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Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): A comprehensive survey of the major fruit, vegetable, turf, and ornamental crops grown in Barbados. Effect of cultural practices, environment, pests and pathogens, social and touristic activities, and importation of horticultural produce on local horticulture.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Corequisite(s): AEBI 423, AEBI 425, AEBI 427
• Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
• **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
• Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Biology (Agric & Envir Sc): Tropical biofuel crops, conversion processes and final products, particularly energy and greenhouse gas balances and bionutraceuticals. Topics include effects of process extraction during refining on biofuel economics, the food versus fuel debate and impact of biofuels and bioproducts on tropical agricultural economics.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Corequisite(s): AEBI 421, AEBI 423 and AEBI 427.
• Restriction: Restricted to students that are participating in the Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies Field Semester
• **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
• Project course AEBI 427 runs concurrently with the other courses (AEBI 421, AEBI 423 & AEBI 425) and the Mondays of each week are dedicated to AEBI 427.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Agricultural Economics: Nature and organization of agricultural and food markets as economic institutions, including the application of economic theory to problems within the agri-food marketing chain. Spatial and temporal price relationships, and the role of market structure.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Agricultural Economics: Managing and financing a farm business. Topics include: the decision making process, farm management and economic concepts, the analysis of financial statements, farm planning and budgeting, input management, investment analysis, risk in financial management, the acquisition and cost of capital.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Mary Doidge

Agricultural Economics: The role of resources in the environment, use of resources, and management of economic resources within the firm or organization. Problem-solving, case studies involving private and public decision-making in organizations are utilized.

Offered by: Agricultural Economics

• Fall
• Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Julian V Karaguesian

Agricultural Economics: The theory and application of econometrics to empirical issues in agriculture and environment. Diagnosis and treatment of standard violations of the assumptions underlying ordinary least squares.

Offered by: Agricultural Economics

• Fall
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisites: AEMA 310, AGEC 200 and AGEC 201 or equivalents

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Mary Doidge

Agricultural Economics: Examination of North American and international agriculture, food and resource policies, policy instruments, programs and their implications. Economic analysis applied to the principles, procedures and objectives of various policy actions affecting agriculture, and the environment.

Offered by: Agricultural Economics

• Winter
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or equivalent

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Gordon M Hickey

Agricultural Economics: The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.

Offered by: Agricultural Economics

• Winter
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or AGEC 201 or equivalent

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Aurelie P Harou

Agricultural Economics: Strategic management of agricultural and food businesses. Analysis of internal and external factors and competitive forces affecting agribusinesses. Formulation of business strategy and solutions to strategic problems. Case-based course designed to enhance students' problemsolving and decisionmaking skills. Integration of knowledge and tools from various economics and business disciplines.

Offered by: Agricultural Economics

• Winter
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisites: AGEC 231, AGEC 330, AGEC 332 and an accounting course, or approval of instructor

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Agriculture: Internship on working farms or in other appropriate businesses of the agri-food/environment industries.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken AGRI 201D1/D2.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Caroline B Begg
  • Caroline B Begg

Agriculture: Travel and exposure to a foreign agricultural sector where sustainable agricultural practices (e.g., organic farm production, ecological management of pests and weeds, crop rotation, water conservation, etc.), regulations, and policies are examined within the context of land use, local economies, and food security issues.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent or permission of instructor
• Lectures and visits will be jointly delivered by local experts and McGill Staff. Lectures (25%) and field visits (75%). Final year students should note that graduation may be delayed.
• This course has a fee of $1,720.00, a small portion of which is tax receiptable on the T2202A; it includes internal travel (by coach), accommodation, most of the meals for the duration of the course, as well as instructor costs.
• **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
• **The instructor鈥檚 approval is required.
• Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Agriculture: Focus on low-input, sustainable, and organic agriculture: the farm as an ecosystem; complex system theory; practical examples of soil management, pest control, integrated crop and livestock production, and marketing systems.

