Who are we?

Initial Publication Date: April 13, 2015
Go back to the beginning of this presentation, by Carolyn Eyles and Susan Vajoczki of McMaster University, about integrating interdisciplinary programs into an existing department.

McMaster University

  • Research intensive, student-centered
  • >18,000 full-time students
  • Canadian Research University of the Year (2004)

School of Geography and Geology (SGG)

  • Formed in 1997 through amalgamation of former Departments of Geography & Geology
  • Merger 'encouraged' by senior administration due to declining undergraduate enrolments in Geology
  • Faculty retirements (20 out of a combined faculty of 30)
  • Administered by Faculty of Science
  • Also a member of the Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Offers B.Sc., B.A., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D programs
  • 30 teaching faculty (16 Science, 14 Social Sciences)
  • 50 + graduate students
  • Graduates >35 B.Sc. & >80 B.A. students annually
  • In 2000, 7 former B.Sc programs in Geography, Geology and Environmental Science replaced with single program:
  • B.Sc. Hons. Earth & Environmental Sciences (EES)