Graduate courses offered by departments

Biology

The courses are displayed according to the language in which they are given.

Spring-Summer 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format
CU	BIOL5004S	BIO5104 I00	Advances in Applied Biochemistry	William Willmore	In person
CU	BIOL5502S	BIO8102 I00	Special topics in biology:Advanced Environmental Toxicology CREATE-REACT	William Willmore, Carole Yauk	In person

Continuous activities 2022-2023

These courses can be spread over many sessions.

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Term
CU / UO	BIOL 5909 (F) / BIOL 5909 (W)	THM7999	M.Sc. Thesis	F / W / S
CU / UO	BIOL6909 (F) / BIOL6909 (W)	THD9999	Ph.D. Thesis	F / W / S
CU / UO		BIO9998	Comprehensive Exam	F / W / S
UO		BIO5900	M.Sc. Seminar	F / W / S
UO		BIO8900	Ph.D. Seminar	F / W / S

Fall 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format	Dates (if applicable)
CU	BIOL5111F	BIO5111 I00	Biophysical Techniques	James Cheetham	In person
CU	BIOL5105F	BIO5302 I00	Methods in molecular genetics	Ashkan Golshani	In person
CU	BIOL5407F	BIO5305 I00	Biostatistics I	Tom Sherratt	In person
UO	BIOL5502O	BIO8102 E00	Special Topics in Biology: Molecular Methods	Marc Ekker	In person	The course will take place at the end of August.
CU	BIOL5502E	BIO8102 I00	Special Topics in Biology	Root Golerick	TBD
UO	BIOL5502K	BIO8102 K00	Special Topics in Biology: Toxicology and Regulation	Laurie Chan	In person
UO	BIOL5502	BIO8102 T00	Special Topics in Biology: Animal Physiology in the Anthropocene	Jan Mennigen, Vance Trudeau	In person
UO	BIOL5502	BIO8102 U00 / BIO4134 A00	Special topics in Biology	Marc Ekker	In person
CU	BIOL5512F	BIO8105 I00	Advances in Applied Ecology	Joe Bennett	TBD
CU	BIOL5802F	BIO8365 I00	Advanced Behavioral Ecology	TBD	In person
UO	N/A	BIO8510 A00 / BIO4558 A00	Thèmes choisis en biology: Biostatistiques appliquées	TBD	In person
UO	BIOL5515O	BNF5106 A00	Bioinformatics	Jonathan Lee	In person
CU	BIOL6402F	TOX8156 I00	Principles of Toxicology	TBD	In person

Winter 2023

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format
CU	BIOL5001W	BIO5101 I00	Topics in Biotechnology	Myron Smith	In person
CU	BIOL5801W	BIO5105 I00	Advanced Neuroethology	TBD	TBD
UO	N/A	BIO5130 A00	Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology	Cory Harris	In person
CU	BIOL5106W	BIO5308 I00	Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Genetics	Bruce McKay	In person
CU	BIOL5510W	BIO5310 I00	Advanced Evolutionary Biology	Andrew Simons	In person
CU	BIOL5510X	BIO5310 I01	Advanced Evolutionary Biology: Evolution of Sex	TBD	In person
UO	BIOL5511O	BIO5311 A00 / BIO4159 A00	Advanced Evolutionary Ecology	Rees Kassen	In person
UO	BIOL5502P	BIO8102 A00	Special Topics in Biology: Special Topics in Genomics	Nicolas Corradi	In person
CU	BIOL5502W	BIO8102 I00	Special topics in biology: Biological Data Science in R	Roslyn Dakin	In person
CU	BIOL5502X	BIO8102 I01	Special topics in biology: Education Research in Sciences	Martha Mullally	TBD
UO	BIOL6505P	BIO8108 A00	Advanced Topics in Development	Marie-Andrée Akimenko	In person
UO	BIOL5203P	BIO8303 A00	Advanced Microscopy	Michael Jonz	In person
CU	BIOL6300W	BIO8320 A00	Advanced Plant Biology	Owen Rowland	TBD
UO	N/A	BIO8940 A00	Advanced Statistics and Open Science	Julien Martin	In person
UO	N/A	BNF5504 A00 / BPS4504 A00	Laboratoire de bioinformatiques	TBD	In person
UO	BIOL5517	BNF6100 A00	MSc Seminar	TBD	Virtual
CU	BIOL6406W	TOX9106 I00	Genetic Toxicology	Iain Lambert	In person

Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences

The courses are displayed according to the language in which they are given.

