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Program Requirements

Note: Attainment of the Honours degree requires a CGPA of at least 3.00.

Program Prerequisites

PRE-PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:

Students entering from the Freshman program must have included CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or CHEM 115, BIOL 111 or BIOL 112, MATH 133, MATH 140/MATH 141 or MATH 150/MATH 151, PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or their equivalents in their Freshman 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 (65 credits)

The required courses in this program consist of 68 credits in chemistry, physics and mathematics, listed below. The courses marked with an asterisk (*) are omitted from the program of students who have successfully completed them at the CEGEP level but the Chemistry courses must be replaced by courses in that discipline if students wish to be eligible for admission to the Ordre des chimistes du Québec. Students from outside Quebec or transfer students should consult the Academic Adviser.
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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. Physics PHYS 242 should be completed during U2.
* Denotes courses with CEGEP equivalents.
** Students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 are not required to take MATH 222.
*** Students may take up to 12 Research Project credits but only 6 of these may be used to fulfil the program requirement.

• CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) *

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018

  Instructors: Pavelka, Laura; Daoust, Michel; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Sleiman, Hanadi (Fall) Lumb, Jean-Philip; Huot, Mitchell; Daoust, Michel; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Vlaho, Danielle (Winter) Vlaho, Danielle; Daoust, Michel; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Summer)

  • Fall, Winter, Summer

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.

  • Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 or equivalent

  • Each lab section is limited enrolment

  • Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().

• CHEM 222 Introductory Organic Chemistry 2 (4 credits) *

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018

  Instructors: Pavelka, Laura; Daoust, Michel; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Perepichka, Dmytro (Fall) Moitessier, Nicolas; Huot, Mitchell; Daoust, Michel; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Vlaho, Danielle (Winter) Huot, Mitchell; Daoust, Michel; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Summer)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken an equivalent Organic 2 at CEGEP (see ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University Basic Math and Sciences Equivalence Table at ) or who have or are taking CHEM 234.

• CHEM 223 Introductory Physical Chemistry 1 (2 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Kinetics 1: Gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions. Thermodynamics: Zeroth law of thermodynamics. First law of thermodynamics, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies. Second law of thermodynamics; the entropy and free energy functions. Third law of thermodynamics, absolute entropies, free energies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Blum, Amy (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent, PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.

  • Corequisite: MATH 222 or equivalent.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204.

  • Note: Chemistry Honours and Majors must take CHEM 283 either simultaneously or the semester following CHEM 223.

• CHEM 243 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2 (2 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Heterogeneous equilibrium: phase rule and phase diagrams. Ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility. Electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory. Kinetics 2: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Cosa, Gonzalo (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 223.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 204. Permission of instructor.

  • Note: Chemistry Honours and Majors that have not taken CHEM 283 should do so concurrently with CHEM 243.

• CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Qualitative and quantitative analysis. A survey of methods of analysis including theory and practice of semimicro qualitative analysis and representative gravimetric, volumetric and instrumental methods. The laboratory component includes introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Hamier, Jan; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Mauzeroll, Janine (Fall)

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or equivalent

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 287 or CHEM 297

• CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Basic concepts of electronic structure and molecular bonding will be developed and applied to the understanding of common materials. Acid-base chemistry. Survey of the chemistry of the main group elements. Introduction to coordination and organometallic chemistry.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Kakkar, Ashok K (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.

• CHEM 283 Physical Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : An introduction to experiments and data analysis in physical chemistry.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Stein, Robin Stephanie (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent.

  • Corequisite(s): CHEM 223 or CHEM 243

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 253.

  • This course should be taken with either CHEM 223 or CHEM 243.

• CHEM 302 Introductory Organic Chemistry 3 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Topics covered may include the following: Aromatic compounds, heterocyclic chemistry, sulfur and phosphorus chemistry, organosulfur and organophosphorus compounds, and biomolecules such as lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids, polypeptides, DNA and RNA.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Gleason, James L; Damha, Masad J (Fall)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.

• CHEM 332 Biological Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : An introduction to biological chemistry. Topics will include chemistry and structure of proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids; protein and nucleic acid biosynthesis; enzyme kinetics and mechanisms; membranes and membrane transport; bioenergetics; redox reactions in biological chemistry; gene expression; cloning, RNA and antibody technologies; genomics and proteomics.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Mittermaier, Anthony; Thibodeaux, Christopher (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 222 and CHEM 243.

