Course Listings

The courses listed in this section include all courses approved for the undergraduate curriculum for the 2015-2016 academic year. Not all courses in the approved curriculum will be offered during the year. Students are advised to refer to the course timetables available annually in Mosaic in March and June to determine which specific courses will be offered in the upcoming sessions.
Note: An A/B suffix appearing in a course number indicates that the course may be delivered across more than one term (see Multi-Term Course in the Glossary  of this calendar). The A/B S suffix indicates that the course may be delivered as either a multi-term course or within a single term.

See also McMaster’s Policy on Access to Undergraduate Courses in the General Academic Regulations  section of this calendar.

Please note, when searching courses by “Code or Number”, an asterisk (*) can be used as a wildcard character to return mass results. For example, a “Code or Number” search of ” 2* ” can be entered returning all level II courses.

Sustainability {539}

Courses with the SUSTAIN designation are administered by the Faculty of Engineering.

Theatre & Film Studies {551}

Courses in Theatre & Film Studies are administered by the School of the Arts.
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 414, ext. 27671
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~sota/index.html

Department Notes

1. The following are courses open as electives to students registered in Level II or above of any undergraduate program.
   THTRFLM 2FA3 - Film Analysis 
   THTRFLM 2G03 - The Ancient World in Film 
   THTRFLM 2S03 - Split Screen - Modern Germany Through Cinema  
   THTRFLM 2T03 - Music for Film and Television  
   THTRFLM 2TT3 - Broadway and the Popular Song  
   THTRFLM 2Y03 - Greek Tragedy 
   THTRFLM 3AA3 - Modernist Drama and Theatre in Europe  
   THTRFLM 3DD3 - Contemporary Canadian Drama and Theatre  
   THTRFLM 3FF3 - Cinema History to WWII  
   THTRFLM 3HH3 - Specialized Performance Technique  

    
2. The following courses, offered by other departments, directly pertain to Theatre & Film Studies. These are recommended as electives. Up to nine units of courses from this list may be available as substitutes for Theatre & Film courses, and counted toward the fulfillment of a program in Theatre & Film Studies. Students are advised that there may be restrictions on enrolment in these courses.
   FRENCH 3Q03 Seventeenth-Century French Literature 
   KINESIOL 3SS3 Body, Mind, Spirit 
   KINESIOL 3T03 Dance Performance 
   RELIGST 2YY3 The Bible and Film  
    

3. Courses restricted to students registered in programs in Theatre & Film Studies may be available to qualified students in other programs if space permits. Students interested in such courses should request permission from the program counsellor.
    

4. Students are advised to note carefully the prerequisites for all courses, and take note which courses are offered in alternate years.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

Women’s Studies {642}

The following courses in Women’s Studies are administered by the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies  (Togo Salmon Hall Room 308, ext. 27734, www.gsfr.mcmaster.ca): WOMENST 1A03 , 1AA3,  2AA3,  2M03,  3BB3 .

All other WOMEN ST courses that appear in this calendar are administered by the cross-listed department.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.