100-400 Level
These courses are primarily aimed at undergraduate students
INDS 111. Molecules to Global Health.
Credits: 6
Offered by: Medicine and Health Sciences (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Introduction to the scope of medical and dental practice, from the molecular to global health. Basic principles of pathology and pharmacology, concepts of disease, and the role of the physician and dentist in the Canadian health care system.
- Restriction(s): Open to students in the M.D.,C.M. and D.M.D. programs only.
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AFRI 200. Introduction to African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The African experience and current approaches to African studies, through adopting multidisciplinary perspectives on topics that include political conflict, governance and democratization, environment and conservation, economic development, rural life and urbanism, health and illness, gender, social change, popular culture, literature, film, and the arts.
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AGEC 442. Economics of International Agricultural Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
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.
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or AGEC 201 or equivalent
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AGRI 325. Sustainable Agriculture Field Course
Credits: 3
Offered by: Animal Science (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Exposure to a foreign rural and agricultural context, to observe a variety of types of farm operations, cropping systems and techniques. The sustainability of these is discussed within their local social, environmental and economic landscapes.
- **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.
- Prerequisite: AGEC 200 or equivalent; permission of the instructor.
- Lectures and visits will be jointly delivered by local experts and 涩里番 Staff. Lectures (25%) and field visits (75%).
- This course has a fee of $1,969.06, 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.
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AGRI 411. Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Animal Science (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
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.
- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
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ANSC 312. Animal Health and Disease.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Animal Science (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
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.
- Winter
- 3 lectures and one 2-hour conference
- Prerequisite(s): ANSC 250 or ANSC 323 or PHGY 209
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ANSC 400. Eukaryotic Cells and Viruses.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Animal Science (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
The basic principles of molecular biology and the underlying molecular basis for various methodologies in molecular biology are covered. The molecular genetic basis for viral infections and tumorigenesis will be covered as examples of the use of molecular genetic approaches to address biological problems.
- Prerequisites: CELL 204 or LSCI 204
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken PARA 400
- Prerequisite: LSCI 204
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ANTH 212. Anthropology of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
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ANTH 227. Medical Anthropology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
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ANTH 302. New Horizons in Medical Anthropology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Using recent ethnographies as textual material, this course will cover theoretical and methodological developments in medical anthropology since the early 1990's. Topics include a reconsideration of the relationship between culture and biology, medical pluralism revisited, globalization and health and disease, and social implications of new biomedical technologies.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 227
- Restriction: Anthropology program students.
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ANTH 338. Indigenous Studies of Anthropology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or permission of the instructor.
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ANTH 407. Anthropology of the Body.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course will survey theoretical approaches used over the past 100 years, and then focus on contemporary debates using case studies. The nature/culture mind/ body, subject/object, self/other dichotomies central to most work of the body will be problematized.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 227 and (1) 300-level anthropology course, and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or Social Studies of Medicine, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: U3 status or permission of instructor
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ANTH 438. Topics in Medical Anthropology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Conceptions of health and illness and the form and meaning that illness take are reflections of a particular social and cultural context. Examination of the metaphoric use of the body, comparative approaches to healing, and the relationship of healing systems to the political and economic order and to development.
- Topic: TBA
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): ANTH 227 and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or Minor Concentration in Social Studies of Medicine or permission of instructor.
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ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Prerequisite: ECON 208 and either ECON 209 or one development course.
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GEOG 210. Global Places and Peoples.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.
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GEOG 216. Geography of the World Economy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
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GEOG 221. Environment and Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course introduced physical and social environments as factors in human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
- Note: Offered at Macdonald campus in alternate years.
- Note: This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221. In Winter 2013, GEOG 221/NRSC 221 will be taught on the downtown campus.
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 221.
- In Fall 2019, GEOG 221 will be taught at Macdonald campus. This course is also offered as NRSC 221. Students enrolled in downtown campus programs register in GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register in NRSC 221.
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GEOG 301. Geography of Nunavut.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the physical and cultural geography of Canada's newest territory. The course will emphasize the bio-physical heterogeneity of the natural environment and the cultural and political ecology of the human population.