Offered by: Plant Science

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• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Caroline B Begg

Agriculture: International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Winter
• Two 2-hour conferences

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Elsa Vasseur

Agriculture: Management of soil and water systems for sustainability. Cause of soil degradation, surface and groundwater contamination by agricultural chemicals and toxic pollutants. Human health and safety concerns. Water-table management. Soil and water conservation techniques will be examined with an emphasis on methods of prediction and best management practices.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Fall
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• This course carries an additional charge of $37.68 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to a field trip. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Agriculture: Contrast theory and practice in defining agricultural environmental "challenges" in the Neotropics. Indigenous and appropriate technological means of mitigation. Soil management and erosion, water scarcity, water over-abundance, and water quality. Explore agro-ecosystem protection via field trips and project designs. Institutional context of conservation strategies, NGO links, and public participation.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisites: HISP 218 or equivalent; MATH 203 or AEMA 310 or equivalent
• Restriction: Restricted Enrolment. Location in Panama. Student must be registered for a full semester of studies in Panama

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Animal Science: The qualitative and quantitative aspects of genetics as they apply to the economic improvement of domestic mammals and birds. Topics include: animal domestication, animal cytology, Mendelian traits of economic importance, principles of population genetics, statistical tools to describe populations, environmental effects, selection and mating systems.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 2-hour lab
• Prerequisite: AEMA 310, LSCI 204

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Roger Cue

Animal Science: An introduction to the pathogenesis and control of diseases in farm animals. Immune response and other protective mechanisms. Implications of animal diseases and drug therapy for product safety and public health.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 2-hour conference
• Prerequisite(s): ANSC 250 or ANSC 323 or PHGY 209

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Vilceu Bordignon

Animal Science: Focus on the hormonal, cellular and molecular aspects of reproduction and development (gametogenesis, folliculogenesis, fertilization, embryonic and foetal development, parturition, lactation period, periods before and after puberty). Emphasis on underlying cellular mechanisms and their regulation by hormones and the environment.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Prerequisites: LSCI 211 and ANSC 323

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Animal Science: Introduction to fundamental aspects of animal nutrition, including gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; nutrient functions and requirements of livestock species; evaluation of feedstuffs and their use in ration formulation; and feeding strategies. Laboratory classes will include hands-on experience on feed analyses, gastrointestinal tract dissections, nutritional experiments and demonstrations in livestock species as well as computer-based ration balancing exercises.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 1-hour lab
• Prerequisites: ANSC 234 or ANSC 330 or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Sergio A Burgos

Animal Science: Overview of the Canadian Dairy and Beef industries with emphasis on products, environment, management systems, reproductive technologies, health, genetic improvement, automation, information recording and use of housing facilities and equipment. Field trips to dairy and beef farms as well as processing units included for illustration and application of concepts.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Prerequisite: ANSC 250, or permission of the instructor.
• Restrictions: Open to U2 students or higher.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Raj Duggavathi, Sergio A Burgos

Animal Science: Application and integration of biological principles of genetics, physiology, anatomy, nutrition, and health of poultry and swine production systems in Canada. Major factors and practices affecting productivity at the different stages of swine and poultry production. Field trips to farms and related enterprises.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Prerequisite: ANSC 250, or permission of the instructor
• Restrictions: Open to U2 students or higher.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Raj Duggavathi, Kevin Wade, Andr茅anne La Salle

Animal Science: Understanding the roles in which animals are used by Society, especially in food production, companionship, research, and recreation; application of the scientific approaches that are used in assessing and improving animal welfare; and use of ethical approaches that are invoked in the use of animals, often in controversial contexts. An interdisciplinary course, based on active participation and discussion-method learning.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Prerequisites: ANSC 250 or PSYC 301 or WILD 421 or Permission of Instructor
• Restriction: U3 and graduate students or permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Elsa Vasseur

Animal Science: An interdisciplinary approach to the study of mammary development, the onset of lactation and its cessation, comparing the differences in mammalian species in mammary development from embryological, pre- and post-pubertal and pre- and post-partum aspects. Lactation at the cellular and biochemical levels.

