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Environment
Location
Location
- ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ School of Environment
- Downtown Campus
- 3534 University Street
- Montreal, QC H3A 2A7
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-2827
- Fax: 514-398-1643
- ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ School of Environment
- Macdonald Campus
- Rowles House
- 21,111 Lakeshore Road
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-7559
- Fax: 514-398-7846
- Coordinator – C. Zhu
- Telephone: 514-398-2827
- Fax: 514-398-1643
- Email: grad.mse [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/mse
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/mse/programs/envroption
About Environment
About Environment
Resolving environmental issues requires a dialogue between pure and applied sciences, the social sciences, and humanities. The degradation of the biological and biophysical environment has roots in the structure of human societies while solutions to environmental problems have an impact on human livelihoods.
A number of academic departments and institutes at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ promote graduate-level research and training on environmental topics and have faculty members whose main research interest falls in this domain. As such, environmental research is widespread throughout the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ community. The Environment option provides a vehicle whereby discipline-based graduate programs can easily and effectively incorporate collaborations from at least one other discipline into their research.
Goals of the Option
- To provide thesis or non-thesis students in existing graduate programs with an understanding of how knowledge is transferred into action with regard to the environment;
- To develop an appreciation of the role of scientific, political, socioeconomic, and ethical judgments in influencing that process;
- To provide a forum whereby graduate students in environment throughout the University bring their disciplinary perspectives together and enrich each other's learning through structured courses, formal seminars, and informal discussions and networking.
Students admitted into the Environment option will be supervised or co-supervised by an accredited ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ faculty member. Their Advisory Committee will include at least one individual from outside the home department. It is expected that the thesis, dissertation, or project, as well as the final seminar presentation, will contain an environmental component and will include a discussion of the applied implications of the research findings. Together with the courses common to the Environment option, specific course requirements for each program are given within the departmental listings cited below.
Program List
The Environment option is currently available with the following graduate programs:
Anthropology |
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M.A. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Arts > Graduate > Academic Programs > Anthropology > Master of Arts (M.A.); Anthropology (Thesis) — Environment (48 credits) |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Science > Graduate > Academic Programs > Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Thesis) — Environment (45 credits) |
Biology |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Science > Graduate > Academic Programs > Biology > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Biology (Thesis) — Environment (48 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Science > Graduate > Academic Programs > Biology > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Biology — Environment |
Bioresource Engineering |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Bioresource Engineering > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Bioresource Engineering (Thesis) — Environment (46 credits) |
M.Sc. (Applied) – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Bioresource Engineering > Master of Science, Applied (M.Sc.A.); Bioresource Engineering (Non-Thesis) — Environmental Engineering (45 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Bioresource Engineering > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Bioresource Engineering — Environment |
Earth and Planetary Sciences |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Science > Graduate > Academic Programs > Earth and Planetary Sciences > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Earth and Planetary Sciences (Thesis) — Environment (48 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Science > Graduate > Academic Programs > Earth and Planetary Sciences > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Earth and Planetary Sciences — Environment |
Entomology |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Natural Resource Sciences > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Entomology (Thesis) — Environment (46 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Natural Resource Sciences > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Entomology — Environment |
Epidemiology |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Medicine > Graduate > Academic Programs > Epidemiology and Biostatics > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Public Health (Non-Thesis) — Environment (60 credits) |
Geography |
M.A. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Arts > Graduate > Academic Programs > Geography > Master of Arts (M.A.); Geography (Thesis) — Environment (45 credits) |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Science > Graduate > Academic Programs > Geography > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Geography (Thesis) — Environment (45 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Arts > Graduate > Academic Programs > Geography > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Geography — Environment |
Law |
LL.M. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Law > Graduate > Academic Programs > Law > Master of Laws (LL.M.); Law (Thesis); Environment (45 credits) |
LL.M. (Non-Thesis) – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Law > Graduate > Academic Programs > Law > Master of Laws (LL.M.); Law (Non-Thesis); Environment (45 credits) |
Medicine, Experimental |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Medicine > Graduate > Academic Programs > Medicine, Experimental > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Experimental Medicine (Thesis) — Environment (45 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Medicine > Graduate > Academic Programs > Medicine, Experimental > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Experimental Medicine — Environment |
Microbiology |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Natural Resource Sciences > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Microbiology (Thesis) — Environment (46 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Natural Resource Sciences > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Microbiology — Environment |
Parasitology |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Parasitology > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Parasitology (Thesis) — Environment (46 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Parasitology > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Parasitology — Environment |
Philosophy |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Arts > Graduate > Academic Programs > Philosophy > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Philosophy — Environment |
Plant Science |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Plant Science > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Plant Science (Thesis) — Environment (48 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Plant Science > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Plant Science — Environment |
Renewable Resources |
M.Sc. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Natural Resource Sciences > Master of Science (M.Sc.); Renewable Resources (Thesis) — Environment (46 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences > Graduate > Academic Programs > Natural Resource Sciences > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Renewable Resources — Environment |
Sociology |
M.A. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Arts > Graduate > Academic Programs > Sociology > Master of Arts (M.A.); Sociology (Thesis) — Environment (48 credits) |
Ph.D. – see Programs, Courses and University Regulations > Faculty of Arts > Graduate > Academic Programs > Sociology > Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Sociology — Environment |
Environment Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Environment Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
Candidates must apply separately to the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ School of Environment (MSE) for the graduate Environment option. Their acceptability will be based on their academic experience and performance, and availability of a potential MSE-accredited supervisor or co-supervisor for their proposed research. For further information, please consult the following website: www.mcgill.ca/mse/programs/envroption.