Chemistry course descriptions

Spring-Summer 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format	Dates
UO	BIOL5903	BIO8309 A00	Advanced Topics in Physical: Atmospheric chemistry	Paul Mayer	Virtual	May 4 - 27 2022

Continuous activities 2022-2023

These courses are spread over many sessions.

Campus	UO Code	Title	Term
UO	CHM8257	Seminar II	F / W / S
UO	CHM8958	Research Proposal	F / W / S
UO	CHM9998	Ph. D. Comprehensive Exam	F / W / S
UO	THM7999	M.Sc. Thesis	F / W / S
UO	THM9999	Ph.D. Thesis	F / W / S

Fall 2022

Block 1: September 7 - October 21, 2022
Block 2: October 31 - December 7, 2022
FT: Full-term

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format	Block
CU	CHEM5108A	CHM5108 I00	Surface Chemistry and Nanostructures	Peter Gordon	In person	FT
UO	CHEM5113	CHM8165 A00	Advanced Protein Engineering	Roberto Chica, Corrie DaCosta	Hybrid	FT
UO	CHEM5902	CHM8302 A00	Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry: 21st Century Synthetic Chemistry and Catalysis	R. Tom Baker	In person	1
UO	CHEM5902	CHM8302 B00	Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry: Olefun Methathesis	Deryn Fogg	In person	2
UO	CHEM5902	CHM8302 C00 / CHM4311 A00	Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry: Porous Materials	Abdelhamid Sayari	In person	1
UO	CHEM5902	CHM8302 D00 / CHM4311 A00	Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry: Heterogeneous Catalysis	Abdelhamid Sayari	In person	2
UO	CHEM5903	CHM8309 A00	Advanced Topics in Physical: Molecular Electronic Structure	Michael Schuurman	In person	2
UO	CHEM5903	CHM8309 B00	Advanced Topics in Physical: Statistical Mechanics for Chemistry	Saman Alavi-Shoushtari	In person	1
UO	N/A	CHM8316 A00	Surface Chemistry	Javier Giorgi	In person	2
UO	N/A	CHM8319 A00	Total Syntheses	Louis Barriault	In person	1
CU	CHEM5708F	TOX8156 I01	Principles of Toxicology	TBD	In person	FT

Winter 2023

Block 1: January 9 - February 17, 2023
Block 2: February 27 - April 12, 2023
FT: Full-term

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format	Block
CU	CHEM5905A	CHM5105 I00	Radiochemistry	Robert Burk	In person	FT
CU	CHEM5109A	CHM5109 I00	Advanced Applications in Mass Spectrometry	Jeff Smith	In person	FT
CU	CHEM5206B	CHM5206 I00	Physical Methods of Nanotechnology	Anatoli Ianoul	In person	FT
UO	CHEM5901	CHM8304 A00	Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry: Transition Metal Catalyzed Reactions	Stephen Newman	In person	1
UO	N/A	CHM8308 A00	Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	Peter Pallister	In person	1
UO	N/A	CHM8365 A00	Communication in Chemistry	Paul Mayer	Virtual	1

Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Geology course descriptions

Spring-Summer 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format	Dates
UO	ERTH5903O	GEO5193 A00	Field Studies	Mark Hannington	Off-campus	July 1 - 9 2022

Continuous activities 2022-2023

These courses are spread over multiple sessions.

