Chemistry Major (B.Sc.)
59 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Program Prerequisites
Pre-Program Prerequisites
Students entering from the Foundation program must have included CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 , BIOL 112 , MATH 133 , MATH 140 / MATH 141 or MATH 150 / MATH 151 , PHYS 101 / PHYS 102 or PHYS 131 / PHYS 142 , or their equivalents in their Foundation year. Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses. Note that students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 do not have to take MATH 222 .
Required Courses (53 credits)
A computer science course, either COMP 202 or COMP 208 , is strongly recommended during U1 for students who have no previous introduction to computer programming. Students should contact their adviser on this matter. Completion of Mathematics MATH 222 during U1 is also strongly recommended.
- CHEM 213 Introductory Physical Chemistry 1: Thermodynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 242 Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry and Biochemistry (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 252 Organic Chemistry 2 for Chemistry and Biochemistry (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 273 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2: Kinetics and Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 302 Introductory Organic Chemistry 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 332 Biological Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 345 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 355 Applications of Quantum Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics (2 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 367 Instrumental Analysis 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 392 Experimental Chemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- PHYS 242 Electricity and Magnetism (2 credits) · Offered: Winter
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits of Chemistry (CHEM) courses at the 400 level or higher, or MATH 315 plus 3 credits of Chemistry courses at the 400 level or higher.
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