts and measurement systems. Lifecycle analysis and exploring impacts linked to: product design, sourcing, production, distribution, sales, and end-of-life recovery & treatment. Frameworks and best practices for reducing negative consequences and increasing positive ones.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Boyaci, Tamer (Fall)

  • Restrictions: Open only to U2 and U3 students.

• MSUS 402 Systems Thinking and Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  MSUS : 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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Struben, Jeroen (Winter)

  • Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.

3 credtis from the following:

• ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Organizational Behaviour : Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Hewlin, Patricia (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: only BCom students require MGCR 222.

• ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Organizational Behaviour : A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process.

  Terms: Winter 2015, Summer 2015

  Instructors: Hewlin, Jay (Winter) Hewlin, Jay (Summer)

  • Prerequisites: MGCR 222

• ORGB 401 Leadership Practicum in Social Sector (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Organizational Behaviour : Students apply a wealth of OB concepts and leadership strategies by spending the equivalent of one full day (8 hours) per week at an organization within Montreal鈥檚 social sector. Course material will supplement field experiences. The Practicum complements ORGB 321, which offers a more comprehensive survey of leadership theory.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Hewlin, Patricia (Winter)

  • Restrictions: Only open to U2 and U3 students.

• ORGB 421 Managing Organizational Change (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Organizational Behaviour : Organizational change theory and techniques are examined with an emphasis on techno-structural interventions such as Quality-of-Work-Life approaches. Through simulations and case-studies, the course explores initiatives in organizational change, primarily in contemporary Canadian organizations. It also includes opportunities for "hands-on" experience in work and organization redesign.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Brosseau, Ann; Chasse, Andrew (Fall) Campbell, Elizabeth; Westgate, Chantal (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: MGCR 222

  • Continuing Studies: this course cannot be taken for credit if ORGB 522 was already completed

0-3 credits from the following:

• BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Business Admin : Concentrating on entrepreneurship and enterprise development, particular attention is given to the start-up, purchasing and management of small to medium-sized industrial firms in an environment that would appeal to Engineering students. The focal point is in understanding the dilemmas faced by entrepreneurs, resolving them, developing a business plan and the maximum utilization of the financial, marketing and human resources that make for a successful operation.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Younkin, Peter (Fall) Avedesian, Michael M (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: FACC 300 or MGCR 341

• MGPO 365 Business-Government Relations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Management Policy : The political environment in which business organizations operate: how governments control, regulate, promote, and compete with the private sector and how corporate policy responds to, and seeks to influence, these activities.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Restriction(s): U2 & U3 students only

• MGPO 450 Ethics in Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Management Policy : An examination of the economic, legal and ethical responsibilities of managers in both private and public organizations. Through readings, case studies, discussions and projects the class evaluates alternative ethical systems and norms of behaviour and draws conclusions as to the right, proper and just decisions and actions in the face of moral dilemmas. The focus of this course is on the decision process, values and consistency of values of the individual and on the impact of systems control and incentives on managerial morality.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Girard, Diane (Fall) Girard, Diane (Winter)

  • Restriction: U2 and U3 students only

• MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Management Policy : Firms face difficulties in developing new products. This course examines the new product development process to understand why problems occur and what managers can do. Topics include the creative synthesis of market and technology; the coordination of functions; and the strategic connection between the project and the strategy.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Struben, Jeroen (Winter)

  • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

• MGPO 475 Strategies for Developing Countries (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Bhattacharyay, Biswanath (Fall)

  • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

• MGPO 567 Business in Society (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  Management Policy : Examines different ideologies; business ethics and values; the corporation and its constituencies; the social impact of corporate decisions. The focus of this course is on the interaction between business organizations and society and on incorporating social impact analysis into strategic management.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Chauvin, Louis Rom茅o (Fall)

  • Restriction: U2 and U3 students only

• MSUS 434 Topics in Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  MSUS : An advanced topic in sustainability.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Restriction: Open only to U2 and U3 students.

3 credits from the following:

• ENVR 401 Environmental Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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 spring.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Mikkelson, Gregory Matthew; Freeman, Julia; McCourt, George (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: ENVR 301

  • Restriction: B.A. Faculty Program in Environment, B.A.&Sc. Faculty Program in Environment , B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) and B.Sc. Major in Environment, and Diploma in Environment.

• GEOG 460 Research in Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Through engaging in real-world sustainability challenges through hands-on research, learn to critically analyze problems that arise at the interface of multiple disciplines including the scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional, ethical, and human behavioural. Develop an understanding of the leverages and road blocks in achieving a sustainability transition.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Robinson, Brian (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 360

• MSUS 400 Independent Studies in Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  MSUS : Research reading or field projects in sustainability, permitting independent study under the guidance of a Faculty member.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Restriction (s): Open only to U3 students within the BCom.Major in Managing for Sustainability

  • Restriction (s): CGPA of at least 3.00 required.

  • Projects to be arranged individually with instructors. A detailed proposal from the student must be submitted to the instructor and the Director of the BCom program during the first week of term. Guidelines are available in the BCom program office and on the BCom program website at .

• MSUS 401 Sustainability Consulting (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  MSUS : Designed around a pro bono consulting engagement, provides real-world experience in applying management consulting theories and tools to plan and implement projects that move organizations towards sustainability. Topics include: consulting as an industry; different types of sustainability consulting; implementing change in organizations; and project management.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Maguire, Steve (Winter)

  • Restriction: Open only to U3 students within the BCom.Major in Managing for Sustainability.