Offered by: Animal Science

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Sergio A Burgos

Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to the composition and mechanical constitution of materials used in bioresource engineering, including metals, plastics, concrete, wood, composite, plant and food materials. Crystal structure, alloys, phase diagrams, stresses and strains, elasticity, plasticity, yield, fracture, ductility, heat treatments, cold work, corrosion, composite materials, concrete chemistry, polymers.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• 2 lectures and one 2-hour lab
• Restrictions: Open to students enrolled in a Bioresource Engineering program or permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Ebenezer M Kwofie

Bioresource Engineering: Introduction to water resources and hydrologic cycle. Precipitation and hydrologic frequency analysis. Soil water processes, infiltration theory and modeling. Evapotranspiration estimation methods and crop water requirements. Surface runoff estimation as a function of land use modifications. Estimation of peak runoff rates. Unit hydrograph. Design of open channels and vegetated waterways.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Three lectures, one 2-hour lab per week.
• This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
• This course carries an additional course charge of $20.01 to cover transportation costs for two field trips, which may include a visit to a national weather station and a trip to gain hands-on experience on monitoring water flow in streams.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Shiv Prasher

Bioresource Engineering: Analysis and design of structures to house animals and plants and to process and store animal and plant products. Introduction to environmental control systems and animal waste management.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Three lectures and 2-hour lab per week.
• This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
• Analysis and design of structures to house animals and plants and to process and store animal and plant products. Introduction to environmental control systems and animal waste management.
• This course carries an additional course charge of $133.90 to cover transportation costs for field trips which may include an agri-centre, sugar shack and winery.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Mark G Lefsrud

Bioresource Engineering: An introduction to engineering aspects of handling, storage and treatment of all biological and food industry wastes. Design criteria will be elaborated and related to characteristics of wastes. Physical, chemical and biological treatment systems.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• 2 lectures and one 2-hour lab
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ABEN 322.
• A fee of $50.00 is charged to support a field trip to local waste management facilities for guided tour and information-gathering for a course assignment as well as some laboratory supplies for hands-on composting and/or anaerobic digestion lab.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Grant Clark

Bioresource Engineering: An introduction to how humans affect the earth's ecosystem and projections for the needs of food, water, air and energy to support the human population. Ecologically-reasonable coping strategies including biofuels, bioprocessing, waste management, and remediation methods.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Open to U2 students and above.
• This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
• This course carries an additional course charge of $12.32 to cover transportation costs for field trips which may include a solar installation site and if registrations permit, a bio-ethanol plant. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Predrag Sunjka

Bioresource Engineering: The course provides an overview of the principle concepts of precision agriculture. It focuses on equipment, software and the information management systems for mastering the essential steps when adopting and developing economically viable and environmentally sound solutions for modern farms and other agribusiness enterprises.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Prerequisites: AEBI 210, PLNT 300, or equivalent approved by the instructor.
• Not open to students who have taken FMT4 027

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Viacheslav Adamchuk

Bioresource Engineering: Attendance and participation in departmental undergraduate seminars, where each student must give an oral presentation.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Shiv Prasher, Carole Newman
  • Shiv Prasher, Carole Newman

Bioresource Engineering: Attendance and participation in undergraduate departmental seminars and science writing workshops.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Prerequisites: BREE 452

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Shiv Prasher, Carole Newman
  • Shiv Prasher, Carole Newman

Bioresource Engineering: Attendance and participation in departmental seminars, and a small written project report.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Prerequisite: BREE 453

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Idaresit Ekaette
  • Michael O Ngadi

Bioresource Engineering: The student is expected to develop a professional design project proposal with due considerations to executive summary, synthesis, methodology, milestones, budget, etc.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• One lecture per week.
• Prerequisites: CHEE 315 or MECH 346, BREE 415.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Grant Clark
  • Grant Clark, Predrag Sunjka

Bioresource Engineering: The student is expected to implement, physically or virtually, the project proposed in the Design 1 course. The student is expected to present project outcome, in both written and oral forms and learn to be critical about their own work and those of others.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• One lecture per week.
• Prerequisite: BREE 490

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Grant Clark
  • Grant Clark, Predrag Sunjka

