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Science Academic Programs and Plans

Chemistry

Honours Chemistry

Advisors: See Faculty of Science academic advisors.

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

Continuing in Honours Chemistry (regular and co-op) requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 60% and a minimum cumulative average of 60% in all Chemistry lecture courses.

Successful completion requires:

  1. 22.0 units distributed as follows:
  2. Co-operative program requirements (when applicable).

Additional conditions:

  1. A maximum of 3.0 units of SCI courses can be used.
  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 plan.

Note

Students may not take the following courses for credit: CHEM 266, CHEM 266L, CHEM 267,CHEM 267L.

List of Program Electives

CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 224L Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory
CHEM 310 Transition Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials
CHEM 310L Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 313 Main Group and Solid State Chemistry
CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
CHEM 331 Fundamentals of Metabolism 1
CHEM 333 Metabolism 1
CHEM 340 Introductory Computational Chemistry
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics and Statistical Mechanics
CHEM 350L Physical Chemistry Laboratory 2
CHEM 357 Physical Biochemistry
CHEM 360 Organic Chemistry 3
CHEM 360L Senior Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 363 Organic Process Chemistry
CHEM 370 Introduction to Polymer Science
CHEM 381 Bioorganic Chemistry
CHEM 382L Advanced Organic Synthesis Laboratory
CHEM 383 Medicinal Chemistry
CHEM 400 Special Topics in Chemistry
CHEM 404 Physicochemical Aspects of Natural Waters
CHEM 430 Special Topics in Biochemistry
CHEM 432 Metabolism 2
CHEM 433 Advanced Biochemistry
CHEM 464 Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry
CHEM 481 Rational Design of Potential Drug Candidates
CHEM 494A Research Project
CHEM 494B Research Project

Recommended Course Sequences

See regular plan.

See co-op plan.


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