• MSUS 497 Internship in Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  MSUS : Internship of a minimum of 150 hours of work over a period of 8 to 12 weeks, at an approved host institution, with a focus on sustainability.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Restriction: Open only to U2, U3 students within the B.Com. Major in Managing for Sustainability program.

  • Must receive approval of the position and arrange for a faculty member to serve as supervisor for the graded, written portion of the internship. .

  • Guidelines are available in the BCom program office and on the BCom website at

12 credits of 成人VR视频 School of Environment core courses:

• ENVR 200 The Global Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Ricciardi, Anthony; Atallah, Eyad Hashem; McCourt, George; Fyles, James W; Fabry, Frederic (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Manaugh, Kevin; Barrington-Leigh, Christopher; Kosoy, Nicolas; Bennett, Elena (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Leung, Brian; Lechowicz, Martin J; Paquette, Jeanne; McCourt, George; de Blois, Sylvie (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Goodin, David; Freeman, Julia (Fall) Ellis, Jaye Dana (Winter)

  • Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Brown, Peter Gilbert; Kosoy, Nicolas (Fall) Goodin, David; Hirose, Iwao; Garver, Geoffrey (Winter)

  • 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

6 credits of environmentally related courses selected with the approval of the environmental MSE Program Adviser (at least 3 credits must be in social sciences). A list of Suggested Courses is provided below.

Suggested Course List

The Suggested Course List is divided into two thematic categories: Social Sciences and Policy; and Natural Sciences and Technology.

Most courses listed at the 300 level and higher have prerequisites. You are urged to prepare your program of study with this in mind.

This list is not meant to be exhaustive. You are also encouraged to examine the course lists of the various domains in the Environment program for other courses that might interest you. Courses not on the Suggested Course List may be included in the Minor with the permission of the MSE Program Adviser.

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 成人VR视频's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.

Social Sciences and Policy

* Note: If WILD 415 is taken, 1 additional credit of complementary courses must be taken.

• AGEC 231 Economic Systems of Agriculture (3 credits)

  Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Agricultural Economics : The structure and organization of Canada's agriculture-food system, the operation, financing, linkages, and functions of its components. Focus to be on management of the various components and the entire system, types of problems confronted now and in the future.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Baker, Laurence B B (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• AGEC 333 Resource Economics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Thomassin, Paul (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• AGEC 430 Agriculture, Food and Resource Policy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Thomassin, Paul; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• AGEC 442 Economics of International Agricultural Development (3 credits)

  Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Lowitt, Kristen (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or AGEC 201 or equivalent

• AGRI 210 Agro-Ecological History (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Agriculture : Introduction to the environmental consequences of agriculture through time, relating the cultural diversity of agronomic practices to regionally varied ecological processes.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • 3 lectures

• AGRI 411 Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture (3 credits)

  Offered by: Animal Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Monardes, Humberto (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Two 2-hour conferences

• ANTH 206 Environment and Culture (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Paquet, Pierre-Alexandre (Fall)

  • Fall

• ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Winter

• ANTH 339 Ecological Anthropology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Scott, Colin H (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or SOCI 328, or GEOG 300 or ENVR 201, or ENVR 203, or permission of instructor

• ANTH 512 Political Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Paquet, Pierre-Alexandre (Winter)

  • Winter

• BREE 503 Water: Society, Law and Policy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Bioresource Engineering : Water and society and the ramifications at the local, national and international scales with respect to legal and public policy issues related to, for example, drinking water quality, transboundary water management, public involvement, First Nations, agriculture, governance, and institutions relevant to the management of water resources.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Clamen, Murray (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Restrictions: Only open to students in the Master of Science in Integrated Water Resources Management Program, or other graduate students by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken NRSC 512.

• CIVE 433 Urban Planning (3 credits)

  Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Civil Engineering : The City in History. The planning profession, evolution of planning in North America, Canada and Quebec. Planning theories, the general or master plan, planning processes and techniques, planning and design of residential subdivisions. Local planning issues, housing policies, planning laws.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Luka, Nicholas (Winter)

  • (3-1-5)

  • Restriction: Not open to U0 and U1 students.

• ECON 205 An Introduction to Political Economy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Velk, Thomas James (Fall)

  • 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.

• ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Lord, Guillaume (Fall)

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-325 or 154-425

• ECON 326 Ecological Economics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Naylor, Robin Thomas (Fall) Naylor, Robin Thomas (Winter)

  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 or consent of instructor

• ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits)

  Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Galiana, Isabel (Fall) Galiana, Isabel (Winter)

  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 or those listed under Prerequisites above

• ECON 405 Natural Resource Economics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Economics (Arts) : Topics include: Malthusian and Ricardian Scarcity; optimal depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources; exploration, risk and industry structure, and current resources, rent and taxation. Current public policies applied to the resource industries, particularly those of a regulatory nature.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Cairns, Robert D (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: ECON 230 or ECON 250

• ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Environmental Biology : Theories and procedures of assessing environmental impact. An examination of the environmental impact of existing programs and projects to examine their accuracy in predicting consequences and attenuating undesirable effects.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Hickey, Gordon (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 2 lectures

  • Restrictions: U2 students and above. Not open to students who have taken WILD 437 or NRSC 437.

• ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Manaugh, Kevin; Barrington-Leigh, Christopher; Kosoy, Nicolas; Bennett, Elena (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Goodin, David; Freeman, Julia (Fall) Ellis, Jaye Dana (Winter)

  • Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Brown, Peter Gilbert; Kosoy, Nicolas (Fall) Goodin, David; Hirose, Iwao; Garver, Geoffrey (Winter)

  • 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

• GEOG 200 Geographical Perspectives: World Environmental Problems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Introduction to geography as the study of nature and human beings in a spatial context. An integrated approach to environmental systems and the human organization of them from the viewpoint of spatial relationships and processes. Special attention to environmental problems as a constraint upon Third World development.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Holland, Timothy (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 210 Global Places and Peoples (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Unruh, Jon; Robinson, Brian (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Coomes, Oliver T; Breau, Sebastien (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 221 Environment and Health (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Strachan, Ian Brett; Ross, Nancy (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.

  • Note: 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. In Winter 2013, GEOG 221/NRSC 221 will be taught on the downtown campus.

• GEOG 300 Human Ecology in Geography (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Wenzel, George (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or ANTH 202 or BIOL 111

• GEOG 301 Geography of Nunavut (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : An introduction to the physical and cultural geography of Canada's newest territory. The course will emphasize the bio-physical heterogeneity of the natural environment and the cultural and political ecology of the human population.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Wenzel, George (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Summer 2015

  Instructors: Dressel, Holly (Fall) Meredith, Thomas C (Summer)

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 208 or permission of instructor.

  • **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.

• GEOG 303 Health Geography (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Ross, Nancy (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: One of the following: GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of instructor

• GEOG 370 Protected Areas (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Discussion of the goals of protected areas, focusing on the potential conflict between biodiversity conservation and use for recreation, education and sustainable extraction of resources. Principles and current issues in protected area design and management are reviewed. Examples are taken from developed and developing countries.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 208 or GEOG 203 or AEBI 205

• GEOG 382 Principles Earth Citizenship (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Foundations and applications of earth citizenship. Foundations: sustainability, tragedy of the commons, dominion, privatization and public welfare, resilience, precautionary principle, and land ethic are critically considered. Applications: implications for relationship between human and natural economies; human population size and control; and morality of modern agricultural and forestry practices.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 374. Restricted to U2 or U3 students. Enrolment limited to 50.

• GEOG 403 Global Health and Environmental Change (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • 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.

• GEOG 408 Geography of Development (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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).

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Unruh, Jon (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or permission of instructor

• GEOG 410 Geography of Underdevelopment: Current Problems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Pritchard, Matthew (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor

• GEOG 530 Global Land and Water Resources (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Linkage of physical processes (hydrology and ecosystems) with issues of societal and socio-economic relevance (land, food, and water use appropriation for human well-being). Application of a holistic perspective on land, food and water issues in an international setting, highlighting linkages, feedbacks and trade-offs in an Earth system context.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Prerequisite(s): GEOG 203 or ESYS 200 or ENVR 200 or equivalent; GEOG 322 or BREE 217 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.

• GEOG 551 Environmental Decisions (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : This course deals with the role of geographic information, paradigms and modes of analysis - including but not restricted to GIS - in environmental impact assessment and decision making. The focus will be on community-based decision making, particularly where conservation issues are involved. Cross-cultural situations, developing areas and the role of non-government organizations.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 2 hours seminar, 1 hour tutorial

  • Prerequisites: GEOG 302, GEOG 306 or equivalents

• MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits)

  Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty of Management)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Graham, Margaret (Fall) Renaut, Jean-Philippe (Winter)

  • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

• NRSC 221 Environment and Health (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Strachan, Ian Brett (Winter)

  • 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.

• NRSC 540 Socio-Cultural Issues in Water (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Natural Resource Sciences : Discussion of current debates and problems related to water, especially in developing countries. Topics include: gender relations and health in the context of cultural and economic systems, and the impacts of new technologies, market structures and population growth.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: A 300- or 400-level course in water or permission of instructor.

  • 3-hour seminar

• PHIL 230 Introduction to Moral Philosophy 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Philosophy : A survey of a number of historically important and influential theories. Philosophers to be discussed may include Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Bentham, Mill, and Moore.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Guindon, Bruno (Fall)

• PHIL 237 Contemporary Moral Issues (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015, Summer 2015

  Instructors: Voigt, Kristin (Winter) Coughlin, Melanie (Summer)

• PHIL 334 Ethical Theory (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Stroud, Sarah (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: one of PHIL 230, PHIL 237, PHIL 242, PHIL 343, or written permission of the instructor

• PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.)

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Hirose, Iwao (Fall)

• PHIL 348 Philosophy of Law 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Philosophy : A discussion of the nature of justice and law, and of the relationship between them.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Stoljar, Natalie (Fall)

  • Restriction: This course is intended for students with a non-professional interest in law, as well as for those considering law as a profession

• POLI 211 Comparative Government and Politics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Political Science : Introduction to the study of comparative politics as it applies both to the developed world and developing countries. The course presents the basic concepts and approaches used in the field of comparative politics and it focuses on patterns of similarity and difference in a way political institutions and processes are structured in a wide variety of national contexts.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.

• POLI 212 Government and Politics - Developed World (3 credits)

  Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Meadwell, Hudson (Fall)

  • Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.

• POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction (3 credits)

  Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Norman, Julie (Winter)

  • Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.

• POLI 345 International Organizations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Political Science : The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor

  • Note: The field is International Politics.

• POLI 445 International Political Economy: Monetary Relations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.

  • Note: The field is International Politics.

