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Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Pause, Arnim; Bouchard, Maxime; Young, Jason (Winter)
Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : Introduction to the gross anatomy of the various organ systems of head, neck and trunk regions of the human body. Practical tutorials include studies of prepared specimens, use of the anatomical museum and audio-visual materials. This course is limited in size. Selection of students (other than those requiring the course as part of their program) will be made after the first lecture. (Admission is guaranteed for all students enrolled in programs in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology for which ANAT 214 is a required course.)
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Hermo, Louis (Fall)
Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : 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.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Mandato, Craig A.; Morales, Carlos R (Fall)
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
Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : The architectural, functional and temporal continuity of organelles and the cytoskeleton of mammalian cells is introduced as well as their functional integration in the phenomena of exocytosis, endocytosis, protein trafficking and cell motility and adhesion.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Presley, John; Stochaj, Ursula; Mandato, Craig A. (Winter)
Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : This course explores the functional organization of the human brain and spinal cord. The course focuses on how neuronal systems are designed to subserve specific motor, sensory, and cognitive operations.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Ragsdale, David S (Fall)
Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : An intensive study of the processes of protein secretion and cell membrane biogenesis. Emphasis on morphological aspects of the above processes, and on the major techniques which have provided experimental evidence, namely, subcellular fractionation, cytochemistry and quantitative electron microscope radioautography.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : McBride, Heidi; McPherson, Peter Scott; Kennedy, Timothy E (Fall)
Anatomie et biologie cellulaire : The basic processes of reproduction and embryonic development, such as molecular signaling; cell-cell interaction; differentiation; cell fate determination; genetic and epigenetic control of embryonic development.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Nagano, Makoto; Daniels, Eugene; Ao, Asangla (Fall)
Biochimie : An introductory course describing the biochemistry and molecular biology of selected key functions of animal cells, including: gene expression; mitochondrial production of metabolic energy; cellular communication with the extra-cellular environment; and regulation of cell division.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Pause, Arnim; Bouchard, Maxime; Young, Jason (Winter)
Biochimie : The generation of metabolic energy in higher organisms with an emphasis on its regulation at the molecular, cellular and organ level. Chemical concepts and mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis are also emphasized. Included: selected topics in carbohydrate, lipid and nitrogen metabolism; complex lipids and biological membranes; hormonal signal transduction.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : St-Pierre, Julie; Schmeing, Thomas Martin; Tremblay, Michel (Fall)
Biochimie : Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of enzymes. Active site mapping and site-specific mutagenesis of enzymes. Enzyme kinetics and mechanisms of catalysis. Multienzyme complexes.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Nagar, Bhushan; Schmeing, Thomas Martin; Purisima, Enrico (Fall)
Biochimie : An integrated treatment of the properties of biological membranes and of intracellular signaling, including the major role that membranes play in transducing and integrating cellular regulatory signals. Biological membrane organization and dynamics: membrane transport; membrane receptors and their associated effectors; mechanisms of regulation of cell growth, morphology, differentiation and death.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Silvius, John R; Autexier, Chantal; Lamarche, Nathalie (Winter)
Biologie (Sci) : 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.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Bureau, Thomas E; Roy, Richard D W; Fagotto, Francesco; Zetka, Monique (Fall)
Biologie (Sci) : 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.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Brouhard, Gary; Brown, Gregory G; Zetka, Monique (Winter)
Biologie (Sci) : Introduction to basic principles, and to modern advances, problems and applications in the genetics of higher and lower organisms with examples representative of the biological sciences.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Schoen, Daniel J; Moon, Nam Sung; Hendricks, Shelton (Winter) Dankort, David; Hipfner, David (Summer)
Biologie (Sci) : A survey of current knowledge and approaches in the area of regulation of gene expression, post-transcriptional control of gene expression, and signal transduction.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Schöck, Frieder; Moon, Nam Sung (Fall)
Biologie (Sci) : An introduction to laboratory techniques with a focus on methods used to investigate fundamental questions in modern cell and molecular biology. Techniques including gene cloning, DNA and protein isolation and manipulation are covered, along with functional analysis of genes and proteins, basic bioinformatics, and computer-based experimental design and data analysis.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Zheng, Huanquan; Harrison, Paul; Reyes Lamothe, Rodrigo (Fall) Zheng, Huanquan; Harrison, Paul; Reyes Lamothe, Rodrigo (Winter)
Fall or Winter
1 hour lecture and one 6-hour laboratory
Prerequisites: PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, BIOL 200, BIOL 201 or ANAT/BIOC 212, and BIOL 202. BIOL 206 recommended.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOC 300. Requires departmental approval.
