Environment Major - Atmospheric Environment and Air Quality (B.Sc.)

Suggested First Year (U1) Courses

For suggestions on courses to take in your first year (U1), you can consult the "Bieler School of Environment Student Handbook" available on the website ( http://www.mcgill.ca/environment ).

Program Requirements

Note: Students are required to take a maximum of 31 credits at the 200 level and a minimum of 12 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 McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.

Core: Required Courses

Location Note: Core required courses for this program are taught at both McGill's Downtown campus and at the Macdonald campus in Sainte-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 The Global Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• ENVR 202 The Evolving Earth (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• ENVR 301 Environmental Research Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Core: Complementary Course - Senior Research Project (3 credits)

Only 3 credits will be applied to the program; extra credits will count as electives.

• ENVR 401 Environmental Research (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• ENVR 451 Research in Panama (6 credits) · Offered: Winter
• FSCI 444 Barbados Research Project (6 credits) · Offered: Fall

Domain: Required Courses (15 credits)

15 credits from:

• ATOC 214 Introduction: Physics of the Atmosphere (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• ATOC 215 Oceans, Weather and Climate (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ATOC 219 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ATOC 315 Thermodynamics and Convection (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• CHEM 219 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• GEOG 308 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Domain: Complementary Courses (24 credits)

24 credits of complementary courses are selected as follows: 6 credits - Analytical Chemistry/Calculus courses 3 credits - Statistics 9 credits - Math or Physical Science 6 credits - Social Science

Analytical Chemistry/Calculus

One of: (students will not receive credit for both):

Statistics (3 credits)

3 credits of Statistics courses or equivalent from:

• AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Math or Physical Science (9 credits)

9 credits of Math or Physical Science (at least 6 credits of which are at the 300 level or above):

• AEMA 305 Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ATOC 309 Weather Radars and Satellites (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ATOC 519 Advances in Chemistry of Atmosphere (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ATOC 540 Synoptic Meteorology 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• CHEM 273 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2: Kinetics and Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• CHEM 519 Advances in Chemistry of Atmosphere (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• CIVE 225 Environmental Engineering (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
• CIVE 561 Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• COMP 208 Computer Programming for Physical Sciences and Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• GEOG 505 Global Biogeochemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• MATH 223 Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
• NRSC 333 Pollution and Bioremediation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Social Science (6 credits)

6 credits from:

• ANTH 206 Environment and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
• ANTH 418 Environment and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• ENVR 422 Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
• GEOG 221 Environment and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• GEOG 303 Health Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• GEOG 340 Sustainability in the Caribbean (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• GEOG 403 Global Health and Environmental Change (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
• GEOG 404 Environmental Management 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• GEOG 498 Humans in Tropical Environments (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
• RELG 270 Religious Ethics and the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

(students will not receive credit for both):

(students will not receive credit for both):

• AEMA 202 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

Listed courses

• CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
• FDSC 213 Analytical Chemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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• Environment Major - Ecological Determinants of Health - Population (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or (B.Sc.)
• Environment Major - Environmetrics (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or (B.Sc.)
• Environment Major - Food Production and Environment (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or (B.Sc.)