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Term
UO	ERTH5909	THM7999	M.Sc. Thesis	F / W / S
UO	ERTH6909	THD9999	Ph.D. Thesis	F / W / S
UO		GEO5900	MSC SEMINAR	F / W / S
UO		GEO8900	PHD SEMINAR	F / W / S
UO	ERTH6908	GEO9998	Comprehensive Exam Ph.D.	F / W / S

Fall 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format	Dates (if applicable)
CU	ERTH5215F	GEO5125 I00	Natural Hazards in Canada	TBD	In person
UO	ERTH5301	GEO5131 A00 / GEO4366 A00	Siliciclastic Sedimentology	Robert Arnott	In person
UO	ERTH5503	GEO5153 A00 / GEO4306 A00	Computer Techniques in the Earth Sciences	TBD	In person
CU	ERTH5701F	GEO5171 I00	Physics of the Earth I	TBD	In person
UO	ERTH5901	GEO5191 B00 / GEO4315 A00	Research Topics Earth Sciences	Clément Bataille	Research
UO	ERTH5901	GEO5191 H00	Research Topics Earth Sciences	Mark Hannington	Research	October 17-31 2022
CU	ERTH5901F	GEO5191 I00	Research Topics Earth Sciences	TBD	TBD
UO	ERTH5206	GEO5306 A00	Hydrothermal Ore Deposits	Mark Hannington	Virtual	December 3-10 2022
UO		GEO5900 A00	MSc Seminar	TBD	Research
UO		GEO8900 A00	PhD Seminar	TBD	Research

Winter 2023

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format
CU	ERTH5105W	GEO5115 I00	Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Metamorphic Petrology	Fred Gaidies	Virtual
UO	ERTH5202	GEO5122 A00 / GEO4362 A00	Advanced Ingeous Petrology	TBD	In person
UO	ERTH5204	GEO5124 A00 / GEO4371 A00	Geology and Geochemistry of Ore Deposit: Hydrothermalism and hydrothermal ore deposits	Mark Hannington	In person
CU	ERTH5307W	GEO5137 I00	Evolutionary Developmental Biology	Hillary Maddin	In person
UO	ERTH5503	GEO5153 B00 / GEO4354 A00	Computer Techniques in the Earth Sciences: Quantitative Analysis in Geology (Adv. GIS)	TBD	In person
CU	ERTH5505	GEO5155 A00 / GEO4309 A00	Climate Change	Glenn Milne	In person
CU	ERTH5707W	GEO5177 I00	Engineering Seismology	Dariush Motazedian	In person
CU	ERTH5901W	GEO5191 I00	Research Topics in Earth Sciences	TBD	TBD
CU	ERTH5903W	GEO5193 I00	Field studies	Tim Patterson	In person
UO	ERTH5001	GEO5301 A00 / GEO4301 A00	Seminars in Earth Sciences	Pascal audet	In person

Mathematics and Statistics

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Mathematics course descriptions

Continuous activities 2022-2023

These courses are spread over multiple sessions.

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Term
UO	MATH5910	MAT6997	M.Sc. Project	F / W / S
UO	MATH5909	THM7999	M.Sc. Thesis	F / W / S
UO		MAT9998	Advanced Comprehensive Examination	F / W / S
UO	MATH6909	THD9999	Ph.D. Thesis	F / W / S