For approval email anne-marie.sdicu [at] mcgill.ca. Specify your ID number as well as the term and two lab day preferences.
Biologie (Sci) : A consideration of the fundamental processes and principles operating during embryogenesis. Experimental analyses at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels will be presented and discussed to provide an overall appreciation of developmental phenomena.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Kaitna, Susanne; Rao, Yong; Dufort, Daniel (Winter)
Biologie (Sci) : Neural mechanisms of animal behaviour; neuroethology; cellular neurophysiology, integrative networks within nervous systems; neural control of movement; processing of sensory information.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Watt, Alanna; Dent, Joseph Alan; Sakata, Jon (Fall)
Biologie (Sci) : The genes that cause cancer are altered versions of genes present in normal cells. The origins of these oncogenes, their genetic structure, regulation, and the biochemical properties of the oncogene-encoded proteins will be analyzed in an attempt to understand the origins of human and animal cancers.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Majewska, Loydie; Tonin, Patricia N; Ursini-Siegel, Giuseppina (Fall)
Biologie (Sci) : Functional and comparative approach to neuroanatomy, examining how species changes in brain organization contribute to evolutionary changes in behaviour.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Woolley, Sarah; Sakata, Jon (Winter)
Biologie (Sci) : A contemporary view of genetic research as applied to human health and well-being.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Palmour, Roberta M; Pastinen, Tomi Markku; Mitchell, John James (Fall)
Chimie : A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Daoust, Michel; Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura; Tsantrizos, Youla S (Fall) Daoust, Michel; Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura; Lumb, Jean-Philip; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Winter) Pavelka, Laura; Daoust, Michel (Summer)
Fall, Winter, Summer
Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.
Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.
Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 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 ().
Chimie : Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Daoust, Michel; Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura; Perepichka, Dmytro; Harpp, David Noble (Fall) Daoust, Michel; Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura; Auclair, Karine (Winter) Pavelka, Laura; Daoust, Michel (Summer)
Chimie : Topics covered may include the following: Aromatic compounds, heterocyclic chemistry, sulfur and phosphorus chemistry, organosulfur and organophosphorus compounds, and biomolecules such as lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids, polypeptides, DNA and RNA.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Gleason, James L; Damha, Masad J (Fall) Damha, Masad J; Gleason, James L (Winter)
Chimie : This course will cover biologically relevant molecules, particularly nucleic acids, proteins, and their building blocks. In each case, synthesis and biological functions will be discussed. The topics include synthesis of oligonucleotides and peptides; chemistry of phosphates; enzyme structure and function; coenzymes, and enzyme catalysis; polyketides; antiviral and anticancer agents.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Auclair, Karine; Wahba, Alexander (Winter)
Chimie : Interdisciplinary course in drug design and development covering combinatorial chemistry, process chemistry, structure-activity relationship, pharmacokinetics and metabolism, mechanisms of action and steps in drug development, and principles and problems in drug design.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Moitessier, Nicolas (Fall)
Chimie : Computational methods used in drug design and discovery including QSAR, docking/scoring, molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics, QM/MM, library profiling and library design.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Winter
Prerequisite: CHEM 503 and permission of instructor
Restriction: U3 and graduate students. Students can register only with permission of coordinators
Médecine expérimentale : Offered in conjunction with the Department of Physiology. The course provides a basic knowledge of endocrine systems encompassing biosynthesis, metabolism and physiological actions of hormones. Specific topics covered are hormones of the hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenals, thyroids, parathyroids, pancreas, gut and the gonads. The role of hormones and growth factors in pregnancy and fetal development are also discussed.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Liu, Jun-Li (Winter)
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : 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.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Cousineau, Benoit; Sagan, Selena; Nguyen, Dao (Fall)
Fall
3 hours of lecture
Corequisite: BIOL 200
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : 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.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Madrenas, Joaquin (Winter)
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : An intermediate-level immunology course covering the cellular and molecular basis of lymphocyte development and activation in immune responses in health and disease.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Piccirillo, Ciriaco; Fournier, Sylvie; Colmegna, Inés (Winter)
Winter
3 hours of lecture
Prerequisite: MIMM 214
