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PHYD26H3 - Planetary Geophysics

A course introducing some of the key physical processing governing the evolution of planets and moons. Topics covered will include: planetary heat sources and thermal evolution, effects of high temperature and pressure in planetary interiors, planetary structure and global shape; gravity, rotation, composition and elasticity.

Prerequisite: Completion of at least 1.0 credit at the C-level in PHY or AST courses
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: No previous knowledge of Earth Sciences or Astrophysics is assumed.

PHYD27H3 - Physics of Climate Modeling

A course focusing on physical and numerical methods for modelling the climate systems of Earth and other planets. Topics covered will include: the primitive equations of meteorology, radiative transfer in atmospheres, processes involved in atmosphere-surface exchanges, and atmospheric chemistry (condensable species, atmospheric opacities).

Prerequisite: PHYB57H3 and MATC46H3 and PHYC14H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PHYD28H3 - Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics for Astrophysics and Geophysics

A course introducing the basic concepts of magnetohydrodynamics (broadly defined as the hydrodynamics of magnetized fluids). Topics covered will include: the essentials of hydrodynamics, the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) approximation, ideal and non-ideal MHD regimes, MHD waves and shocks, astrophysical and geophysical applications of MHD.

Prerequisite: PHYB57H3 and PHYC50H3 and MATC46H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PHYD37H3 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

A course describing and analyzing the dynamics of fluids.

Topics include: Continuum mechanics; conservation of mass, momentum and energy; Bernoulli's equation; vorticity; potentials; stream function; the Biot-Savart equation; nondimensional analysis; Reynolds number; inviscid and viscous flows; the Navier-Stokes equation; stress and strain-rate tensors; boundary layers, laminar flows; turbulence.

Prerequisite: MATC46H3 and at least 0.5 credits at C-level in any PHY course
Recommended Preparation: PHYB21H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PHYD38H3 - Nonlinear Systems and Chaos

The theory of nonlinear dynamical systems with applications to many areas of physics and astronomy. Topics include stability, bifurcations, chaos, universality, maps, strange attractors and fractals. Geometric, analytical and computational methods will be developed.

Prerequisite: PHYC54H3
Exclusion: PHY460H
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PHYD57H3 - Advanced Computational Methods in Physics

Intermediate and advanced topics in numerical analysis with applications to physical sciences. Ordinary and partial differential equations with applications to potential theory, particle and fluid dynamics, multidimensional optimization and machine intelligence, are explained. The course includes programming in Python, and C or Fortran, allowing multi-threading and vectorization on multiple platforms, in Linux operating environment.

Prerequisite: PHYB57H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist in Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the Major in Physical Sciences.

PHYD72H3 - Supervised Reading in Physics and Astrophysics

An individual study program chosen by the student with the advice of, and under the direction of a faculty member. A student may take advantage of this course either to specialize further in a field of interest or to explore interdisciplinary fields not available in the regular syllabus.

Prerequisite: 14.0 credits and cGPA of at least 2.5 and permission from the coordinator.
Exclusion: PHY371H and PHY372H and PHY471H and PHY472H
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

PLIC24H3 - First Language Acquisition

Descriptions of children's pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar at various stages of learning their first language. Theories of the linguistic knowledge and cognitive processes that underlie and develop along with language learning.

Prerequisite: LINB06H3 and LINB09H3
Exclusion: JLP315H
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLIC25H3 - Second Language Acquisition

The stages adults and children go through when learning a second language. The course examines linguistic, cognitive, neurological, social, and personality variables that influence second language acquisition.

Prerequisite: [LINB06H3 and LINB09H3] or [FREB44H3 and FREB45H3]
Exclusion: (LINB25H3), (PLIB25H3)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLIC54H3 - Speech Physiology and Speech Disorders in Children and Adults

An introduction to the physics of sound and the physiology of speech perception and production for the purpose of assessing and treating speech disorders in children and adults. Topics will include acoustic, perceptual, kinematic, and aerodynamic methods of assessing speech disorders as well as current computer applications that facilitate assessment.

Prerequisite: LINB09H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLIC55H3 - Psycholinguistics

Experimental evidence for theories of how humans produce and understand language, and of how language is represented in the mind. Topics include speech perception, word retrieval, use of grammar in comprehension and production, discourse comprehension, and the role of memory systems in language processing.

