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Science Academic Plans

Chemistry

Minor in Chemistry
Advisor: See Faculty of Science, Academic Advisors.

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* For Chemistry courses from the 200-level or higher, the middle digit, "X" in the course number designates the theme area.  X has the set of values 0 (general interest), 1 (inorganic/materials chemistry), 2 (analytical chemistry), 3 (biological chemistry/biochemistry), 4 (computational/theoretical chemistry), 5 (physical chemistry), 6 (organic chemistry), 7 (polymer chemistry), and 8 (medicinal chemistry).


In order to graduate with a Minor in Chemistry the following requirements must be met:

A student with more than three failed attempts at Chemistry lecture courses may not receive a Minor in Chemistry.

Students must be in an Honours Academic Plan. However, students are not eligible for a Minor in Chemistry if they are registered in an Honours Academic plan offered by the Department of Chemistry or in a plan including the designation "Specialization in Chemistry". A Minor in Chemistry will not be awarded together with a Minor in Biochemistry, as this would require triple counting of some courses.

The following courses must be taken, with a minimum cumulative average of 60% separately in lecture and laboratory courses:

  1. All of CHEM 120/CHEM 120L, CHEM 123/CHEM 123L, and CHEM 140
  2. An additional 3.5 lecture units from 200-level or higher Chemistry courses. Of these 3.5 lecture units, no more than 1.5 can be from the same theme area* and at least 1.0 lecture unit must be from 300- or 400-level Chemistry. An additional 0.5 lab unit from the 200- level or higher Chemistry courses.


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