• PSYC 215 Social Psychology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Psychology : The course offers students an overview of the major topics in social psychology. Three levels of analysis are explored beginning with individual processes (e.g., attitudes, attribution), then interpersonal processes (e.g., attraction, communication, love) and finally social influence processes (e.g., conformity, norms, roles, reference groups).

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Baldwin, Mark W (Fall) Sullivan, Michael John L (Winter)

  • Fall and Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 330, MGCR 221 or SOCI 216

• RELG 270 Religious Ethics and the Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Religious Studies : Environmental potential of various religious traditions and secular perspectives, including animal rights, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015

  Instructors: Rosenberg, Eliza (Fall) Rosenberg, Eliza (Winter) Kachroo, Meera Jo; Rosenberg, Eliza (Summer)

  • Fall: Macdonald Campus (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue). Winter: Downtown Campus.

• RELG 340 Religion and the Sciences (3 credits)

  Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Religious Studies : Philosophies of science and of religion have created a more positive dialogue on questions of method, symbolism and rationality. Examines key issues (e.g. creation and evolution; objectivity and involvement; determinism and freedom) raised by natural and social sciences, and various possible solutions.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Greydanus, Richard (Fall)

  • Fall and Summer

• RELG 370 Religion and Human Rights (3 credits)

  Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Cere, Daniel M (Winter)

  • Winter

• RELG 376 Religious Ethics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Religious Studies : A discussion of ethical theory will provide the background for an analysis of the relationship between religious world views and moral reason. Attention will be given to the way in which the dominant religious traditions view the exemplars of religious virtue, and to how the virtues exemplified are related to and justified by the faith tradition in which they operate.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

• SOCI 222 Urban Sociology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Sociology (Arts) : Comparative analysis of the process of urbanization in Europe, North America and the Third World; effects of urbanization upon social institutions and individuals; theories of urbanization and urbanism; the Canadian urban system; urban problems in comparative view.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Locher, Uli (Winter)

• SOCI 234 Population and Society (3 credits)

  Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Brauner-Otto, Sarah (Fall)

• SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits)

  Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Sociology (Arts) : An examination of the extent to which technological developments impose constraints on ways of arranging social relationships in bureaucratic organizations and in the wider society: the compatibility of current social structures with the effective utilization of technology.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Smith, Michael R (Fall)

• SOCI 254 Development and Underdevelopment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Locher, Uli (Fall)

  • Summer

• SOCI 386 Contemporary Social Movements (3 credits)

  Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Miltsov, Alexandre (Winter)

• URBP 201 Planning the 21st Century City (3 credits)

  Offered by: Urban Planning (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Urban Planning : The study of how urban planners respond to the challenges posed by contemporary cities world-wide. Urban problems related to the environment, shelter, transport, human health, livelihoods and governance are addressed; innovative plans to improve cities and city life are analyzed.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (3-1-5)

• URBP 506 Environmental Policy and Planning (3 credits)

  Offered by: Urban Planning (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Urban Planning : Analytical and institutional approaches for understanding and addressing urban and other environmental problems at various scales; characteristics of environmental problems and implications; political-institutional context and policy instruments; risk perception and implications; cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, multiple-objectives approaches, life-cycle analysis; policy implementation issues; case studies.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (3-0-6)

  • Restriction: This course is open to students in U3 and above

• URBP 530 Urban Environmental Planning (3 credits)

  Offered by: Urban Planning (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Urban Planning : Urban environmental planning with a focus on sustainability and smart growth. Consideration is given to the tools, techniques and processes that planners use to promote sustainable urban development. Local applications and community initiatives are addressed.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Note: Not open to students who have taken URBP 614.

• WILD 415 Conservation Law (2 credits) *

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Resource Development : A study of the various federal, provincial and municipal laws affecting wildlife habitat. Topics include: laws to protect wild birds and animals; the regulation of hunting; legal protection of trees and flowers, sanctuaries, reserves, parks; techniques of acquiring and financing desirable land, property owner rights.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 2 lectures

Natural Sciences and Technology

** Note: you may take LSCI 230 or MIMM 211, but not both; you may take BIOL 432 or ENVB 315, but not both; you may take BREE 217 or GEOG 322, but not both; you may take ENVB 430 or GEOG 201, but not both; you may take BIOL 308 or ENVB 305, but not both.

• AGRI 340 Principles of Ecological Agriculture (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Begg, Caroline B (Winter)

  • 3 lectures and one 2-hour seminar

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 250

• AGRI 435 Soil and Water Quality Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Agriculture : Management of soil and water systems for sustainability. Cause of soil degradation, surface and groundwater contamination by agricultural chemicals and toxic pollutants. Human health and safety concerns. Water-table management. Soil and water conservation techniques will be examined with an emphasis on methods of prediction and best management practices.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Qi, Zhiming; Madramootoo, Chandra A; Biswas, Asim (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

  • This course carries an additional charge of $13 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to a field trip. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• ANSC 326 Fundamentals of Population Genetics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Animal Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Animal Science : Population genetics mechanisms in mammals, birds and plant. Factors influencing gene, genotype, and phenotypic frequencies. Effects of different types of selection, Hardy-Weinberg, linkage and recombination, polymorphisms and heterozygosity, population size, random drift and inbreeding on gene and genotype frequencies. Relationship between quantitative genetic parameters and gene frequencies.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: AEMA 310 or equivalent or permission of instructor and CELL 204 or LSCI 204 or equivalent or permission of instructor.

