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.

Other Courses

Courses in Life Sciences are administered by the School of Interdisciplinary Science.
General Sciences Building, Room 105, ext. 21181

Email: sis@mcmaster.ca
https://www.science.mcmaster.ca/sis/undergraduate/life-sciences.html

Notes

1. Level IV Research Seminar topics may change from year to year. Research Seminar topics and descriptions are available on the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIS) website https://www.science.mcmaster.ca/sis/undergraduate/life-sciences.html. Honours Life Sciences students must complete at least 3 units of Knowledge Transfer/Seminar Experience (Course List E).

2. Students entering Level IV Honours Life Sciences (not including the Origins of Disease Specialization or the Sensory Motor Systems Specialization) must complete and submit a ballot, rank ordering their preference for enrolment in Level IV seminar offerings. Ballots will be sent directly to students in Honours Life Sciences during the Winter Term. Students wishing to take these courses must complete and submit a ballot by the end of March. Students will be informed of their ballot result by the end of May. Failure to submit a ballot by the stated deadline may compromise enrolment in preferred seminar. The Life Sciences program pre-registration ballot will include all Level IV Life Sciences research seminar courses (LIFESCI 4E03 , 4F03 , 4H03, 4I03 , 4J03 , 4K03, 4L03 , 4M03 , 4N03 , 4O03 , 4P03 , 4Q03 , 4U03 , 4V03, 4W03 , 4X03 , 4Y03 ).

3. LIFESCI 4CM3  is required for the Honours Life Sciences - Origins of Disease Specialization and is not included in the pre-registration ballot. Students in the Specialization are guaranteed enrolment.

4. LIFESCI 4XX3  is required for the Honours Life Sciences - Sensory Motor Systems Specialization and is not included in the pre-registration ballot. Students is the Specialization are guaranteed enrolment.

5. Course planning is extremely important. Students must review and consider the requisites on Level II, III and IV courses when enrolling in the previous Levels.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.