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GEOG 303. Health Geography.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
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GEOG 408. Geography of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 423. Dilemmas of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Africa seems beset by development problems. Some of these appear to have no clear answer. Such dilemmas present significant barriers to moving forward with durable, effective development in Africa. This course will examine two primary and frequently interlocked dilemmas in East Africa with wide ranging impact - food security, and conflict.
- Prerequisite: GEOG 310 or GEOG 408 or GEOG 410, or equivalent
- Restriction: Open to students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS) only
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GEOG 493. Health and Environment in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of key diseases of development, as well as patterns and determinants of health and disease in East Africa. Topics will focus on population and environmental health.
- Prerequisite: GEOG 221, GEOG 303 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GEOG 403. Open to students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS) only.
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GPHL 200. Foundations in Population and Global Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Global & Public Health (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of global policies, politics, industry and institutions and their neo-colonial underpinnings, and their influence on current global health theory, research and practice, with a special focus on the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and other racialized groups. The environmental and social determinants of health and health inequities, with attention to women and children鈥檚 health, communicable and non-communicable disease, and the complexities of disasters and humanitarian crises. Global health governance,systems, and innovations and social entrepreneurship in health.
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GPHL 201. Population and Global Health Ethics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Global & Public Health (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the concepts of ethics and equity, in a broad range of applications, including power, privilege and positionality. Exploration of
foundations of ethics as they apply to population and global health practice. Concepts of human rights, anti-racism, ethics and equity, informed by an
understanding of the legacy of colonization, as they pertain to a wide array of global health issues.
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HSEL 308. Issues in Women's Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Ingram School of Nursing)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a wide range of topics on the health of women. Topics include use of health care system, poverty, roles, immigration, body image, lesbian health, and violence against women. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor
- Complementary course for the Women's Studies Concentration
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HSEL 309. Women's Reproductive Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Ingram School of Nursing)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Concepts of health and medicalization. Canadian and international perspectives. Topics include contraception, abortion, infertility, menstruation, menopause, new reproductive technologies, prenatal care, childbirth. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor
- Restriction: not open for credit to students who have taken HSEL 308 prior to September 1997
- Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations
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HIST 430. Topics in Modern Medicine.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in the history of medicine in the 19th, 20th and/or 21st centuries will be explored through discussion of primary and secondary historical sources.
- Prerequisites: HIST 249 (or HIST 349 prior to Winter 2006) or permission of the instructor.
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INDG 202. Topics in Indigenous Studies 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Drawing upon and introducing the burgeoning field of Indigenous Studies, this course is designed to be an introduction to selected themes and topics in Indigenous Studies. Possible examples: Indigenous health, Haudenosaunne culture etc. Topics vary from year to year.
- Supplementary Calendar Info: INDG 202 and INDG 300 are NOT a sequence of courses.
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INTD 200. Introduction to International Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Inst for the St of Development (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.
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MIMM 324. Fundamental Virology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the fundamental properties of viruses and their interactions with host cells. Bacteriophages, DNA- and RNA-containing animal viruses, and retroviruses are covered. Emphasis will be on phenomena occurring at the molecular level and on the regulated control of gene expression in virus-infected cells.
- Fall
- 3 hours of lecture
- Prerequisites: MIMM 211, BIOL 200, BIOL 201 or BIOC 212
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MIMM 413. Parasitology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the biology, immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions, pathogenicity, epidemiology and molecular biological aspects of selected parasites of medical importance. Laboratory will consist of a lecture on techniques, demonstrations and practical work.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: MIMM 314 or equivalent - ANAT 261 is strongly recommended
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NRSC 221. Environment and Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Introduction to physical and social environments as factors contributing to the production of human health, with emphasis on the physical properties of the atmospheric environment as they interact with diverse human populations in urban settings.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken GEOG 221.
- Note: This course is also offered as GEOG 221. Students enrolled in main campus programs register as GEOG 221; students enrolled in Macdonald campus programs register as NRSC 221.
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NUTR 341. Global Food Security.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. 涩里番 undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.
- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
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POLI 227. Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to politics across the Global South. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building, political violence, revolution, the role of the military, authoritarianism, and democratization.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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SOCI 234. Population and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world.
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SOCI 254. Development and Underdevelopment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
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SOCI 307. Globalization.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
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SOCI 309. Health and Illness.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.
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SOCI 331. Population and Environment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Main topics and controversies linking population processes and the environment. Topics include how population processes influence the environment, population responses to changing environments, policies related to these effects, variation across and within developed and developing countries.
- Prerequisite(s): SOCI 210 or SOCI 211 or SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
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SOCI 365. Health and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
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SOCI 370. Sociology: Gender and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
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SWRK 400. Policy and Practice for Refugees.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 level sudents, and U3 non-Social Work students
- Restrictions: Open to U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
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PARA 410. Environment and Infection.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Parasitology (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Infectious pathogens of humans and animals and their impact on the global environment are considered. The central tenet is that infectious pathogens are environmental risk factors. The course considers their impact on the human condition and juxtaposes the impact of control and treatment measures and environmental change.
- 2 lectures per week
- Prerequisite: one of LSCI 230, AEBI 211, ENVR 202, ENVB 305
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500 Level
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BREE 503. Water: Society, Law and Policy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Bioresource Engineering (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Water and society and the ramifications at the local, national and international scales with respect to legal and public policy issues related to, for example, drinking water quality, transboundary water management, public involvement, First Nations, agriculture, governance, and institutions relevant to the management of water resources.
- Fall
- Restriction: Open to students in the M.Sc. Bioresource Engineering (Non-Thesis): Integrated Water Resources Management program or other graduate students by permission of the instructor.
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EDEC 575. Special Topics in Education.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In-depth study of current topic(s) in the field of education.
- **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.
- **Although this course follows a TWR class schedule pattern, the last day of class will be on Friday, June 7, 2019.
- Restrictions: Open only to higher-level Undergraduate students and Master's students.
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ENVB 500. Advanced Topics in Ecotoxicology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Exploring the impact of environmental chemicals on biological organisms in an ecological context. Basic topics in ecotoxicology, such as source and fate, routes of exposure, bioavailability, dose-response, biomarkers, and risk assessment will be covered from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The processes by which pollutants are tested, regulated, and monitored will be critically examined.
- Prerequisite(s): LSCI 211 and AEBI 211 and one of NRSC 333 or ANSC 323, or permission of the instructor
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FMED 504. Family Medicine Research Seminars.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Family Medicine (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Research seminars on various topics relevant to family medicine research.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: Priority will be given to students registered in the MSc in Experimental Medicine Family Medicine program.
- Topic Winter 2024: Foundations of Global Primary Health Care
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FMED 506. Indigenous Perspectives Decolonizing Health Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An examination and reflection of traditional Indigenous world view and ways of knowing; the Canadian colonization and assimilation experience and their outcomes and impacts; and the contemporary Indigenous health research landscape bringing Indigenous ways of knowing and practice into the field and to future studies.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
- Language of Instruction: English
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FMED 527. Inuit Health in Canadian Context.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Family Medicine (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Exploration of the cultural roots of Inuit health prior to the arrival of Europeans; the risks to health introduced by imported disease and colonial institutions; the complexity of navigating modern health systems; and the paths to regain better health. Particular focus on the Nunavik region of Quebec.
- Restrictions: Open to students enrolled in a 涩里番 graduate program or permission of the instructor.
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FMED 530. Communicating Qualitative Health Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Communicating qualitative health research for diverse audiences, covering the personal, epistemological, and pragmatic challenges inherent in producing qualitative research for clinical and policy-oriented audiences. Reflection on what is produced and obscured through scholarly efforts to produce peer-reviewed research that meets the standards of rigour across disciplines. Examination of alternative forms of dissemination including commentary, podcast, graphic medicine, ethnographic monograph, and arts-based approaches. How intended audience shapes how research findings are framed, and applying this to research.
- Pre/Co-Requisites: FMED 625 or permission of the instructor.
- Corequisite: FMED 625
- Contact hours: 3 hours/week for 13 weeks.
- Language of instruction: English
- Sufficient background in qualitative methodology is required.