• ANTH 311 Primate Behaviour and Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Anthropology : Critical evaluation of theories concerning primate behaviour with emphasis on the importance of ecological factors in framing behaviour, including mating behaviour, parent care, social structures, communication, as well as various forms of social interaction such as dominance, territoriality and aggressive expression.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Schoof, Val茅rie (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: Any 200 level course in a social or biological science.

• ARCH 375 Landscape (2 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Architecture : Land form, plant life, microclimate; land use and land preservation; elements and methods of landscape design.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Hall茅, Marc (Fall)

  • (2-2-2)

• ARCH 377 Energy, Environment and Buildings (3 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Architecture : Exploration of the interrelationship between energy, environment and building. Topics include sustainability, assessment tools, the integrated design process, water conservation, energy conservation, renewable energy, materials and embodied energy, indoor environmental quality, environmental acoustics, and advanced building technology.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Pogharian, Sevag (Winter)

  • (3-0-6)

  • Prerequisite: ARCH 202 or permission of instructor

• ARCH 378 Site Usage (3 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Architecture : The study of the creation, form and usage of the exterior space generated in various patterns of low-rise housing. Socio-cultural aspects of patterns; exterior space as a logical extension of the living unit; social control of the use of urban and suburban land; comparative model for low-rise housing patterns.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (2-0-7)

  • Prerequisite: ARCH 202 or permission of instructor

• ATOC 215 Oceans, Weather and Climate (3 credits)

  Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences : Laws of motion, geostrophic wind, gradient wind. General circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, local circulation features. Air-sea interaction, including hurricanes and sea-ice formation, extra-tropical weather systems and fronts, role of the atmosphere and oceans in climate.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Yau, Man K (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours lecture

  • Prerequisite: ATOC 214

• BIOL 240 Monteregian Flora (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : Field studies of ferns, fern allies, conifers and flowering plants; the use of keys for plant identification.

  Terms: Summer 2015

  Instructors: Lechowicz, Martin J; Lapointe, Melanie (Summer)

  • 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: (martin.lechowicz [at] mcgill.ca).

  • This course is offered in the summer.

  • This course, given at the University鈥檚 Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilaire, has an additional fee of $417.79 which includes a hand lens, a textbook, handouts, lodging and supper each day.

• BIOL 305 Animal Diversity (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : The characteristics of the major groups of animals, their ancestry, history and relationship to one another. The processes of speciation, adaptive radiation and extinction responsible for diversity. Methods for constructing of phylogenies, for comparing phenotypes, and for estimating and analyzing diversity.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Millien, Virginie; Larsson, Hans Carl; Bell, Graham (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 2 hours lecture and 1 three-hour laboratory

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202

• BIOL 308 Ecological Dynamics (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Fussmann, Gregor; Guichard, Frederic (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lecture, 1 hour computer lab/tutorial

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202

• BIOL 310 Biodiversity and Ecosystems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : Ecological bases of the natural causes and consequences of current global environmental changes, including how biodiversity and ecosystem processes are defined and measured, how they vary in space and time, how they are affected by physical and biological factors, and how they affect each other and human societies.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Davies, Thomas (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours lecture

  • one-day field trip to Mont St-Hilaire

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 215; or ENVR 200 and ENVR 202; MATH 112 or equivalent; or permission of the instructor

• BIOL 342 Contemporary Topics in Aquatic Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : An introduction to freshwater and marine biology and ecology. Topics include structure and function of the major aquatic ecosystems and how these are affected by environmental change.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Gregory-Eaves, Irene; Price, Neil (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite(s): BIOL 205, and BIOL 215 or both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 432.

• BIOL 418 Freshwater Invertebrate Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : The life history and ecology of freshwater invertebrates in lakes, rivers and wetlands; habitat requirements, functional ecology and food web interactions; the role of invertebrates in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems; threats to freshwater diversity.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab

  • Prerequisites: BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 and ENVR 202) and BIOL 205 or permission of the instructor

  • enrolment limited to 25 students

• BIOL 432 Limnology (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : A study of the physical, chemical and biological properties of lakes and other inland waters, with emphasis on their functioning as systems.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Fussmann, Gregor; Gregory-Eaves, Irene (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 2 hours lecture; 2 weekends at field station equivalent to 3 hours laboratory per week

  • Prerequisites: BIOL 206 and BIOL 215 or permission of instructor.

  • This course, involving two field weekends, has an additional fee of $280, 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.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENVB 315.

• BIOL 436 Evolution and Society (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : Explores the impact that biological evolution and evolutionary thinking have on society. Topics include intelligence, language, race, gender, medicine, genetically modified organisms, politics, and creationism.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 304 or permission of the instructor

  • Course instructors will introduce each topic and lead discussion, while an invited lecturer will focus on a particular aspect of that topic.

  • Enrolment limited to 25 students.

• BIOL 465 Conservation Biology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Gonzalez, Andrew; Gray, Heather; Green, David M (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lecture

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 215 OR both ENVR 200 and ENVR 202

• BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Bioresource Engineering : Measurements and analysis of components of the water cycle. Precipitation, evaporation, infiltration and groundwater. Analysis of hydrologic data. Hydrograph theory. Hydrologic estimations for design of water control projects; flood control and reservoir routing. Integrated watershed management and water conservation. Water management systems for environmental protection.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Prasher, Shiv (Winter)

  • 3 lectures, one 2-hour lab

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 217.

