Course Listings

The courses listed in this section include all courses approved for the undergraduate curriculum for the 2024-2025 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 2024 - 2025 Calendar  

Effective 2023-24:

Looking for CLASSICS (Classics) courses?

• The subject GKROMST (Greek and Roman Studies) has replaced CLASSICS

Please use the revised subject area when searching for courses. Most courses use the same code but with the revised subject area (e.g. CLASSICS 2H03 is now known as GKROMST 2H03). Students having credit in courses using the old subject area may not take the corresponding course under the new designation.
 

Effective 2022-23:

Looking for LABRST (Labour Studies) courses?

• The subject WORKLABR (Work and Labour Studies) has replaced LABRST

Please use the revised subject area when searching for courses. Most courses use the same code but with the revised subject area (e.g. LABRST 2H03 is now known as WORKLABR 2H03). Students having credit in courses using the old subject area may not take the corresponding course under the new designation.

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 A102, 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.

Courses

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 Media Arts.
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 331A, ext. 23488
http://csma.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Courses

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

Community Engagement

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.
Information Technology Building, Room 202, ext. 24614 
http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/

Department Notes

1. Students wishing to pursue a Minor in Computer Science should see the “Minor in Computer Science” section of this Calendar.
2. Please note that not all elective courses will be offered in each academic year.
3. In the prerequisites for COMPSCI courses, the phrase “registration in any Computer Science program” refers to registration in any of the following:
   • Honours Computer Science
   • Honours Computer Science as a Second Degree
   • Honours Economics and Computer Science
   • Honours Mathematics and Computer Science
   • Combined Honours Program in Arts & Science and Computer Science

Courses