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The MacInsiders Guide To
BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS



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The Arts Quad / North-East

• MUSC - McMaster University Student Centre (MSU, Student Services, Food court, etc)
• GH - Gilmour Hall (Registrar's Office, Financial Aid office, Liaison Office)
• UH - University Hall (Dept. of Religious Studies is here)
• HH - Hamilton Hall (nice inside with chalkboard walls and cafe)
• CNH - Chester New Hall (Faculty of Humanities office is here)
• TSH - Togo Salmon Hall (Multimedia, Arts, Music)
• KTH - Kenneth Taylor Hall (Social Sciences, INNIS library)
• DSB - Degroote School of Business (Business, meeting rooms)
• MML / MILLS - Humanities and Soc Sci library (also the most popular library!)

North Quad

• CB - Commons Building (cafeteria and eating location for Residences. Also location for Meal Card office)

Athletics

• IWC - Ivor Wynne Centre / David Braley Athletic Complex (The Pulse, Squash, Gyms, Pool, Dept of Kin, etc)

South-East

• MDCL - Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery (the biggest and nicest lecture halls on campus! Also has a waterfall sitting area - Faculty of Health Sci and School of Medicine are here)
• LS - Life Science Building (Dept. of Biology is here)
• HSC - Health Sciences Centre (you guessed it... Health Sciences is here)
• PC - Psychology Building (also pretty obvious.. Dept of Psych is here)
• WH - Wentworth House (The Pheonix restaurant, MacCycle, MacGreen, etc)
• DC - Divinity College (Religious Studies)

South-West

• JHE - John Hodgins Engineering Building (Faculty of Engineering is here)
• BSB - Burke Science Building (lots of science labs and classrooms, home of Faculty of Science)
• ABB - Arthur N. Bourns Building (Chemistry and Physics here)
• ITB - Information Technology Building (Computer Science labs)
• IAHS / Mo-Mac - Institute for Applied Health Sciences (Mohawk's Nursing program)
• ETC - E.T. Clark Centre (Security Services are here...)
• GS - General Science Building
• THODE - Science/Engineering Library

Building Acronyms List

Here are the acronyms for all the buildings on campus:

AAL = Alvin A. Lee Building
AMH = Alumni Memorial Hall
ADL = Applied dynamics Laboratory
ABB = A.N Bourns Science Building
BSB = Burke Science Building
CSB = Campus Services Building
CNH = Chester New Hall
C = Commons Building
CRL = Communications Research Lab
DBAC = David Bradley Athletic Centre
DSB = DeGroote School of Business
DC = Divinity College
CUC = E.T. Clarke Centre
ETB = Engineering Technology Building
GSB = General Sciences Building (sometimes also abbreviated to GS)
GH = Gilmour Hall
HH = Hamilton Hall
HSC = Health Sciences Centre
TL = H.G. Thode Library of Science & Engineering
ITB = Information Technology Building
IAHS = Institute for Applied Health Sciences
IWC = Ivor Wynne Centre
JHE = John Hodgins Engineering Building
KTH = Kenneth Taylor Hall
LS = Life Sciences Building
MEK = Mary E. Keyes Residence
MUSC = McMaster University Student Centre
MDCL = Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery and Atrium
MML = Mills Memorial Library
REAC = Nuclear Reactor
NRB = Nuclear Research Building
PRES = President's Residence/Alumni Advancement
PC = Psychology Building
REF = Refectory
TA = Tandem Accelerator Building
TSH = Togo Salmon Hall
UH = University Hall
WH = Wentworth House

Some of the important buildings are in bold.

A map is also provided: http://www.mcmaster.ca/welcome/med/campusmap.pdf

[Ownaginatios]

I remember one of my friend's roommates last year thought ITB was the stupidest acronym ever to choose for a building because he thinks it's universally known that that is the acronym for "In the butt".

I facepalmed and lol'd simultaneously.

[jhan523]

Originally Posted by Ownaginatios

I remember one of my friend's roommates last year thought ITB was the stupidest acronym ever to choose for a building because he thinks it's universally known that that is the acronym for "In the butt".

I facepalmed and lol'd simultaneously.

... I never thought of that XD

[KRan]

I think you accidentally combined ABB and BSB...

[jhan523]

Originally Posted by KRan

I think you accidentally combined ABB and BSB...

Thanks for catching that, I corrected it.

[xxsumz]

Thanks a LOT...now if only I could memorize them

[jhan523]

Originally Posted by xxsumz

Thanks a LOT...now if only I could memorize them

You'll eventually get used to them.

[JEFF_CHAN]

You're most likely not going to have any classes for half the buildings in that list. You'll have the ones you need to memorize memorized in no time.

[juntom10]

I think you forgot to add ETB(engineering technology building) (Brand new building)

[jhan523]

Originally Posted by juntom10

I think you forgot to add ETB(engineering technology building) (Brand new building)

Oh, did they finish that building? I forgot about it completely, mainly because it wasn't on the map.

[juntom10]

Some students will use that building (I think B tech students).

[jhan523]

Originally Posted by juntom10

Some students will use that building (I think B tech students).

Ah, ok. Well, I can't edit it anymore so hopefully an admin will update it.

[xo.monica]

Originally Posted by JEFF_CHAN

You're most likely not going to have any classes for half the buildings in that list. You'll have the ones you need to memorize memorized in no time.

yeah, he's right. I went to Mac today to find all my buildings, and I know the short forms for all of mine already. ^_^

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GS?

One of my second term classes is in GS 102.

[PTGregD]

I take offense that DSB isn't bolded as an important building!