  • Note: This course carries an additional course charge of $30 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.

• BREE 322 Organic Waste Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Clark, Grant (Fall)

  • 2 lectures and one 2-hour lab

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 322.

• BREE 518 Bio-Treatment of Wastes (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Bioresource Engineering : Special topics concerning control of pollution agents from the agricultural industry; odour control, agricultural waste treatment including biological digestion, flocculants, land disposal and sedimentation, pesticide transport.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Clark, Grant (Winter)

  • One 3 hour lecture

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 518.

• BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics and Society (3 credits)

  Offered by: Parasitology (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Biotechnology : Examination of particular social and ethical challenges posed by modern biotechnology such as benefit sharing, informed consent in the research setting, access to medical care worldwide, environmental safety and biodiversity and the ethical challenges posed by patenting life.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Restriction: U3 and over.

• CHEE 230 Environmental Aspects of Technology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Chemical Engineering : The impact of urbanization and technology on the environment. Topics include urbanization: causes, effects, land use regulations; transportation technology and environmental implications; environmental impact of energy conversions; energy policy alternatives; formulation of energy and environmental policy; air pollution: sources, effects, control; water pollution: sources, effects, control.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (3-0-6)

• CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015

  Instructors: Daoust, Michel; Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura; Tsantrizos, Youla S (Fall) Daoust, Michel; Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura; Lumb, Jean-Philip; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Winter) Pavelka, Laura; Daoust, Michel (Summer)

  • Fall, Winter, Summer

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.

  • Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 or equivalent

  • Each lab section is limited enrolment

  • Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().

• CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Basic concepts of electronic structure and molecular bonding will be developed and applied to the understanding of common materials. Acid-base chemistry. Survey of the chemistry of the main group elements. Introduction to coordination and organometallic chemistry.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Moores-Fran莽ois, Audrey (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or plan to take CHEM 201

• CHEM 462 Green Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : New reactions and methods which can be used for the production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks; the use of new environmentally benign solvents, catalysts and reagents; organic reactions in aqueous media and in supercritical carbon dioxide; bio-catalysis and bio-processes.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 381

• CIVE 225 Environmental Engineering (4 credits)

  Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Civil Engineering : Introduction to environmental chemistry; mass balance analyses in engineered and natural systems; water, soil and air pollution characterization and control; water quality parameters; drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies; global climate change: possible causes and effects; risk assessment for pollutant exposure; solid- and hazardous-waste management.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Frigon, Dominic (Winter)

  • (4-2-6)

  • Prerequisite: CIVE 290.

  • Corequisite: MATH 263.

• CIVE 323 Hydrology and Water Resources (3 credits)

  Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Civil Engineering : Precipitation, evaporation and transpiration. Streamflow, storage reservoirs. Groundwater hydrology. Morphology of river basins. Statistical analysis in hydrology, stochastic modelling and simulation. Case studies in hydroelectric power development, flood damage mitigation, irrigation and drainage.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Hochet, Sylvana (Fall)

  • (3-2-4)

  • Prerequisite: CIVE 302

• CIVE 550 Water Resources Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Civil Engineering : State-of-the-art water resources management techniques; case studies of their application to Canadian situations; identification of major issues and problem areas; interprovincial and international river basins; implications of development alternatives; institutional arrangements for planning and development of water resources; and, legal and economic aspects.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (3-0-6)

  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): CIVE 323 or equivalent

• ENTO 340 Field Entomology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Entomology : A field course and project about arthropod taxonomy, field methods and experimental design in entomology. Includes natural history observation, and experimental approaches to arthropod population and community ecology.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Summer

• ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Begg, Caroline B (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOIL 210

• ENVB 301 Meteorology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Environmental Biology : The physical processes underlying weather. Topics include: the atmosphere - its properties (structure and motion), and thermodynamics (stability, heat and moisture); clouds and precipitation; air masses and fronts; mid-latitude weather systems and severe weather.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Strachan, Ian Brett (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken NRSC 201

• ENVB 305 Population & Community Ecology (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Buddle, Christopher (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 205

• ENVB 315 Science of Inland Waters (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Environmental Biology : Nature and history of limnology; divisions of inland waters; properties of fresh water; habitats; zones; nutrient cycles; biota; adaptations; seasonal variation; distributions; pollution; succession and evolution of fresh water environments. Includes field excursions.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken NRSC 315.

• ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Fyles, James W (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: ENVB 222, AEMA 310 or permission of instructor

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WOOD 410

  • This course has an additional charge of $15.39 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• ENVB 415 Ecosystem Management (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Environmental Biology : Through the examination of cases studies presented in a modular format, students will be exposed to a variety of ecosystem processes. Choice of components, interactions and type of management to achieve desired endpoints will be discussed.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Begg, Caroline B; Bennett, Elena (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: BREE 327 and WILD 205 or ENVB 305

• ENVB 430 GIS for Natural Resource Management (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Cardille, Jeffrey; Adamchuk, Viacheslav (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: At least one environmental science course and one ecology course or permission of instructor

  • Restrictions: U2 students and above. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 201, 306 or 307 or BREE/ABEN 430 or NRSC 430. Limited to 32 students.

