Biology (Sci): An introduction to biology research and communication with a focus on cell and
molecular biology. Through conducting a series of project-based experiments and writing a final report, molecular and synthetic biology techniques such as gene cloning, manipulation, protein isolation and characterization and how
research is conducted, analyzed and communicated will be addressed. In addition, an
introduction to bioinformatics methods and their role in analysis will be provided.
Biology (Sci): A comprehensive introduction to evolutionary biology. It covers both short-term and long-term evolutionary processes. Topics include the history of life, the origin of species, adaptation, natural selection and sexual selection.
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.
Biology (Sci): Application of finite difference and differential equations to problems in cell and developmental biology, ecology and physiology. Qualitative, quantitative and graphical techniques are used to analyze mathematical models and to compare theoretical predictions with experimental data.
Biology (Sci): Presents evolutionary genetics within an ecological context. Covers theoretical and
applied topics together with relevant data from natural populations of plant and animals.
Biology (Sci): Introduction to insect structure, physiology, biochemistry, development, systematics, evolution, ecology and control. Stress on interrelationships and integrated pest control.
Offered by: Biology
Fall
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: BIOL 205 or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENTO 330 or ENTO 350.
Note: This course is also offered as ENTO 350 in the winter term.
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Restriction: Open to U2 or U3 Biology students only
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): Overview of concepts and current research in quantitative biology; theoretical ecology and evolution, computational biology, and physical biology.
Restriction: Only open to U2 students in the following programs: B.Sc.; Major and Honours in Biology; Quantitative Biology, B.Sc.; Major and Honours Computer Science and Biology, B.Sc.; Major Biology and Mathematics, B.Sc.; Major Physiology and Mathematics, B.Sc.; Major Physiology and Physics, B.Sc.; Major and Honours Chemistry; Biophysical Chemistry, and B.Sc.; Major and Honours Physics; Biological Physics.
Terms
Fall 2024
Instructors
Gregor F Fussmann, Andrew Hendry, Frederic Guichard, Alexandra Schmidt, Marlene H Oeffinger, Michael Hendricks, Khanh Huy Bui, Stephanie Weber, Arnold L Hayer, Abigail Gerhold
Biology (Sci): Independent research project with a final written report.
Offered by: Biology
Fall, Winter or Summer
Restrictions: This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Departmental permission required. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses. Open to students in programs offered by the Faculty of Science only.
Note: Enrolment may be limited. Students are advised to start the application process well before the start of the term and to plan for an alternative course in the case that no suitable project is available. Individual projects may be suggested each term which may have project-specific prerequisites. Students may also approach professors to devise their own projects. Some projects may be accessible to students in other disciplines. See /science/research/undergraduate-research/science-research-courses for more information about available projects and application forms and procedures. A completed application form should be brought to Nancy Nelson in Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): Principles of biology as exemplified by amphibians and reptiles. Topics include: adaptation, social behaviour, reproductive strategies, physiology, biomechanics, ecology, biogeography and evolution. Laboratories will emphasize structure, systematics and identification of local and world herpetofauna as well as field methods.
Offered by: Biology
Fall
2 hours lecture; 3 hours laboratory
Prerequisite: BIOL 205 and BIOL 305 or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 327.
Biology (Sci): A study of the physical, chemical and biological properties of lakes and other inland waters, with emphasis on their functioning as systems.
Offered by: Biology
Fall
3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: BIOL 206 and BIOL 215 or permission of instructor.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ENVB 315.
This course, involving two field weekends, has an additional fee of $353.32, 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.
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.
Offered by: Biology
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.
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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.
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course.
Restrictions: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 477.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course.
Restrictions: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 478.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course
Restriction: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 471 or BIOL 471D1/D2.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): Introduction to communication between animals, including humans. Physical and phylogenetic constraints on the evolution of communication systems will be discussed. The approach to communication will draw from behavioural ecology, psychology, physiology and physics.
