The course will consider the historical origins of the field as well as the modern integration of genetics, cell and molecular biology, with respect to the cell cycle. Material will be drawn mostly from literature during the previous calendar year. This survey course presents a series of seminars on current environmental issues across a broad array of disciplines. It will feature guest speakers from Queen's, RMC, industry and government on topics of environmental contamination, site remediation, ecological risk assessment, human health and the environment, and groundwater contamination. Students will contribute seminars on environmental conferences on campus.
Instruction is by seminars from guest lecturers and the students themselves.
Students will be marked on the quality of one essay, two oral presentations, one critical review of another students' paper, and leadership of a group discussion. The first session of the course will focus on these requirements, and feedback will be given to students throughout the course to help them improve their performance. The first lectures of this course will introduce the course requirements and feature guest lectures. Students will be judged on a one-half hour seminar developed from a term paper of 5000 words. Each student will also prepare a written review of another student's paper and will be expected to chair their lecture, i.e. to lead a discussion and to direct questioning from the audience.