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Course Listings
Graduate Courses are intended only for students
registered in the M.Sc. program and may be taken by undergraduate
students only under exceptional circumstances.
Required
Regular Courses
These courses are restricted to graduate
students.
AGRI 5700: Communication Skills & Graduate
Seminar
Instructor: Profs. Boyd, Burton and Lynch
Through practical assignment students will
be able to test and develop their communication skills.
Topics will include review, criticism and writing of journal
papers, grant applications, posters, seminars, lectures
and interviews. This course is required for students enrolled
in the M.Sc. in Agriculture Program.
Fall or Winter semester: two lectures and
one seminar per week
AGRI 9000: Graduate Thesis
Students register for this course when they
are engaged in research work for credit towards the M.Sc.
In Agriculture degree.
Recommended
Regular Courses
Where an undergraduate student wishes
to take one of these graduate courses, the following signatures
are required for approval: the instructor(s), the relevant
Department Head(s), and the Graduate Coordinator.
AGRI 5710: Module Course
Coordinator: Prof. Caldwell
This course normally consists of three modules.
Each module consists of one month of lectures or assignments
(2-3 hours per week) dealing with a topic in the lecturer's
area of expertise. Research interests of incoming students
are taken into account each year when module topics are
solicited. Depending on the background of the student selecting
the module, the work will be at an introductory graduate
level. However, students should not apply to take a module
unless they have at least a second year undergraduate background
in related material. A formal evaluation is made at the
end of each module. This course normally consists of three
modules.
Fall & Winter Semesters
AGRI 5720: Applied Statistics
& Experimental Design for Agriculture
Instructor: Prof. Astatkie
Prerequisites: STAT4000, AGRI 5630, or equivalent.
This course is designed to provide: i) practical
skills in statistical methods and experimental designs,
ii) an appreciation of situations when more complex models
and methods are required, and iii) the ability to communicate
experimental problems and results clearly to colleagues
and statistical consultants. Students will be expected to
successfully complete practical exercises involving real
experimental problems and data sets. Students will also
be expected to acquire proficiency in at least one advanced
statistical software package. This course is recommended
for students enrolled in the M.Sc. In Agriculture Program.
Winter semester: three lectures per week.
Other
Regular Courses
Where an undergraduate student wishes
to take one of these graduate courses, the following signatures
are required for approval: the instructor(s), the relevant
Department Head(s), and the Graduate Coordinator.
AGRI 5270: Economic Entomology
Instructor: TBA
Insect pest management in agriculture with
emphasis on a selection of non-chemical approaches to insect
control, e.g. natural, mechanical, physical, cultural, biological,
biochemical, and/or legal control. According to student(s)
interest, a section on chemical control can be included.
This course is consistently in accord with the theory and
principles of integrated pest management (IPM) and consequently,
the term assignments will incorporate the study of sampling
techniques and monitoring methods of insect pests and related
beneficial arthropods. Attendance to certain relevant seminars
may be required and directed readings may be assigned. A
case history of a major agricultural insect pest will be
included to satisfy the course requirement. The material
will be submitted in term paper format and also delivered
in an oral presentation. The case history will include the
life cycle, host plants, pest status, damage, losses, control
measures, research needs and IPM programs pertinent to the
particular species.
Winter semester - 2 lectures and 1 tutorial
per week.
AGRI 5350: Animal Research Methods
Instructors: Plant and Animal Science Faculty
This course is designed for students who are,
or expect to be, working in Animal Science, or who have
an interest in the methodology and ethics of animal research.
The course will include consideration of some of the common
or promising laboratory and field methods associated with
domestic animal research, ethics of animal research, the
analysis and interpretation and reporting of results. Students
will be expected to participate in exercises, to contribute
to discussions, and to present reviews on various aspects.
Fall semester : To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5360: Protein Nutrition
Instructor: Prof. Anderson
A study of the sources, availability and metabolism
of protein and amino acids for the domestic animal. Subjects
addressed include discussion of sources of protein, factors
affecting digestibility of protein, digestion and absorption
of protein and nitrogen, urea recycling, individual amino
acid metabolism, excretion of nitrogenous wastes in birds
and mammals, and protein and amino acid requirements of
animals.
Winter semester, (offered in alternate years;
next offered in 2010-2011): To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5365: Vitamins in Animal Nutrition
Instructor: Prof. Anderson
Vitamins and vitamin-like compounds are discussed in relation
to the normal function of the animal. Vitamin metabolic
interrelationships, assessments of adequacy, treatments
of deficiency and sources both natural and synthetic are
addressed for all vitamins. Current literature relating
to each vitamin as bioactive molecules is discussed.
Winter semester, (offered in alternate years; next offered
in 2109-2011): To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5380: Quantitative Genetics
Instructor: Plant and Animal Sciences Faculty
An introduction to quantitative genetics theory
and to statistical techniques used in domestic animal improvement.
