EXTERNAL RESOURCE CENTRE
External resources
This webpage suggests resources for issues related to mental health, addictions, violence, and more.
If you are at risk of harm to others or yourself, call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency room.
If you need help with issues related to mental health, addictions, grief, family or conjugal problems, we offer in-house psychosocial services.
Contact Patrick Girard, our psychosocial counsellor, at p.girard@tav.ca. In your message, make sure to mention your full name, a brief description of your issue, and the best way to contact you.
Listening services for youth (20 years old and younger)
Kids Help Phone
24 / 7 counseling and listening general helpline/texting service for young adults up to 20 years old
1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 for texting service
Tel-Jeunes
24 / 7 phone counseling service.
1-800-263-2266, or 514-600-1002 for text support (available between 8 am and 11 pm)
Listening services for everyone
Tel-Aide
Centre d’écoute et de référence multi-écoute
Centre d’écoute et de référence multi-écoute
Listening and assistance service available in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Persian, Russian
514 -737-3604 (Monday – Friday, from 9 AM – 12 PM, and 1 PM – 5 PM)
Centre d’écoute et d’intervention face à face
Centre d’écoute et d’intervention face à face
Offers active listening, intervention, and collaborative support to vulnerable and isolated individuals, on the telephone and in-person
514-934-4546 (Monday – Friday, 9 AM- 5 PM)
McGill’s Students’ Nightline
A confidential, anonymous, and non-judgmental listening service run by McGill students. (Non-professional)
514-398-6246 (7 days a week, 6 PM to 3 AM, closed during summer)
Helpline for Parents
LigneParents (Helpline for Parents)
24/7 bilingual helpline and resource center for parents and/or new parents who have questions or are struggling with parenting challenges, emotions, and more. Available in English or French.
suicide prevention
Suicide Action Montreal
Suicide Action Montréal offers Montrealers who are either witnesses, distressed, worried, or bereaved, a range of support services to help them through their problems.
1-866-277-3553 (Available 24/7)
Crisis Services Canada
A national network of existing distress, crisis, and suicide prevention line services.
Call 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645
Helpline for Parents
“I’m thinking about suicide; I’m worried about someone; I’m grieving a loss by suicide.”
1-866-277-3553 or chat online (Available 24/7)
Addictions
Drug Help & Referral
24/7 listening and referral service that provides support, information, and referrals to anyone worried about their use of drugs, alcohol, and/or medication, as well as, to their loved ones.
Gambling Help & Referral
Gambling Help & Referral (SOS Jeux)
24/7 listening and referral service that provides support, information, and referrals to anyone affected by excessive gambling, across Québec
Al-Anon
Support community for someone with a drinking problem, or someone who is worried about someone with a drinking problem.
ANEB
Professional services offering hope and support to people suffering from eating disorders.
514-630-0907 (Available every day from 8 AM – 3 AM)
Alcoholics Anonymous
Professional services offering support to people with a drinking problem
514-350-3444 (Available 7 days a week, 9 AM and to 10 PM) or email helpline@aa87.org
Drug or Alcohol Abuse
Are you in crisis and distress because of the use of drugs, alcohol, or both? Is someone around you in this situation?
Call the Emergency Department immediately at 514 288-1515 or go directly to the emergency center at 110 rue Prince-Arthur Ouest, Montreal, QC.
LGBTQ+ Community members
Interligne
“We are here to listen to you and support you, no matter what you have to say, or the situation you are currently facing.”
Call or text 514 866-0103 (Available 24/7)
Report a situation of violence here.
Help for trans Quebec
“The staff tackle any issues or questions relating to the trans-identity, always without any judgment. Reach out to us if need be!”
1-855-909-9038 ext.1 or email ecoute@atq1980.org
Project 10
Listening, referrals, and advocacy from 2LGBTQ+ peers
1575, rue Atateken, Ville-Marie, Canada, H2L 3L4
Sexual violence
Sexual violence resource webpage
Domestic violence
SOS Violence Conjugale
Direct access to information, support, and shelter.
1-800-363-9010 (Available 24/7)
Auberge Shalon
Shelter and external services; specialized for the orthodox Jewish community.
Shield of Athena
Emergency shelter and professional services to women and their children that are culturally and linguistically adapted to meet the needs of many of Montreal’s major ethnocultural communities.