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : An introduction to the composition and structure of microbial cells, the biochemical activities associated with cellular metabolism and how these activities are regulated and coordinated. The course will have a molecular and genetic approach to the study of microbial physiology.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Marczynski, Gregory T; Coulton, James W; Turcotte, Bernard (Fall)
Fall
3 hours of lecture
Prerequisite: MIMM 211
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : A study of the fundamental properties of viruses and their interactions with host cells. Bacteriophages, DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses, and retroviruses are covered. Emphasis will be on phenomena occurring at the molecular level and on the regulated control of gene expression in virus-infected cells.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Liang, Chen; Sagan, Selena; Teodoro, Jose Guerreiro (Fall)
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : The ability to select and manipulate genetic material has lead to unprecedented interest in the industrial applications of procaryotic and eucaryotic cells. Beginning in the 1970s the introduction of and subsequent refinements to recombinant DNA technology and hybridoma technology transformed the horizons of the biopharmaceutical world. This course will highlight the important events that link basic research to clinical/commercial application of new drugs and chemicals.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Murgita, Robert A; Bar-Or, Amit; Vit, Gregory Bryan (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in a biological or biomedical discipline or permission of instructor
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : Organized by the Ŕ¦°óSMÉçÇř Centre for the Study of Host Resistance. This course focuses on the interplay of the host and the pathogen. The cellular and molecular basis of the host defense mechanism against infections will be considered in relationship to the virulence factors and evasion strategies used by bacteria to cause disease.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Le-Moual, Herve; Nguyen, Dao; Behr, Marcel A (Fall)
Microbiologie et immunologie (Sci) : A study of the biological and molecular aspects of viral pathogenesis with emphasis on the human pathogenic viruses including the retroviruses HIV and HTLV-1; herpes viruses; papilloma viruses; hepatitis viruses; and new emerging human viral diseases. These viruses will be discussed in terms of virus multiplication, gene expression virus-induced cytopathic effects and host immune response to infection.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Gatignol, Anne; Liang, Chen; Wainberg, Mark (Winter)
Neuroscience : An introduction to how the nervous system acquires and integrates information and uses it to produce behaviour.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Balaban, Evan (Winter)
Nutrition et diététique : Nutrition in human health and disease from the molecular to the organismal level. Nutrigenomics, the impact of genotype on nutrient metabolism, health and disease risk, and the role of nutrients in metabolic regulation.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Wykes, Linda J; Agellon, Luis (Fall)
Pathologie : Provides a fundamental understanding of the diseases prevalent in North America, for upper level students in the biological sciences. Includes: general responses of cells and organ systems to injury; assessment of individual diseases by relating the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention to the primary biological abnormalities in each disorder.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Zorychta, Edith (Winter)
Pharmacologie et thérapeutique : Principles of pharmacology and toxicology. Frequently encountered drugs will be used as a focus to illustrate sites and mechanisms of action, distribution, metabolism, elimination and adverse side effects.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Zorychta, Edith; Hales, Barbara F (Fall)
Pharmacologie et thérapeutique : This course further explores the basic principles of pharmacology as illustrated by drugs used in the treatment of disease. Emphasis is placed on drugs used for diseases prevalent in North America.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Hales, Barbara F; Clarke, Paul; Szyf, Moshe (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: PHAR 300 or permission of instructor.
Pharmacologie et thérapeutique : Fundamental mechanisms by which toxic compounds damage a biological system (organelle, cell, organ, organism, ecosystem). Detection and quantification of toxicity and risk/benefit analysis are considered. Selected agents of current risk to human health or the environment are evaluated in depth.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Robaire, Bernard; Hales, Barbara F; Zorychta, Edith (Winter)
Pharmacologie et thérapeutique : Nobel Prize-winning discoveries as a basis for drug development.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Munter, Lisa; Maysinger, Dusica (Winter)
Physiologie : Physiology of body fluids, blood, body defense mechanisms, muscle, peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Wechsler, Ann; Gold, Phil; Ragsdale, David S (Fall)
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
Physiologie : Physiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine and renal systems.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : White, John H; Wechsler, Ann; Takano, Tomoko (Winter)
Winter
3 hours lectures weekly
Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 110, CHEM 120, PHYS 101 or PHYS 131, and PHYS 102 or PHYS 142. Pre-/co-requisite: BIOL 200, BIOL 201, BIOC 212, CHEM 212 or equivalent.
