Science Academic Programs and Plans

Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.

This program, which offers the Honours Chemistry courses integrated with five four-month work terms, extends over four and two-thirds years. 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. Co-op program information requirements are located in the Co-operative Education and Career Action (CECA) section of this Calendar and in the Science Faculty work-term report guidelines. WatPD course information is located on the Professional Development website.

Continuing in Honours Co-operative 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 Co-operative Chemistry degree, the following requirements must be successfully completed:

1. 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
   • 1.0 unit of required MATH courses: MATH 127 and MATH 128
   • 1.5 units of required PHYS courses: PHYS 111/PHYS 111L or PHYS 121/PHYS 121L; and PHYS 112/PHYS 112L or PHYS 122/PHYS 122L
   • 10.0 electives distributed as follows:
   • 5.5 units of CHEM from the list of program electives with the following additional restrictions:
   • a minimum of 1.0 lab unit from CHEM 224L, CHEM 310L, CHEM 350L, and CHEM 360L
   • a minimum of 1.5 lecture units from CHEM 310, CHEM 313, CHEM 323, CHEM 350, and CHEM 360, with a minimum of 0.5 unit chosen from CHEM 310 and CHEM 313
   • 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 their academic advisor for a list of recommended courses
   • 4.0 units chosen from any 0.5 unit lecture or lab course
   • 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193
2. Full-time enrolment in Years Two, Three, and Four.
3. A minimum of four work terms, four satisfactory work reports (including PD 11), and credit in four WatPD courses (PD 1, PD 11, and two other PD courses).

Additional Program Conditions:

1. A maximum of 3.0 units of SCI-labelled courses can be used toward the Honours Co-operative Chemistry degree.
2. A maximum of two failures in CHEM lecture courses are allowed. Failure in more than two CHEM lecture courses will result in the requirement to withdraw from the academic plan.

Students can build strength in a specific focus area by directing their program electives in Year Two and Year Three towards specific courses. 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 Year Two and Three Electives

Recommended Course Sequence

Year One

Fall

CHEM 100 Introduction to Chemical Sciences
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 1
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 111/PHYS 111L Physics 1/Physics 1 Laboratory or PHYS 121/PHYS 121L Mechanics/Mechanics Laboratory
One of ENGL 193/SPCOM 193 Communication in the Sciences
One elective (0.5 unit)

Winter

CHEM 123/CHEM 123L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 2
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/Waves, Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit)

Year Two

Fall

CHEM 200 Introduction to Laboratory Techniques
CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Intro Analytical Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry Lab 1
CHEM 240 Mathematical Methods for Chemistry
CHEM 250L Physical Chemistry Laboratory 1
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
One elective (0.5 unit)

Spring

CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 221 Multi-Component Analysis
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 265/CHEM 265L Organic Chemistry 2/Organic Chemistry Laboratory
One elective (0.5 unit)

Note: 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 Three winter term.

Year Three

Winter

CHEM 233 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (or an additional elective if CHEM 233 has been taken in Year 2B)
CHEM 313L Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 1
Four electives (2.0 units)

Fall

CHEM 356 Introductory Quantum Mechanics
Four electives (2.0 units)

Year Four

CHEM 494A Research Project
CHEM 494B Research Project
Eight electives (4.0 units)