Science Academic Plans

Continuation in Honours Geochemistry requires a cumulative overall average of at least 60% and an average of at least 60% in all Chemistry and Earth Science courses.

In order to graduate with an Honours Geochemistry degree, the following requirements must be completed successfully:

1. 19.0 lecture units, 3.25 laboratory units and a research project and thesis (1.0 unit).
2. No more than 3.0 "SCI-labelled" units will be allowed toward this Academic Plan.
3. Mandatory courses as listed below.
4. Three Chemistry and three Earth Sciences technical electives chosen from CHEM 313, 350, 420, 450; EARTH 305, 361, 421, 456, 458, 459. Substitutions may be made with the approval of the Undergraduate Advisors.
5. Seven freely chosen courses (3.5 units). Especially recommended are BIOL 240, 241; ENGL 210E; ENVS 195, 201; GEOG 201, 303; MATH 106 or 114, 217 (or MATH 227).
6. Completion of the English Language Proficiency Examination (ELPE).

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Year One

Fall

CHEM 120/120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 121/121L Mechanics/Laboratory
One elective* (0.5 unit)

Winter

CHEM 123/123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
EARTH 122/122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 122/122L Waves, Electricity and Magnetism/Laboratory
One elective* (0.5 unit)

Year Two

Fall

CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 220/220L Analytical Chemistry 1/Laboratory
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphy and Earth History

Winter

CHEM 221 Analytical Chemistry 2
CHEM 224L Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 265/265L Organic Chemistry 2/Laboratory
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
PHYS 256 Geometrical and Physical Optics (may be taken in Year Two or Year Three) and
PHYS 256L Optics Laboratory (may be taken in Year Two or Year Three)

Year Three

Fall

CHEM 250L Physical Chemistry Laboratory 1
CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology and
EARTH 123L Field Methods in Hydrology
EARTH 359 Flow Through Porous Media
MATH 228 Differential Equations (or MATH 218 Differential Equations)
One elective* (0.5 unit)

Winter

CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
EARTH 358 Earth System Science
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping
Two electives* (1.0 unit)

Students wishing to take EARTH 305 in Year Four must take CHEM 350 as an elective in the Winter term of Year Three.

Year Four

Fall and Winter combined

CHEM 494A Research Project (or EARTH 436A Honours Thesis)
CHEM 494B Research Project (or EARTH 436B Honours Thesis)

Three electives (1.5 units) from CHEM courses. Recommended:
CHEM 310 Transition Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials
CHEM 313 Main Group and Solid State Chemistry
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics
CHEM 420 Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 450 Chemical Thermodynamics 2
EARTH 305 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Three electives (1.5 units) from EARTH courses. Recommended:
EARTH 421 Geochemistry 2
EARTH 456 Numerical Methods in Hydrogeology
EARTH 458 Physical Hydrogeology and
EARTH 458L Field Methods in Hydrogeology
EARTH 459 Chemical Hydrogeology
Two electives* (1.0 unit)