2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

94 FACULTY OF S'CIENCETHREE-LEVEL B.SC.PROGRAMS ,Three-level, B,Sc.programs provide a science education whichis less demanding than the Honours programs. Three-level B.Sc~. programs are offereq in Geoscience, Life SCience, MathematicalScience and Physical Scie(1ce. '" , , ' ,Students are advised to s~ek counselling to ensure that theircourse selections are appropriate. Students who identify a sub~ject area of emphasis 'should seek,'counselling from the corre- '. sponding' department., < ' , , . 'The program requirements for B.Sc. programs are listed upder 'the heading" Three-Level S,Sc. Programs in 'this section. '. COURSESSCIENCE CAPSTONE COURSESAs the capstone of a building or the keystone of anarch; aScience Capstone course is ,designed' to p(ovide the studentwith an, opportunity to bring ,all the acquir,ed academic skills andknowledge together in a meaningful way. It may take the form.ofa thesi,s, a senior projector an Inquiry course. Capstone coursesare restricted to students in an Honours program that specifi-, cally requires the completion of such courses. , ',,:Normally, no more than 'six units of Science ,Capstone may betaken unless'permissioD for a nine unit Senior Project or Thesisis obtained. Please refer to specific programs for their CapstoneCou rs,eLists. ' . "SCIENCE: CAPSTONE COURSE LISTBIOCHEM 4B06SeniorProjectin Biochemistry and MolecularBiology , " ,BIOCHEM 4C03, Inquiry in Bjochemistry II ,BIOCHEM 4F09Senior Thesis in Biochemistry and MolecU­, Ilar BiologyBIOCHEM 4P03,BIOLOGY 4C09;BIOLOGY 4f06. BIOLOGY 4GG9 'BIOLOGY 4103CHEM 4G06COMPSCI4ZP6GEO 4CC3,GEO 4R06'INQUIRY 3S03INQUIRY4SB3INQUIRY4SC3INQUIRY 4SF3INQUIRY 4SG3INQUIRY 4SH3 'INQUIRY 4S13'INQUIRY 4SZ3MATH3Z03MATLS4K04, MOL BIOL 4R09ORIGINS 4A09PHARMAC 4F09PHYSICS 4A03PSYCH 4D06PSYCH 4D09PSYCH 4J03FIELD COURSES'Research Project in Biochemistry and MolecularBiologySenior ThesisSenior, Proje,ct' , ,..,.. ,$enior Genetics Co-Op Thes)s IInquiry in Biology IISenior ThesisProject,Review PaperSenior ThesisTeaching Inquiry (Reer Tutoring)Inquiry in Science II (Biology) ,Inquiry in Science II (Chemistry), Inquiry in Science II (MCilthematics and Statistics), .Inquiry in Science II (Physics and Astronomy)Inquiry in Science II (Psychology) ,Inquiry in Science II (Radiation and Life)Inquiry in Science II (Phoenix: OLit of theAshes arid into the Atomic Age)Inquiry: History of Math.ematicsSenior Thesis 'Senior ThesisOrigins Research ThesisSenior Thesis, Inquiry in PhysicsSenior Thesis,, Senior Honours Thesis'Inquiry in Psychology. Field courses are offered through the' Departments of Biology, theMedicalPhysics and Applied Radiation Sciences Unit and the Schoolof 'Geography and Earth Sciences. Some of these,Gour~es aretaken outside the FalllWinter session; during the spring or summer., Students, who enrol in field courses must pay both:,. a fee to the department to Gover travel expenses, room andboard and . "'- .the associated tuition fee to McMaster at Fall registration.. Although students initially register for field courses through theappropriate departmental offices, it is their responsibility to includefield course$ on their registration forms for the appropriate,Fall/Winter session; , .,Detailed information regarding field course$ and deadlin'e's forregistration may b~Qbtained from the Jndividual departmentaloffices,'" iLIMITED ENROLMENT COURSES , 'There are three types of limited ,enrolment courses:'1. Limited enrolmentt::ourses, requiring permission:, ", These courses h~ve a prerequisite stated as: Permission of. 'the' instructor, department, ,coordinator, chair, etc~During the March Counselling period and before March 3-1 st,it is the stQdent's ,responsibility to apply'to the correspondingdepartmental office for permission for courses in which theywish, to register for the following FalllWinter session .,!f a limited enrolment co'urse is an absolute requirement for aprogrqm, students in that program have a guaranteed placeinthe course. This will be noted in the course prerequisite .2. 'Limited enrolment courses not requiring perrlli~sion:, These' courses do not have a prerequisite stated as: Permission. of the instructor, department, coordinator, ,chair, etc. Regi~trati6nin these courses is handled on a first-come, first-served basis.3. Limited ,enrolment courses requi"ring preregistratio'n. preferentialballot:','Students must complete andsubr:nit a ballotbyApril,20,2005.,Ballots, can be obtained from the Psychology Department website,'at http://www. mcmaster.calpsYChology. Priority will be given ,, to students registered in Honours Psychologyp.nd Combineq,Honours Psychology programs.'ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND'ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATIONSPECIFIC TO THEFACULTV OF~SCIENCESTUDENT ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITYYou are responsible for adhering to the statementon, student academic responsibility found in theGeneralA~ademic Regul'!'tions section of this Calendar. ,Students enrolled in Science, pr;ograms, in addition to meeting, ,the General Academic Regulations of the UniversitY, shall be .subject to additional Faculty Regulations.'MUGSI " " ' , ' ,, McMaster University General Student Information, MUGSI, is anon-line . system that, among other. options, enables students totrack their academic progress. The, Degree Audit, available onMUGSI, gives a listing of courses completed or in progress 'forthe program and is continually updated as courses are addedand successfully completed. ' .. ' GENERAL ACADEMIC COUNSELLINGCounselling is available, throughout' the year from the Office ofthe Associate Dean ot.Science and the. academic departments inthe Faculty of Science~ ltis highly rscommended that all students ,in the Faculty of Science make ,a counselling appointment withtheir student advisor in the Office of the Associate Dean of Science,and also with their Departmfintal Undergraduate Advisor.,MARCH COUNSELLINGThe dates for the March Counselling period may, vary somewhatfrom year to year. The dates and information will be postedon campus, on the Web, outlined in the campus newspaper, andwill be announced during classes. It is the student's, responsi- ,.'bility to p~rticipate in March C,ounsellingactivities.APPLICATION TO LEVELII PROGRAMS ,All Level I students who wish to be reviewed for admission t6 aLevel II program'in the Faculty of Science for the following Fall/Winter session must submit an Application for Admission to LevelII through MUGSI byM~lrch 31. Students may rank up to four, program choices and will be notified on their, grade reports inJune of their eligibility for the Level II programs. Students willonly be' able to register for these approved programs. . .,Admission to limited enrolment programs iS,by seleqtionandisbasedon,Cumulative Average. See Limited Enrolment Programsin this section of the Calendar.Levell students'must meet the admission criteria for a LevelII program according tothe Calendar in effect when they registeredfor Level I. Students must follow the program requirementsoUhe Calendar in force when they enter Level II, ;exceptwhen a later Calen,dar explicitly modifies 'such requirements.'