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The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Academic Plans - Non-Departmental

Computational Science

Honours Computational Science/Biochemistry

Core Courses (4.5 course units + 1.0 lab units)

CHEM 140L Introductory Scientific Calculations Laboratory
CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 233 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
CHEM 265 Organic Chemistry 2
CHEM 331 Metabolism 1
CHEM 340 Introductory Computational Chemistry
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics
CHEM 356 Introductory Quantum Mechanics
CHEM 450 Computational Physical Chemistry* or
CHEM 460 Molecular Modelling*

Specialization Electives (3.5 units)

Three of:

CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 220 Introductory Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 221 Multi-Component Analysis
CHEM 310 Transition Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials
CHEM 313 Main Group and Solid State Chemistry
CHEM 360 Organic Chemistry 3

Four of:

CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
CHEM 430 Bioinorganic Chemistry
CHEM 430 Biochemistry and Structure of Molecules
CHEM 430 Molecular Properties of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
CHEM 430 Proteins and Proteonomics
CHEM 430 Advanced Molecular Modeling in Biochemistry
CHEM 430 Advanced Computational Methods for Biochemistry
CHEM 433 Advanced Biochemistry
CHEM 460 Molecular Modelling* or
CHEM 450 Topics in Computational Chemistry*
CHEM 450 Statistical Mechanics
BIOL 139 Genetics
BIOL 208 Analytical Methods in Molecular Biology
BIOL 366 Introduction to Bioinformatics
BIOL 382 Computer Modelling of Cellular Systems

Free Electives: 2.5 units

*Either CHEM 450 Computational Physical Chemistry or CHEM 460 Molecular Modelling may be used as a Specialization Elective course if it has not already been selected as a Specialization Core course.


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