Restriction: For students in the Faculty of Science, and other students by permission of the instructor
Although PHGY 210 may be taken without the prior passing of PHGY 209, students should note that they may have some initial difficulties because of lack of familiarity with some basic concepts introduced in PHGY 209
Physiologie : In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses on cellular communication in the nervous system and the endocrine system.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Cooper, Ellis; Sjostrom, Per Jesper; Sharif Naeini, Reza (Fall)
Fall
3 hours of lectures per week; 1-3 hours optional lab/demonstration/tutorial arranged for a maximum of 3 afternoons per term
Prerequisite: PHGY 209 or permission of the instructor.
Physiologie : In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of topics in renal, respiratory and cardiovascular functions explored beyond the introductory level.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Hanrahan, John W; Mortola, Jacopo; Shrier, Alvin (Winter)
Physiologie : In-depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of topics in immunology, blood and fluids, and gastrointestinal physiology.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Jones, Russell; Blank, Volker Manfred; Kokoeva, Maia (Winter)
Physiologie : In depth presentation of experimental results and hypotheses underlying our current understanding of how single neurons and ensembles of neurons encode sensory information, generate movement, and control cognitive functions such as emotion, learning, and memory, during voluntary behaviours.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Cullen, Kathleen E; Sharif Naeini, Reza; Martinez Trujillo, Julio (Fall)
Fall
3 hours of lectures per week
Prerequisites: PHGY 209
Psychologie : An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Chudasama, Yogita (Winter)
Psychologie : The course is an introduction to the field studying how human cognitive processes, such as perception, attention, language, learning and memory, planning and organization, are related to brain processes. The material covered is primarily based on studies of the effects of different brain lesions on cognition and studies of brain activity in relation to cognitive processes with modern functional neuroimaging methods.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Petrides, Michalakis (Fall) Petrides, Michalakis (Summer)
Fall
2 lectures; 1 conference
Psychologie : Focuses on current techniques employed to study which genes influence behaviour, and how they do so.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Psychologie : The physiological bases of motivational states, with respect to feeding, drinking, sexual behavior, drug use, and aggression. Physiological bases of learning and memory.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Britt, Jonathan (Winter)
Psychologie : The role of hormones in organization of CNS function, as effectors of behaviour, in expression of behaviours and in mental illness.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Pruessner, Jens (Winter)
Anthropologie : 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.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Winter
Anthropologie : 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.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Hyde, Sandra (Fall) Rigillo, Nicole (Summer)
Fall
Anthropologie : Using recent ethnographies as textual material, this course will cover theoretical and methodological developments in medical anthropology since the early 1990's. Topics include a reconsideration of the relationship between culture and biology, medical pluralism revisited, globalization and health and disease, and social implications of new biomedical technologies.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Rees, Tobias (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: ANTH 227
Restriction: Anthropology program students.
Anthropologie : A survey of current theories and methods employed in psychological anthropology. Some areas considered are: cross-cultural studies of socialization and personality development; cultural factors in mental illness; individual adaptations to rapid socio-cultural change.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Fall
Prerequisite: Any Anthropology course
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ANTH 214
Économie (Arts) : The organization and performance of Canada's health care system are examined from an economist's perspective. The system is described and its special features analyzed. Much attention is given to the role of government in the system and to financing arrangements for hospital and medical services. Current financial problems are discussed.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Strumpf, Erin (Winter)
GĂ©ographie : This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Strachan, Ian Brett; Ross, Nancy (Winter)
Winter
3 hours
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
Note: This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221. In Winter 2013, GEOG 221/NRSC 221 will be taught on the downtown campus.
GĂ©ographie : Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Ross, Nancy (Winter)
Historique : The natural history of health and disease and the development of the healing arts, from antiquity to the beginning of modern times. The rise of "western" medicine. Health and healing as gradually evolving aspects of society and culture.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Wallis, Faith; Schlich, Thomas Andreas (Fall)
Restriction: Not open to students who took HIST 349 prior to Winter 2006.
Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.
Historique : The social and intellectual history of science and medicine in Canada, from early exploration, through the rise of learned societies, universities and professional organizations, to World War II.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 212
Historique : Explores the relationship between the natural sciences and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Examination of works in post-Newtonian science as well as their broader cultural meaning, the history of material practices, the origins of social science, and the role of geography and international context beyond Western Europe.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Dew, Nicholas (Fall)
Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor.
Historique : An overview of the history of foreign intervention and anticolonial resistance in 19th and 20th century Africa. Topics include: theories of colonialism, the scramble for Africa, colonialism and disease, indirect rule, labour, nationalism and resistance, and changing gender roles.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Historique : Gender, sexuality, and medicine since the colonial era, with a focus on North American experience. Topics will include reproductive medicine (puberty, childbirth, fertility control, menopause), changing perceptions of men's and women's health needs and risks, and ideas about sexual behaviour and identity.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Tone, Andrea (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 300-level History course in gender, sexuality or medicine or permission of instructor.