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GEOG 503. Advanced Topics in Health Geography.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A critical review of current themes and trends in health geography, with emphasis on geographical perspectives in public health research. Topics include the social and environmental determinants of chronic and infectious disease, health and health-related behaviours. Seminars focus on critical appraisal of conceptual and methodological approaches in health geography research.
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 303 or GEOG 403 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students in the Department of Geography OR others with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took GEOG 503 in Winter 2009.
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GEOG 530. Global Land and Water Resources.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Linkage of physical processes (hydrology and ecosystems) with issues of societal and socio-economic relevance (land, food, and water use appropriation for human well-being). Application of a holistic perspective on land, food and water issues in an international setting, highlighting linkages, feedbacks and trade-offs in an Earth system context.
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 203 or ESYS 200 or ENVR 200 or equivalent; GEOG 322 or BREE 217 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
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HIST 558. Modern Medicine: Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The emergence of scientific medicine, medical professionalization, the development of public health and the process of medical specialization since 1700.
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IDFC 500. Indigenous Field Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Intensive field course that focuses on First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit cultures and worldviews, with particular emphasis on linkages to practice areas and integration across disciplinary silos. Attention is given to the effects of Canadian legal, health and social welfare policies on contemporary First Nations, M茅tis and Inuit societies.
- Restrictions: The course is only open to students in Social Work, Anthropology, Law and Medicine or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken IDFC 380.
- This intensive course includes 1 week where students live in the field. The field portion of the course may involve rugged field conditions and varying weather for which students must be prepared and equipped.
- A fee of $447.24 is charged to all students registered in IDFC 500 delivered in Montreal. The fee covers food, activities, land use, and other site expenses.
- **This course will be held on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and June 2nd.
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LAWG 535. Specialized Topics in Law 16.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An intensive study of a particular topic in public or private law.
- Prerequisite: Completion of first year of legal studies.
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NUR1 531. Ambassador Nursing Practice Consolidation.
Credits: 5
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Ingram School of Nursing)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This clinical nursing experience offers students an opportunity to consolidate their knowledge and assessment skills in either community nursing or critical care in clinical settings outside the 涩里番.
- Corequisite: NUR1 423
- Prerequisite: NUR1 432
- Restricion(s): Only open to B.Sc.(N.) students and permission of the instructor.
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NUR2 516. Perspectives on Global Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An overview of the main issues in global health studies, approaches by which to understand these issues, and the importance of making reasoned links between the key global health studies concepts.
- Restriction: Open to students registered in the M.Sc. (Applied) in Nursing (Global Health area of study) and to Direct-Entry Qualifying year students or with permission from the instructor
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NUTR 501. Nutrition in the Majority World.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Current nutrition-related issues in the Majority World, emphasizing young children and other vulnerable groups. The integration of a life science and social science perspective. The multiple causes, consequences, policies, and interventions related to current nutrition.
- Fall
- One 3-hr lecture
- Prerequisite: A course in nutrition across the lifespan at the intermediate undergraduate level such as NUTR 337, or permission of the instructor.
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PARA 515. Water, Health and Sanitation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Parasitology (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
The origin and types of water contaminants including live organisms, infectious agents and chemicals of agricultural and industrial origins. Conventional and new technological developments to eliminate water pollutants. Comparisons of water, health and sanitation between industrialized and developing countries.
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PPHS 501. Population Health and Epidemiology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
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PPHS 511. Fundamentals of Global Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.
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PPHS 525. Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken SOCI 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology
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PPHS 529. Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
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PPHS 593. Special Topics in Population and Public Health 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of population and public health importance.
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SOCI 515. Medicine and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The sociology of health and illness. Reading in areas of interest, such as: the sociology of illness, health services occupations, organizational settings of health care, the politics of change in national health service systems, and contemporary ethical issues in medical care and research.
- Prerequisite: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
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SOCI 525. Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 525. Not open to students who are taking or have taken PPHS 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
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SOCI 545. Sociology of Population.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or equivalent
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SOCI 550. Developing Societies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
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SOCI 588. Biosociology/Biodemography.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes.
