Course Listings

The courses listed in this section include all courses approved for the undergraduate curriculum for the 2020-2021 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:

• Elective Courses Available To Level I Students  
• Availability of Upper-Level Elective Courses   
• New Courses Approved for Inclusion in the 2020-2021 Calendar  

NEW for 2020-21:

Looking for GEOG (Geography) or RELIGST (Religious Studies) courses?

• The subject ENVSOCTY has replaced GEOG
• The subject SCAR has replaced RELIGST

Please use the revised subject area when searching for courses. Most courses use the same code but with the revised subject area (e.g. GEOG 3MA3 is now known as ENVSOCTY 3MA3).

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.

Chemistry

Courses in Chemistry are administered by the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
A.N. Bourns Science Building, Room 156, ext. 23490
http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/

Department Notes

1. CHEM 1AA3  is a prerequisite for CHEM 2E03  and CHEM 2E03  is a prerequisite for BIOCHEM 2EE3 .
2. Students seeking permission and/or a seat authorization for a Chemistry or Chemical Biology course must submit an application for academic permission to the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology  (email: advisor@chemistry.mcmaster.ca) well in advance of the start of the term.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.

Chinese

Chinese 1Z06 is administered by the Department of Linguistics and Languages .
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 629, ext. 24388
http://linguistics.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Course

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.

Civil Eng Infrastructure Tech

Courses in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology are administered by the Bachelor of Technology Program.
Engineering Technology Building (ETB), Room 121, ext. 20195
http://mybtechdegree.ca

Civil Engineering

Courses in Civil Engineering are administered by the Department of Civil Engineering.
John Hodgins Engineering Building, Room 301, ext. 24287 or 24315
http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/civil

Department Notes

1. All Civil Engineering courses are open to students registered in a civil engineering program, subject to prerequisite requirements. Prior permission of the Department is necessary for students from other engineering departments and other faculties.
2. Unless otherwise stated, the duration and the frequency of activities are as follows:
   • one lecture consists of one hour each week
   • one tutorial consists of two hours each week
   • one lab consists of three hours each week

Collaborative

Nursing Consortium (A) Stream (Collab) courses are administered by the School of Nursing.
Health Sciences Centre, Room 2J16, ext. 22407
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/nursing/

Note

The following courses are open only to those students at the Mohawk College or Conestoga College sites who are registered in the McMaster/Mohawk/Conestoga Collaborative B.Sc.N program (A or E Streams) with the exception of COLLAB 2F03  (Medical Informatics) and COLLAB 2K03  (Introduction to Health Informatics) which are also open to students registered in the B.Sc.N. (A) Stream (McMaster Site).

Courses
See also courses in Nursing.

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. 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.
2. Non-Commerce students may enrol in specific upper-year Commerce courses if they have been accepted into a Specialized Minor offered by the Faculty of Business or can demonstrate that they are pursuing an interdisciplinary minor for which the specific Commerce courses are included.

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