Course Listings

The courses listed in this section include all courses approved for the undergraduate curriculum for the 2017-2018 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.

Commerce

Courses in Commerce are administered by the DeGroote School of Business (Faculty of Business).
DeGroote School of Business, Room 104, ext. 24433
http://www.degroote.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty Notes

1. Upper Level Commerce courses are not open to Business I students.
   COMMERCE 1AA3
     and
   1BA3
     are not open to Business I students who entered prior to September 2014.
2. The Commerce courses for the Business Minor are open to students registered in any four- or five-level McMaster degree program. For these students, enrolment will be limited to 40 spaces per course on a first-come, first-served basis in the following courses: COMMERCE 2AB3 , 2BC3  (or 3BC3) 2FA3 , 2MA3 , 2KA3 , 2QA3 , 3FA3 , 3MC3 . Please note that all prerequisites for these courses must also be satisfied. Students registered in a McMaster Commerce, Engineering Management or Labour Studies program (where applicable) will be guaranteed enrolment in these courses. See Minor in Business in the Faculty of Business section of this Calendar. Students taking COMMERCE 2FA3 , 2MA3  as Business Minor courses will also be required to have obtained a minimum grade of B- in ECON 1B03  as a prerequisite; or completion of ECON 2G03, 2X03 , or 
   ARTSSCI 2E03
     with a minimum grade of B- as a prerequisite.
3. The Commerce courses for the Minor in Finance, the Minor in Accounting and Financial Management Services and the Minor in Information Systems are open to students admitted to the Minor. Please take note that all prerequisites for these courses must also be satisfied. Students taking the Minor in Accounting and Financial Management Services or the Minor in Finance will also be required to have obtained an average of at least 7.0 in ECON 1B03  and 1BB3  as a prerequisite.
4. Graduates of McMaster’s Commerce programs or one of the Engineering and Management programs may take, as part-time students, Level III and IV Commerce courses (not previously taken, to a maximum of 18 units), space permitting excluding COMMERCE 4AG3 *, 4AH3 *, 4AJ3 *, with the permission of the Academic Programs Office (See the Admission Requirements section of this Calendar under the heading Continuing Students).
   *These courses are available as BUS&COM 500, BUS&COM 501, BUS&COM 503, through the School of Business, subject to sufficient enrolments and availability of qualified instructors.
   Other than those graduates specified above, Commerce courses are not open to Continuing Students.
5. Level II and Level III Commerce courses are generally scheduled for three one-hour lectures per week; one term. Level IV Commerce courses are generally scheduled for two lectures per week (a two-hour lecture and a one-hour lecture), or, one three-hour lecture per week; one term.
6. Level IV Commerce requirements: the six units of Level III or IV Commerce courses noted in the School of Business section of this Calendar can only be taken by Level IV Commerce students in their final year.
7. COMMERCE 2SB3  is not a mandatory non-Commerce elective for the Commerce programs.
8. Note Regarding COMMERCE 4EL3: Students who have been granted Faculty permission to take COMMERCE 4EL3  in Level III Commerce will have this course applied against the program requirements for Level IV Commerce as three of the six required units of Level III or IV Commerce courses. See the DeGroote School of Business (Faculty of Business) program requirements section of this calendar.

Communication Studies

Note Regarding Level IV Seminars

Level IV Communication Studies seminars are open only to students registered in Level IV of an Honours program in Communication Studies. The Department is only able to offer a selection of the courses listed below each year. As course size is limited, seminar places in each course will be allotted in March of every year for the succeeding session. It is essential that students apply early to the Department for the seminars they wish to take.

Courses in Communication Studies are administered by the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia.
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 331, ext. 23488
http://csmm.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open. See also courses in Multimedia.

Community Engagement

Courses in Community Engagement are administered by the Arts & Science Program.

Commons Building, Room 105, ext. 24655, 23153

http://artsci.mcmaster.ca

Computer Engineering

Courses in Computer Engineering are administered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Information Technology Building, Room A111, ext. 24347
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/

Computer Science

Courses in Computer Science are administered by the Department of Computing and Software.

Department Notes

1. Students wishing to pursue a Minor in Computer Science should see the Honours Computer Science program in the Faculty of Engineering section of this Calendar.
2. Please note that not all elective courses will be offered in each academic year.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.

Cultural Studies and Critical Theory

Courses in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory are administered by the Department of English and Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Humanities.

Chester New Hall, Room 321, ext. 24491
http://english.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Department Notes

1. The following are courses open as electives to students registered in Level II or above of any undergraduate program.
   CSCT 2Z03 Shifting Grounds: Nature, Literature, Culture  
   CSCT 3D03 Science Fiction 
   CSCT 3EE3 African American Literature 
   CSCT 3RR3 African Literature and Film 
   CSCT 3W03 Contemporary Native Literature in Canada  (note prerequisite for this course)
   CSCT 3X03 Contemporary Native Literature in the United States  (note prerequisite for this course)
   CSCT 3Y03 Children’s Literature 
   Please note that the Department is able to offer only a limited selection of elective courses each year.
2. Courses restricted to students registered in the Cultural Studies and Critical Theory program may be available to qualified students in other programs if space permits. Students interested in such courses should request permission from the departmental counsellor.
3. Level IV seminars are open only to Combined Honours Cultural Studies and Critical Theory students registered in Level IV. Enrolment will be limited and departmental permission is required. A list of seminars to be offered will be available prior to registration and balloting for seminars for the next academic year will take place in March.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.