Athena Legal Information
Crisis centers
Crisis Services Canada
A national network of existing distress, crisis, and suicide prevention line services
1-866-277-3553 (Available 24/7) or text 45645 (Available between 4 PM and 12 AM)
Tracom Crisis Intervention Centre
Tracom Crisis Intervention Centre
Bilingual psychosocial crisis intervention services offered to an adult clientele, as well as family members, caregivers, or friends of adults in distress.
514-483- 3033 (24/7 telephone support)
Le Transit Crisis Centre
Le Transit crisis centre offers specialized front-line crisis response services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our services target any adult person experiencing a crisis and their relatives.
West Island Crisis Center
The West Island Crisis Center’s mission is to meet the needs of adults experiencing a situational crisis, emotional distress, suicidal or otherwise. As well as to bring support to the loved ones of those in crisis.
Mental health
Agence OMETZ
Counseling services and young adult center (L’annexe)
AMI-Quebec
Helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy
Info-Social
Info‑Social 811 service professionals give advice and can answer questions about psychosocial issues. If necessary, they can also refer you to an appropriate resource in the health and social services network or to a community resource.
8-1-1 (Available 24 / 7)
Relief
Helpline offering counseling assistance for feelings of anxiety, depression, and bipolarity.
1-866-738-4873 (Available Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM)
Aire Ouverte-NDG
Walk-in psychosocial clinic for people who are 25 years and younger
Temporarily located in one of the trailers in the parking lot of Pavilion H of the Jewish General Hospital:
5800 Côte-des-Neiges Road
Montreal (Quebec) H3S 1Y9
Applied Psychology Center
Therapy, counseling, and assessment services are available from September to April.
7141 Sherbrooke Street West
Loyola Campus, Psychology Building, PY-111 Montreal, H4B 1R6
Friends for Mental Health
Counseling, training, and support groups for individuals whose loved one has a mental health issue.
186 Place Sutton, Beaconsfield QC H9W 5S3 – Suite 121
Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
Information on psychology and psychologists across Quebec
Centre St-Pierre
Offering psychotherapy in English, French, and Spanish (sliding-scale fees): You can contact them to be put on their waiting list
Food Banks in Montreal
Important Note: When visiting the food bank, bring bags and containers for food, along with your ID, proof of income, dependent children, tax assessment (if applicable), education, and address. Some locations serve all Montreal residents, while others serve only their area. Most locations allow donations from multiple food banks. Emergency can assist you immediately, not just on a schedule.
Pick your Location
Rosemont La Petite Patrie
La Maisonnée
Recurring food assistance 1x week; emergency troubleshooting: by appointment
Montreal Residents, individuals & family
Between $3 and $6
intervention@carrefourpopulaire.org
Centre Communautaire La Patience
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Registration (1st time) in person on Mondays at 10:00 a.m. – call before;
Distribution :
Thursday : 14h00 to 17h00
Friday : 10h00 to 12h00
Montreal Residents, individuals & family
Annual registration: $7+$1 per card, $6 every week
intervention@carrefourpopulaire.org
St-Michel
Carrefour Populaire St-Michel
Recurring food assistance 1x week; By appointment by call a few days in advance
For residents of St-Michel, individuals & family
$2 for a basket valued at $80-$120
isabelle.sauvageau@lamaisonnee.org
Centre Communautaire La Patience
Recurring food assistance 1x week;
Registration (1st time) in person on Mondays at 10:00 a.m. – call before
Distribution : Thursday : 14h00 to 17h00
Friday : 10h00 to 12h00
Montreal Residents, individuals & family
Annual registration: $7+$1 per card, $6 every week
Villeray - St-Michel
Maison de quartier Villeray
Recurring food assistance 2x per month ; Free grocery shopping on Fridays 25 to 40% of the actual catch
Thursday : 9h00 to 11h00 and 13h00 to 15h00
For residents of postal codes: H2P, H2R, H2E, individuals & family
Free
Parc-Extension
Ressource Action-alimentation
419 St-Roch street, local SS-13
Recurring food assistance 1x week; By appointment by call
Individual & Family
Free
info@ressourcealimentation.org
Downtown-Centre-South
Information alimentaire Centre-Sud
Recurring food assistance 1x week;
For South Central Residents ; Individual
