Environment Major - Ecological Determinants of Health - Cellular (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or (B.Sc.)
63 credits · Bieler School of Environment · 2026-2027 catalogue
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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: You are required to take a maximum of 33 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 (18 credits)
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.
Domain: Required Course (6 credits)
Domain: Complementary Courses (36 credits)
36 credits of the complementary courses are selected as follows: 18 credits - Fundamentals, 3 credits from each category 12 credits - Human Health, maximum of 3 credits from any one category 6 credits - Natural Environment, maximum of 3 credits from any one category
Fundamentals (18 credits)
18 credits of Fundamentals, 3 credits from each category.
Health, Society, and Environment
- GEOG 221 Environment and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 303 Health Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- GEOG 503 Advanced Topics in Health Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- NRSC 221 Environment and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PPHS 529 Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- SOCI 234 Population and Society (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- SOCI 309 Health and Illness (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- SOCI 331 Population and Environment (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Cellular Biology
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics (3 credits)
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.
Nutrition
Human Health (12 credits)
12 credits chosen from Human Health, maximum of 3 credits from any one category:
Immunology and Pathogenicity
- MICR 341 Mechanisms of Pathogenicity (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- MIMM 214 Introductory Immunology: Elements of Immunity (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MIMM 314 Intermediate Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PARA 438 Immunology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PATH 300 Human Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Infectious Disease
- ANSC 400 Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MIMM 324 Fundamental Virology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MIMM 413 Parasitology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PARA 424 Fundamental Parasitology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PPHS 501 Population Health and Epidemiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Toxicology
- ANSC 312 Animal Health and Disease (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ENVB 500 Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- NUTR 512 Herbs, Foods and Phytochemicals (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHAR 300 Drug Action (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHAR 303 Principles of Toxicology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Hormones
Physiology
Natural Environment (6 credits)
6 credits chosen from the Natural Environment, maximum of 3 credits from any one category:
Hydrology and Climate
Techniques and Management
- AEBI 423 Sustainable Land Use (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
- ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ENVR 422 Montreal Urban Sustainability Analysis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- GEOG 340 Sustainability in the Caribbean (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- NUTR 450 Research Methods: Human Nutrition (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
Pest Management
Pollution Control and Management
Ecology
- AEBI 421 Tropical Horticultural Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
- BIOL 343 Biodiversity in the Caribean (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 432 Limnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 451 Research in Ecology and Development in Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 465 Conservation Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 540 Ecology of Species Invasions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 553 Neotropical Environments (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- ENVB 410 Ecosystem Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- ENVR 540 Ecology of Species Invasions (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MICR 331 Microbial Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NRSC 451 Research in Ecology and Development in Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PLNT 304 Biology of Fungi (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PLNT 460 Plant Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Related programs
- Environment Major - Atmospheric Environment and Air Quality (B.Sc.)
- Environment Major - Biodiversity and Conservation (B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.)) or (B.Sc.)
- Environment Major - Earth Sciences and Economics (B.Sc.)
- 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.)
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