Fall 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format
CU	MATH5818F	MAT5105 I00	Discrete Applied Mathematics I: Graph Theory	Brett Stevens	In person
CU	MATH5007F	MAT5125 I00	Real Analysis I	Wojciech Jaworski	In person
UO	MATH5405O	MAT5131 A00	Ordinary Differential Equations I	Frithjof Lutscher	In person
UO	MATH5107O	MAT5141 A00 / MAT4141 A00	Algebra I: Rings and Modules	David Handelman	In person
CU	MATH5102F	MAT5148 I00	Group Representations and Applications	Paul Mezo	In person
UO	MATH5205O	MAT5151 A00 / MAT4153 A00	Topology I	Vadim Kaimanovich	In person
UO	MATH5300O	MAT5160 A00 / MAT4199 A00	Mathematical Cryptography	Anne Broadbent	In person
CU	MATH5300F	MAT5160 I00	Mathematical Cryptography	Yuly Billig	In person
UO	STAT5708O	MAT5170 A00 / MAT4170 A00	Probability Theory I	Aaron Smith	In person
CU	STAT5704F	MAT5174 I00	Network Performance	Gennady Shaikhet	In person
CU	MATH5408F	MAT5185 I00	Asymptotic Methods of Applied Mathematics	Lucy Campbell	In person
CU	STAT5600F	MAT5190 I00	Mathematical Statistics I	Sanjoy Sinha	In person
CU	STAT5504F	MAT5194 I00	Stochastic Processes and Time Series Analysis	Song Cai	In person
CU	STAT5505F	MAT5195 I00	Design of Experiments	TBD	In person
CU	STAT5509F	MAT5196 I00	Multivariate Analysis	Song Cai	In person
UO	STAT6508O	MAT5314 C00	Topics in Probability and Statistics: Opt. Transport & Machine Learning	Augusto Gerolin	In person
UO	STAT6508J	MAT5314 E00	Topics in Probability and Statistics: Techniques of Data Analysis	Patrick Boily	In person
UO	STAT5602O	MAT5317 A00	Analysis of Categorical Data	Gilles Lamothe	In person
UO	MATH6101O	MAT5327 B00	Topics in Algebra: Alg. Theory of Quadratic Forms	Kirill Zaynullin	In person
CU	MATH6101F	MAT5327 I00	Topics in Algebra: Fields and Coding Theory	Daniel Panario	In person
UO	STAT5610O	MAT5375 A00	Introduction to Mathematical Statstistics	Jemila Hamid	In person
CU	STAT5900F	MAT5990 I00	Seminar: Statistical Methods for Big Genomic	Sanjeena Dang	In person
CU	STAT5900I	MAT5990 I01	Seminar: Probability Theory	Barbara Szyszkowicz	In person
UO	N/A	MAT9900 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Real Analysis 1	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9902 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Algebra I	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9904 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Topology I	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9906 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Differential Equations I	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9908 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Discrete Mathematics I	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9910 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Probability Theory I	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9912 F00	Comprehensive Exam: Mathematical Statistics I	N/A	Research

Winter 2023

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Professor	Format
UO	MATH5819P	MAT5107 C00 / MAT4199 C00	Discrete Applied Mathematics II: Combinatorial Enumeration	Mateja Sajna	In person
UO	MATH5008P	MAT5126 A00	Real Analysis II	David Handelman	In person
CU	MATH5406W	MAT5133 I00	Partial Differential Equations I	Abbas Momeni	In person
CU	MATH5109W	MAT5142 I00	Algebra II: Groups and Galois Theory	Paul Mezo	In person
UO	MATH5002U	MAT5149 A00 / MAT4154 A00	Alegebraic Geometry	Hadi Salmasian	In person
CU	MATH5206W	MAT5152 I00	Topology II	Wojciech Jaworski	In person
UO	MATH6104P	MAT5158 A00 / MAT4144 A00	Lie Groups	Tanya Schmah	In person
CU	MATH5305W	MAT5163 I00	Analytic Number Theory	Saban Alaca	In person
CU	MATH5605W	MAT5165 I00	Theory of Automata	Brett Stevens	In person
CU	MATH5709W	MAT5171 I00	Probability Theory II	Yiqiang Zhao	In person
UO	STAT5604P	MAT5173 A00 / MAT4377 A00	Stochastic Analysis	Rulcan Balan	In person
UO	STAT5702P	MAT5182 A00 / MAT4374 A00	Modern Applied and Computational Statistics	Aaron Smith	In person
UO	STAT5501P	MAT5191 A00	Mathematical Statistics II	Mahmoud Zarepour	In person
CU	STAT5502W	MAT5192 I00	Sampling Theory and Methods	Song Cai	In person
UO	STAT5509P	MAT5196 A00 / MAT4375 A00	Multivariate Analysis	Jamila Hamid	In person
CU	STAT5516W	MAT5197 I00	Nonparametric Statistics	Natalia Stepanova	In person
CU	STAT5701W	MAT5198 I00	Stochasitc Models	Minyi Huang	In person
UO	STAT6508L	MAT5313 B00 / MAT4377 B00	Topics in Probability and Statistics: Mathematical Genomic	David Sankoff	In person
UO	STAT6508P	MAT5314 B00 / MAT4376 B00	Topics in Probability and Statistics: Hign Dimensial Data Analysis	Chen Xu	In person
UO	MATH6008P	MAT5326 D00 / MAT4199 D00	Topics in Analysis : Cantor Universal System	Thierry Giordano	In person
CU	MATH6101W	MAT5327 I00	Topics in Algebra	Colin Ingalls	In person
UO	MATH6008L	MAT5328 B00	Topics in Analysis: Introduction to Operator Algebras	Aaron Tikuisis	Virtual
UO	STAT6508M	MAT5714 D00 / MAT4776 D00	Théories Problèmes et Stats. : Algor.de l'évolution génomique	David Sankoff	In person
CU	STAT5900Y	MAT5990 I00	Seminar: Fourier Analysis	Wojciech Jaworski	In person
CU	STAT5900Z	MAT5990 I01	Seminar: Topics in Discrete Math	Steven Wang	In person
UO	N/A	MAT9901 S00	Comp. Exam Real Analysis II	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9903 S00	Comp Exam Algebra II	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9905 S00	Comp Exam Topology II	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9907 S00	Comp Exam Diff. Equations II	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9909 S00	Comp Exam Discrete Math II	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9911 S00	Comp Exam Prob Theory II	N/A	Research
UO	N/A	MAT9913 S00	Comp Exam Math Stat II	N/A	Research