Historique : Examination of the ways in which interpretations of the natural world in the Americas were constructed by European travellers, colonial settlers and others. Emphasis primarily on natural histories of colonial British America, but coverage includes comparison across national and regional boundaries within the early modern Atlantic world.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Prerequisites: HIST 211 or permission of the instructor.
Options en sciences de la santé : Exploration of a wide range of topics on the health of women. Topics include use of health care system, poverty, roles, immigration, body image, lesbian health, and violence against women. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Daniel, Kimani (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor
Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations
Options en sciences de la santé : Concepts of health and medicalization. Canadian and international perspectives. Topics include contraception, abortion, infertility, menstruation, menopause, new reproductive technologies, prenatal care, childbirth. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Armistead, Cheryl (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor
Restriction: not open for credit to students who have taken HSEL 308 prior to September 1997
Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations
Philosophie : 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.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Voigt, Kristin (Winter) Coughlin, Melanie (Summer)
Philosophie : An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Hirose, Iwao (Fall)
Sciences politiques : This course analyzes the theory and politics of health policy and institutions, comparing provincial models and contextualizing Canadian systems with international perspectives from the U.S. and Europe. Current health reform debates will be explored, particularly those involving federal-provincial relations, sustainable financing and the role of the state in social protection.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Psychologie : 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).
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Baldwin, Mark W (Fall) Sullivan, Michael John L (Winter)
Psychologie : Psychology of children, covering critical issues, theories, biological underpinnings, experimental methods, and findings in perceptual, cognitive, language, emotional, and social development.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Onishi, Kristine (Fall)
Psychologie : The course builds on and is an extension of Social Psychology (PSYC 215). Traditional approaches to person-situation interactions and a more dynamic approach based on recent research on goals and social cognition.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Bartz, Jennifer (Winter)
Winter
2 lectures
Prerequisite: PSYC 215
Psychologie : Introduction to the field of behavior disorders of childhood and adolescence, including core issues, theoretical and methodological underpinnings, descriptions and discussions of many disorders, clinical and research data, and treatment approaches. Three major assumptions will be woven through the course.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Dirks, Melanie (Winter)
Psychologie : In-depth exploration of cognitive development in infants and children including knowledge representation and processing, conceptual development, language development, and theories and principles of cognitive development.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Psychologie : Advanced study of the development of social behaviour and social cognition in children. Topics include: socialization, attachment, aggression, exploration, role taking, communication, family and peer relations, self and person perception. The development of these social processes within the framework of three general theories of development: behaviour genetics, learning, and cognitive-developmental.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Sociologie (Arts) : Socio-medical problems and ways in which sociological analysis and research are being used to understand and deal with them. Canadian and Québec problems include: poverty and health; mental illness; aging; death and dying; professionalism; health service organization.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Falconer, James (Fall)
Sociologie (Arts) : Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Quesnel Vallée, Amélie (Winter)
Sociologie (Arts) : Data and theories of mental disorders. Transcultural psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology, stress, labelling, mental health care delivery, the family, positive mental health and the "sick" society in the framework of sociological theories of stratification, organization and social psychology.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Berry, Sarah (Winter)
Sociologie (Arts) : The dynamics of biomedical disciplines and specialties. Social, scientific, political and commercial aspects of biomedical research. The organization of work in clinical and fundamental research and its consequences on the choice of research topics.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Sociologie (Arts) : Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Bertrand-Dansereau, Anais (Winter)
Sociologie (Arts) : Key conceptual and substantive issues in gender and health since c1950: stratified medicalization of women's and men's health; social movements in health including the women's health movement; gender inequality in morbidity and mortality; gender, power and control in patient/physician interactions; embodied experience; politics and policies of gender and health.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Sociologie (Arts) : The sociology of health and illness. Reading in areas of interest, such as: the sociology of illness, health services occupations, organizational settings of health care, the politics of change in national health service systems, and contemporary ethical issues in medical care and research.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Cambrosio, Alberto (Fall)
Prerequisite: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
Sociologie (Arts) : Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Quesnel Vallée, Amélie (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken EPIB 525.
Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
Sociologie (Arts) : The seminar will examine recent work in the sociology of biomedical knowledge. It will focus on the technological shaping of biomedical knowledge, i.e., on the impact of new technologies and equipments on the development of biomedical knowledge.
