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Program Requirements
These freshman requirements apply to students in the Concurrent Bachelor of Science Food Science (B.Sc. (F.Sc.)) and Bachelor of Science Nutritional Sciences (B.Sc. (Nutr.Sc.)) degree program.
If you are entering university for the first time from a high school system (outside of the Quebec CEGEP system), you will be required to complete a Freshman year of at least 30 credits as listed below.
Normally, students registered in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Freshman program may take a maximum of 8 credits outside the Faculty offerings to meet the requirements of the program. Permission to exceed this limit must be received from the Associate Dean (Student Affairs) prior to registration.
Note: If you are not certain that you have adequate math and/or physics skills to commence the Freshman year, you may wish to take preparatory courses prior to the normal Fall semester. You are encouraged to discuss your potential need with your academic adviser. Mathematical skill level will be determined during the first week of classes. Your freshman adviser may recommend that you register for an additional weekly Pre-calculus Lab, of one credit, which may be applied towards the required credits of the degree program.
Freshman Adviser: Dr. Alice Cherestes
Macdonald-Stewart Building, Room 1-023
Telephone: 514-398-7980
Required Courses - Fall (14.5 credits)
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AEBI 120 General Biology (3 credits)
Overview
Biology (Agric & Envir Sc) : An introduction to the structure, function and adaptation of plants and animals in the biosphere.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Dunphy, Gary Brian (Fall)
Fall
2 lectures and one 3-hour lab
Restriction: Not open to students who have passed CEGEP objective 00UK or equivalent (formerly Biology 301)
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AECH 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Chemistry (Agric&EnvirSci) : The course will be a study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, valence theory and the periodic table.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Cherestes, Alice (Fall)
Fall
3 lectures, one 3 hour lab, and one tutorial hour
Restriction: Note open to students who have taken FDSC 110.
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AEMA 101 Calculus 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci) : A review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivatives. Differentiation of elementary functions. Anti-differentiation. Applications.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Hayes, John F (Fall)
Fall
3 lectures
Prerequisite: a course in functions
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AEPH 112 Introductory Physics 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Physics (Agric & Envir Sci) : Accelerated motion. Newton's Laws. Force, work and energy, power; momentum. Conservation principles. Circular motion. Simple harmonic motion. Waves and sound.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Hedberg, James (Fall)
Fall
3 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, 2 tutorial hours
Prerequisites: AEMA 100 (or MATH 112) and AEPH 110, or equivalents, or permission of instructor
Corequisite: AEMA 101 (or MATH 139) or higher level calculus course or CEGEP objective 00UN, or permission of instructor
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 101 or PHYS 131 or AEPH 113 or CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent. Not open to students in Bioresource Engineering.
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AGRI 195 Freshman Seminar 1 (0.5 credits)
Overview
Agriculture : Members of the Faculty and/or Student Services will present seminars on resources available to help students develop the requisite skills to facilitate their transition into university life.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Cherestes, Alice (Fall)
Fall
Restriction: Open only to Freshman Students. Not open to students who have taken BREE 187
Required Courses - Winter (15.5 credits)
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AEBI 122 Cell Biology (3 credits)
Overview
Biology (Agric & Envir Sc) : Chemical basis for cell biology; enzymes in biological reactions; membranes and the cell surface; cellular energetics; cell synthesis and growth; mitosis, meiosis and genetic consequences.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Cherestes, Alice (Winter)
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AEMA 102 Calculus 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci) : Integration, the indefinite and definite integral. Trapezoidal and Simpson's Rule approximations for the integral. Applications to areas between curves, distance, volume, length of a curve, work, area of a surface of revolution, average values, moments, etc. Improper integrals and infinite series.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Hayes, John F (Winter)
Winter
3 lectures
Prerequisite: Calculus 1 or equivalent
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AEPH 114 Introductory Physics 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Physics (Agric & Envir Sci) : Electric and magnetic properties of matter: electrostatics, electric currents, the link between electric and magnetic phenomena, geometrical optics, interference diffraction.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Hedberg, James (Winter)
Winter
3 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, 2 tutorial hours
Prerequisite: AEPH 112 or AEPH 113 or PHYS 101 or PHYS 131 or CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalents, or permission of instructor
Corequisite: AEMA 102 (or MATH 141 or higher level calculus course) or CEGEP objective 00UP, or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 102 or PHYS 142 or AEPH 115 or CEGEP objective 00US or equivalent. Not open to students in Bioresource Engineering.
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AGRI 196 Freshman Seminar 2 (0.5 credits)
Overview
Agriculture : Member of the Faculty will present seminars on topical issues about their area of research.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Cherestes, Alice (Winter)
Winter
Restriction: Freshman students
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FDSC 230 Organic Chemistry (4 credits)
Overview
Food Science : Atomic and molecular structure, modern concepts of bonding, overview of functional groups, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, mechanisms and reactions of aliphatic compounds.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Yaylayan, Varoujan (Fall) Cherestes, Alice (Winter)
Fall or Winter
3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences—2012-2013 (last updated Dec. 20, 2012) (disclaimer)
