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Elective Courses

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Beginning fall 2018, new students in Electrical and Computer Engineering have to complete a general "free" elective. This is a 3-credit course taken at the 200-level or higher from any department at McGill, approved by the ECE Undergraduate Office (ENGTR 2060). This course is considered a core course so it must be passed with a grade of "C" or better and cannot be taken under the S/U option.Ìý

PLEASE NOTE:

* We will not approve design project and independent research project courses offered in other units of the university.

* Students are allowed to select an ECSE course which is inside or outside of their program (ex. an extra TC), provided they meet the prerequisites.

* Students must get approval from the ECE Undergraduate Office when they choose their elective course, unless it's on the pre-approved list below.Ìý

To provide more guidance, here is a list of some pre-approved courses (as of September 2018). You do not have to get approval from our office if the course is on this list:

ANAT 261. Introduction to Dynamic Histology.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 4
Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to light and electron microscopic anatomy in which cell and tissue dynamics will be explored in the principal tissues and organs of the body.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory
  • Must be taken in U1 by students in Anatomy and Cell Biology programs
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or CEGEP equivalent
  • Restriction: Open to students in biological sciences and others by special permission

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ANTH 201. Introduction to Archaeology.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Exploration of the definition of the discipline of archaeology and the ways that archaeologists reconstruct the past. Overview of goals, theories, research questions, and methods of anthropological archaeology.
  • Fall

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ANTH 204. Anthropology of Meaning.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Through the analysis of language, symbols and cultural constructions of meaning, this course explores how people in different societies make sense of their world, and the ways in which they organise that knowledge, and how ideologies represent the different interests present in a society.
  • Winter

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ANTH 227. Medical Anthropology.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
  • Fall

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ARTH 202. Introduction to Contemporary Art.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

A critical survey of contemporary art and theory, from 1945 to the present focusing on pivotal issues such as anti-war politics, feminism, sexual diversity, AIDS awareness, discourse of multiculturalism, debates about modernism and postmodernism, post colonialism, technology, and globalization.

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ARTH 207. Introduction Early Modern Art 1400-1700.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Surveys visual culture of early modern Europe across various social spheres and geographical locations.

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ATOC 219. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as smog chamber, acid rain, and ozone hole will be examined.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, and one of MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150, or a CEGEP DEC in Science, or permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 219, CHEM 419 or ATOC 419
  • Offered in odd years. Students should register in CHEM 219 in even years

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BIOL 200. Molecular Biology.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The physical and chemical properties of the cell and its components in relation to their structure and function. Topics include: protein structure, enzymes and enzyme kinetics; nucleic acid replication, transcription and translation; the genetic code, mutation, recombination, and regulation of gene expression.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 112 or equivalent
  • Corequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent, or CHEM 204

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BIOL 201. Cell Biology and Metabolism.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course introduces the student to our modern understanding of cells and how they work. Major topics to be covered include: photosynthesis, energy metabolism and metabolic integration; plasma membrane including secretion, endocytosis and contact mediated interactions between cells; cytoskeleton including cell and organelle movement; the nervous system; hormone signaling; the cell cycle.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lecture, 1 hour optional tutorial
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 200.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212 or BIOC 212

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BIOL 206. Methods in Biology.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to modern methods used in organismal biology, including ecological sampling, experimental methods and statistics. Particular emphasis is on ways of thinking about the design of sampling programs and the analyses of data to test hypotheses using observational or experimental data.
  • Fall
  • 1. 2 hours lecture, 2. 3 hours laboratory
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or equivalent

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BIOL 215. Introduction to Ecology and Evolution.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the fundamental processes of ecology and evolution that bear on the nature and diversity of organisms and the processes that govern their assembly into ecological communities and their roles in ecosystem function.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lecture
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 111
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ENVR 202

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BIOL 219. Introduction to Physical Molecular and Cell Biology.

