UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK

Undergraduate Guide Part I & II

This orientation handbook for the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences is an insider's look at the things you will need to know as a new undergraduate student from the moment you come into the department and throughout your undergraduate program. It is not intended to replace the academic calendar or provide a general guide to McGill University but to supplement these resources. You may find that it contains some helpful information for the duration of your undergraduate degree in EPS. The handbook is divided into two parts:

PART I: A GUIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES

1. WELCOME TO EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES
2. THE MOST WANTED PEOPLE ON STAFF AND FACULTY
3. GETTING STARTED AT McGILL: SURVIVAL FOR NEW AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
4. GENERAL INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL NEED SOONER OR LATER
5. THE MONTEREGIAN SOCIETY
6. DEPARTMENTAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
7. DEPARTMENTAL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
8. DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES (Microscopes, etc.)
9. LIBRARIES
10. SCHOLARSHIPS
11. SUMMER AND SEMESTER WORK FOR PROFESSORS
12. THE EPS-ESS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUND
13. mSURJ AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
14. TRAVEL REGISTRY

PART II: AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

15. EPS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (Major, Honours, etc.)
16. COMPLEMENTARY COURSES
17. INDEPENDENT STUDIES
18. FIELD SCHOOL
19. SIFT, S-IMEW
20. K GRADES
21. INTER-UNIVERSITY TRANSFERS
22. EXCHANGES
23. B.Sc./M.Sc. TRACK
24. ADVISING
25. ORDRE DES GÉLOGUES DU QUÉBEC REQUIREMENTS
26. EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (ESS)