Application Procedures
Application Procedures
¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.
See Application Procedures for detailed application procedures.
Additional Requirements
Additional Requirements
- option application form
- signed option supervisory form (a supervisor or co-supervisor must be MSE-affiliated. Please visit the following website for listing: www.mcgill.ca/mse/programs/envroption#FACULTY).
Environment Faculty
Environment Faculty
Director |
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N.A. Ross; M.A.(Qu.), Ph.D.(McM.) |
Professors |
P.G. Brown; B.A.(Haver.), M.A., Ph.D.(Col.) (joint appt. with Geography and Natural Resource Sciences) |
C. Chapman; B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.(Alta.) (joint appt. with Anthropology) |
M. Scott; B.Sc.(New Br.), Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Institute of Parasitology) |
Associate Professors |
M. Badami; B.Tech., M.S.(IIT), M.E.Des.(Calg.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with School of Urban Planning) |
J. Cardille; B.Sc.(Carn. Mell), M.Sc.(Georgia Tech.), Ph.D.(Wisc.) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
S. De Blois; B.Sc.(Agr.)(McG.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Montr.) (joint appt. with Plant Science) |
J. Ellis; B.A.(Calg.), LL.B., B.C.L.(McG.), LL.M.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with Law) |
F. Fabry; B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) |
B. Leung; B.Sc.(Br. Col.), Ph.D.(Car.) (joint appt. with Biology) |
G. Mikkelson; B.A.(Trinity), M.S., Ph.D.(Chic.) (joint appt. with Philosophy) |
A. Ricciardi; B.Sc.(Agr.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Redpath Museum) |
R. Sengupta; B.Sc.(Bom.), M.Sc.(IIT), Ph.D.(S. Illinois) (joint appt. with Geography) |
R. Sieber; B.Sc.(Mich. St.), M.P.A.(W. Mich.), Ph.D.(Rutg.) (joint appt. with Geography) |
I. Vaccaro; B.A.(Barcelona), D.E.A.(Paris), M.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) (joint appt. with Anthropology) |
Assistant Professors |
C. Barrington-Leigh; S.M.(MIT), Ph.D.(Stan.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with Institute for Health and Social Policy) |
E. Bennett; B.A.(Oberlin), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Wisc.) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
I. Hirose; B.A., M.A.(Waseda), Ph.D.(St. And.) (joint appt. with Philosophy) |
N. Kosoy; B.Sc.(Univ. Simon Bolivar, Venezuela), M.Sc.(Kent), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
J. Rhemtulla; B.Sc.(McG.), M.Sc.(Alta.), Ph.D.(Wisc.-Madison) (joint appt. with Geography) |
Faculty Lecturers |
J. Freeman; B.A.(S. Fraser), M.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) |
G. McCourt; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Alta.), M.Sc.(McG.) |
K. Roulet; B.Sc.(Trent), M.Sc.(Guelph) |
Associate Members |
Anthropology: A. Costopoulos, J. Galaty |
Architecture, School of: N. Luka |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: P. Ariya |
Biology: L. Chapman, A. Gonzalez, I. Gregory-Eaves, M. Lechowicz, C. Potvin |
Bioresource Engineering: J. Adamowski, G. Clark, M. Lefsrud |
Chemical Engineering: N. Tufenkji, V. Yargeau |
Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics: S. Gaskin, M. Hatzopoulou, V.T.V. Nguyen, J. Nicell |
Earth and Planetary Sciences: J. Paquette |
Economics: R. Cairns, C. Green, T. Naylor |
Electrical and Computer Engineering: G. Joos |
Epidemiology: M. Goldberg |
Geography: G. Chmura, O. Coomes, T. Meredith, T. Moore, W. Pollard, N. Ramankutty, N. Roulet |
History: D. Studnicki-Gizbert |
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: S. Posthumus |
Law, Faculty of: A. de Mestral, J. Glenn, R. Gold, R. Janda, H. Kong |
Management, Faculty of: D. Etzion, S. Maguire, V. Verter |
Natural Resource Sciences: C. Buddle, B. Cote, J. Fyles, W. Hendershot, G. Hickey, C. Solomon, I. Strachan, P. Thomassin, J. Whalen, T. Wheeler |
Parasitology, Institute of: M. Scott |
Pathology: B. Case |
Philosophy: P. Buckley |
Plant Science: C. Begg, P. Dutilleul, D. Smith, M. Waterway |
Political Science: P. Oxhorn |
Redpath Museum: D.M. Green |