Minors, Options, Joint Programs, and International Partnerships

Advisors: See Faculty of Science academic advisors.

A Chemistry Minor is intended for students in any honours academic plan, except for plans offered entirely by or jointly with the Department of Chemistry.

Successful completion of the Chemistry Minor requires:

1. 5.0 units distributed as follows:
   • 1.5 CHEM units: CHEM 120 or CHEM 121, CHEM 120L or CHEM 121L, CHEM 123 or CHEM 125, and CHEM 123L or CHEM 125L
   • 3.0 CHEM lecture units, with a minimum of 1.0 unit from 300-level or higher
   • 0.5 CHEM lab unit, 200-level or higher
2. A minimum cumulative average of 60% for all lecture courses.
3. A minimum cumulative average of 60% for all lab courses.

Additional requirements:

1. A maximum of two failures in CHEM courses is allowed.
2. The courses counted towards the 3.0 CHEM lecture units requirement must span a minimum of three theme areas. For 200-level or higher CHEM courses, the middle digit in the course number designates the theme area. "0" is general interest, "1" is inorganic/materials chemistry, "2" is analytical chemistry, "3" is biological chemistry/biochemistry, "4" is computational/theoretical chemistry, "5" is physical chemistry, "6" is organic chemistry, "7" is polymer chemistry, and "8" is medicinal chemistry.

Note

A Chemistry Minor will not be awarded together with a Biochemistry Minor.