Bioresource Engineering: Concepts and practice of ecological engineering: the planned creation or management of a community of organisms, their nonliving surroundings, and technological components to provide services. Survey of applications such as constructed wetlands, aquatic production systems, green infrastructure for urban storm water management, environmental restoration. Taught cooperatively with a parallel course at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Online collaboration with an interdisciplinary, international team is an important component of the course.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• One 3-hour lecture per week.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Grant Clark

Bioresource Engineering: Heat and moisture transfer with respect to drying of agricultural commodities; techniques of enhancement of heat and mass transfer; drying efficiency and scale-up problems.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• Restriction: Open to U3 students or above.
• This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
• This course carries an additional course charge of $47.34 to cover transportation costs for two field trips which may include at least two visits to distinctly different drying facilities in the field.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Bioresource Engineering: Active, semi-passive and passive storage systems; environmental control systems; post-harvest physiology and pathogenicity; quality assessment and control methodology; economic aspects of long-term storage.

Offered by: Bioresource Engineering

• This course carries an additional course charge for field trips.
• Restriction: Open to U3 students or above.
• This course carries an additional charge of $49.87 to cover the cost of transportation (bus rental) for local field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Entomology: Modern concepts of integrated control techniques and principles of insect pest management, with emphasis on biological control (use of predators, parasites and pathogens against pest insects), population monitoring, and manipulation of environmental, behavioral and physiological factors in the pest's way of life. Physical, cultural, and genetic controls and an introduction to the use of non-toxic biochemical controls (attractants, repellents, pheromones, antimetabolites).

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

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• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Environmental Biology: Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis techniques to the presentation and analysis of ecological information, including sources and capture of spatial data; characterizing, transforming, displaying spatial data; and spatial analysis to solve resource management problems.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Prerequisite(s): At least one environmental science course and one ecology course or permission of instructor
• Restriction(s): U2 students and above. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 201, GEOG 306 or GEOG 307, ENVB/BREE 430, or BREE 529. Limited to 32 students.
• Fall

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Jeffrey A Cardille, Viacheslav Adamchuk, Jaskaran Dhiman

Environmental Biology: An advanced spatial analysis course that uses rapidly developing techniques in GIS and remote sensing to solve problems in natural resource management. Focuses on controlling spatial operations through programming.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Prerequisite(s): (ENVB 430 or ENVB 529 or BREE 529) or (GEOG 201 and one of GEOG 306 or GEOG 307) or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Food Science: This course enables one to gain an appreciation of the scope of food science as a discipline. Topics include introductions to chemistry, processing, packaging, analysis, microbiology, product development, sensory evaluation and quality control as they relate to food science.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• 3 lectures

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Xiaonan Lu

Food Science: A study of the chemistry and functionality of the major components comprising food systems, such as water, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The relationship of these components to food stability will be studied in terms of degradative reactions and processing.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 211 or LSCI 211

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Ashraf A Ismail

Food Science: The fundamentals of food analysis are presented with the emphasis on the major components of foods. Topics include: food components, sampling, method selection, official methods, proximate analysis, moisture, protein, fat, ash, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins and nutraceutical compounds.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 251 or permission of instructor.
• Corequisite: FDSC 251 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Saji George

Food Science: A study of the chemistry and functionality of the minor components comprising food systems, such as enzymes, anthocyanins, carotenoids, additives, vitamins and essential oils. The relationship of these components to food stability in terms of degradative reactions and processing.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 251

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Benjamin K Simpson

Food Science: The post harvest chemistry and physiology of horticultural crops as they affect quality and marketability, handling methods pre and post harvest, principles and practices in cooling, storage, transportation and packaging.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• This course carries an additional charge of $125.00 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Hosahalli Ramaswamy

Food Science: A detailed treatment on the principal chromotographic and electrophoretic techniques that are associated with the analysis of carbohydrate, lipid, protein constituents of food.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 300 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Stephane Bayen

Food Science: The relationship between the chemistry of food constituents present in common commodities, such as milk, meat, eggs, cereals, oilseeds etc. and the common processing technologies associated with their transformation into stable food products.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 251 or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Benjamin K Simpson