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600+ Level
These courses are generally aimed at graduate students (Master or Doctoral level). Undergraduate students should reach out to the department and/or the instructor to see if it's possible to register for these courses.
CMPL 642. Law and Health Care.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Comparative Law (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The study of legal and ethical issues raised in medicine and healthcare with a particular focus upon the relationship between patient and healthcare professionals.
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EDEC 617. Special Topics in Educational Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Studies. (Content varies from year to year).
- Summer - Section 002 (02-Jul-2008/15-Jul-2008)
- Note: Intensive two-lecture-per-day format; add/drop will be July 3 (four lectures, two calendar days) and withdraw will be July 7 (eight lectures, four calendar days)
- Winter
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EPIB 663. Substantive Epidemiology 6.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Designed to give students an overview of major disease or health problem, disease or substantive area. The students will develop their knowledge of the topic regarding 1) The key definition, concepts and indicators useful in the study of the problem; 2) The epidemiology of the problem; and 3) Major studies of interventions designed to address the problems.
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EPIB 677. Special Topics 8.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of epidemiologic importance.
- ECONOMICS FOR HEALTH POLICY - please refer to our web site for specific description of this course ()
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EPIB 681. Global Health: Epidemiological Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A review of selected epidemiological research focussing on global health and disease topics. Research will be mostly from developing countries and research methods will be highlighted. Case studies will be used to illustrate specific applications and challenges.
- Prerequisite: With permission of instructor.
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EXMD 630. Developing Digital Innovations for Health Impact.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Advanced innovative thinking, knowledge and skills that will aid in the development of innovative digital health solutions. It will integrate mind mapping strategies, design
thinking, and usability evaluations that form the core of developing and refining an innovative digital health solution aimed to solve a well-defined clinical/public
health problem.
- Restriction: Permission of the instructor
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FMED 601. Advanced Topics in Family Medicine.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Scientific communication; curriculum design and development; professional development; and setting appropriate goals for a successful academic research program in family medicine and primary care.
- 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.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
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FMED 603. Foundations of Participatory Research
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Principles and main applications of modern participatory research in health organizations.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Restriction: Only open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
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FMED 604. Advanced Participatory Research in Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Overview of participatory research with community, clinical, and organisational stakeholders. Content focuses on participatory engagement and data collection methods, while students have an opportunity to work through aspects of their participatory project with the help of group discussions, small group work, roleplay, and guest presentations from actual participatory projects.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
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FMED 611. Healthcare Systems, Policy and Performance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A critical review of healthcare systems, especially primary care systems, focuses on Quebec and indicative global settings. Explores options and approaches for using evidence to influence policy and to improve primary healthcare systems, and addresses methods for evaluating performance of healthcare services.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Language of Instruction: English.
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FMED 615. Applied Knowledge Translation and Exchange in Health.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Intended for health care practitioners, planners, and researchers, especially in resource-poor settings in Canada and internationally, students will be exposed to behaviour change models; techniques for critical evaluation of existing evidence; accountability in health services; and scientific writing and presenting, using a blended learning approach.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Language of instruction: English
- Restriction: Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
- **This course will be held on June 3, 10, 20, 27 & 28.
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FMED 619. Program Management in Global Health and Primary Health Care.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Program management design, theory, methods and practical applications in both domestic and global health settings, with a focus on primary health care in order to achieve rapid scale-up of effective health interventions towards universal coverage while strengthening health systems for sustained impact.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine
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FMED 625. Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Introduction, discussion, and practice of qualitative methodologies and methods for conducting rigorous and reflective qualitative research projects in health, with particular focus on family medicine education and health professions education.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor if graduate student is outside of the Department of Family Medicine or the Institute of Health Sciences Education.
- Course will be given in English. Course work may be submitted in English or French.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking HSED 625 or PSYT 625.
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FMED 672. Applied Mixed Methods in Health Research.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of how to write a mixed methods research protocol or manuscript and some more advanced mixed methods data analysis applications.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Contact hours: Monday to Friday from 9am to 4:30pm (Faculty of Dentistry: 514-3987203 extensions 096455 & 00059; language of instruction: English).