Computing and statistical techniques will be demonstrated,
will be presented and relevant literature will be surveyed.
Reference will be made throughout to performance recording
programs used in Canada and throughout the world.
Winter semester: To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5390: Molecular Genetic Analysis of
Populations
Instructor: Prof. Farid
This course is designed to give graduate students
some understanding of the theoretical aspects of population
and molecular genetics. Various DNA fingerprinting techniques,
such as minisatellites, microsatellites, RAPD-PCR, FRLP-PCR
and SSCP-PCR, and their applications in population genetic
studies will be discussed. Students will acquire hands-on
experience with some of these techniques. Analysis of molecular
data to estimate intrapopulation populations (heterozygosity,
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium) and interpopulation parameters
(test of heterogeneity of allele frequency distributions,
genetic distances, phylogenetic analysis, bootstrapping,
F-statistics) will be covered.
Fall or Winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5440: Organic Environmental Analysis
Instructor: Prof. Hoyle
This course has limited enrollment. The course
will involve the study of the analytical chemical techniques
used in the analysis of environmental samples obtained from
the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. Included in
this study will be the sampling methods used for air, water,
soil, food and wastes, and modelling of environmental contamination.
In addition, government regulations, hazard assessment and
public awareness of these issues will be discussed. In addition
to successfully completing examinations graduate students
will be required to:
- write a major paper on an important topical
issue.
- present that paper as a seminar before
Departmental faculty, staff & students.
- write a research proposal prior to starting
the laboratory project.
Fall semester (Offered in alternate years;
Next offered in 2008-2009): To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5520: Plant Breeding Methods
Instructors: Plant and Animal Sciences Faculty
Genetic and statistical principles underlying
modern plant breeding methods are introduced. Those principles
will be reinforced through the use of computer models. Cultivar
development techniques for self-and cross-pollinated species
are examined in detail. Applications of tissue culture,
genetic engineering, and marker-facilitated selection are
discussed. This course is open to students who have had
introductory courses in genetics, plant breeding, statistics,
and molecular biology.
Fall semester: To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5530: Nitrogen in Crop Production
Instructor: Profs. Li, Lynch and Burton
Students will study the transformations of
N in air, soil, water, and plants and consider crop requirements
for N. Topics include the chemistry of N, the N cycle, N
transformations in soil, N metabolism in plants, N transport
in plants, N-fixation, N losses in agricultural systems
and an evaluation of N fertilizer in these systems.
Fall semester (Offered in alternative years,
Next offered in 2010-2011): To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5560: Advanced Crop Physiology
Instructor: Prof. Caldwell
Physiological processes relevant to crop plant
development and production of harvestable yield will be
examined.
Fall or Winter semester - to be arranged with
the instructor. Offered in alternate years; next offered
in 2009-2010.
AGRI 5705: Module Course II
Coordinator: Prof. Caldwell
Prerequisite: AGRI 5710
This course normally consists of three modules.
Each module consists of one month of lectures or assignments
dealing with a topic in the lecturer's area of expertise.
Research interests of incoming students are taken into account
each year when module topics are solicited. Students should
not apply to take a module unless they have at least a second-year
undergraduate background in the focus area. A formal evaluation
is made at the end of each module.
Winter/Summer Semester
AGRI 5740: Advanced Studies in Food Chemistry
Instructor: Prof. Pitts
Prerequisite: One recognized undergraduate food science
course or equivalent.
This course is designed to allow graduate
students to explore in detail various aspects of the chemical
nature of agri-food products. This may include but is not
limited to a study of naturally occurring components (functional
foods and nutraceuticals), nutiritional changes during value-added
processing and product formulation. The exact focus of the
course will depend on the expressed interest of students
in the course.
Fall or Winter semester - 1 lecture and 1
discussion per week.
Special
Topics Courses
Special Topics Courses may be taken
by undergraduate students only under exceptional circumstances.
The following signatures are required for approval: the
instructor(s), the relevant Department Head(s), and the
Graduate Coordinator.
AGRI 5210: Special Topics in Environmental
Microbiology
Instructor: Prof. Stratton
This course will allow students to study a
particular topic in the field of environmental microbiology
in more depth than would be practical in a general course.
The student will choose a topic in consultation with the
instructor. An in-depth literature search will be required
and the material gathered will be discussed in weekly tutorial
sessions. Laboratory work will be conducted when required
and if appropriate to the topic chosen. Topics for study
can be of either a theoretical or applied nature, with the
needs of the student being a primary factor in finalizing
the topic.
Fall semester: To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5220: Special Topics in Weed Science
Instructor: Prof. Sampson
Topics might include: evolution of weeds,
impact of weeds on human history, weed ecology and physiology,
crop/weed interactions, herbicide chemistry, physiological
and biochemical behaviour of herbicides in plants, environmental
fate of herbicides, myco-herbicides, biorationals. Two term
projects and a research critique will be required.