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to molecular and cell biology from a physical perspective. Techniques and methodologies, both experimental and computational, are included in the presentation of each thematic module.
  • This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, etc.
  • Prerequisite(s): BIOL 112; CHEM 110 and CHEM 120; MATH 140, MATH 141 and MATH 133; PHYS 131 and PHYS 142; or the equivalents of these courses.
  • Corequisite(s): MATH 222 or equivalent
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT 212, BIOC 212, BIOL 200, and BIOL 201, or BIEN 219. Only open to students in Bioengineering, Computer Science-Biology, Biology-Mathematics, Biology-Quantitative Biology, Chemistry-Biophysical Chemistry, and Physics-Biological Physics Options.
  • This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics.

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BIOL 240. Monteregian Flora.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Field studies of ferns, fern allies, conifers and flowering plants; the use of keys for plant identification.
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or permission
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PLNT 358
  • Note: Taught at the Gault Nature Reserve. Contact instructor for specific dates, logistics: (virginie.millien [at] mcgill.ca).
  • This course is offered in the summer.
  • This course, given at the University’s Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilaire, has an additional fee of $485.56 which includes a hand lens, a textbook, handouts, lodging and supper each day.

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BIEN 219. Introduction to Physical Molecular and Cell Biology.

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Bioengineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to molecular and cell biology from a physical perspective. Techniques and methodologies, both experimental and computational, are included in the presentation of each thematic module.
  • Corequisite(s): MATH 222 or equivalent
  • Prerequisite(s): BIOL 112; CHEM 110 and CHEM 120; MATH 140, MATH 141 and MATH 133; PHYS 131 and PHYS 142; or the equivalents of these courses
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ANAT212, BIOC212, BIOL200, BIOL 201 and BIOL219. Only open to students in Bioengineering, Computer Science-Biology, Biology-Mathematics, BiologyQuantitative Biology, Chemistry-Biophysical Chemistry, and Physics-Biological Physics options.
  • This course is meant to prepare students for related 300-level courses in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics.

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BMDE 508. Introduction to Micro and Nano-Bioengineering.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The micro and nanotechnologies that drive and support the miniaturization and parallelization of techniques for life sciences research, including different inventions, designs and engineering approaches that lead to new tools and methods for the life sciences - while transforming them - and help advance our knowledge of life.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
  • This course is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students having a biological/medical background or an engineering, physical sciences background. Engineering students enrolled in the Minor in Biomedical Engineering, or Honours in Electrical Engineering and Honours in Mechanical Engineering, should be particularly interested.

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CHEE 200. Chemical Engineering Principles 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to the design of industrial processes. Survey of unit operations, and systems of units. Elementary material balances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, use of property tables and charts, steady flow processes. Relationships between thermodynamic properties, property estimation techniques. Laboratory and design exercise.
  • (3-1-5)
  • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

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CHEE 220. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Application of thermodynamic equilibrium; free energy and equilibrium; phase rule; chemical reaction equilibrium for homogenous and multicomponent/multiphase systems. Application to the design of binary distillation. Laboratory exercise.
  • (3-1.5-4.5)
  • Prerequisite: CHEE 200
  • Corequisite(s): MATH 262

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CHEM 203. Survey of Physical Chemistry.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with applications to biomolecular systems. Thermodynamic and kinetic control of biological processes.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213
  • Restriction: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
  • Restrictions: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.

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CHEM 204. Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Similar to /. Emphasis on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
  • Fall, Winter
  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent and one full course in calculus
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213.

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CHEM 212. Introductory Organic Chemistry 1.

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

A fundamental study of aliphatic compounds and saturated functional groups including modern concepts of bonding, reaction mechanisms, conformational analysis, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
  • Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry’s Web page ().
  • Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().
  • **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.
  • Fall, Summer
  • Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: Not open to students registered in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 211, CHEM 242, 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 ().

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CHEM 234. Topics in Organic Chemistry.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
  • Restriction: For Chemical Engineers only or Permission of Department.
  • Fall, Winter, Summer
  • Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent
  • Restriction: For Chemical Engineers only or permission of department.

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CHEM 334. Advanced Materials.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Survey of the physical and chemical structure-function relationships defining advanced materials, including an introduction to basic materials science and characterization. Topics include supramolecular polymers, self-healing materials, advanced surfaces and adhesives, bio-inspired materials, shape memory materials, sensors and actuators, and photonic materials.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 334.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 334.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110/CHEM 120 and PHYS101/PHYS 102 or PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or CEGEP Physics and Chemistry, or equivalent. Prerequisite or Corequisite: one of CHEM 203, CHEM 204, CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or equivalent; or one of PHYS 230 and PHYS 232, or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.