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking DENT 672. Only open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Only open to students who have had prior graduate training in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research.
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FMED 702. Advanced Doctoral Primary Care Research Seminars.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Research seminars on various topics relevant to advanced family medicine and primary care research.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the PhD in Family Medicine and Primary Care and the ad hoc PhD in Family Medicine programs.
- Topic Summer 2024: "Introduction to Machine Learning".
- **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 third lecture day.
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HIST 641. Modern Medicine Seminar 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Research paper on a theme in the history of Western European medicine since 1700.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: HIST 640
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NUR2 636. Global Health Nursing Internship.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course offers students in the Global Health concentrations an opportunity to integrate knowledge and clinical competencies acquired thus far in the program in collaboration with an on-site mentor. Students may choose to focus the clinical experience in either community nursing or an acute care setting to further develop and strengthen advanced clinical judgment as well as the ability to respond more purposefully to complex health concerns of individuals, families, and/or communities.
- Prerequisite(s): NUR2 609 and NUR2 610 OR NUR2 617 and NUR2 618 Minimum Grade or Test Scores : B-
- Restriction(s): Only open to students in the MSc(A) Nursing - Global Health Direct Entry concentration and MSc(A) Nursing - Global Health concentration. Not open to students who have taken NUR2 625.
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ONCO 645. Seminars in Global Oncology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Gerald Bronfman Dept Oncology (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Identification of the challenges and strategies for addressing cancer prevention, diagnosis and care, as well as cancer research and education from an international perspective.
- Restrictions: Open to students in the Graduate Diploma in Oncology. It is also open to graduate students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; however, permission from the instructor is required for the latter students.
- English is the language of instruction but students may present in either of the official languages
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POTH 686. Public Policy and Knowledge Translation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Phys and Occ Therapy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of and emphasis on features of the policy process, including knowledge generation and translation in the context of complex policy processes. These topics will be oriented to the use of policy as a tool to protect and promote the health of populations.
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PPHS 602. Foundations of Population Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to population health and the conceptual basis of the population health approach to measuring disease occurrence and to prevention. Fundamentals of, and methods for, studying burden of disease in population, and how these differ across time, space, and groups. Topics include population dynamics, denominators, occurrence of events, time, person and place, health indicators, standardization, life tables, age, cohort and period effects, disease surveillance and vital statistics. Introduction to the concepts and principles of measurement including measurement error, validity, reliability, and accuracy.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 602 or EPIB 614.
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PPHS 613. The Practice of Global Health.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to core competencies in the practice of global health, including historical, colonial roots of global health, project planning and implementation, equitable and ethical conduct, building partnerships, working within interdisciplinary teams, effective communication and personal-social skills.
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PPHS 614. Knowledge Translation and Public Health Leadership
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of knowledge translation in public health, including synthesis, dissemination, exchange, and ethically-sound application of knowledge to policy and programming. Overview of knowledge translation processes for effective evidence-informed public health leadership.
- Prerequisite: PPHS 612 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EPIB 678 when topic was 鈥楰nowledge Translation, Communications, and Evidence-Informed Public Health Leadership鈥�.
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PPHS 615. Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to the field of infectious disease epidemiology taught from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine development and evaluations, screening, modelling, and infectious causes of cancer or chronic diseases.
- Prerequisite: EPIB 601 or Permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 615.
- Note: An undergraduate level biology course is highly recommended.
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PPHS 681. Special Topics in Population and Public Health 2.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of population and public health importance.
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PPHS 683. Special Topics in Population and Public Health 4.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study, through lectures, guided reading, practicals, assignments etc., of an elected and approved topic of population and public health importance.
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PSYT 711. Cultural Psychiatry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychiatry (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Topics covered: cross-national epidemiological and ethnographic research of major and minor psychiatric disorders; culture-bound syndromes and idioms of distress; culture, emotion and social interaction; psychological and symbolic healing; mental health of immigrants and refugees; psychiatric theory and practice as cultural constructions; methods of cross-cultural research.
- Prerequisites: Knowledge of psychiatry and anthropology
- **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 fourth lecture day.
Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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