Program Overview

Program Overview

The Major Chemistry program is a 60-unit program that involves investigating the substances that make up our physical world and how they change. Chemistry touches everything we come into contact with and is connected to almost all areas of science and engineering. For example, chemists play a vital role in developing new drugs, understanding and modifying biological processes, and making materials for advanced electronic devices.

Program Description

The Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences at the Faculty of Science offers chemistry, biochemistry, and biopharmaceutical science programs with unique options in medicinal chemistry, genomics, advanced materials chemistry, ecochemistry, and chemical biology. In addition to classroom teaching, programs offer practical laboratory training with a focus on individual instruction. This program is offered in English and in French. Co-operative education is available when taken as part of an honours degree. The French immersion stream is available when taken as part of an honours degree.

Program Requirements

The program requires the following courses:

• CHM 1311: Principles of Chemistry (3 Units)
• CHM 1321: Organic Chemistry I (3 Units)
• MAT 1320: Calculus I (3 Units)
• MAT 1322: Calculus II (3 Units)
• PHY 1121: Fundamentals of Physics I (3 Units)
• PHY 1122: Fundamentals of Physics II (3 Units)
• BCH 2333: Introduction to Biochemistry (3 Units)
• CHM 2120: Organic Chemistry II (3 Units)
• CHM 2123: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry II (3 Units)
• CHM 2131: Chemical Thermodynamics of Gases and Solutions (3 Units)
• CHM 2330: Physical Chemistry: Introduction to the Molecular Properties of Matter (3 Units)
• CHM 2353: Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (3 Units)
• CHM 2354: Analytical Chemistry (3 Units)
• 3 optional course units in chemistry (CHM) at the 2000, 3000, or 4000 level (3 Units)
• 12 optional course units in chemistry (CHM) at the 3000 or 4000 level (12 Units)
• 6 optional course units in chemistry (CHM) at the 4000 level (6 Units) Total: 60 Units

Additional Requirements

Please note that all programs in the Faculty of Science require a minimum of 12 elective course units from the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Social Sciences, or the Telfer School of Management.