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Earth Sciences and Economics Domain
This domain is open only to students in the B.Sc. Major Environment program in the Faculty of Science.
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Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Major Environment - Earth Sciences and Economics (66 credits)
The resources necessary for human society are extracted from the Earth, used as raw materials in our factories and refineries, and then returned to the Earth as waste. Geological processes produce resources humans depend on, and they also determine the fate of wastes in the environment. Understanding Earth's geologic processes provides us with the knowledge to mitigate many of our society's environmental impacts due to resource extraction and waste disposal. Additionally, economics frequently affects what energy sources power our society and how our wastes are treated. Earth sciences and economics are essential for our understanding of the many mechanisms, both physical and social, that affect Earth's environment.
This Domain includes the fundamentals of each discipline. Students learn of minerals, rocks, soils, and waters and how these materials interact with each other and with the atmosphere. Fundamental economic theory and the economic effects of public policy towards resource industries, methods of waste disposal, and the potential effects of global warming on the global economy are also explored.
Suggested First Year (U1) Courses
For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the "MSE Student Handbook 2010-11" available on the MSE website (/mse), or contact Kathy Roulet, the Program Advisor (kathy.roulet [at] mcgill.ca).
Program Requirements
NOTE: Students are required to take a maximum of 34 credits at the 200-level and a minimum of 15 credits at the 400-level or higher in this program. This includes Core and Required courses.
Location Note: When planning your schedule and registering for courses, you should verify where each course is offered because courses for this program are taught at both ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue.
Core: Required Courses (18 credits)
Location Note: Core Required courses are taught at both ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s downtown campus and at the Macdonald Campus in Ste. Anne de Bellevue. You should register in Section 001 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the downtown campus, and in Section 051 of an ENVR course that you plan to take on the Macdonald campus.
| ENVR 200 | (3) | The Global Environment |
| ENVR 201 | (3) | Society and Environment |
| ENVR 202 | (3) | The Evolving Earth |
| ENVR 203 | (3) | Knowledge, Ethics and Environment |
| ENVR 301 | (3) | Environmental Research Design |
| ENVR 400 | (3) | Environmental Thought |
Domain: Required Courses (21 credits)
| ECON 230D1 | (3) | Microeconomic Theory |
| ECON 230D2 | (3) | Microeconomic Theory |
| ECON 405 | (3) | Natural Resource Economics |
| EPSC 210 | (3) | Introductory Mineralogy |
| EPSC 212 | (3) | Introductory Petrology |
| EPSC 220 | (3) | Principles of Geochemistry |
| EPSC 455 | (3) | Sedimentary Geology |
Domain: Complementary Courses (24 credits)
24 credits of Complementary Courses are selected as follows:
3 credits - statistics courses
9 credits - List A
12 credits - List B
Statistics:
One of the following statistics courses or equivalent.
Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students in Science should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Science.
| AEMA 310 | (3) | Statistical Methods 1 |
| GEOG 202 | (3) | Statistics and Spatial Analysis |
| MATH 203 | (3) | Principles of Statistics 1 |
List A:
9 credits from:
*Note: you may take CHEE 430 or NRSC 437 but not both.
| AGEC 333 | (3) | Resource Economics |
| CHEE 430* | (3) | Technology Impact Assessment |
| ECON 326 | (3) | Ecological Economics |
| ECON 347 | (3) | Economics of Climate Change |
| ECON 416 | (3) | Topics in Economic Development 2 |
| ECON 525 | (3) | Project Analysis |
| NRSC 437* | (3) | Assessing Environmental Impact |
List B:
12 credits from:
| AGRI 435 | (3) | Soil and Water Quality Management |
| ANTH 339 | (3) | Ecological Anthropology |
| BIOL 305 | (3) | Animal Diversity |
| BIOL 553 | (3) | Neotropical Environments |
| ECON 305 | (3) | Industrial Organization |
| ECON 313 | (3) | Economic Development 1 |
| ECON 314 | (3) | Economic Development 2 |
| ECON 408 | (3) | Public Sector Economics 1 |
| ECON 409 | (3) | Public Sector Economics 2 |
| ECON 412 | (3) | Topics in Economic Development 1 |
| EPSC 312 | (3) | Spectroscopy of Minerals |
| EPSC 331 | (3) | Field School 2 |
| EPSC 341 | (3) | Field School 3 |
| EPSC 425 | (3) | Sediments to Sequences |
| EPSC 435 | (3) | Applied Geophysics |
| EPSC 452 | (3) | Mineral Deposits |
| EPSC 519 | (3) | Isotope Geology |
| EPSC 542 | (3) | Chemical Oceanography |
| EPSC 549 | (3) | Hydrogeology |
| EPSC 580 | (3) | Aqueous Geochemistry |
| EPSC 590 | (3) | Applied Geochemistry Seminar |
| GEOG 302 | (3) | Environmental Management 1 |
| GEOG 322 | (3) | Environmental Hydrology |
| SOIL 510 | (3) | Environmental Soil Chemistry |
Faculty:
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ School of Environment—2010-2011 (last updated Apr. 22, 2010) (disclaimer)
Faculty:
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ School of Environment—2010-2011 (last updated Apr. 22, 2010) (disclaimer)