School of Geography and Earth Sciences (Faculty of Science)

Program Offerings

http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/
Faculty as of January 15, 2014

DIRECTOR

Bruce Newbold

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

Altaf Arain
Darren Scott

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

John D. Eyles/B.A., M.Sc. (L.S.E.), Ph.D. (London)

PROFESSORS

Altaf Arain/B.E. (Pakistan), M.S., Ph.D. (Arizona)
Janok Bhattacharya/B.Sc., (Memorial), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Vera Chouinard/B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Paulin Coulibaly/B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Nice), Ph.D. (Laval)
Alan P. Dickin/M.A. (Cambridge), D.Phil. (Oxford)
Carolyn H. Eyles/B.Sc. (East Anglia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Richard S. Harris/B.A. (Cambridge), M.A. (Ohio), Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Pavlos S. Kanaroglou/B.Sc. (Athens), M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Senior Canada Research Chair
William A. Morris/B.Sc. (Leeds), Ph.D. (Open University)
Bruce Newbold/B.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Eduard Reinhardt/B.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)
W. Jack Rink/B.Sc., Ph.D. (Florida State)
Darren Scott/B.A. (St. Mary’s), M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (McMaster)
James Smith/B.Sc., M.Sc (Guelph), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
J. Michael Waddington/B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc., Ph.D. (York)
Lesley A. Warren/B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Robert D. Wilton/B.A. (Hull), M.A., Ph.D. (Southern California)

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

Howard Barker/B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jing M. Chen/B.Sc. (Nanjing), Ph.D. (Reading)
Allan Crowe/B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Alberta)
Ian Droppo/B.A., M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Exeter)
Susan J. Elliott/M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Charles Jefferson/B.Sc. (Carleton), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)
Pierre Keating/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Laval), Ph.D. (McGill)
Ulrich Riller/M.Sc. (Tubingen), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Lucilla Spini/B.A. (New York), M.Sc., D. Phil. (Oxford)
Martin Taylor/B.A. (Bristol), M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Joe Boyce/B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Sean Carey/B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Maureen Padden/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Geological Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Antonio Paez/B.Sc. (Mexico), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Tohoku)
Walter Peace/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Greg Slater/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Canada Research Chair
Allison Williams/M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (York)

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Dominique Rissolo/B.A. (San Diego State), M.A., Ph.D. (California-Riverside)
James Roy/B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Guelph), D.Phil. (Waterloo)
Spencer Snowling/B.E.M., D.Phil. (McMaster)
Ross Upshur/B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Queen’s), M.D. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Toronto)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Luc Bernier/B.Sc., M.Sc (Montreal), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Sang-Tae Kim/B.Sc. (Korea), M.Sc. (Michigan), Ph.D. (McGill)
John Maclachlan/B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Michael Mercier/B.Sc. (Trent), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Suzanne Mills/B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
Niko Yiannakoulias/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Jeff R. Harris/ B.A. (Ottawa), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Tim Lotimer/B.E.S. (Waterloo)
Hanna Maoh/B.Sc. (Bethelem), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Corrine Schuster-Wallace/B.Sc. (Leicester), Ph.D. (Laurier)
Amanjot Singh/B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Ludhiana, India)
Christopher Werner/B.S. (Pittsburgh), M.S., Ph.D. (Florida)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Gavin Andrews/(Health, Aging and Society) B.A. (Wales), Ph.D. (Nottingham)
Sarah Dickson/(Civil Engineering) B.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.
James Dunn/(Health, Aging and Society) B.Arts. Sc., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
Gail Krantzberg/(Civil Engineering) B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc./M.E.S, Ph.D. (Toronto)
Saledeh Razavi/(Civil Engineering) B.Sc. (Sharif), M.Sc. (Iran), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Colin B. Seymour/(Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences) DCR (RT) (Guy’s Hospital), B.L. (King’s Inn), Ph.D. (Trinity College, Dublin)
John C. Weaver/(History) B.A. (Queen’s), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Notes Applicable to all Honours Programs

Earth and Environmental Sciences at McMaster encompass ﬁve major themes: Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Hydrology and Climate, Environmental Policy, GIS and Spatial Analysis. It should be noted that each thematic area has its own sequence of courses and prerequisites (See the Course Listings section of this Calendar). Students may elect to take some or all of the upper level courses from different areas. In addition, there is a set of courses encompassing research design, ﬁeld work, internships, and the senior thesis or review paper.
AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY
EARTH SC 2Q03 , 3CC3 , 3L03 , 3O03 , 3T03 , 4CC3 , 4FE3 , 4L03 , 4N03
EARTH SCIENCES
EARTH SC 2E03 , 2I03,
2K03
, 2M03 ,
2T03
,
3E03
,
3K03
,
3P03
,
3QQ3
,
3SR3
,
3T03
,
3V03
,
3Z03
,
4E03
,
4G03
,
4T03
,
4V03

ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY AND CLIMATE
EARTH SC 2B03 ,
2C03
,
2W03
,
3B03
,
3CC3
,
3N03
,
3U03
,
3W03
, 4B03 ,
4C03
,
4CC3
,
4W03
,
4WB3

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EARTH SC 2EI3 , 4EA3 ; ENVIR SC 3EE3 , 4HH3 , GEOG 3EC3
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS
EARTH SC 2GI3 , 3GI3 , 3GV3 , 3SR3 , 4GA3 ; GEOG 4GS3 , 4GT3
Students aiming to meet the academic requirements for professional registration of Geoscientists in Ontario can ﬁnd additional information on these requirements on the website: http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/undergraduate/resources.html. Students are encouraged to consult with the academic advisor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences to ensure proper selection of courses for professional registration. The Honours programs offered by the School of Geography and Earth Sciences may not fulﬁll professional registration requirements.

Programs

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Bachelor of Science

Environmental Sciences (B.Sc.)

Minor