Free
Adrianna Espace collectif
2400 Ste-Catherine Street East
Recurring food assistance 1x week ; By appointment by call
Montreal Residents; Individual
Free
Poussons-Poussette
Recurring food assistance 1x week; By appointment by call
For Montreal families with children 0-5 years old
Free
Hochelaga
Les Pirates verts
1893 Moreau Street in Hochelaga
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Emergency Troubleshooting: By appointment
Monday: 18:00 – 19:30
Tuesday: 12:00 – 18:00
Wednesday-Thursday-Friday: 18:00 – 20:00
Saturday: 16:00 – 18:00
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
$2
Frigo de l’est
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Monday to Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Montreal Residents: Individual & Family
$10
Centre NAHA
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Thursday 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ; First come, first served
Montreal Residents: Individual & Family (same basket)
$7
Mercier West
Gemo
Recurring food assistance 1x week;
Residents of Mercier-Ouest; Individual & Family
$5 to $15.50
Montreal East
Action Secours Vie d’Espoir
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Thursday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.(Call ahead)
Montreal Residents: Individual one basket for residents of Montreal East and Pte-aux-Trembles
$5
Anjou
Sac Anjou
6921 Azilda Avenue (basement of St. Conrad Church)
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Tuesday: 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Residents of Anjou: Individual & Family
$20 per month (4 baskets) and $20 annually
St-Léonard
BADR
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Monday: Hours to be validated by contacting them
Montreal Residents: Individual & Family
$7 per week and $20 annually
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
L’œuvre des samaritains
Recurring food assistance 1x week and emergency; Tue-Thu-Fri: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Montreal Residents: Individual & Family
$7 per week and $6 annually
Le SNAC
Monthly and bi-monthly food assistance services for families with 2 childrens +; Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For residents of postal codes: H2B, H2C, H2M, H2N or H3L: Individual & Family
Free
Le SNAC
Monthly and bi-monthly food assistance services for families with 2 childrens +; Thursday : 17h30 to 19h00
For residents of postal codes: H2B, H2C, H2M, H2N or H3L: Individual & Family
Free
Le SNAC
Monthly and bi-monthly food assistance services for families with 2 childrens +; Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
For residents of postal codes: H2B, H2C, H2M, H2N or H3L: Individual & Family
Free
Ahuntsic
SOCIÉTÉ ST-VINCENT-DE-PAUL-MARIE-CLARET
Bi-monthly recurring food assistance and grocery store coupons;
Two Wednesdays a month- Call- do post 1 and they mention which Wednesdays each month
Ahuntsic residents: Individual & Family
Free
Lachine
Carrefour d’entraide de Lachine
Emergency food assistance 1x week; Make an appointment on site or by phone
Residents of Lachine-Dorval and Lasalle; Individual & Family
Free
L’œuvre de la soupe maison
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Thursday : 10h45 to 12h15
Individual & Family
Free
Lasalle
Carrefour d’entraide de Lachine
Recurring 1x week and emergency food assistance
Individual & Family
Free
Montreal North
Les fourchettes de l’espoir
Recurring food assistance 1x per month; Call Monday at 9:00 a.m. to register
Baskets: Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
Free
lesfourchettesdelespoir@hotmail.com
Plateau Mont-Royal
Vertical
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. – Just an ID
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
Free
Sun Youth
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Call Monday to Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. for next day appointment. Distribution: Monday to Friday following the set time – ALSO MEDICATION ASSISTANCE
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
Free
Racine croisée
Book your place on the website before; distribution: Friday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
$0 to $5
Côte-des-neiges & Notre-Dame-De-Grâce
Jamaican association of montreal
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Thursday : 10h00 to 16h00, Friday : 10h00 to 16h00
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
$5
Head and hands
Provided 2x per month the equivalent of 1 week’s worth of food; Distribution following call and registration.
