F Table of Contents ACULTY 1. The Faculty, page 245 12.4 Biology (BIOL) 1.1 Location 12.5 Biotechnology (BIOT) 1.2 Faculty Administrative Officers 12.6 Chemistry (CHEM) 1.3 Programs and Teaching in Science 12.7 Cognitive Science 1.4 Student Affairs Office 12.8 Computer Science (COMP) 12.9 Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPSC) 2. Faculty Admission Requirements, page 246 12.10 Environment 3. Faculty Degree Requirements, page 246 OF 12.11 Experimental Medicine (EXMD) 3.1 Minimum Credit Requirement 12.12 Geography (GEOG) 3.2 Residency 12.13 Immunology Interdepartmental Honours S 3.3 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) 12.14 Kinesiology for Science Students 3.4 Time Limit for the Completion of the Degree 12.15 Management Minor Program 3.5 Program Requirements CIENCE 12.16 Mathematics and Statistics (MATH) 3.5.1 Freshman Program and Basic Science 12.17 Microbiology and Immunology (MIMM) Requirements 3.5.2 Faculty, Major, and Honours Programs 12.18 Music 3.5.3 Minor and Minor Concentration Programs 12.19 Neurology and Neurosurgery (NEUR) 3.5.4 Other Second Programs 12.20 Neuroscience 3.5.5 Concurrent B.Sc./B.Ed. program 12.21 Nutrition (NUTR) 3.5.6 Internship Program for Engineering and 12.22 Pathology (PATH) Science (IYES) 12.23 Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PHAR) , 3.5.7 McGill School of Environment 12.24 Physics (PHYS) INCLUDING 3.5.8 Bachelor of Software Engineering and 12.25 Physiology (PHGY) B.Sc. in Software Engineering 12.26 Psychiatry (PSYT) 3.6 Course Requirements 12.27 Psychology (PSYC) 3.6.1 Course Overlap 12.28 Science for Teachers 3.6.2 Project Courses 12.29 Technological Entrepreneurship for Science 3.6.3 Courses outside the Faculties of Arts and Students Science 3.6.4 Courses taken under the Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory Option 3.6.5 Courses in English as a Second Language 1 The Faculty (ESL) 3.6.6 Auditing of Courses 1.1 Location S 3.6.7 Course Credit Weight Dawson Hall 4. Advising, page 249 CHOOL 5. Registration, page 249 853 Sherbrooke Street West 5.1 Program Registration Montreal, QC H3A 2T6 5.2 Course Registration Canada 5.2.1 Registration for First-Year Seminars Telephone: (514) 398-4210 5.3 Registration for Graduation Faculty Website: www.mcgill.ca/science 6. Grading and Credit, page 250 Student Affairs Office Website: www.mcgill.ca/artscisao 6.1 Incomplete Grades The Student Affairs Office and the Office of the Associate 7. Examinations, page 250 Dean of the Faculty of Science are located in Dawson Hall, OF 8. Supplemental Assessments, page 250 Rooms 110 and 115. The Student Affairs Office serves stu- 8.1 Supplemental Examinations dents in both the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Arts. C 8.2 Additional Work 8.3 Reassessments and Rereads 1.2 Faculty Administrative Officers 9. Academic Standing, page 251 OMPUTER Alan G. Shaver; B.Sc.(Car.), Ph.D.(M.I.T.) Dean 10. Awards and Honourary Designations, page 252 10.1 Honours and First-Class Honours Morton J. Mendelson; B.Sc.(McG.), A.M., Ph.D.(Harv.) 10.2 Distinction or Great Distinction Associate Dean (Academic and Student Affairs) 10.3 Dean’s Honour List David H. Burns; B.Sc.(Puget Sound), Ph.D.(Wash.) 10.4 Medals and Prizes Associate Dean (Research) 11. Lists of Programs Offered, page 253 11.1 Faculty Programs, page 253 Josie D'Amico Assistant to the Dean 11.2 Major Programs, page 253 Sharon Bezeau; B.A.(Tor.), M.A.(C'dia) Recorder and 11.3 Joint Major Programs, page 253 Chief Invigilator S 11.4 Honours Programs, page 253 11.5 Joint Honours Programs, page 254 Donald Sedgwick; B.Sc., M.Sc.(McG.) Senior Adviser 11.6 Minor Programs, page 254 CIENCE 11.7 Internship Programs – Internship Year For 1.3 Programs and Teaching in Science Engineering and Science (IYES) 11.8 Faculty of Arts Major and Minor Concentration The Faculty of Science is committed to providing outstanding Programs available to Science students teaching and research facilities. The Faculty draws on its 12. Academic Programs, page 255 involvement in cutting-edge research to ensure teaching 12.1 Anatomy and Cell Biology (ANAT) excellence at the undergraduate level. Professors who are spearheading projects that are changing people’s under- 12.2 Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) standing of the world teach regularly at the undergraduate 12.3 Biochemistry (BIOC) level. Also, research-based independent study courses offer McGill University, Undergraduate Programs 2003-2004 245 Undergraduate Programs Calendar – Front Page McGill Home Page FACULTY OF SCIENCE students the opportunity to contribute to their professors’ work, rather than just learn about it. 3 Faculty Degree Requirements In an effort to supplement classroom learning with real life expe- rience, the Faculty of Science has increased opportunities for Each student in the Faculty of Science must be aware of the undergraduate students to participate in fieldwork. Certain B.Sc. Faculty Regulations as stated in this Calendar. While depart- programs can include an