Offered by: Biology
Fall
3 hours lecture
Corequisites: BIOL 307 or equivalent and one of BIOL 306 or NEUR 310 or NSCI 200 or NSCI 201 or PHGY 311; or permission of instructor. Since all corequisites may not be offered in the same term, students are advised that they may have to plan their schedules so that they may register in these courses in the term prior to BIOL 507.
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): 'Post-genomic' bioinformatics. Concepts behind large-scale computational analysis and comparison of genomes/proteomes (and beyond), and the implications for our understanding of the basic processes of molecular and cell biology and the evolution of those processes.
Offered by: Biology
Fall
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: BIOL 301 or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking BINF 511.
Biology (Sci): Evolutionary ecology is the study of evolutionary change in natural populations. General predictive approaches in evolutionary ecology, including population genetics, quantitative genetics, optimality, and game theory will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on the mathematical underpinnings of each approach, particularly as they relate to classic and contemporary problems.
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.
Offered by: Geography
3 hours
Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
Geography: Discussion of the major properties of soils; soil formation, classification and mapping; land capability assessment; the role and response of soils in natural and disturbed environments (e.g. global change, ecosystem disturbance).
Offered by: Geography
Fall
3 hours and laboratory
Prerequisite: GEOG 203 or introductory course in biology or geology
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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.
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.
Offered by: Geography
Fall
3 hours
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Note: A fee of $169.95 is charged to all students registered in GEOG 470. The fee will be used to support the cost of transportation (van rental, parking, and gas) additional cost for accommodations and food will be the students responsibility. The trip is required and will give students an opportunity to conduct field study in at least 3 different types of wetlands.
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.
Offered by: Plant Science
A 4-day field week is held the week preceding the start of classes
A $95.46 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.
Resource Development: The diversity and natural history of Canadian vertebrates illustrated with trophic, phylogenetic, and macroecological approaches.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
This course carries an additional charge of $20.54 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Resource Development: Taxonomic relationships and evolution of birds. Examination of the physiology, migration, identification and ecological processes of North American birds.
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences
Prerequisite: WILD 307 or permission of instructor
This course carries an additional charge of $20.54 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.
Biology (Sci): An introduction to biology research and communication with a focus on cell and
molecular biology. Through conducting a series of project-based experiments and writing a final report, molecular and synthetic biology techniques such as gene cloning, manipulation, protein isolation and characterization and how
research is conducted, analyzed and communicated will be addressed. In addition, an
introduction to bioinformatics methods and their role in analysis will be provided.
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.
Biology (Sci): How an organism鈥檚 behaviour relates to its physical, biological, and social environment, using evolutionary and ecological perspectives. Emphasis is on general principles, covering topics such feeding, predator avoidance, aggression, reproduction, social behaviour, communication and cognition.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
In some weeks, lecture will be replaced by interactive discussion periods, practical exercises, or student presentations
Prerequisites: BIOL 215 and BIOL 216 (or equivalents), or permission of the instructor
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.
Biology (Sci): Application of methods and techniques used by organismal biologists, paired with the design of sampling programs to test hypotheses using observational or experimental data, and the analysis of data. Topics include DNA barcoding/metabarcoding and experimental evolution.
Biology (Sci): Emerging physical approaches and quantitative measurement techniques are providing new insights into longstanding biological questions. This course will present underlying physical theory, quantitative measurement techniques, and significant findings in molecular and cellular biophysics. Principles covered include Brownian motion, low Reynolds-number environments, forces relevant to cells and molecules, chemical potentials, and free energies. These principles are applied to enzymes as molecular machines, membranes, DNA, and RNA.
Offered by: Biology
Winter. Students with training in physics and biology will be well-suited to the course. .
Biology (Sci): Functional and comparative approach to neuroanatomy, examining how species changes in brain organization contribute to evolutionary changes in behaviour.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of conference (mandatory)
Biology (Sci): An introduction to freshwater and marine biology. Topics include the structure and functioning of the major aquatic ecosystems and how these aspects are affected by global change drivers.
Biology (Sci): Using dinosaurs as exemplars, this course teaches aspects of comparative, functional, and developmental morphology, macroevolution, macroecology, and phylogenetic systematics. Lab dissections will explore vertebrate anatomy.