Montreal Residents; Individual for 16-25 year olds
$0 to $10
Maison Mosaik
Emergency food assistance, food and, if necessary, breast milk, diapers, etc.; Distribution by appointment only
Montreal Residents; Individual with family
Free
Racine croisée
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Monday: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
Free
St. Monica’s Food Pantry
Recurring food assistance 2x per month; Every 2nd and 3rd Tuesday of each month: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For residents of Notre-Dame-De-Grâce; Individual & Family
Free
(514)481-0267 or (514)550-0225
Mada
Recurring food assistance 1x week; By appointment with call – Flexible distribution Monday to Friday
For Montreal Residents; Individual
Free
Mada
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.; And students: Thursdays and Fridays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; And other availabilities by appointment
For Montreal Residents; Individual
$7 for 25 items of your choice
St-Henri-Petite Courgogne
Épicentre St-Henri
Recurring food assistance 1x week; By appointment with call – Flexible distribution Monday to Friday
For residents of St-Henri-Petite Bourgogne; Individual & Family
$5 per week but one free basket per month
(514)558-2269 ext. 1
City of St-Laurent
Centre Bon courage
Recurring food assistance and emergency; Register on their website, on-call appointment after registration
Residents of Ville St-Laurent; Individual & Family
Free or a few dollars
Centre Bon courage
1899 De l’Église street(in Ville St-Laurent)
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Thursday : 13h00 to 15h30
For residents of Ville St-Laurent; Individual & Family
Free
Verdun
Réseau d’entraide de Verdun
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Monday : 16h00 to 18h00
For Montreal Residentst; Individual & Family
$7- Big Basket
Panier Alimentaire MANA
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Monday: 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
For Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
$7
Pointe-St-Charles
Partageons l’espoir
Bi-monthly recurring food assistance; 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month: 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm; 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month: 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For residents of: Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, Ville-Émard, Verdun; Individual & Family
$1 per adult
(514)933-5599 (231)
Maison partage Youville
Recurring food assistance 1x week; Wednesday : 16h00 to 18h00; Friday : 13h00 to 15h00
For Montreal Residents; Individual & Family
$5
Food Assistance
Food assistance services in the form of food banks, solidarity grocery stores, food vouchers, or health baskets.
2-1-1 (Available Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 6 PM)
Newly-arrived immigrants
PROMIS
Assistance to immigrants and refugees with language services, employment assistance, and food security
Facebook community group
International Students at TAV College
Support group to ask and answer general questions
SIARI
SIARI helps to complete all immigration forms and offers interpretation and translation in more than 50 languages.
OTHER RESOURCES
L'Annexe
Information and Referral Center of Greater Montreal
Information and Referral Center of Greater Montreal
General support helpline for finding various other resources
2-1-1 (Available 7 days a week, from 8 AM – 6 PM)
YM-YWHA Sylvan Adams
Recognizing and intervening with students in difficulty or crisis
As a teacher or staff member, you may be approached by students who confide in you, or you may be one of the first people to observe indicators of distress in a student. This document aims to help front-line workers recognize a crisis situation, take action and refer the student to the right resource, according to the type and severity of the situation.
Updated: May 14, 2024
Do you have questions or comments?
LEGEND:
SEMESTER 1
202-NYA-05 GENERAL CHEMISTRY: MATTER
Course description:
Designed as an extension of concepts learned in high school, this course prepares students for the chemistry of solutions, organic chemistry, and biology courses while introducing them to laboratory work. The student is called upon to establish the relevant links between phenomena and fundamental concepts and verify them from data provided or observations obtained in the laboratory.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply the probabilistic model of the atom to the analysis of the properties of elements
- Solve problems affecting the structure and states of matter in using modern theories of chemistry
- Apply the laws of stoichiometry to the study of chemical phenomena
- Experimentally verify the physical and chemical properties of matter
203-NYA-05 MECHANICS
Course description:
As an extension of the notions of mechanics already studied in high school, this course will teach students to develop a rigorous working method through the resolution of physical problems and the explanation of various phenomena of everyday life by verifying them experimentally.
This course uses the mathematical concepts and skills acquired in the Differential Calculus course as well as certain concepts addressed concurrently in the Integral Calculus course. The course helps to equip the student with knowledge and know-how specific to a rigorous scientific approach: observation, modeling, comparison of theoretical models with real behavior, and validation of hypotheses.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the translational and rotational movement of bodies
- Apply the concepts and laws of dynamics in the analysis of the movement of bodies
- Perform calculations of work and energy in simple situations
- Apply the principles of conservation of mechanics
- Experimentally verify the laws and principles related to mechanics
The concepts introduced in this course will subsequently be used in the Electricity and Magnetism and Waves and Modern Physics courses.
603-101-MQ INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE ENGLISH
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to analyze and produce various forms of discourse.
