FACULTY OF SCIENCE INCLUDING SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Table of Contents 1. The Faculty 1. The Faculty, page 333 2. Faculty Degree Requirements, page 334 1.1 Location 2.1 Minimum Credit Requirement, page 334 2.2 Residency, page 334 Dawson Hall 2.3 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), page 334 853 Sherbrooke Street West 2.4 Time Limit for the Completion of the Degree, page 334 Montreal, QC H3A 2T6 2.5 Program Requirements, page 334 Canada 2.6 Course Requirements, page 335 3. Advising, page 336 Telephone: (514) 398-4210 Web: http://www.mcgill.ca/science 4. Registration, page 336 4.1 Program Registration, page 336 The Student Affairs Office and the Office of the Associate Dean of 4.2 Course Registration, page 336 the Faculty of Science are located in Dawson Hall, Room 115. 4.3 Registration for Graduation, page 337 5. Grading and Credit, page 337 The Student Affairs Office serves students in both the Faculty of 5.1 Incomplete Grades, page 337 Science and the Faculty of Arts. 6. Examinations, page 337 7. Supplemental Assessments, page 337 1.2 Faculty Administrative Officers 7.1 Supplemental Examinations, page 337 7.2 Additional Work, page 337 ALAN G. SHAVER, B.Sc.(Car.), Ph.D.(M.I.T.) Dean 7.3 Reassessments and Rereads, page 338 8. Academic Standing, page 338 T.B.A. Associate Dean 8.1 Satisfactory Standing, page 338 8.2 Probationary Standing, page 338 JOSIE D'AMICO Assistant to the Dean 8.3 Unsatisfactory Standing, page 338 SHARON BEZEAU, B.A.(Tor.), M.A.(C'dia) Recorder 8.4 Incomplete Standing, page 338 9. Awards and Honourary Designations, page 338 DONALD SEDGWICK, B.Sc., M.Sc.(McG.) Senior Adviser 9.1 Honours And First Class Honours, page 338 9.2 Distinction or Great Distinction, page 338 9.3 Dean’s Honour List, page 338 1.3 Programs and Teaching in Science 9.4 Medals and Prizes, page 339 10.Program Codes, page 339 The Faculty of Science is committed to providing outstanding teaching and research facilities. The Faculty draws on its involve- 11. Academic Programs and Courses, page 340 ment in cutting-edge research to ensure teaching excellence at the 11.1 Anatomy and Cell Biology (504), page 340 undergraduate level. Professors who are spearheading projects 11.2 Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (195), page 341 that are changing people’s understanding of the world teach regu- 11.3 Biochemistry (507), page 344 larly at the undergraduate level. Also, research-based independ- 11.4 Biology (177), page 347 ent studies courses offer students the opportunity to contribute to 11.5 Biotechnology (202), page 354 their professors’ work, rather than just learn about it. 11.6 Chemistry (180), page 355 11.7 Cognitive Science, page 360 In an effort to supplement classroom learning with real life ex- 11.8 Computer Science (308), page 361 perience, the Faculty of Science has increased opportunities for 11.9 Dietetics and Human Nutrition (382), page 364 undergraduate students to participate in fieldwork. This is on top of 11.10 Earth and Planetary Sciences (186), page 364 the many undergraduate students the Faculty hires for Work- 11.11 Environmental Studies, page 367 Study projects and other research programs. McGill Science stu- 11.12 Experimental Medicine (516), page 368 dents have an opportunity to get involved in the structuring of their 11.13 Geography (183), page 368 own education. A recent Science Undergraduate Society initiative 11.14 Immunology Interdepartmental Honours Program, launched Operation Open Access, a project that gives Science page 372 students universal access to email, the internet, and the latest in 11.15 Management Minor Program, page 373 science software through computer ‘infopoints’ located in areas of 11.16 Mathematics and Statistics (189), page 373 the campus frequented by Science students. 11.17 Microbiology and Immunology (528), page 382 11.18 Music, page 384 The Faculty of Science offers programs leading to the degree of 11.19 Neurology and Neurosurgery (531), page 386 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.). Admission is selective; fulfilment of 11.20 Neuroscience, page 387 the minimum requirements