Link to the University of Waterloo home page
2021-2022

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Science Academic Programs and Plans

Materials and Nanosciences

Honours Materials and Nanosciences

Advisors: See Faculty of Science academic advisors.

Honours Materials and Nanosciences is available in both systems of study: regular and co-operative.

Honours Materials and Nanosciences takes the form of a core of required courses, plus appropriate electives, integrated with five work terms for those in the co-op system. The electives allow students to strengthen complementary areas of interest.

This is an interdisciplinary plan offered jointly by the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Both materials science and nanoscience have been very active research areas during the past few decades, and are now having a major impact in diverse fields, ranging from manufacturing to materials technology to nanomedicine to renewable energy to computer technology. This plan is aimed at students interested in learning about and working in these rapidly evolving fields and is distinct from the more applied Nanotechnology Engineering plan offered through the Faculty of Engineering. It is designed for students who are motivated by, and interested in, the fundamental building blocks of materials and devices, both at the macroscopic and nanometer scales.

Honours Materials and Nanosciences meets admission requirements for graduate programs in chemistry, and would be particularly suitable for admission into nanoscience and nanotechnology graduate programs. It is also intended for students who wish to find employment in industries associated with such fields as alternative energy sources, information technology, emerging materials, and biomedical therapies and diagnostics.

Continuing in Honours Materials and Nanosciences (regular and co-op) requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 60% and a minimum cumulative Science average of 60%.

Successful completion requires:

  1. 21.25 units distributed as follows:
  2. Enrolment in MNS 10 when offered.
  3. Co-operative program requirements (when applicable) that include:

Note

Students wishing to take CHEM 264 instead of CHEM 266 must obtain permission from
the instructor of CHEM 266L to override the prerequisite of CHEM 266.

List of Program Electives

CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding
CHEM 220 Intro Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 220L Quantitative Chemical Analysis Laboratory    
CHEM 221 Multi-Component Analysis
CHEM 237 Introductory Biochemistry
CHEM 237L Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory
CHEM 267 Basic Organic Chemistry 2
CHEM 267L Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 310 Transition Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials
CHEM 333 Metabolism 1
CHEM 340 Introductory Computational Chemistry
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics
CHEM 357 Physical Biochemistry
CHEM 400 Special Topics in Chemistry
CHEM 430 Special Topics in Biochemistry
CHEM 494A Research Project and CHEM 494B Research Project
PHYS 225 Modelling Life Physics
PHYS 242L Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
PHYS 256 Geometrical and Physical Optics
PHYS 256L Optics Laboratory
PHYS 260L Intermediate Physics Laboratory
PHYS 267 Probability, Statistics, and Data Analysis for Physics and Astronomy
PHYS 280 Introduction to Biophysics
PHYS 335 Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS 360A Modern Physics Laboratory 1
PHYS 360B Modern Physics Laboratory 2
PHYS 364 Mathematical Physics 1
PHYS 365 Mathematical Physics 2
PHYS 380 Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
PHYS 391 Electronics
PHYS 391L Electronics Laboratory
PHYS 396 Biophysics of Imaging
PHYS 437A Research Project and PHYS 437B Research Project (continued)
PHYS 434 Quantum Physics 3
PHYS 435 Current Topics in Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS 461 Nanophysics

Recommended Course Sequences

See regular plan.

See co-op plan.


Office of the Registrar
University of Waterloo
Ira G. Needles Hall
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519-888-4567