Winter semester: To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5240: Special Topics in Environmental
Impact
Instructor: Prof. Stratton
This course will allow students to study a
particular topic in the field of environmental impact or
environmental toxicology in more depth than would be practical
in a general course. The student will choose a topic for
study in consultation with the instructor. An in-depth literature
search will be required and the material gathered will be
discussed in weekly tutorial sessions. Laboratory work will
be conducted when required and if appropriate to the topic
chosen. Topics for study should be related to the student's
area of research or interests.
Winter semester: To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5260: Special Topics in Plant Pathology
Instructors: Plant and Animal Sciences Faculty
This course will be custom-designed to meet
the specific needs of graduate students specializing in
the area of plant pathology who need further specific knowledge
and/or skills.
Fall or winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5310: Special Topics in Applied Ethology
Instructor: Prof. Tennessen
Course content will vary. Topics covered will
be chosen so as to meet the requirements of individual graduate
students. Aspects could include the assessment of farm animal
welfare, foraging behaviour, environmental enrichment, social
dynamics of livestock, early rearing environment and the
effect on later behaviour.
Fall or Winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5320: Special Topics in Animal Nutrition
Instructors: Profs. Anderson, Fredeen or Rouvinen-Watt
The course is designed to provide an opportunity
to study specific aspects of animal nutrition. Aspects could
include study of a particular nutrient, a process in nutrition,
a nutritional state, or nutrient metabolism of a specific
species with focus on the research method. The student is
advised to consult with their supervisor to determine the
specific scope of the topic to be studied.
Fall or winter semester : To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5340: Special Topics in Animal Physiology
Instructor: Profs. Duston, MacLaren or
Rouvinen-Watt
This course is for students with a major interest
in animal physiology. The course will consist of discussions,
term papers and presentations. Students will be expected
to nominate topics for consideration and to prepare major
reviews and class presentations of selected topics.
Fall or Winter semester : To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5370: Special Topics in Animal Breeding
and Genetics
Instructor: Dept. of Plant and Animal
Sciences Faculty
Provides students with an opportunity to pursue
more detailed studies in Animal Breeding/Genetics. Topics
will be decided on by the student in consultation with faculty
members for the purpose of meeting the student's specific
needs as defined by the thesis research. Delivery will be
a combination of directed reading and tutorial discussions.
Fall or winter semester : To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5410: Special Topics in Soil Fertility
Instructor: Prof. Percival
The course is designed to provide an opportunity
to study specific aspects of soil fertility. Topics may
include the influence of soil biological, chemical and physical
properties and processes on nutrient absorption and plant
growth, with emphasis on essential plant nutrients in the
soil and methods for evaluation, as well as the use of inorganic
and organic amendments.
Winter semester : To be arranged with the
Instructor.
AGRI5430: Special Topics in Environmental Analysis
Instructor: Prof. Hoyle
Students may apply to undertake either a specially designed course in environmental analysis, or to undertake additional work further to AGRI5440. This may be facilitated with written consent from the instructor, who then assumes personal responsibility for supervising the work.
Fall or Winter semester – to be arranged with the instructor.
AGRI 5460: Special Topics in Soil and Water
Management
Instructor: Profs. Havard, and Madani
This course will discuss state-of-the-art
soil and water management practices in either humid or arid
regions, depending on the specific needs of the graduate
students. Topics may include: fundamentals of soil and water
properties; drainage and water table control; management
of farm irrigation and drainage systems; salinity control;
irrigation water requirements; drainage requirements for
humid and arid regions; soil conservation; and computer
modelling of irrigation and drainage systems. Guest speakers
will be invited to share their experience with students.
Fall or winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5470: Special Topics in Analytical
Instrumentation for Researchers
Instructors: Profs. Pitts, Hoyle and Stratton
This course will be designed to meet the needs
of graduate students who are using analytical instruments
in their research. The course will provide the graduate
student with specific theoretical knowledge and the necessary
practical skills required to properly use the instruments
of interest. The student will select either one of the following
areas for a detailed consideration of 2 to 3 of the following
areas for a more general coverage: gas chromatography, liquid
chromatography, atomic analysis, DNA or protein electrophoresis,
infrared or fluorometric analysis, NMR, and mass spectrophotometry,
microscopy.
Fall or winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor
AGRI 5510: Special Topics in Plant Breeding
Instructors: Dept. of Plant and Animal
Sciences Faculty
This course will be designed to meet the specific
needs of graduate students specializing in the area of Plant
Breeding who need further specific knowledge and/or skills.
Fall or winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5540: Special
Topics in Crop Physiology
Instructors: Profs. Caldwell, Asiedu, Goodyear, Lada, and Martin
This course is designed to meet the specific needs of graduate students specializing in the area of Crop Physiology who need further specific knowledge and/or skills.