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CHEM 531. Chemistry of Inorganic Materials.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Structure, bonding, synthesis, properties and applications of covalent, ionic, metallic crystals, and amorphous solids. Defect structures and their use in synthesis of specialty materials such as electronic conductors, semiconductors, and superconductors, and solid electrolytes. Basic principles of composite materials and applications of chemistry to materials processing.
  • Prerequisite: CHEM 381
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: CHEM 381

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CIVE 205. Statics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Systems of forces and couples, resultants, equilibrium. Trusses, frames and beams, reactions, shear forces, bending moments. Centroids, centres of gravity, distributed forces, moments of inertia. Friction, limiting equilibrium, screws, belts.
  • (3-2-4)

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CIVE 207. Solid Mechanics.

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Stress-strain relationships; elastic and inelastic behaviour; performance criteria. Elementary and compound stress states, Mohr's circle. Shear strains, torsion. Bending and shear stresses in flexural members. Deflections of beams. Statically indeterminate systems under flexural and axial loads. Columns. Dynamic loading.
  • (4-2-6)
  • Prerequisites: CIVE 205 (a D grade is acceptable for prerequisite purposes) or MECH 210 (under special circumstances, the Department may permit this course to be taken as a corequisite) or equivalent
  • Four laboratory sessions and weekly tutorials

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CIVE 281. Analytical Mechanics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Kinematics of particles, dynamics of particles. Work, conservative forces, potential energy. Relative motion and general moving frames of reference. Central force fields and orbits. Dynamics of a system of particles. General motion of rigid bodies, angular momentum and kinetic energy of rigid bodies. Generalized coordinates and forces, Lagrange's equations.
  • (3-1-5)
  • Corequisites: MATH 262, MATH 263.

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CLAS 220. Introductory Ancient Greek 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A course designed for beginners with little or no background in ancient Greek. Introduction to basic grammar, vocabulary, morphology. Reading of simple sentences and connected passages.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 220 D1/D2 prior to September 2016.

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COMP 321. Programming Challenges.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Development of programming skills on tricky challenges, games and puzzles by means of programming competitions.
  • 1 hour
  • Prerequisites: COMP 206
  • Note: At the end of the class, interested students are encouraged to join the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøteam to participate in the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition.
  • Corequisites: COMP 251 or COMP 252

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COMP 330. Theory of Computation.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Finite automata, regular languages, context-free languages, push-down automata, models of computation, computability theory, undecidability, reduction techniques.
  • Restriction Note G: Open only to students registered in a Core Group* or Mathematics Group* program, * as defined in the SOCS section, Undergraduate Programs Calendar
  • Prerequisite: COMP 251.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: COMP 251.

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COMP 345. From Natural Language to Data Science.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to language data science, including theoretical approaches and practical skills. Processing, searching, and querying text data; making sense of large corpora; modelling and interpreting psycholinguistic and historical language data; building models of sequences of words; computing similarity between languages; information retrieval and extraction; question answering; and ethics.
  • Prerequisites: COMP 250 and MATH 133; or permission of the instructor.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking LING 345.

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COMP 551. Applied Machine Learning.

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Selected topics in machine learning and data mining, including clustering, neural networks, support vector machines, decision trees. Methods include feature selection and dimensionality reduction, error estimation and empirical validation, algorithm design and parallelization, and handling of large data sets. Emphasis on good methods and practices for deployment of real systems.
  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 323 or ECSE 205, COMP 202, MATH 133, MATH 222 (or their equivalents).
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 451, ECSE 551, MATH 462, or PSYC 560.
  • Some background in Artificial Intelligence is recommended, e.g. COMP-424 or ECSE-526, but not required.

