Director, Office for Science and Society
Office: OM 110
Phone: (514)398-6238
Email: joe.schwarcz [at] mcgill.ca
Currently Teaching
CHEM 181. World of Chemistry: Food.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A series of lectures on the historical, practical, and simple chemical aspects of: food, food additives; vitamins; minerals, diet and cancer; dieting; food-borne illnesses, health food and cooking.
- Winter
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 150.
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CHEM 183. World of Chemistry: Drugs.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Drug history and marketing, over the counter drugs (e.g. aspirin, cough and cold remedies, allergy preparations), street and heart drugs, mental illness, hormones, brain chemistry and diabetes.
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
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