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Integrated Science at McMaster
Honours Integrated Science Program
Honours Integrated Science Program

Program Information

Admission Requirements
Supplementary Application
Program Requirements
iSci courses
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"McMaster Honours Integrated Science (iSci) is an innovative new program that emphasizes  the connections between scientific disciplines and encourages students to think outside the box. Interdisciplinary research projects constitute a major portion of iSci and require students to draw on multiple sciences to examine an issue, while developing time management, research, and presentation skills. The iSci program also emphasizes independent learning, leadership, lab skills, and scientific literacy. Upon graduation, these students' options will include graduate studies, professional school, and employment in scientific laboratories.  Wherever they go, they are certain to make an impact."

–Solomon Barkley, iSci 2013 student 
 
Canadian teams still in YouTube Space Lab contest
Thursday, 19 January 2012 12:51

Date: Tuesday Jan. 17, 2012 5:26 PM ET

TORONTO — Four Canadian teams are still in the running in a Google-run contest that's encouraging young students to dream up experiments to be performed in space.

Students in two age groups, 14 to 16 and 17 to 18, are competing for a number of prizes, including a chance to undergo real astronaut training in Star City, Russia, where Russian cosmonauts are schooled.

The two winning experiments will also be conducted about 400 kilometres above Earth aboard the International Space Station and streamed live on YouTube.

Projects designed by Katie Gwozdecky from Ottawa, Michael De Lazzari and Jenny Zhang from Vancouver, Habeeb Ahmed and Annas Khan from Waterloo, Ont., and Jesse Bettencourt, Alexandra Kasper and Mackenzie Richardson from Hamilton were among 60 selected from more than 2,000 entries.

In February, six regional winners will be announced and awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. in March, where they'll get to experience a Zero-G flight simulating a weightless environment.

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield are among the judges of the contest.

 

To see their video proposal click here
 
The Globe & Mail: For undergrads at Canada’s universities, a new way of learning
Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:53

The quality of undergraduate education at Canada’s universities is eroding, even as the price of earning a degree rises steadily, leaving students more anxious about their prospects after graduating.

University leaders in all corners of the country are acknowledging that 15 years spent expanding enrolments and campuses while focusing on high-level research has left them unable to give many undergraduates the experience they expect.

The collective acceptance has renewed universities’ determination to revitalize the way undergraduates learn at institutions large and small.

Find the entire article here.
 
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