Science Academic Plans

This Academic Plan, which offers the Honours Chemistry courses integrated with five four-month work terms, extends over four and two-thirds years. For students studying in the co-op format, find detailed information on co-op program requirements in the Co-operative Education and Career Action section of the calendar and in the Science Faculty work term report guidelines. Students work and study in alternate terms starting at the end of the 2A term. There is a double work term between terms 3B and 4A.

Continuance in Honours Co-operative Chemistry requires a cumulative overall average of 60%. In addition, students must achieve a 60% average in all Chemistry lecture courses.  In order to graduate with an Honours Co-operative Chemistry degree, the following requirements must be successfully completed:

1. Completion of 24.0 units, with 20.0 lecture units (including CHEM 494A/B) and 4.0 lab units.
2. In Years Three and Four, students must choose five Chemistry courses from the list of Technical Electives with Chemistry content.  Consult the Chemistry Department website or plan advisor for a current list of courses that qualify as technical electives.
3. Normally, full-time enrolment in Years Two,Three and Four.
4. No more than 3.0 "SCI-labelled" units will be allowed toward this Academic Plan.
5. At least one of the electives in this program must be a Mathematics course (e.g., AMATH, CO, MATH, PMATH, STAT).  Contact the plan advisor for a list of recommended courses.
6. A minimum of four work terms, and submission of a minimum of four satisfactory work reports.
7. At least two of the electives in this program must be lecture courses chosen from those offered in the Faculties of Arts or Environment. Students are encouraged to include in their Academic Plan an ethics course such as STV 100, PHIL 215, 221.
8. Students may seek Departmental consent to take CHEM 495, 496, or 497 in place of CHEM 494A/B plus three electives.
9. Failure in more than two Chemistry lecture courses will result in a requirement to withdraw from the Academic Plan. Students may petition for re-admission; such re-admission is at the discretion of the Chemistry Undergraduate Committee. There must be exceptional circumstances to justify re-admission.
10. Mandatory courses as listed below.
11. Completion of the English Language Proficiency Examination (ELPE).

Year 1A (Fall)

CHEM 120/120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 121/121L Mechanics/Laboratory
Two electives (1.0 unit)

Year 1B (Winter)

CHEM 123/123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
CHEM 140 Introduction to Scientific Calculations
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 122/122L Waves, Electricity and Magnetism/Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit)

Year 2A (Fall)

CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 220/220L Analytical Chemistry 1/Laboratory
CHEM 240 Mathematical Methods for Chemistry
CHEM 250L Physical Chemistry Laboratory 1
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
One elective (0.5 unit)

Year 2B (Spring)

CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 221 Analytical Chemistry 2
CHEM 224L Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 265/265L Organic Chemistry 2/Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit) (Students may choose to take CHEM 233 in place of an elective in the Spring term to decrease the number of required Chemistry courses in Year 3A winter term.)

Year 3A (Winter)

CHEM 233 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
or an additional elective if CHEM 233 has been taken in Year 2B
CHEM 313/313L Main Group and Solid State Chemistry/Laboratory
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics
CHEM 360/360L Organic Chemistry 3/Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit)

Year 3B (Fall)

CHEM 310/310L Transition Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials/Laboratory
CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
CHEM 350L Physical Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 356 Introductory Quantum Mechanics
Two electives (1.0 unit)

Year 4A (Fall)

CHEM 494A Research Project
Four electives (2.0 units)

Year 4B (Winter)

CHEM 494B Research Project
Four electives (2.0 units)