Biology (Sci): The origin, diversity and evolutionary history of mammals, systematic review of fossil and living orders of mammals, aspects of mammalian paleoecology, functional morphology and adaptation.
Offered by: Biology
Fall
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 215, or ENVR 202, or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 463.
2 hours lecture; 3 hours laboratory
The course will use the extensive collections and exhibits of the Redpath Museum as a resource for weekly laboratories.
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Restriction: Open to U2 or U3 Biology students only
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): Methods of neurobiological research, including extracellular and intracellular recordings, electrical stimulation, and the study of neuro-behavioural problems.
Biology (Sci): Independent research project with a final written report.
Offered by: Biology
Fall, Winter or Summer
Restrictions: This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Departmental permission required. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses. Open to students in programs offered by the Faculty of Science only.
Note: Enrolment may be limited. Students are advised to start the application process well before the start of the term and to plan for an alternative course in the case that no suitable project is available. Individual projects may be suggested each term which may have project-specific prerequisites. Students may also approach professors to devise their own projects. Some projects may be accessible to students in other disciplines. See /science/research/undergraduate-research/science-research-courses for more information about available projects and application forms and procedures. A completed application form should be brought to Nancy Nelson in Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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.
Biology (Sci): Biological diversity as exemplified by a particular taxonomic group chosen by the instructor, using field setting in East Africa to impart training in species identification, field research, and principles embodied in the phylogeny, systematics, biogeography, ecology, physiology and/or behaviour of the organisms concerned.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
Student must be enrolled in the Africa Field Study Seminar
Prerequisite: BIOL 305 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Biology (Sci): Field settings (Uganda, Kenya, and/or Tanzania) are used to impart training in ecological principles critical to tropical conservation with an emphasis on research design and field research exercises.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
The course is to be taught in Africa as a component of the Africa Field Study Semester. Students must register for the Africa Field Study Semester.
Biology (Sci): An introduction to how the ocean functions biologically: biology and ecology of marine plankton; regulation, extent and fate of production in the sea.
Biology (Sci): Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course.
Restrictions: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 477.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course.
Restrictions: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 478.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course
Restriction: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 471 or BIOL 471D1/D2.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): An overview of the molecular genetic tools used to investigate ecological and evolutionary processes in natural populations. The use of molecular tools in studies of population structure, parentage, kinship, species boundaries, phylogenetics. Special topics include conservation genetics, population genetics, and ecological genomics.
Biology (Sci): Cognition refers to the processes of acquiring, retaining, and using information. In the wild, an organism relies on a wide variety of information to interact with its environment and these interactions affect its survival and reproduction.
Focus on the ecology and evolution of cognition and its underlying neural mechanisms. Examines links between cognition, behaviour in the wild, and the brain. Builds upon the principles of behavioural ecology and behavioural neuroscience.
Offered by: Biology
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 307 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Biology (Sci): Causes and consequences of biological invasion, as well as risk assessment methods and management strategies for dealing with invasive species.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 215 (or ENVR 200 plus ENVR 202), and at least one 300- or 400-level course in ecology, evolution, or conservation biology.
Restriction: Not open to U1 or U2 students
Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken ENVR 540.
Biology (Sci): Ecology revisited in view of tropical conditions. Exploring species richness. Sampling and measuring biodiversity. Conservation status of ecosystems, communities and species. Indigenous knowledge.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
24 hours lecture and 36 hours field work over a 4-week period
Biology (Sci): The influence of developmental mechanisms on evolution. This course draws on recent examples from plants and invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Topics include homology, modularity, dissociation, co-option, evolutionary novelty, evolution of cis-regulation and gene regulatory networks, developmental constraint and evolvability, heterochrony, phenotypic plasticity, and canalization.
Offered by: Biology
Winter
3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: BIOL 303 and BIOL 304; or permission of instructor.
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): This course will address issues related to experimental design and multivariate statistical analysis. The first third of the course will focus on experimental design, and the remainder of the course will focus on multivariate approaches to data analysis. The course is designed to inform students on best practices to analytically address their experimental questions.