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COMP 598. Topics in CS: Applications 1

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Topics in applied computer science.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

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ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
  • See section on Prerequisites for other courses which would meet prerequisites met by ECON 208
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 230 or ECON 250
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MGCR 293, ECON 230 or ECON 250

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ECON 209. Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy.
  • See section on Prerequisites for other courses which would meet prerequisites met by ECON 209
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 330 or ECON 352
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 or permission of the instructor
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 295, ECON 330 or ECON 352

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ENGL 200. Survey of English Literature 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of English literature before 1750 for students not registered in English programs.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at .
  • Fall
  • Restriction: Not open to students in English programs

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EPSC 221. General Geology.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introductory course in physical geology designed for majors in civil and mining engineering. Properties of rocks and minerals, major geological processes, together with natural hazards and their effects on engineered structures are emphasized. The laboratory is an integral part of the course which includes rock and mineral identification, basic techniques of airphoto and geological map interpretation, and structural geology.
  • Fall
  • 2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory
  • Restriction: Open to Engineering students only.
  • A nominal fee is charged to cover expenses of materials and supplies for identification kits (pen magnet, streak plate, hand lens and acid bottle) used to identify minerals during laboratory exercises.
  • Des frais seront prelevés pour couvrir l'usage des collections d'enseignement et les accessoires (loupe, aimant, bouteille d'acide chlorhydrique dilué, plaque de porcelaine) essentiels à l'identification des minéraux pendant les travaux pratiques.

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GEOG 201. Introductory Geo-Information Science.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

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.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours and lab

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GEOG 210. Global Places and Peoples.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

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.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours

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GEOG 217. Cities in the Modern World.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to urban geography. Uses a spatial/geographic perspective to understand cities and their social and cultural processes. Addresses two major areas. The development and social dynamics in North American and European cities. The urban transformations in Asian, African, and Latin American societies that were recently predominantly rural and agrarian.
  • Note: Winter
  • Note: 3 hours

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HIST 202. Survey: Canada to 1867.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of early Canada, from periods known mainly through archaeological records to the Confederation era. Social, cultural, economic and political themes will be examined.
  • Fall

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LING 201. Introduction to Linguistics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

General introduction to linguistics, the scientific study of human language. Covers the core theoretical subfields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Also provides background on other subfields including sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, linguistic variation, and language acquisition.
  • Note: This course is a prerequisite for all other courses in Linguistics except LING 200, LING 301 and LING 350
  • No prerequisite.
  • Fall and Winter

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LING 210. Introduction to Speech Science.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

The course covers key concepts of speech science, including phonetics (acoustics, speech perception and production), fundamentals in the study of speech processing, speech development, and speech disorders, and introduces some basic methodologies of the field.

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LING 260. Meaning in Language.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A hands-on introduction to the strategies that natural languages use to convey meaning. Requiring no previous background in linguistics, the course surveys fundamental properties of word and sentence meaning and their interdependence with context. It provides an overview of the grammatical mechanisms that languages employ to construct the literal meanings of sentences from word meanings, explores how meanings are anchored to real life situations, and analyzes how meanings are routinely enriched in context by language users to convey more than what is literally expressed.

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LING 371. Syntax 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to the study of generative syntax of natural languages, emphasizing basic concepts and formalism: phrase structure rules, transformations, and conditions on rules.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LING 360.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: LING 201.

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LING 455. Second Language Syntax.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The nature of the linguistic knowledge acquired by second language learners, focusing on description and explanation of second language syntax and morphology.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: LING 301 or LING 371.

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MATH 223. Linear Algebra.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Review of matrix algebra, determinants and systems of linear equations. Vector spaces, linear operators and their matrix representations, orthogonality. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of Hermitian matrices. Applications.
  • Fall and Winter
  • Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent
  • Restriction: Not open to students in Mathematics programs nor to students who have taken or are taking MATH 206, MATH 236, MATH 247, or MATH 251.

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MATH 247. Honours Applied Linear Algebra.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Matrix algebra, determinants, systems of linear equations. Abstract vector spaces, inner product spaces, Fourier series. Linear transformations and their matrix representations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizable and defective matrices, positive definite and semidefinite matrices. Quadratic and Hermitian forms, generalized eigenvalue problems, simultaneous reduction of quadratic forms. Applications.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: MATH 133 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: Intended for Honours Physics and Engineering students
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 236, MATH 223 or MATH 251

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MATH 314. Advanced Calculus.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Derivative as a matrix. Chain rule. Implicit functions. Constrained maxima and minima. Jacobians. Multiple integration. Line and surface integrals. Theorems of Green, Stokes and Gauss. Fourier series with applications.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 248
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 248
  • Prerequisites: MATH 133, MATH 222
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 248 or MATH 358.