Food Science: The principles and practices of food processing with an emphasis on canning, freezing, and dehydration. A survey of the newer methods of food preservation such as irradiation, reverse osmosis etc.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 251

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Hosahalli Ramaswamy

Food Science: Toxins and toxicant residues in food including heavy metals, persistant organic pollutants (POPS) and microbial toxins are explored from an analytical perspective; new methods and strategies of analysis are emphasized.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 213 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Stephane Bayen

Food Science: An integrated approach to the materials used for the packaging of food products, considering the physical, chemical and functional characteristics of such materials and their utility, relative to the chemistry of the food system they are designed to enclose and preserve.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: FDSC 305
• This course carries an additional charge of $52.69 to cover the cost of transportation with respect to field trips. The fee is refundable only during the withdrawal with full refund period.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Yixiang Wang

Food Science: Fundamental principles of food product development from an innovative concept to the marketplace. Emphasis will be on the application of basic knowledge of food chemistry, food technology and related disciplines in developing new products or improving the existing ones.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• 3 lectures and one 4-hour lab.
• Pre-/Co-requisite: FDSC 305 or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Salwa Karboune

Food Science: Topics in Food Microbiology including an overview of the natural flora and microbiological spoilage of food products, methods of control and shelf-life extension, methods of detection and control food-borne pathogens and the use of suitable microorganisms in the production of a variety of food products.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisite: MICR 230 or LSCI 230 or permission of instructor.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have completed MICR 442.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Vincent Somerville, Zhixuan Feng

Food Science: Selected advanced topics on the biophysical and kinetic aspects of enzymatic reactions, particularly the fundamentals and applications of laws of biothermodynamics, biochemical equilibrium, electrochemistry and biochemical kinetics as related to the enzymatic reactions.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisites: FDSC 211 or LSCI 211 and FDSC 233 or permission of instructor
• Course offered in even years. Check with Graduate Program Supervisor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Food Science: The chemistry of the flavour constituents of foods, thermal and enzymatic generation, mechanistic pathways of formation, analysis synthesis and applications in food.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisite: FDSC 305 or permission of instructor
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FDSC 410

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Varoujan Yaylayan

Food Science: The principles and practices required for the development, maintenance and monitoring of systems for food quality and food safety. The concepts and practices of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point; ISO 9000; Total Quality Management; Statistical Sampling Plans, Statistical Process Control; Tools of Quality; Government Regulations.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Winter
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or permission of instructor
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FDSC 425

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Food Science: Principles and procedures for sensory evaluation of food products, applications of sensory tests, their strengths and weaknesses, factors affecting their responses, data analysis and interpretation of results. Analysis of sensory data in relation to the instrumental analyses will also be emphasized.

Offered by: Food Science&Agr.Chemistry

• Fall
• 3 lectures
• Prerequisite: FDSC 305 or NUTR 346, or permission of the instructor
• Offered in alternate years

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Amanda Waglay

Nutrition and Dietetics: Priniciples and concepts of financial management, accounting and cost control, analysis, utilization and communication of financial information. Cost value profit analysis, budgets and decision-making with applications in the food and nutrition sector.

Offered by: Human Nutrition

• Fall
• 3 lectures

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Jenny Bouras

Nutrition and Dietetics: An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered.

Offered by: Human Nutrition

• Fall
• 3 lectures and a project
• Prerequisites (Undergraduate): FDSC 211 or LSCI 211 or BIOL 201 or BIOC 212

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Patrick L Owen

Plant Science: Application of plant science and soil science to production of agronomic and horticultural crops. Use and sustainability of fertilization, weed control, crop rotation, tillage, drainage and irrigation practices.

Offered by: Plant Science

• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: AEBI 210

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Donald L Smith

Plant Science: Ecology, management, and physiology of forage crops with emphasis on establishment, growth, maintenance, harvesting, and preservation; value as livestock feed in terms of nutritional composition and role in environmental conservation.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisites: PLNT 201 or AEBI 210 or AEBI 211 or WILD 200
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PLNT 331.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Philippe Seguin

Plant Science: The theory and concepts of plant pathology, including the disease cycle, infection, symptoms, resistance, epidemiology and control. The biology and taxonomy of pathogens will be studied, including fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Techniques of inoculation, isolation of pathogens from diseased plants, disease diagnosis and pathogen identification will be demonstrated.