Prerequisite: LINB06H3 or LINB09H3
Corequisite: LINB29H3
Exclusion: JLP374H
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLIC75H3 - Language and the Brain

An introduction to neurolinguistics, emphasizing aphasias and healthy individuals. We will introduce recent results understanding how the brain supports language comprehension and production. Students will be equipped with necessary tools to critically evaluate the primary literature. No prior knowledge of brain imaging is necessary.

Prerequisite: PLIC55H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

PLID01H3 - Independent Study in Psycholinguistics

Independent study and research in an area of interest to the student. Students must obtain consent from a supervising instructor before registering. Interested students should contact the Undergraduate Assistant for Psycholinguistics for further information.

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit at the C-level in PLI courses; and a CGPA of 3.3; and permission of the supervising instructor.
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Students must complete and submit a Supervised Study Form available at the Office of the Registrar.

PLID02H3 - Independent Study in Psycholinguistics

Independent study and research in an area of interest to the student. Students must obtain consent from a supervising instructor before registering. Interested students should contact the Undergraduate Assistant for Psycholinguistics for further information.

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit at the C-level in PLI courses; and a CGPA of 3.3; and permission of the supervising instructor.
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Students must complete and submit a Supervised Study Form available at the Office of the Registrar.

PLID03H3 - Independent Study in Psycholinguistics

Independent study and research in an area of interest to the student. Students must obtain consent from a supervising instructor before registering. Interested students should contact the Undergraduate Assistant for Psycholinguistics for further information.

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit at the C-level in PLI courses; and a CGPA of 3.3; and permission of the supervising instructor.
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Students must complete and submit a Supervised Study Form available at the Office of the Registrar.

PLID07Y3 - Independent Study in Psycholinguistics

A reading and research independent study course on a topic of interest to the student. Students must obtain consent from a supervising instructor before registering. Interested students should contact the Undergraduate Assistant for Psycholinguistics for further information.

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit at the C-level in PLI courses; and a CGPA of 3.3; and permission of the supervising instructor.
Exclusion: LIN495Y
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Students must complete and submit a Supervised Study Form available at the Office of the Registrar.

PLID34H3 - The Psycholinguistics of Reading

An examination of linguistic and psycholinguistic issues pertinent to reading, as well as the role of a language's writing system and orthography in the learning process.

Prerequisite: [LINA01H3 or [FREB44H3 and FREB45H3]] and [PLIC24H3 or PLIC25H3 or PLIC55H3]
Exclusion: (LINC34H3), (PLIC34H3)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLID44H3 - Acquisition of the Mental Lexicon

An examination of L1 (first language) and L2 (second language) lexical (vocabulary) acquisition. Topics include: the interaction between linguistic and cognitive development; the role of linguistic/non-linguistic input; the developing L2 lexicon and its links with the L1 lexicon; the interface between lexical and syntactic acquisition within psycholinguistic and linguistic frameworks.

Prerequisite: PLIC24H3 or PLIC55H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLID50H3 - Speech Perception

An examination of the acoustics and perception of human speech. We will explore how humans cope with the variation found in the auditory signal, how infants acquire their native language sound categories, the mechanisms underlying speech perception and how the brain encodes and represents speech sounds. An emphasis will be placed on hands-on experience with experimental data analysis.

Prerequisite: LINB29H3 and PLIC55H3
Exclusion: (PLIC15H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

PLID53H3 - Sentence Processing

This course focuses on how humans process sentences in real-time. The course is intended for students interested in psycholinguistics above the level of speech perception and lexical processing. The goals of this course are to (i) familiarize students with classic and recent findings in sentence processing research and (ii) give students a hands-on opportunity to conduct an experiment. Topic areas will include, but are not limited to, incrementality, ambiguity resolution, long-distance dependencies, and memory.

Prerequisite: LINB06H3 and PLIC55H3
Recommended Preparation: LINC11H3: Syntax II or PLIC75H3 Language and the Brain
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

PLID56H3 - Special Topics in Language Disorders in Children

An in-depth investigation of a particular type of language or communication disorder, for example, impairment due to hearing loss, Down syndrome, or autism. Topics will include: linguistic and non-linguistic differences between children with the disorder and typically-developing children; diagnostic tools and treatments for the disorder; and its genetics and neurobiology.

Prerequisite: PLIC24H3 or (PLID55H3)
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PLID74H3 - Language and Aging

A seminar-style course on language and communication in healthy and language-impaired older adults. The course covers normal age-related neurological, cognitive, and perceptual changes impacting language, as well as language impairments resulting from dementia, strokes, etc. Also discussed are the positive aspects of aging, bilingualism, ecologically valid experimentation, and clinical interventions.