Competencies to be developed are:
- To identify the characteristics and functions of the components of literary texts
- To determine the organizations of facts and arguments of a given literary text
- To prepare ideas and strategies for a projected discourse
- To explicate a discourse
- To edit the discourse
All competencies lead to the production of an approximately 750-word essay.
345-101-MQ KNOWLEDGE
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to apply a logical and analytical process of thinking to how knowledge is organized and used.
Competencies to be developed are:
- To recognize the basic elements of a field of knowledge
- To define the modes of organizations and utilization of a field of knowledge
- To situate a field of knowledge within its historical context
- To organize the main components into coherent patterns
- To produce a synthesis of the main components
602-100-MQ BASIC FRENCH
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to apply basic concepts for communicating in standard French.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Writing and revising a simple text
- Understanding the meaning of a simple text
- Conveying a simple oral message
- Understanding the meaning of a simple oral message
201-NYA-05 CAL I: Differential calculus
Course description:
This course establishes the foundations of differential calculus for its use in pure and applied sciences. It prepares students, in particular, for the courses, Mechanics, Modern Physics, and Integral Calculus. The course explains the conceptual bases of differential calculus, i.e. the notions of a function, variation of a function, and limit, and applies them to concrete situations.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Recognize and describe the characteristics a function represented in the form of a symbolic expression or in graphic form
- Determine if a function has a limit, is continuous, is differentiable, at a point and over an interval
- Apply the rules and techniques of derivation
- Use the derivative and the concepts related to analyze the variations of a function and draw its graph
- Solve optimization and rate of change issues
SEMESTER 2
603-102-MQ LITERARY GENRES
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to apply a critical approach to literary genres.
Competencies to be developed are:
- To distinguish genres of literary texts
- To recognize the use of literary conventions within a specific genre
- To situate work within its historical and literary period
- To explicate a discourse and representative of a literary genre
- To edit the discourse
All competencies lead to the effective presentation of an approximately 1000 word integrated response to a text.
602-TVA-TV FRENCH FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to apply basic concepts for communicating in the French language in relation to the student’s field of study.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Writing and revising a short text related to the student’s field of study
- Understanding the meaning and characteristics of a text related to the student’s field of study
- Conveying a simple oral message related to the student’s field of study
- Understanding the meaning of a simple oral message related to the student’s field of study
109-101-MQ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to analyze one’s physical activity from the perspective of trends in health relating to lifestyle choices.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Establishing the relationship between one’s lifestyle habits and their health
- Being physically active in a manner that promotes good health
- Recognizing one’s needs, abilities, and motivational factors with respect to regular and sufficient physical activity
- To propose physical activities and nutritional guidance that promote a healthy lifestyle
201-NYB-05 CAL II - INTEGRAL CALCULUS
Course description:
This course establishes the bases of integral calculus with a view of its applications to concrete situations: calculation of the area under a curve, calculation of the area and volume of solids, calculation of the length of a portion of a curve. The course follows and relies heavily on the concepts developed in Differential Calculus by consisting of doing the reverse operation of the derivation.
At the end of this course, students will be able
- Determine the indefinite integral of a function
- Calculate the limits of functions with indeterminate forms
- Calculate definite integral and the improper integral of a function over an interval
- Translate concrete problems in the form of differential equations and solve simple differential equations
- Calculate volumes, areas, and lengths to construct graphic representations in the plane and in space
- Analyze the convergence of a series
202-NYB-05 CHEMISTRY OF SOLUTIONS
Course description:
This second chemistry course deepens understanding, more quantitatively, of the basic theories relating to the nature of matter in aqueous solutions through its physical and chemical properties. Students will establish links between fundamental phenomena and concepts using models of approximations.
Students will experimentally verify certain theoretical models, establish their limits, and analyze them in order to establish the causes of variation in the results obtained. The practical work thus makes students able to criticize their results and to estimate the degree of precision and reproducibility.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze the colligative properties of solutions
- Resolve problems related to the kinetics of reactions in solutions
- Resolve the problems related to chemical equilibrium
- Experimentally verify certain properties of solutions
- Experimentally determine certain characteristics of reactions in solutions
101-NYA-05 GENERAL BIOLOGY I
Course description:
This course is the first biology course in the program, which presents the organization of living things in a hierarchical fashion, from the most fundamental level of life, the cell, to its most global level, the maintenance and the complexity of life on Earth.
