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.

1. 19.5 lecture units that include:
   • 5.0 CHEM units: CHEM 100 (0.00 unit), CHEM 120, CHEM 123, CHEM 209, CHEM 212, CHEM 220, CHEM 221, CHEM 254, CHEM 264, CHEM 265, and CHEM 323,
   • 5.0 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 122, EARTH 123, EARTH 221, EARTH 231, EARTH 235, EARTH 238, EARTH 358, EARTH 359, and EARTH 390,
   • 1.5 MATH units: MATH 127, MATH 128, and MATH 228 or MATH 218,
   • 1.5 PHYS units: PHYS 121, PHYS 122, and PHYS 256,
   • 3.0 technical elective units (substitutions require prior approval of the academic advisors):
   • 1.5 CHEM units of CHEM 310, CHEM 313, CHEM 350, CHEM 420, or CHEM 450,
   • 1.5 EARTH units of EARTH 421, EARTH 439, EARTH 456, EARTH 458, or EARTH 459,
   • 3.5 elective units, of which a maximum of 3.0 units can be SCI courses.
2. 3.25 laboratory units that include:
   • 1.75 CHEM units: CHEM 120L, CHEM 123L, CHEM 220L, CHEM 224L (0.50 unit), CHEM 250L, and CHEM 265L,
   • 0.75 EARTH units: EARTH 121L, EARTH 122L, and EARTH 123L,
   • 0.75 PHYS units: PHYS 121L, PHYS 122L, and PHYS 256L.
3. 1.0 research project or thesis unit of CHEM 494A and CHEM 494B or EARTH 436A and EARTH 436B.
4. Completion of the English Language Proficiency Requirement.

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Year One

Fall

CHEM 100 Introduction to Chemical Sciences
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 121/PHYS 121L Mechanics/Laboratory
One elective* (0.5 unit)

Winter

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

Year Two

Fall

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

Winter

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

Year Four

Fall and Winter combined

CHEM 494A Research Project (or EARTH 436A Honours Thesis)
CHEM 494B Research Project (or EARTH 436B Honours Thesis)
Two electives* (1.0 unit)

Three technical CHEM electives (1.5 units) from:
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

Three technical Earth electives (1.5 units) from:
EARTH 421 Geochemistry 2
EARTH 439 Flow and Transport Through Fractured Rocks
EARTH 456 Numerical Methods in Hydrogeology
EARTH 458 Physical Hydrogeology
EARTH 459 Chemical Hydrogeology