Physics

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Physics course descriptions

Fall 2022/Winter 2023

These courses are spread over two or more sessions.

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Title	Term
UO/CU	PHYS 5909	THM 7999	M.Sc. Thesis	F/W/S
UO/CU	PHYS 6909	THD 9999	Ph.D. Thesis	F/W/S
UO	N/A	PHY 9998	Comprehensive Examination (PhD)	F/W/S

Fall 2022

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Name	Instructor
UO	PHYS 5701	PHY5170 (Online)	Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Hybrid format)	Thomas Brabec
UO	PHYJ 5332	PHY5332	Nonlinear Optics	Robert Boyd
UO	PHYJ 5505	PHY5355	Statistical Mechanics	Peter Piercy
UO	PHYJ 5390	PHY5390	Quantum Science and Technology	Jacob Krich
U0	PHYJ 5392	PHY5392	Introduction to Nanoscience	Mathieu De Lafontaine
UO	PHYS 5901	PHY8191 A00	Special Topics in Physics: Cellular Biophysics	Andrew Pelling
UO	PHYJ 5005	PHY5341 A00	Computational Physics II	Lora Ramunno
CU	PHYS5002	PHY5344 i00	Data Analysis for Physics	Simon Viel
CU	PHYS5203	PHY5161 i00	Medical Radiation Physics	Emily Health
CU	PHYS5209	PHY5166 i00	Medical Physics Practical	Julia Wallace
CU	PHYS5313	PHY5363 i00	Physical Applications of Fournier Analysis	Avery Braverman
CU	PHYS5601	PHY5966 i00	Experimental Techniques of Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics	Jessie Hellman
CU	PHYS5901	PHY8191 i00	Topics in Physics (MSc)	TBD
CU	PHYS6601	PHY8165 i00	Particle Physics Phenomenology	Yue Zhang
CU	PHYs6901	PHY8191 i00	Topics in Physics (PhD)	TBD

Winter 2023

Campus	CU Code	UO Code	Name	Instructor
UO	PHYJ 5402	PHY5110	Solid State Physics	Jacob Krich
UO	PHYJ 5322	PHY5322	Biological Physics	Béla Joos
UO	PHYJ 5389	PHY5389	Quantum Theory of Light	Ebrahim Karimi
UO	PHYS 5901	PHY8191 B00	Special Topics in Physics: Physics in Real and Artificial Intelligence	André Longtin
UO	PHYS 5901	PHY8191 C00	Special Topics in Physics: Introduction to Biomaterial	Andrew Pelling
UO	PHYS 5901	PHY8191 D00	Special Topics in Physics: Nanophotonics	Lora Ramunno
CU	PHYS5204	PHY5112 i00	Physics of Medical Imaging
CU	PHYS5207	PHY5165 i00	Radiobiology
CU	PHYS5210	PHY5168 i00	Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physicists
CU	PHYS5302	PHY8132 i00	Classical Electrodynamics
CU	PHYS5401	PHY8192 i00	Astrophysics
CU	PHYS5602	PHY5967 i00	Physics of Elementary Particles
CU	PHYS5702	PHY8172 i00	Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
CU	PHYS6602	PHY8166 i00	Advanced Topics in Particle Physics
CU	PHYS6901	PHY8391 i00	Selected Topics in Physics (Ph.D.)