Prerequisite: PLIC24H3 and PLIC55H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences

PMDB22H3 - Pre-hospital Care 1: Theory and Lab

Allows students to develop the critical thinking skills and problem solving approaches needed to provide quality pre-hospital emergency care. Emphasizes the components of primary and second assessment, and the implementation of patient care based on interpretation of assessment findings. Discusses principles of physical and psycho-social development, and how these apply to the role of the paramedic. Students must pass each component (theory and lab) of the course to be successful. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: BIOA01H3 and BIOA02H3
Corequisite: PMDB25H3 and PMDB41H3 and PMDB33H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Enrolment is restricted to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine.

PMDB25H3 - Therapeutic Communications and Crisis Intervention

Focuses on the utilization of effective communication tools when dealing with persons facing health crisis. Students will learn about coping mechanisms utilized by patients and families, and the effects of death and dying on the individual and significant others. Students will have the opportunity to visit or examine community services and do class presentations. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: BIOA01H3 and BIOA02H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Enrolment is restricted to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine.

PMDB30H3 - Alterations of Human Body Function I

Discusses how human body function is affected by a variety of patho-physiological circumstances. The theoretical framework includes the main concepts of crisis, the adaptation of the body by way of compensatory mechanisms, the failure of these compensatory mechanisms and the resulting physiological manifestations. Students will learn to identify such manifestations. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: PMDB22H3 and PMDB25H3 and PMDB41H3 and PMDB33H3
Corequisite: PMDB32Y3 and PMDB36H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Enrolment is limited to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine

PMDB32Y3 - Pre-hospital Care 2: Theory, Lab and Clinical

Provides the necessary knowledge, skill and value base that will enable the student to establish the priorities of assessment and management for persons who are in stress or crisis due to the effects of illness or trauma. The resulting patho-physiological or psychological manifestations are assessed to determine the degree of crisis and/or life threat. Students must pass each component (theory, lab and clinical) of the course to be successful. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: PMDB22H3 and PMDB25H3 and PMDB41H3 and PMDB33H3
Corequisite: PMDB30H3 and PMDB36H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Enrolment is limited to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine

PMDB33H3 - Anatomy

The basic anatomy of all the human body systems will be examined. The focus is on the normal functioning of the anatomy of all body systems and compensatory mechanisms, where applicable, to maintain homeostasis. Specific differences with respect to the pediatric/geriatric client will be highlighted. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: BIOA01H3 and BIOA02H3
Corequisite: PMDB22H3
Exclusion: ANA300Y, ANA301H, BIOB33H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Restricted to students in the Specialist (Joint) Program in Paramedicine.

PMDB36H3 - Pharmacology for Allied Health

Introduces principles of Pharmacology, essential knowledge for paramedics who are expected to administer medications in Pre-hospital care. Classifications of drugs will be discussed in an organized manner according to their characteristics, purpose, physiologic action, adverse effects, precautions, interactions and Pre-hospital applications. Students will use a step-by-step process to calculate drug dosages. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: PMDB22H3 and PMDB25H3 and PMDB41H3 and PMDB33H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Enrolment is limited to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine

PMDB41H3 - Professional and Legal Issues, Research, Responsibilities and Leadership

Discusses the changing role of the paramedic and introduces the student to the non-technical professional expectations of the profession. Introduces fundamental principles of medical research and professional principles. Topics covered include the role of professional organizations, the role of relevant legislation, the labour/management environment, the field of injury prevention, and basic concepts of medical research. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: BIOA01H3 and BIOA02H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Enrolment is restricted to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine.

PMDC40H3 - Alterations of Human Body Function II

Strengthens students' decision-making skills and sound clinical practices. Students continue to develop an understanding of various complex alterations in human body function from a variety of patho-physiological topics. Physiologic alterations will be discussed in terms of their potential life threat, their effect on the body's compensatory and decompensatory mechanisms, their manifestations and complications and treatment. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre.

Prerequisite: PMDB30H3 and PMDB32Y3 and PMDB36H3 and BIOB11H3
Corequisite: PMDC42Y3 and PMDC43H3
Breadth Requirements: Natural Sciences
Note: Enrolment is limited to students in the Specialist Program in Paramedicine