Advisor: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.
Continuation in Honours Chemistry requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and an average of 60% in all Chemistry lecture courses.
In order to graduate with an Honours Chemistry degree, the following requirements must be successfully completed:
- 22.0 units that include:
- 9.0 units of required CHEM courses:CHEM 100, CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, CHEM 123L, CHEM 140, CHEM 200, CHEM 212, CHEM 220, CHEM 220L, CHEM 221, CHEM 233, CHEM 240, CHEM 250L, CHEM 254, CHEM 264, CHEM 265, CHEM 265L, CHEM 313L, CHEM 356, CHEM 494A, and CHEM 494B
- 10.5 elective units distributed as follows:
- 5.0 units of CHEM from the list of Program Electives with the following additional restrictions:
- a minimum of 2.0 lecture units from 400-level courses
- 0.5 unit chosen from AMATH, CO, MATH, PMATH, or STAT courses. Students should contact the academic plan advisor for a list of recommended courses
- 1.0 unit chosen from lecture courses 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 110B, PHIL 215, PHIL 221
- 4.0 units chosen from any 0.5 unit lecture or lab course
- The English Language Proficiency Requirement
Additional Program Conditions:
- A maximum of 3.0 units of SCI-labelled courses can be used towards the Honours Chemistry degree.
- A maximum of two failures in CHEM courses are allowed. Failure in more than two CHEM courses will result in the requirement to withdraw from the academic plan. Students may petition for re-admission to the plan. There must be exceptional circumstances to justify re-admission.
Students can build strength in a specific focus area by directing their Program Electives in Year Two and Year Three towards specific courses, as described below. By doing so, students will be adequately prepared for 400-level courses in those areas. Students interested in pursuing graduate studies in Chemistry should build strength in at least two focus areas.
Recommended Course Sequence
Year One
Fall
CHEM 100 Introduction to Chemical Sciences
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Laboratory
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Physics 1 Laboratory or PHYS 121/PHYS 121L Mechanics /Laboratory
Two electives (1.0 unit)
Winter
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Laboratory
CHEM 140 Introduction to Scientific Calculations
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 112/PHYS 112L Physics 2/Physics 2 Laboratory or PHYS 122/PHYS 122L Waves, Electricity and Magnetism/Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit)
Year Two
Fall
CHEM 200 Introductory to Laboratory Techniques
CHEM 220/CHEM 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)
Winter
CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 221 Mulit-Component Analysis
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 265/CHEM 265L Organic Chemistry 2/Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit)
Note
Students may choose to take CHEM 233 in place of an elective in the Winter term to decrease the number of required Chemistry courses in Year Three.
Year Three
Fall
CHEM 356 Introductory Quantum Mechanics
Four electives (2.0 units)
Winter
CHEM 233 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (or an additional elective if CHEM 233 has been taken in Year Two)
CHEM 313L Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory1
Four electives (2.0 units)
Year Four
CHEM 494A Research Project
CHEM 494B Research Project
Eight electives (4.0 units)