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MATH 338. History and Philosophy of Mathematics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, Indian and Arab contributions to mathematics are studied together with some modern developments they give rise to, for example, the problem of trisecting the angle. European mathematics from the Renaissance to the 18th century is discussed, culminating in the discovery of the infinitesimal and integral calculus by Newton and Leibnitz. Demonstration of how mathematics was done in past centuries, and involves the practice of mathematics, including detailed calculations, arguments based on geometric reasoning, and proofs.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisites: MATH 133, MATH 141.

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MECH 528. Product Design.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of the design issues present in product life cycle demands. Computer-aided systems. Rapid prototyping. Design for manufacturability. Integration of mechanics, electronics and software in products. Effect on design of product cost, maintainability, recycling, marketability.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Permission of the instructor
  • **This course will be held on July 14-26, 31, August 1, 2 and there will be an exam due on August 16, 2020.
  • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.

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MGCR 211. Introduction to Financial Accounting.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results.
  • Summer - Section 781 (07-MAY-2009/06-AUG-2009)
  • Continuing Education: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors

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MGCR 341. Introduction to Finance.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities.
  • Continuing Education: requirement for CMA, CGA, I.C.B., the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Continuing Education: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Prerequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
  • Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Corequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
  • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

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MGCR 352. Principles of Marketing.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
  • Continuing Education: requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Canadian Institute of Management
  • Section 061 (05-Jul-2011/18-Aug-2011)
  • Continuing Studies: requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Canadian Institute of Management

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MIME 200. Introduction to the Minerals Industry.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Economic importance of the minerals industry. Mining: legislation, regulations, criteria for exploiting an ore: mining methods, equipment. Extractive metallurgy: mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy. Environmental protection.
  • (3-3-3)

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MIME 323. Rock and Soil Mass Characterization.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Characteristics of soil and rock masses and the stability of mine workings. Mechanical properties of rocks and soils related to physical/chemical properties. Characterization of rock mass discontinuities. Laboratory and in-situ techniques to define mechanical properties of soils, rocks and discontinuities. Permeability and groundwater flow principles. In-situ stresses and their measurement. Rock mass quality and classification systems.
  • (3-3-3)
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): EPSC 221 and MIME 200

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MIME 325. Mineral Industry Economics.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Geographical distribution of mineral resources. Production, consumption and prices of minerals. Market structure of selected minerals. Economic evaluation aspects: grade-tonnage considerations; capital and operating cost estimation; assessment of market conditions; estimation of revenue; taxation; sensitivity and risk analyses; economic optimization of mine development and extraction.
  • Prerequisite: MIME 310
  • (3-2-4)
  • Prerequisite: FACC 300.

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MIME 333. Materials Handling.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Physical and mechanical characteristics of materials related to loading, transport and storage. Dynamics of particles, systems and rigid bodies, mass-acceleration, work-energy, impulse-momentum. Types and selection of excavation and haulage equipment. Layout of haul roads. Rail transport. Conveyor belts and chain conveyors. Mine hoists. Layout of mine shafts.
  • (3-3-3)
  • Prerequisite: MIME 200

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MIME 341. Introduction to Mineral Processing.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Theory and practice of unit operations including: size reduction-crushing and grinding; size separation-screening and classification; mineral separation-flotation, magnetic and gravity separation. Equipment and circuit design and selection. Mass balancing. Laboratory procedures: grindability, liberation, magnetic and gravity separation, flotation and solid-liquid separation.
  • (3-0.5-5.5)
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MIME 200 or MIME 250

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MIMM 211. Introductory Microbiology.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

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.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours of lecture
  • Corequisite: BIOL 200