At the end of this course, students will be able:
- Distinguish the relationships between the structures and functions of certain levels of organization of living things
- Analyze the mechanisms responsible for the genetic variation of living things
- Appreciate the action of the mechanisms of evolution of diversity and life complexity
- Analyze the integration of living in a community
- Explain the transformation process of matter and of energy
Students will also be able to recognize the characteristics of a rigorous scientific approach in the originality of the approach of some biologists who have marked the evolution of this science and to hold a critical discourse on current technological applications in the domain.
SEMESTER 3
603-103-MQ LITERARY THEMES
Course Description:
The general objective of this course is to enable the student to apply a critical approach to a literary theme. The student will study various examples in English literature in order to understand how well-known authors unify their works around themes.
Further, the student will be able to read various selections of unfamiliar literature, either fiction or non-fiction, and discuss them intelligibly in writing through the understanding of their themes.
By the end of this course, the student will apply their understanding of the theme by writing an analysis of a literary text (an approximately 1000 word paper.)
345-102-MQ WORLD VIEWS
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to apply a critical thought process to world views.
Competencies to be developed are:
- To describe world views
- To explain the major ideas, values, and implications of a worldview
- To organize the ideas, values, and experiences of a worldview into coherent patterns
- To compare world views
- To convey the ideas, attitudes, and experiences of the societies or groups studied
109-102-MQ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to improve one’s effectiveness when practicing physical activity.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Planning an approach to improve one’s effectiveness when practicing a physical activity
- Using a planned approach to improve one’s physical health
420-TVB-TV USE OF MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE
Course Description:
This elective course approaches the novel technology of 3D printing with an interdisciplinary perspective and opens it up to all DEC program students at the College. The course aggregates several disciplines into one coherent learning experience by drawing on perspectives of:
- Mathematics
- Design
- Physics
- Computer science
- Engineering
- Biology
In today’s world, every field and every industry needs innovative thinkers that can make a difference. Inquiry-based learning is a 21st-century teaching and learning philosophy that requires students to not only be “problem solvers”, but “problem finders” as well. Instead of simply presenting established facts, teachers guide students to discover their worlds and how they could make it better. This is accomplished by posing questions, challenging the norm, and pushing the boundaries. Innovation is a keyword at the core of this philosophy.
No other technology, since the invention of the computer has the potential to positively impact education and learning as the 3D printer. 3D printers are now being used in practically every field. Learning how to use them is becoming as essential a skill as reading and writing.
From the medical field, automotive and aerospace industry, fashion, food, and architecture, 3D printers are becoming a regular on- the scene. Putting the world of 3D printing in the hands of students will help better prepare them to shape their world and be innovative in their field of choice.
This course, on the fundamentals of CAD design for rapid prototyping and 3D printing, provides all of the foundational knowledge necessary to bring the world of 3D printing to the students and start their journey to innovation in whichever field they choose to pursue.
201-NYC-05 LINEAR ALGEBRA AND VECTOR GEOMETRY
Course description:
This course introduces students to the notions of linear algebra and vector geometry and to develop tools that can be used in particular, in the physics course, Electricity and magnetism given in the 4th session, but concurrently in the context of applications specific to the natural sciences, mathematics, economics, and computer science, at the pre-university level. The main subjects of study are matrix calculus, geometric and algebraic vectors, the structure of vector space, and representations and equations of geometric loci in the plane and in space.
At the end of this course, students will be able:
- Translate concrete problems in the form of linear equations
- Solve systems of linear equations using matrix methods
- Establish links between geometry and algebra
- Establish the equation of geometric loci (lines and planes) and determine their intersections
- Calculate angles, lengths, areas, and volumes
- Demonstrate propositions
- Construct representations of geometric places in the plane and in space
203-NYB-05 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Course description:
Using several notions seen in mechanics: kinematics, forces, potential and kinetic energies, the moment of force, etc. and using the concepts of mathematics acquired in the differential calculus and integral calculus courses, widely used in the analysis of a continuous distribution system of stationary or moving electric charges, this course is an introduction to electric and magnetic phenomena. Starting from the formulation of the laws of electromagnetism, students will be able to explain the overall functioning of the various devices and the mechanisms describing the electrical and magnetic phenomena and also to apply electromagnetism in situations of everyday life.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze physical situations related to electric charges at rest and to electric current
- Analyze physical situations related to magnetism and magnetic induction
- Apply the laws of electricity and magnetism
- Experimentally verify the laws of electricity and magnetism
420-PRA-TV INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
Course description:
In this course, students will learn the development of effective algorithmic solutions to simple problems following a correct analysis of the situation, the available data, the desired results, and the necessary treatments as well as the validation of it.