• ENVR 200 The Global Environment (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Ricciardi, Anthony; Atallah, Eyad Hashem; McCourt, George; Fyles, James W; Fabry, Frederic (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth (3 credits)

  Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (School of Environment)

  Administered by: Faculty of Science

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Leung, Brian; Lechowicz, Martin J; Paquette, Jeanne; McCourt, George; de Blois, Sylvie (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Section 001: Downtown Campus

  • Section 051: Macdonald Campus

• EPSC 201 Understanding Planet Earth (3 credits)

  Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Earth & Planetary Sciences : Learn about Earth's origin, its place in the solar system, its internal structure, rocks and minerals, the formation of metal and fossil fuel deposits, and the extinction of dinosaurs. Discover the impact of the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountain chains on Earth's past, present and future. Explore 125 million-year-old Mount Royal.

  Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015

  Instructors: Williams-Jones, Anthony E (Fall) Mucci, Alfonso (Winter)

  • Fall or Winter

  • 3 hours lectures; afternoon field trips

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 233.

• EPSC 233 Earth and Life History (3 credits)

  Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Earth & Planetary Sciences : Interpretation of stratified rocks; history of Earth with special emphasis on the regions of North America; outline of the history of life recorded in fossils.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Halverson, Galen (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lectures

• EPSC 425 Sediments to Sequences (3 credits)

  Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Earth & Planetary Sciences : Advanced techniques for interrogating the stratigraphic record. Topics include cyclicity in the sedimentary record, sequence stratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, sedimentary control on the fossil record, and the record of deep sea sediment cores.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Winter

  • 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory

  • Prerequisites: EPSC 355 or ESYS 300 or permission of instructor.

• EPSC 549 Hydrogeology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Earth & Planetary Sciences : Introduction to groundwater flow through porous media. Notions of fluid potential and hydraulic head. Darcy flux and Darcy's Law. Physical properties of porous media and their measurement. Equation of groundwater flow. Flow systems. Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells. Notions of hydrology. Groundwater quality and contamination. Physical processes of contaminant transport.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: McKenzie, Jeffrey (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours lectures, 1-2 hours laboratory

  • Prerequisite: permission of the instructor

• ESYS 301 Earth System Modelling (3 credits)

  Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Earth System Science : Principal concepts of systems modelling related to earth system science and environmental science. Students explore the ideas of state, stability, equilibria, feedbacks, and complexity using simple models.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Tremblay, Bruno (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours lecture

  • Prerequisite: ESYS 200 or ENVR 200 or equivalent.

• GEOG 200 Geographical Perspectives: World Environmental Problems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Introduction to geography as the study of nature and human beings in a spatial context. An integrated approach to environmental systems and the human organization of them from the viewpoint of spatial relationships and processes. Special attention to environmental problems as a constraint upon Third World development.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Holland, Timothy (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 201 Introductory Geo-Information Science (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Sengupta, Raja; Lehner, Bernhard (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours and lab

• GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : An examination of global change, from the Quaternary Period to the present day involving changes in the physical geography of specific areas. Issues such as climatic change and land degradation will be discussed, with speculations on future environments.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Chmura, Gail L (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 272 Earth's Changing Surface (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : Introduction to the study of landforms as products of geomorphic and geologic systems acting at and near the Earth's surface. The process geomorphology approach will be used to demonstrate how landforms of different geomorphic settings represent a dynamic balance between forces acting in the environment and the physical properties of materials present.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Pollard, Wayne H (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

• GEOG 308 Principles of Remote Sensing (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : A conceptual view of remote sensing and the underlying physical principles. Covers ground-based, aerial, satellite systems, and the electromagnetic spectrum, from visible to microwave. Emphasis on application of remotely sensed data in geography including land cover change and ecological processes.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Arroyo Mora, Juan Pablo; Kalacska, Margaret (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours and laboratory periods

  • Corequisite(s): GEOG 201

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 308

• GEOG 321 Climatic Environments (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Strachan, Ian Brett (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or ATOC 210 or permission of instructor

• GEOG 322 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Roulet, Nigel Thomas; Lehner, Bernhard (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or equivalent

• GEOG 372 Running Water Environments (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : The course focuses on the physical habitat conditions found in streams, rivers, estuaries and deltas. Based on the laws governing flow of water and sediment transport, it emphasizes differences among these environments, in terms of channel form, flow patterns, substrate composition and mode of evolution. Flooding, damming, channelisation, forestry impacts.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Lapointe, Michel F (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

  • Prerequisites: GEOG 203 and GEOG 272, or ENVR 200 and ENVR 202

• GEOG 470 Wetlands (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Geography : An examination of the structure, function and utility of wetlands. Topics include the fluxes of energy and water, wetland biogeochemistry, plant ecology in freshwater and coastal wetlands and wetlands use, conservation and restoration. Field trip(s) are envisaged to illustrate issues covered in class.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Chmura, Gail L (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours

  • Restriction: Permission of instructor.

• LSCI 230 Introductory Microbiology (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Life Sciences : The occurrence and importance of microorganisms (especially bacteria) in the biosphere. Principles governing growth, death and metabolic activities of microorganisms. An introduction to the microbiology of soil, water, plants, food, man and animals.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Faucher, Sebastien (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MICR 230.