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MIMM 214. Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Basic immunology, organs and cells, elements of innate immunity, phagocytes, complement, elements of adaptive immunity, B-cells, T-cells, antigen presenting cells, MHC genes and molecules, antigen processing and presentation, cytokines and chemokines. Emphasis on anatomy and the molecular and cellular players working together as a physiological system to maintain human health.
  • Prerequisite: BIOL 200
  • Corequisite: BIOL 201 or ANAT 212/BIOC 212

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PHGY 209. Mammalian Physiology 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHGY 211 or PHGY 201 or students who are taking and who have taken NSCI 200.
  • Fall
  • 3 hours lectures weekly
  • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisites: BIOL 200, CHEM 212 or equivalent.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHGY 211 or students who are taking and who have taken NSCI 200.
  • Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor

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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

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.

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PHIL 240. Political Philosophy 1.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to contemporary philosophy of politics by concentrating on a number of contested concepts, such as freedom, justice and equality, in contemporary political philosophy and practice.

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PHIL 242. Introduction to Feminist Theory.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
  • Note: Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 19, 2014.

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PHIL 306. Philosophy of Mind.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of major positions of the mind-body problem, focusing on such questions as: Do we have minds and bodies? Can minds affect bodies? Is mind identical to body? If so, in what sense "identical"? Can physical bodies be conscious.

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PHYS 228. Energy and the Environment.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Energy fundamentals, generation of electricity, heat engines, fossil fuel production and consumption, local and global effects, economic impact, transportation, and pollution and environmental impact of energy use. Non-renewable energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear) and renewable sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal).
  • Winter
  • Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics or PHYS 102 or PHYS 142 or permission of the instructor
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 184.

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PSYC 212. Perception.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Perception is the organization of sensory input into a representation of the environment. Topics include: survey of sensory coding mechanisms (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory), object recognition, spatial localization, perceptual constancies and higher level influences.
  • 2 lectures; 1 conference
  • Fall 2 Lectures, 1 conference

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PSYC 213. Cognition.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Where do thoughts come from? What is the nature of thought, and how does it arise in the mind and the brain? Cognition is the study of human information processing, and we will explore topics such as memory, attention, categorization, decision making, intelligence, philosophy of mind, and the mind-as computer metaphor.
  • Winter
  • 2 lectures, 1 conference
  • Prerequisite: One previous course in Psychology.

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PSYC 215. Social Psychology.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

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).
  • Fall and Winter
  • 3 lectures
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 330, MGCR 221 or SOCI 216

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RELG 271. Religion and Sexuality.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Exploration of intersections between religion, gender and sexuality in diverse cultural, historical and contemporary contexts.
  • Winter

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SEAD 510. Energy Analysis.

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Credits: 4
Offered by: Trottier Inst Sust,Eng&Design (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Critical analysis of the importance of energy to society, the unsustainability of the current energy system, and potential options for a sustainable energy system. Topics include: peak oil and climate change, fundamental energy metrics, traditional and alternative primary and secondary power systems, and energy storage technologies. Quantitative energy analysis is applied to a set of case studies investigating energy use, energy generation, and energy storage and transport.
  • (3-0-9)
  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  • Restrictions: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Engineering (including the School of Architecture and the School of Urban Planning).
  • Not open to undergraduate students in Chemical Engineering.

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SEAD 515. Climate Change Adaptation and Engineering Infrastructure .

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Trottier Inst Sust,Eng&Design (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Climate resilience and sustainability of engineering systems such as the built environment and engineering infrastructure in the context of a changing climate, possible mitigation and adaptation strategies and associated challenges and opportunities. Review of the basic principles that underpin the science of climate change; the role of global and regional climate models in predicting the behaviour of the climate system in response to different forcing scenarios, and the use of climate model outputs in support of across scale climate-resilience of various engineering systems including infrastructure systems.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Restrictions: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Engineering (including the School of Architecture and the School of Urban Planning).

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SEAD 520. Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting .

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Trottier Inst Sust,Eng&Design (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to Life Cycle-Based Environmental Footprinting and the application of basic methods for life-cycle environmental inventory and impacts modeling. LCA theory and quantitative analysis, approaches for assessing and reducing the environmental impacts of product, process, and technology systems. System boundary and functional unit design approaches, process-based and input-output-based methods for modeling mass and energy flows in life-cycle systems. How LCA can facilitate sustainable technology innovation and deployment, behavioural and societal changes, and policies, standards and regulations.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Restrictions: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Engineering (including the School of Architecture and the School of Urban Planning).