internship component. This is on top of mental and faculty advisers and staff are always available to give the many undergraduate students the Faculty hires for Work- advice and guidance, the ultimate responsibility for completeness Study projects and other research programs. McGill Science stu- and correctness of course selection and registration, for compli- dents have an opportunity to get involved in the structuring of their ance with, and completion of, program and degree requirements, own education. A Science Undergraduate Society initiative and for the observance of regulations and deadlines rests with the launched Operation Open Access, a project that gives Science student. It is the student's responsibility to seek guidance from the students universal access to e-mail, the Internet, and the latest in Student Affairs Office if in any doubt; misunderstanding or misap- science software through computer ‘infopoints’ located in areas of prehension will not be accepted as cause for dispensation from the campus frequented by Science students. any regulation, deadline, program or degree requirement. The Faculty of Science offers programs leading to the degree of To be eligible for a B.Sc. degree, students must fulfill all Faculty Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.). Admission is selective; fulfilment of and program requirements as indicated below: the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Minimum Credit Requirement, see section 3.1 Admission criteria are described under “Admission Requirements” Residency, see section 3.2 on page 13. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), see section 3.3 There are also two Diploma programs offered in Science. The Time Limit for the Completion of the Degree, see section 3.4 Diploma in Environment, see page 343 under the McGill School of Program Requirements, see section 3.5 Environment, is a 30-credit program available to holders of a B.Sc. Course Requirements, see section 3.6 or B.A. or equivalent. The Diploma in Meteorology, see section 12.2 “Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC)”, is a one-year program available to holders of a degree in Mathematics, Engi- 3.1 Minimum Credit Requirement neering, Physics and other appropriate disciplines who wish to Each student's minimum credit requirement for the degree is qualify for a professional career in Meteorology. All credits for determined at the time of acceptance and is specified in the letter these diplomas must be completed at McGill. of admission. The concurrent B.Sc./B.Ed. program is designed to provide stu- Students are normally admitted to a four-year program requiring dents with the opportunity to obtain both a B.Sc. and a B.Ed. after the completion of 120 credits, but advanced standing of up to 30 a minimum of 135 credits of study. For more information see credits may be granted to students who obtain satisfactory results section 12.28 “Science for Teachers” and “Concurrent Bachelor of in International Baccalaureate, French Baccalaureate, Advanced Science (Major in Two Subjects for Teachers) and Bachelor of Levels, Advanced Placement tests, or the Diploma of Collegial Education (General Secondary Two-Subject Option) Program” on Studies (DCS). Quebec students with a DCS in Science are page 149, Faculty of Education. granted 30 credits advanced standing and will have normally com- A Bachelor of Software Engineering program is offered jointly pleted the equivalent of, and are therefore exempt from, the basic with the Faculty of Engineering, refer to the Department of science courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics and statistics, Electrical and Computer Engineering on page 175. and physics. Students with satisfactory results in International Baccalaureate, French Baccalaureate and Advanced Levels, and 1.4 Student Affairs Office Advanced Placement tests may be exempt from some or all of the basic science courses. The Student Affairs Office, located in Dawson Hall, provides Students who are readmitted after interrupting their studies for assistance in interpreting records as well as general academic a period of five consecutive years or more may be required to com- information and advice on the following: prerequisites and pro- plete a minimum of 60 credits and satisfy the requirements of a grams, degree requirements, registration, course change, proce- program. In this case, a new CGPA will be calculated. The Asso- dures for withdrawal, deferred exams, supplemental exams, ciate Dean, in consultation with the appropriate department, may rereads, academic standing, inter-faculty transfer, year or term approve a lower minimum for students who had completed 60 away, transfer credits, second programs, second degrees, and credits or more before interrupting their studies. graduation. Students who are readmitted after a period of absence are sub- Special requests can be made, in writing, to the Associate Dean ject to the program and degree requirements in effect at the time (Academic and Student Affairs).