• MICR 331 Microbial Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Microbiology (Agric&Envir Sc) : The ecology of microorganisms, primarily bacteria and archaea, and their roles in biogeochemical cycles will be discussed. 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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Driscoll, Brian T (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have successfully completed NRSC 331

• MIME 308 Social Impact of Technology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Mining & Materials Engineering : Critical examination of the socio-economic costs and benefits of technology, case studies of old engineering works and new technologies. The integration of applied ethics and engineering practice, analysis of basic concepts of technology assessment, the inter-connected processes of risk assessment, management, and communication.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (3-0-6)

  • Enrolment encouraged by students outside the Faculty of Engineering

• MIME 320 Extraction of Energy Resources (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Mining & Materials Engineering : The extraction of energy resources, i.e. coal, gas, oil and tar sands. After a brief geological review, different extraction techniques for these substances will be discussed. Emphasis on problems such as northern mining and offshore oil extraction with reference to Canadian operations. Transportation and marketing.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • (3-0-6)

• MIMM 211 Introductory Microbiology (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Microbiology and Immun (Sci) : A general treatment of microbiology bearing specifically on the biological properties of microorganisms. Emphasis will be on procaryotic cells. Basic principles of microbial genetics are also introduced.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Cousineau, Benoit; Sagan, Selena; Nguyen, Dao (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours of lecture

  • Corequisite: BIOL 200

• MIMM 314 Intermediate Immunology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Piccirillo, Ciriaco; Fournier, Sylvie; Colmegna, In茅s (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 hours of lecture

  • Prerequisite: MIMM 214

• MIMM 323 Microbial Physiology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Microbiology and Immun (Sci) : An introduction to the composition and structure of microbial cells, the biochemical activities associated with cellular metabolism and how these activities are regulated and coordinated. The course will have a molecular and genetic approach to the study of microbial physiology.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Marczynski, Gregory T; Coulton, James W; Turcotte, Bernard (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours of lecture

  • Prerequisite: MIMM 211

• MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Liang, Chen; Sagan, Selena; Teodoro, Jose Guerreiro (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours of lecture

  • Prerequisites: MIMM 211, BIOL 200, BIOL 201 or BIOC 212

• NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Natural Resource Sciences : The environmental contaminants which cause pollution; sources, amounts and transport of pollutants in water, air and soil; waste management.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Whyte, Lyle; Basu, Niladri (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 lectures

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 333

• NRSC 340 Global Perspectives on Food (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Natural Resource Sciences : Issues of community and global change in relation to environment and the production of food. Contrasts between developed and developing countries will highlight impacts of colonialism, political structures, and cultural systems related to gender, class and ethnicity.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Prerequisite: A 200-level course in food science, food resources or dietetics, or permission of instructor.

• NRSC 510 Agricultural Micrometeorology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Natural Resource Sciences : Interaction between plant communities and the atmosphere. The physical processes governing the transfer of heat, mass and momentum as they relate to research and production in agricultural and environmental systems. Experimental techniques for measuring fluxes of heat, water-vapour, CO2 and natural and man-made pollutants.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 3 lectures

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AEPH 510

• NRSC 514 Freshwater Ecosystems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Natural Resource Sciences : Origin, diversity, structure, function and evolution of freshwater ecosystems; fauna, flora and biotic communities of freshwater habitats; indicator organisms; biotic indices; human impact on freshwater ecosystems.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Fall

• PARA 410 Environment and Infection (3 credits)

  Offered by: Parasitology (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Scott, Marilyn (Winter)

  • 2 lectures per week

  • Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or AEBI 120 or equivalent

• PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Parasitology (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Geary, Timothy; Faubert, Gaetan Mario (Winter)

• PLNT 304 Biology of Fungi (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Chamoun, Rony (Winter)

  • 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

• PLNT 305 Plant Pathology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Plant Science : The theory and concepts of plant pathology, including the disease cycle, infection, symptoms, resistance, epidemiology and control. The biology and taxonomy of pathogens will be studied, including fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Techniques of inoculation, isolation of pathogens from diseased plants, disease diagnosis and pathogen identification will be demonstrated.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Ajjamada, Kushalappa (Fall)

  • 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

• PLNT 358 Flowering Plant Diversity (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Plant Science : Principles of classification and identification of flowering plants and ferns, with emphasis on 35 major families of flowering plants and the habitats in which they grow.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Waterway, Marcia J (Fall)

  • 2 lectures, one 3-hour lab, plus a 4-day field week held the week preceding the start of classes

  • Prerequisite: PLNT 201 or AEBI 210 or ENVR 202 or permission of instructor

  • A $51.30 fee is charged to all students registered in this course, which has a fieldwork component prior to the beginning of classes in August. This fee is used to support the cost of excursions, a hand lens, instructional handouts and identification aids. Students who have already received a hand lens may request a reimbursement of a portion of this charge through their department.

• PLNT 426 Plant Ecophysiology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Plant Science : This course investigates the complex interactions between plants and their environment, focusing on the mechanisms underlying plant physiological processes. Plasticity of plants to their ecological environment; topics include phytoremediation, plant stress responses, plant-symbiosis and plant-insect interactions.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.

  • Prerequisites: AEBI 210 and LSCI 204 and LSCI 211 or permission of instructor.

• PLNT 460 Plant Ecology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Fall 2014

  Instructors: Beauregard, Frieda (Fall)

  • 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

  • Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor.

  • This course carries an additional charge of $25.65 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• SOIL 300 Geosystems (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Soil Science : Interactions between Earth's various geologic systems and how these interactions lead to mineral and rock formation. Geomorphic processes and how various landforms are created by the interactions at the Earth's surface between the various geologic systems.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: McCourt, George (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken SOIL 200. Restricted to U2 students and above.

• WILD 421 Wildlife Conservation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  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.

  Terms: Winter 2015

  Instructors: Brammer, Jeremy (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken NRSC 421.