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Environmetrics Domain
This domain is open only to students in the B.Sc. (Ag.Env.Sc.) Major Environment or B.Sc. Major Environment program.
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Bachelor of Science (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Major Environment - Environmetrics (63 credits)
This Domain (63 credits including Core) is open only to students in the B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) Major in Environment or B.Sc. Major in Environment program.
In view of the crucial need for sound study design and appropriate statistical methods for analyzing environmental changes and their impacts on humans and various life forms and their ecological relationships, this program is intended to provide students with a strong background in the use of statistical methods of data analysis in environmental sciences.
Graduates will be capable of effectively participating in the design of environmental studies and adequately analyzing data for use by the environmental community. Accordingly, the list of courses for the Environmetrics Domain is composed primarily of statistics courses and mathematically oriented courses with biological and ecological applications. The list is completed by general courses that refine the topics introduced in the MSE core courses by focusing on the ecology of living organisms, soil sciences or water resources, and impact assessment. These courses should allow the students to understand their interlocutors and be understood by them in their future job. Students can further develop their background in applied or mathematical statistics and their expertise in environmental sciences by taking complementary courses along each of two axes: statistics and mathematics, and environmental sciences. An internship is also offered to students to provide them with preliminary professional experience.
Suggested First Year (U1) Courses
For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the 'MSE Student Handbook 2010-11' (available on the MSE website /mse, or contact Kathy Roulet, the Program Advisor (kathy.roulet [at] mcgill.ca).
Prerequisites and equivalent courses are common with math courses, so check with your advisor when choosing your courses. Be especially careful with statistics courses, as you will receive no credit (and no warning!) for a course that is considered equivalent to one you have already taken. Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students in Science should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Science.
Statistics courses BIOL 373 OR AEMA 310 can be taken in U1, but do not take them if you want to follow Option 1 (below), as they overlap with MATH 324.
Program Requirements
NOTE: Students are required to take a maximum of 30 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses.
Location Note: When planning their schedule and registering for courses, students should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both McGill's downtown campus and at the Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Location Note: Core Required courses for this program are taught at both McGill's downtown campus and at the Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course if you want to take it on the downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course if you want to take it on the Macdonald campus.
| ENVR 200 | (3) | The Global Environment |
| ENVR 201 | (3) | Society and Environment |
| ENVR 202 | (3) | The Evolving Earth |
| ENVR 203 | (3) | Knowledge, Ethics and Environment |
| ENVR 301 | (3) | Environmental Research Design |
| ENVR 400 | (3) | Environmental Thought |
Domain - Complementary Courses (36 credits)
36 credits of Complementary Courses are selected as follows:
12 credits - Fundamentals
3 credits - Basic Environmental Science
6 credits - Statistics, one of two options
15 credits - List 1 and List 2
Statistics:
6 credits of Statistics are selected from one of the following two options.
Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students in Science should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Science. Several statistics courses overlap (especially with MATH 324) and cannot be taken together. These rules do not apply to B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) students.
List 1
3 credits minimum of statistics and mathematics chosen from:
*Note: or equivalent courses to BREE 252 or BREE 319.
| BIOL 434 | (3) | Theoretical Ecology |
| BREE 252* | (3) | Computing for Engineers |
| BREE 319* | (3) | Engineering Mathematics |
| GEOG 501 | (3) | Modelling Environmental Systems |
| MATH 223 | (3) | Linear Algebra |
| MATH 326 | (3) | Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos |
| MATH 423 | (3) | Regression and Analysis of Variance |
| MATH 447 | (3) | Stochastic Processes |
| MATH 525 | (4) | Sampling Theory and Applications |
| SOCI 504 | (3) | Quantitative Methods 1 |
| SOCI 505 | (3) | Quantitative Methods 2 |
| SOCI 580 | (3) | Social Research Design and Practice |
List 2
3 credits minimum of environmental sciences chosen from:
| AGRI 452 | (3) | Water Resources in Barbados |
| AGRI 550 | (3) | Sustained Tropical Agriculture |
| BIOL 331 | (3) | Ecology/Behaviour Field Course |
| BIOL 553 | (3) | Neotropical Environments |
| ENVB 313 | (3) | Phylogeny and Biogeography |
| GEOG 300 | (3) | Human Ecology in Geography |
| GEOG 302 | (3) | Environmental Management 1 |
| GEOG 404 | (3) | Environmental Management 2 |
| GEOG 494 | (3) | Urban Field Studies |
| GEOG 497 | (3) | Ecology of Coastal Waters |
| GEOG 499 | (3) | Subarctic Field Studies |
| NRSC 333 | (3) | Pollution and Bioremediation |
| PLNT 460 | (3) | Plant Ecology |
| WILD 401 | (4) | Fisheries and Wildlife Management |
| WOOD 300 | (3) | Urban Forests and Trees |
| WOOD 420 | (3) | Environmental Issues: Forestry |
Faculty:
McGill School of Environment—2010-2011 (last updated Apr. 22, 2010) (disclaimer)
Faculty:
McGill School of Environment—2010-2011 (last updated Apr. 22, 2010) (disclaimer)