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SEAD 540. Industrial Ecology and Systems.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Trottier Inst Sust,Eng&Design (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Industrial ecology theory, concepts, normative goals and analytical methods. Material and energy flows, environmental impacts of industrial activities, systems thinking, transitioning from linear to closed loop systems, recent contributions to sustainable product systems, urban metabolism, optimized materials or energy management, development of a circular economy, new environmental policies and business models based on product or material lifecycle information. Consumer and organizational behaviour in transitioning to sustainable industrial systems.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Restriction: Only open to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Students outside of the Faculty of Engineering may register with permission of the instructor.

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SEAD 550. Decision-Making for Sustainability in Engineering and Design.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Trottier Inst Sust,Eng&Design (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Role and importance of engineering decisions of environmental, social, and economic problems and the application of decision-making approaches and tools to engineering sustainability. Multi-criteria decision-making, uncertainty analysis, game theory, sustainability metrics, life cycle analysis evaluation and impact assessment methodologies, design problem formulation, stage-dependent strategies, case studies.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Restriction: Only open to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Students outside of the Faculty of Engineering may register with permission of the instructor.

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SOCI 210. Sociological Perspectives.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Major theoretical perspectives and research methods in sociology. The linkages of theory and method in various substantive areas including: the family, community and urban life, religion, ethnicity, occupations and stratification, education, and social change.

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SOCI 222. Urban Sociology.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

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.

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SOCI 250. Social Problems.

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Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Contrasting theoretical approaches to social problems.

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We have alsoÌýprepared a list of general electives which are NOT PERMITTED:Ìý

• Computer Science: COMP 202, COMP 204, COMP 208, COMP 273, COMP 350 (EE & HEE only), COMP 361, COMP 396, COMP 400, COMP 401, COMP 402, COMP 480, any other COMP course which has an equivalent ECSE number (e.g., COMP 303, COMP 310); the equivalent ECSE course should be taken

• Bioengineering: BIEN 350, BIEN 470, BIEN 471

• Mechanical Engineering: MECH 262, MECH 309, MECH 383, MECH 412, MECH 463, MECH 498, MECH 499, MECH 513 (should register for ECSE 501 instead)

• Chemical Engineering: CHEE 231, CHEE 291, CHEE 390, CHEE 456, CHEE 457

• Civil Engineering: CIVE 206 (EE and HEE only), CIVE 302, CIVE 320 (EE and HEE only), CIVE 418, CIVE 470

• Continuing Education: CESL 300, CGMG 319

• Electrical & Computer Engineering: ECSE 461 (EE and HEE)

• Mining & Materials Engineering: MIME 209, MIME 261 (EE and HEE), MIME 311

• Mathematics: MATH 203, MATH 204, MATH 222, MATH 315, MATH 323, MATH 317 (EE and HEE only), MATH 325, MATH 340 (CE and SE only), MATH 410, MATH 470, MATH 480

• Physics: PHYS 228 (not approved if you have taken or will be taking ECSE 463/ECSE 562/SEAD 510), PHYS 230 (EE & HEE), PHYS 241, PHYS 242, PHYS 251 (EE & HEE), PHYS 257, PHYSÌý258, PHYS 328, PHYS 340 (EE, HEE & CE), PHYS 342 (EE, HEE & CE), PHYS 350 (EE, HEE & CE), PHYS 352Ìý(EE, HEE & CE), PHYS 434 (if the student has taken ECSE 423), PHYS 449, PHYS 459, PHYS 479

• Agricultural & Environmental Sciences: AEMA 202, AEMA 305, AEMA 310, BREE 252, BREE 312, BREE 319,ÌýFAES 313, FAES 323, FAES 371, FAES 372, FAES 401, FAES 402

• Education: EDEC 203

• Management: INSY 333, MGCR 271

• Music: MUMT 501 (EE, HEE and CE)

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Elective Courses Fall 2018
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