Trimestres : Ce cours n’est pas au programme de l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Chargés de cours : Aucun professeur n’est associé à ce cours pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015.
Biologie (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.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Glass, Leon (Fall)
Fall
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: one year of calculus. An additional course in calculus is recommended
Biologie (Sci) : Elementary statistical methods in biology. Introduction to the analysis of biological data with emphasis on the assumptions behind statistical tests and models. Use of statistical techniques typically available on computer packages.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Leung, Brian (Fall)
Fall
2 hours lecture and 2 hours laboratory
Prerequisite: MATH 112 or equivalent
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
Informatique (Sci) : Introduction to programming in a modern high-level language, modular software design and debugging. Programming concepts are illustrated using a variety of application areas.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Lyman-Abramovitch, Melanie; Gamboa Higuera, Juan Camilo; Tremblay, Jonathan (Fall) Tremblay, Jonathan; Cheung, Jackie; Oakes, Bentley (Winter) Manjanna, Sandeep (Summer)
3 hours
Prerequisite: a CEGEP level mathematics course
Restrictions: COMP 202 and COMP 208 cannot both be taken for credit. COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 208 is intended for students interested in scientific computation. COMP 202 cannot be taken for credit with or after COMP 250
Informatique (Sci) : Concepts and tools for programmatic storage, retrieval, searching, numerical analysis, and visualization of large biological data sets.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Hallett, Michael Trevor (Winter)
Informatique (Sci) : Application of computer science techniques to problems arising in biology and medicine, techniques for modeling evolution, aligning molecular sequences, predicting structure of a molecule and other problems from computational biology.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Blanchette, Mathieu (Fall)
GĂ©ographie : Exploratory data analysis, univariate descriptive and inferential statistics, non-parametric statistics, correlation and simple regression. Problems associated with analysing spatial data such as the 'modifiable areal unit problem' and spatial autocorrelation. Statistics measuring spatial pattern in point, line and polygon data.
Trimestres : Automne 2014
Chargés de cours : Berrang Ford, Lea (Fall)
Fall
2.5 hours and lab
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
Mathématiques et Statistiques (Sci) : Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Best, Ana; Wolfson, David B (Fall) Correa, Jose Andres (Winter) Correa, Jose Andres (Summer)
No calculus prerequisites
Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
Mathématiques et Statistiques (Sci) : The concept of degrees of freedom and the analysis of variability. Planning of experiments. Experimental designs. Polynomial and multiple regressions. Statistical computer packages (no previous computing experience is needed). General statistical procedures requiring few assumptions about the probability model.
Trimestres : Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Wallace, Michael (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: MATH 203 or equivalent. No calculus prerequisites
Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
Mathématiques et Statistiques (Sci) : Sample space, events, conditional probability, independence of events, Bayes' Theorem. Basic combinatorial probability, random variables, discrete and continuous univariate and multivariate distributions. Independence of random variables. Inequalities, weak law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Anderson, William J (Fall) Kelome, Djivede (Winter) Kelome, Djivede (Summer)
Mathématiques et Statistiques (Sci) : Sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, contingency tables, nonparametric inference, regression, Bayesian inference.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015
Chargés de cours : Genest, Christian (Fall) Steele, Russell (Winter)
Fall and Winter
Prerequisite: MATH 323 or equivalent
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 357
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
Psychologie : The statistical analysis of research data; frequency distributions; graphic representation; measures of central tendency and variability; elementary sampling theory and tests of significance.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Amsel, Rhonda N (Fall) Gu, Fei (Winter) Darainy, Mohammad (Summer)
Fall and Winter
Restriction: Not open to students who have passed a CEGEP statistics course(s) with a minimum grade of 75%: Mathematics 201-307 or 201-337 or equivalent or the combination of Quantitative Methods 300 with Mathematics 300
This course is a prerequisite for PSYC 305, PSYC 406, PSYC 310, PSYC 336
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
Psychologie : An introduction to the design and analysis of experiments, including analysis of variance, planned and post hoc tests and a comparison of anova to correlational analysis.
Trimestres : Automne 2014, Hiver 2015, Été 2015
Chargés de cours : Amsel, Rhonda N (Fall) Yu, Hsiu-Ting (Winter) Amsel, Rhonda N (Summer)
Fall and Winter
Prerequisite: PSYC 204 or equivalent
This course is required of all students who propose to enter an Honours or Major program in Psychology
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.