Offered by: Biology
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 373 and permission of Instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 596 and/or BIOL 597.
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.
Parasitology: Systematics, morphology, biology and ecology of parasitic protozoa, flatworms, roundworms and arthropods with emphasis on economically and medically important species.
Offered by: Parasitology
Prerequisite(s): AEBI 211 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken WILD 424.
Redpath Museum: Natural history museums and their collections, how collections are created and maintained and how collections are used in scientific research. Context of natural history museums, collections-based research and curatorial methods.
Offered by: Redpath Museum
Winter: Course consists of lectures, practical labs, field trips and individual term-projects.
Resource Development: This course focuses on the evolution, classification, ecology and behaviour of mammals and relations between humans and mammals. Also structure, systematics and identification of local and world mammals, as well as field methods will be emphasized.
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.
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鈥檚 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.
Biology (Sci): Methods of sampling natural populations. Testing hypotheses in nature.
Offered by: Biology
Prerequisites: BIOL 206 and BIOL 215, or equivalents, or permission of the instructor.
Note: This course has an additional fee. The Department of Biology subsidizes a portion of the cost for this activity.
The field portion of this course is given at the University鈥檚 Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St. Hilare over a two-week period in the summer term. In the summer, students prepare a report based on projects carried out during this field portion. There is an additional fee of $688.37 that covers room and board and handouts. This fee could be refundable if the department approves it.
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
Biology (Sci): Relevant to agriculture, forestry, fisheries and conservation of natural resources. Field component taught at the University's Bellairs Research Institute in Barbados, for two weeks in early May. The course is organized in a series of small-group field projects of 2-3 days each. Interested students should check the course website, attend the full information session and fill out an application form.
No credit will be given for this course unless both BIOL 334D1 and BIOL 334D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
This course, given in Barbados, has an additional fee of $1,847.31 to cover the costs of room and board at Bellairs Research Institute, the course pack and all other expenses during the course. It does not cover tuition, airfare, flight insurance, airport taxes, meals in transit, or the cost of supplementary health insurance. The fee is only refundable prior to the deadline to withdraw with full refund
Terms
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): Biology of marine mammals with special emphasis on seals and whales of the Bay of Fundy. Taught at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, N.B., for two weeks in August. The course combines lectures, laboratory exercises, field trips, and individual projects.
Apply first to Huntsman, then contact susan.gabe [at] mcgill.ca.
The fee for this field course is $1858.12 to cover fees related to the use of facilities for teaching and lab spaces in the Huntsman Marine Center (lodging, meals, facility rental spaces, transportation and tour fees).
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Restriction: Open to U2 or U3 Biology students only
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course.
Restrictions: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 477.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course.
Restrictions: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 478.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisite: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable laboratory course
Restriction: Open only to Biology students. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 471 or BIOL 471D1/D2.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Prerequisites: BIOL 206 or BIOL 301 or other suitable 300-level biology course.
Note: Before registration, projects must be arranged individually with a PI in the Biology Department. Prior to registration, students fill out the application form at and email or bring it to nancy.nelson [at] mcgill.ca, or Nancy Nelson, Room N7/9B, Stewart Biology Building.
Terms
Fall 2024
Winter 2025
Summer 2025
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Biology (Sci): Terrestrial vertebrate fossils (i.e. dinosaurs, crocodiles and other reptiles) and palaeocommunity analysis, including practical training with fossil identification, mapping, collecting, and stratigraphic interpretation.
Offered by: Biology
Summer
Prerequisites: BIOL 304 and BIOL 352 or permission of instructor.
Notes: Spring field course with completed project and presentation by the end of the Summer. Given in a selected Late Cretaceous Alberta and/or Saskatchewan site. Enrolment limited to 15 students.
This course, given at selected localities in Alberta and/or Saskatchewan in May, has an additional fee of $1,500.00 which includes room and board, museum entrance fees, and transportation during the course, but not tuition or transportation to western Canada.
This course is offered in the summer.
Terms
This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
Instructors
There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year