Advisors: See Faculty of Science, academic advisors.
Continuing in Honours Geochemistry requires a 60% cumulative overall average and a 60% cumulative average in all Chemistry and Earth Sciences courses combined.
Successful completion of this program requires:
21.25 total units that include:
- 3.75 CHEM units: CHEM 212, CHEM 220, CHEM 220L, CHEM 221, CHEM 224L, CHEM 254, CHEM 264, and CHEM 323
- 1.5 CHEM units: CHEM 120, CHEM 120L, CHEM 123, and CHEM 123L, or CHEM 121, CHEM 121L, CHEM 125, and CHEM 125L
- 7.0 EARTH units: EARTH 121, EARTH 121L, EARTH 122, EARTH 122L, EARTH 123, EARTH 221, EARTH 223, EARTH 231, EARTH 232, EARTH 235, EARTH 238, EARTH 321, EARTH 390, EARTH 421, and EARTH 458
- 0.5 EARTH elective unit: EARTH 281 or EARTH 358
- 1.0 EARTH unit: EARTH 436A and either EARTH 436B or one EARTH elective at 300-level or higher
- 1.0 MATH unit: MATH 127 and MATH 128
- 1.0 PHYS unit: PHYS 111 or PHYS 121; and PHYS 112 or PHYS 122
- 0.5 STAT unit: STAT 202
- 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193
- 4.5 electives units distributed as follows:
- 1.5 units of CHEM electives chosen from: CHEM 265, CHEM 310, CHEM 313, CHEM 350, CHEM 360, CHEM 400, and CHEM 404
- 1.5 units of EARTH electives chosen from: EARTH 322, EARTH 331, EARTH 332, EARTH 439, EARTH 456, EARTH 459, and EARTH 471
- 1.5 units chosen from any 0.5 unit courses
Notes
- A student may have co-supervisors from the Chemistry Department for EARTH 436A (Thesis Proposal) and EARTH 436B (Honours Thesis).
- The Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO) requires specific university credits to be considered for accreditation. Students should refer to the APGO website to guide their elective choices.
Recommended Course Sequence
Year One
Fall
CHEM 120/CHEM 120L General Chemistry 1/General Chemistry Laboratory 1
or CHEM 121/CHEM 121L Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 1
EARTH 121/EARTH 121L Introductory Earth Sciences/Introductory Earth Sciences Laboratory
EARTH 123 Introductory Hydrology
MATH 127 Calculus 1 for the Sciences
PHYS 111 Physics 1
or PHYS 121 Mechanics
Winter
CHEM 123/CHEM 123L General Chemistry 2/General Chemistry Laboratory 2
or CHEM 125/CHEM 125L Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics/Chemical Reaction Laboratory 2
EARTH 122/EARTH 122L Introductory Environmental Sciences/Introductory Environmental Sciences Laboratory
MATH 128 Calculus 2 for the Sciences
PHYS 112 Physics 2
or PHYS 122 Waves, Electricity and Magnetism
One of ENGL 193/SPCOM 193 Communication in the Sciences
Year Two
Fall
CHEM 220/CHEM 220L Intro Analytical Chemistry/Quantitative Chemical Analysis Laboratory
CHEM 264 Organic Chemistry 1
EARTH 231 Mineralogy
EARTH 235 Stratigraphic Approaches to Understanding Earth's History
One elective (0.5 unit)
Winter
CHEM 221 Multi-Component Analysis
CHEM 224L Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
EARTH 221 Geochemistry 1
One elective (0.5 unit)
Year Three
Fall
CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
Winter
CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
EARTH 232 Petrography
EARTH 238 Introductory Structural Geology
EARTH 358 Earth System Science
or EARTH 281 Geological Impacts on Human Health
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping
One elective (0.5 unit)
Year Four
Fall
EARTH 436A Thesis Proposal
EARTH 421 Geochemistry 2
Three program electives (1.5 units)
Winter
EARTH 436B Honours Thesis
or one 300-level or 400-level EARTH course
Three program electives (1.5 units)