Offered by: Plant Science

• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Martin Filion

Plant Science: Application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of selected vegetable and fruit agroecosystems. Includes selection of varieties and management from seedling to harvest to storage.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisite: AEBI 210 or permission of the instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Val茅rie Gravel

Plant Science: Principles and practical aspects of plant propagation are examined. The course consists of two parts. The first third deals with sexual propagation; the production, processing storage certification and analysis of seeds. The remaining two-thirds deals with vegetative propagation; cutting, budding, grafting, layering, and tissue culture.

Offered by: Plant Science

• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Val茅rie Gravel

Plant Science: Selection, use and care of plants in urban environments for the benefit of urban populations: landscape design, turf and green space management, urban trees, green roofs and walls, design and management of community gardens, urban agriculture.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisite(s): AEBI 210 or ENVR 202 or BIOL 205 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • David Wees

Plant Science: The production of major flower and vegetable crops in greenhouses. Includes greenhouse design, heating, ventilation, lighting, hydroponics, irrigation, fertilization, scheduling and integrated pest management.

Offered by: Plant Science

• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite(s): AEBI 210 or ENVR 202 or BIOL 205 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Plant Science: Pesticide science concentrating on pesticide discovery, pesticide chemistries, pesticide development, pesticide technologies, mitigation of risks due to pesticides use, national and international pesticide regulations, registrations, and compliances.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisite(s): AGRI 215, and one of PLNT 300, PLNT 302, PLNT 307, or PLNT 322 or permission from the instructor.
• There is a fee of $55.07 for the purchase of a dust-moist filtering respirator/mask to be worn when handling pesticides during the laboratory for this course. This equipment is retained by the student.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • David Wees, Jean-Marc Montpetit, Mathieu Leduc

Plant Science: A study of the biology of undesirable vegetation as related to the principles of prevention and physical, biological, managerial and chemical control. Emphasis on the environmental impact of the different methods of weed control.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisite: AEBI 210

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Caroline B Begg

Plant Science: Principles and practices of plant breeding, including reproduction of crop plants; plant hybridization; sources of genetic variation; selection methods used for self- and cross-pollinated crops and for clonally reproduced crops; breeding for diseases and pest resistance; applications of biotechnology in plant breeding.

Offered by: Plant Science

• Prerequisites: AEBI 210 and LSCI 204

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Soil Science: Soil processes responsible for soil formation will be studied and the impact of changes to the physical and chemical environment will be discussed.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Fall
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab
• Prerequisite: A previous course in soil science, geography, geology or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Soil Science: This course addresses physical properties and processes in soil, state and transport of matter and energy affecting environment and agriculture (State: soil texture, structure, temperature, water; Transport: water flow, chemical transport, heat and gas flow), mass and energy balance in soil, effect of various environmental events on soil physical properties, management of physical properties and processes for various practical agricultural, hydrological and environmental applications including land reclamation.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Winter
• 3 lectures and one 3-hour lab

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Soil Science: Soil chemical principles are presented in a series of problem sets covering basic concepts as well as applications to environmental and agricultural situations.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Winter
• Prerequisite: A course in Soil Science or permission of instructor
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOIL 410.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Joann Whalen

Soil Science: Exploration of the unique soil habitat for organisms with a focus on the variables that affect the abundance, diversity and interactions of soil biota and, in turn, their influence on soil physicochemical properties, biogeochemical cycles and other factors impacting ecosystem sustainability. Topics include survey of soil fauna, soil food webs, microbial ecology, biological carbon and nitrogen cycling, plant-soil interactions, and the effects of human activities and management on soil ecology, including synthesizing concepts and a critical analysis and interpretation of primary scientific literature in soil ecology.

Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences

• Prerequisite(s): ENVB 210 or GEOG 305 or SOIL 326 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year