Students will also be able to use a programming language by correctly recognizing
- the characteristics and functionality of a computer and its network
- the correct use of a workstation in a development environment
- the correct translation of algorithms,
- the rigorous application of coding standards
- the efficient use of environmental functionality in tracking and correcting compilation errors
- the correct application of test sets necessary to verify the functioning of the environment program
- the appropriate debugging of the program according to the algorithm
- the basic concepts of object-oriented programming: class, object, method, and attribute.
SEMESTER 4
603-TVE-TV ENGLISH ADAPTED TO PROGRAM
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to communicate in the forms of discourse appropriate to one or more fields of study, focusing on citation styles and preparing the student for university-level writing.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Identifying the forms of discourse appropriate to given fields of study
- Recognizing the discursive frameworks appropriate to given fields of study
- Analyze and succinctly explain the main ideas of an oral and written discourse
109-103-MQ PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND AUTONOMY
Course Description:
The objective of this course is to demonstrate one’s ability to assume responsibility for maintaining a healthy lifestyle through the continued practice of physical activity.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Planning a personal physical activity program
- Combining the elements of a regular and sufficient practice of physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle
- Manage a personal physical activity program
345-TVH-TV CRITICAL THOUGHT APPLIED TO WORLD ISSUES
Course description:
The objective of this course is to apply a critical thought process to ethical issues relevant to the field of study.
Competencies to be developed include:
- Situating significant ethical issues within appropriate world views and fields of knowledge
- explaining the major ideas, values, and social implications of ethical issues
- organizing the ethical questions and their implications into coherent patterns
- Debating ethical issues
203-NYC-05 WAVES, OPTICS AND MODERN PHYSICS
Course description:
In this third physics course in the program, students will have to use the notions of mathematics acquired in the Differential Calculus, Integral Calculus, and Mechanics courses. Students will use functions with several independent variables necessary for the description of waves and obtain certain characteristics of them, which have recourse to partial derivatives and to integrals.
From revolutionary discoveries on several aspects of the Universe and of matter, students will be introduced, in particular, to geometric and wave optics, to the structure of matter and to radioactivity, to mechanical waves and vibrations, to the electromagnetic spectrum and relativity, which are notions useful both for students of the health, pure and applied or computer sciences.
The approaches followed will address the history of the main discoveries and will stress the importance of the major fundamental questions in physics, relating to science, technology, and social progress.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply the basic principles of physics to the description of vibrations, waves, and their propagation
- Apply the laws of geometrical optics
- Apply the characteristics of waves to light phenomena
- Analyze situations based on notions of modern physics
- Experimentally verify the laws and principles related to waves, optics, and modern physics
203-EPH-TV PROBLEM SOLVING IN ENGINEERING PHYSICS
Course description:
This course prepares students to apply an experimental/numerical analysis in order to solve physics and engineering problems using MATLAB/Octave.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Represent various situations, drawing upon relevant concepts, laws, and principles of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, waves, and optics.
- Solve problems using numerical methods through MATLAB/Octave.
- Apply experimental/numerical analysis or validation specific to physics and engineering
360-200- TV INTEGRATION PROJECT
Course description:
This course is an extension of the comprehensive assessment that must be successfully completed in order to obtain a DEC in Science. By the end of the course, students will have demonstrated the integration of the general goals of the Science program.
Integration, in the context of this course, means to possess the ability to clearly make: connections between the elements of the student’s learning, to recombine knowledge in various ways, and to put them to use in order to adapt to new situations. To this end, students will be asked to propose, conduct and present a research project on a scientific theme of their choice.
The integration project is multidisciplinary in its approach and should take into account not only the specific components of the program but also, its components of general education as well.
The course is designed to support students throughout their independent projects by providing relevant theoretical guidance as the projects progress. The projects require students to draw on prior knowledge from previous courses as well as provide them with the opportunity to engage in personal, stimulating, and creative work in their chosen area of personal interest. The choice of a project should ultimately reflect the student’s learning goals throughout their DEC.