Fall or Winter semester – to be arranged with the instructors.
AGRI 5570: Special
Topics in Agricultural Biotechnology
Instructor: Prof. MacLaren
This course will be designed to meet the specific
needs of graduate students specializing in the area of Agricultural
Biotechnology who need further specific knowledge and/or
skills.
Fall or winter semester: To be arranged with
the Instructor.
AGRI 5610: Special Topics in Animal Product
Technology
Instructor: Dept. of Plant and Animal Sciences
Faculty
This course will review areas important in
the technology of foods derived from animals (meat, fish,
eggs, milk). Such areas could include chemistry (lipid oxidation,
Maillard reactions), physics (changes caused by freezing,
sol-gel conversion, colour) and microbiology (spoilage,
pathogenic organisms, modified-atmosphere packaging, HACCP).
Each student will be expected to present a review of a particular
topic.
Fall semester : To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5760: Special Topics in Ecology
Instructor: Prof. Nams
This course will be designed to meet the specific
needs of graduate students specializing in the area of ecology
who need further specific knowledge and/or skills.
Fall or winter semester: As arranged
Cross-Listed
Courses
AGRI 5250: Soil Microbiology (cross-referenced
as MICRO 4000)
Instructor: Prof. Stratton
This course is designed to provide an intensive
study of the microbiology of soils and will emphasize nutrient
cycling and biodegradation. Topics covered include the relationships
between the abiotic and biotic components of soils, the
microbial biochemistry of the carbon, nitrogen, sulphur,
phosphorus, and selected micronutrient cycles, heavy metal
cycling, and the microbial degradation of industrial wastes
and pesticides. The laboratory classes will concentrate
on techniques to monitor the microbial biomass in soil and
the microbial components of nutrient cycles. These include
new advances in bacterial taxonomy and identification and
the use of gas chromatography and high performance liquid
chromatography in quantitating nutrient cycling. In addition
to a major term paper, a comprehensive laboratory report
on the entire term's lab work, and a single take-home examination,
graduate students will be required to:
- modify the term paper into a critical review
of some aspect of soil microbiology (chosen in consultation
with the instructor); the review must be current and in
depth; it must be written in manuscript format and will
be graded accordingly,
- perform additional laboratory exercises
not assigned to undergraduate students; use more replicates;
perform a full statistical analysis of data; provide a
report in manuscript format,
- give a seminar to the class on their term
paper topic.
Fall semester: To be arranged with the Instructor.
Offered in alternative years. Next offered in 2010-2011.
AGRI 5450: Environmental Soil Chemistry
(cross-referenced as SOIL 4000)
Instructor: Prof. Hoyle
Minimum Enrolment: 10 or more students
The course is designed to provide an opportunity
to study specific aspects of environmental soil chemistry.
Topics may include the chemical composition of soils with
special attention to soil biochemistry and soil organic
matter with an emphasis on organic matter-clay interactions,
soil organic N, P and S, and soil enzymology. Graduate students
will be expected to participate in lecture/discussion sessions
and complete required reading assignments. In addition,
graduate students will be required to complete research
papers and present their findings at in-class seminars.
Winter semester (Offered in alternate years;
Next offered in 2011-2012): To be arranged with the Instructor.
AGRI 5620: Ruminant Digestive Physiology
& Metabolism (cross-referenced as NUTR 4000)
Instructors: Prof. Fredeen
Prerequisites: NUTR 3000, CHEM 3006
This course is designed to provide an intensive
study of food intake and digestion, and nutrient absorption
and metabolism, in the ruminant animal. The course details
current knowledge and focus on aspects of future research
interest. Students are expected to contribute to discussions
and present reviews to the class on various aspects of the
subject.
Fall semester, Offered in alternate years;
Next offered in 2011-2012.
3 lectures and 2 labs per week.
AGRI 5630: Intermediate Statistical Methods
(cross-referenced as STAT 4000)
Instructor: Prof. Astatkie
Prerequisites: STAT 3000 or with permission
of instructor
Analysis of single-factor experiments, randomized
blocks, latin squares, factorial and two-level fractional
factorial designs.
Fall semester - 3 lectures and 1 computer
lab per week.
AGRI 5750: Biotechnology (cross-referenced
as GENE 4003)
Instructor: Prof. Wang-Pruski
Prerequisites: Genetics (GENE2000) or
equivalent
This course is to provide students with general
information on the theory and technologies that are currently
used in biotechnology. Course topics will include gene identification,
transformation and expression regulations, tissue culture
and cell culture techniques, and other genomics related
agricultural applications. Nutriceutical and and pharmaceutical
applications will also be discussed.
Winter semester, Offered in alternate years;
Next offered in 2010-2011.
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