  • Corequisite(s): CHEM 302

  • Restriction(s): Restricted to Chemistry Majors/Honors only except by permission of instructor.

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or have taken BIOL 200 or BIOL 201.

• CHEM 334 Advanced Materials (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : The physicochemical properties of advanced materials. Topics discussed include photonics, information storage, 'smart' materials, biomaterials, clean energy materials, porous materials, and polymers.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Harrington, Matthew (Winter)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110/CHEM 120 and PHYS 101/PHYS 102 or PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or CEGEP Physics and Chemistry, or equivalent. Prerequisite or Corerequisite: one of CHEM 203, CHEM 204, CHEM 223 and CHEM 243, CHEM 214 or equivalent; or one of PHYS 230 and PHYS 232, or equivalent; or permission of instructor.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 334.

• CHEM 345 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : An introduction to quantum chemistry covering the historical development, wave theory, methods of quantum mechanics, and applications of quantum chemistry.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Reven, Linda G (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 223 and CHEM 243, and PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.

• CHEM 355 Applications of Quantum Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A survey of the principles of electronic, vibrational and rotational spectroscopy. Magnetic resonance and computational methods.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Reven, Linda G (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 345, PHYS 242, or permission of instructor

• CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics (2 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Molecular basis of thermodynamics with applications to ideal gases and simple solids. Topics to be covered will include: calculation of thermodynamic functions, chemical equilibrium constants, Einstein and Debye models of solids, absolute reaction rate theory, Debye-Hückel theory of strong electrolytes.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Ronis, David M (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 345

• CHEM 367 Instrumental Analysis 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : An introduction to modern instrumental analysis emphasizing chromatography, electrochemical methods and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and advanced electro-analysis techniques

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Thibodeaux, Christopher; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 267.

  • Each lab section is limited enrolment

• CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Spectroscopic methods of analysis will be studied with respect to fundamentals, operational aspects and instrument design. Topics will range from UV-visible to x-ray spectrometry. Methodologies will be evaluated with respect to their application in spectrometric systems. Laboratory automation will be studied and applied in the laboratory.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Preston, Thomas; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 367

  • Each lab section is limited enrolment

• CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Introduction to transition metal chemistry, coordination numbers and geometry, and nomenclature will be followed by a discussion of crystal field theory and its applications to problems in spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Several aspects related to applications of organometallic compounds in catalysis and bioinorganic systems will be discussed.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Bohle, David (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 281.

  • Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students

• CHEM 392 Integrated Inorganic/Organic Laboratory (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A program of modules is selected in consultation with the laboratory staff. The experimental modules consist of projects related to the theoretical principles, synthetic techniques and instrumental methods used in modern organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry, including aspects of green chemistry and nanochemistry.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Huot, Mitchell; Pavelka, Laura (Fall) Huot, Mitchell; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Vlaho, Danielle (Winter)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite/corequisites: CHEM 381 and CHEM 302. Advanced laboratory for Chemistry Honours and Major students. Students enrolled in CHEM 392 are strongly advised to choose the D option.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 362.

• CHEM 470 Research Project 1 (6 credits) ***

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A course designed to give students research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental and /or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.

  Terms: Summer 2018, Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Lumb, Jean-Philip (Summer) Butler, Ian Sydney (Fall) Butler, Ian Sydney (Winter)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only

• CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Selected experiments to illustrate physico-chemical principles more advanced than those of CHEM 253 and CHEM 263.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Kambhampati, Patanjali (Fall) Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 253 and CHEM 345 or permission of instructor

  • Corequisite(s): CHEM 355

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 393.

  • Fall, Winter

  • Each lab section has limited enrolment.

• CHEM 574 Introductory Polymer Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A survey course on the structure of polymers, kinetics and mechanisms of polymer and copolymer synthesis; characterization and molecular weight distributions; polymer microstructure, the thermodynamics of polymer solutions; the crystalline and amorphous states, rubber elasticity and structure-property relationships.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Barrett, Christopher (Winter)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 or CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or CHEM 233 (for engineering students only), or permission of the instructor.

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 455 or CHEM 674.

• MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) **

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Taylor series, Taylor's theorem in one and several variables. Review of vector geometry. Partial differentiation, directional derivative. Extreme of functions of 2 or 3 variables. Parametric curves and arc length. Polar and spherical coordinates. Multiple integrals.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018

  Instructors: Drury, Stephen W; Laaksonen, Niko (Fall) Drury, Stephen W (Winter) Al Balushi, Ibrahim (Summer)

  • Prerequisite: MATH 141. Familiarity with vector geometry or Corequisite: MATH 133

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP course 201-303 or MATH 150, MATH 151 or MATH 227

• PHYS 242 Electricity and Magnetism (2 credits)

  Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Physics : Properties of electromagnetic fields, dipole and quadropole fields and their interactions, chemical binding of molecules, electromagnetic properties of materials, Maxwell's equations and properties of electromagnetic waves, propagation of waves in media.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Guo, Hong (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 2 hours lectures

  • Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics, MATH 222

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 credits from the following:
* Students take either ANAT 542 or MIME 542.

• ANAT 542 Transmission Electron Microscopy (3 credits) *

  Offered by: Anatomy and Cell Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Anatomy & Cell Biology : Comprehensive study of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Theory, principles and practical applications of imaging, analysis and advanced sample preparation relevant to biological and non-biological materials.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Bui, Khanh Huy; Siwick, Bradley (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor

  • 2 hours of lecture per week, 3 hours of laboratories per week with an optional 2 hours of tutorials per week. The maximum number of students is 20. For students in science, engineering and life sciences.

• CHEM 462 Green Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : New reactions and methods which can be used for the production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks; the use of new environmentally benign solvents, catalysts and reagents; organic reactions in aqueous media and in supercritical carbon dioxide; bio-catalysis and bio-processes.

  Terms: Fall 2017

  Instructors: Li, Chaojun (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 381

• CHEM 531 Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Structure, bonding, synthesis, properties and applications of covalent, ionic, metallic crystals, and amorphous solids. Defect structures and their use in synthesis of specialty materials such as electronic conductors, semiconductors, and superconductors, and solid electrolytes. Basic principles of composite materials and applications of chemistry to materials processing.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 381

• CHEM 533 Small Molecule Crystallography (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Fundamentals of x-ray diffraction related to small molecule structure resolution, space groups, diffraction theory, strategies for structure solution, and refinement will be covered.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Bohle, David (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 355 or permission of instructor.

• CHEM 534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Topics discussed include scanning probe microscopy, chemical self-assembly, computer modelling, and microfabrication/micromachining.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 434 or PHYS 334 or permission of instructor

  • Corequisites: one of CHEM 345, PHYS 357, or PHYS 446 or permission of instructor

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 534

• CHEM 571 Polymer Synthesis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A survey of polymer preparation and characterization; mechanisms of chain growth, including free radical, cationic, anionic, condensation and transition metal-mediated polymerization, and the effects of these mechanisms on polymer architecture; preparation of alternating, block, graft and stereoblock copolymers; novel macromolecular structures including dendrimers and other nanostructures.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Kakkar, Ashok K (Winter)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 302 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

• CHEM 582 Supramolecular Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Introduction to supramolecular organization will be followed by discussions on the nature of interactions and methodologies to create ordered aggregates of high complexity. Potential of supramolecular chemistry in fabricating smart materials will be explored using specific topics including inclusion chemistry, dendrimers, molecular self-assembly and crystal engineering.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 222, CHEM 381

• CHEM 585 Colloid Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Principles of the physical chemistry of phase boundaries. Electrical double layer theory; van der Waals forces; Brownian motion; kinetics of coagulation; electrokinetics; light scattering; solid/liquid interactions; adsorption; surfactants; hydrodynamic interactions; rheology of dispersions.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Van de Ven, Theodorus G (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 345, MATH 233 and MATH 315, PHYS 241 and PHYS 242. Students who haven't taken CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 must have taken CHEM 273 or permission of instructor.

• MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : First order ordinary differential equations including elementary numerical methods. Linear differential equations. Laplace transforms. Series solutions.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018

  Instructors: Nave, Jean-Christophe (Fall) Lessard, Jean-Philippe (Winter) Roth, Charles (Summer)

  • Prerequisite: MATH 222.

  • Corequisite: MATH 133.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 325.

• MIME 260 Materials Science and Engineering (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Mining & Materials Engineering : Structure properties and fabrication of metals, polymers, ceramics, composites; engineering properties: tensile, fracture, creep, oxidation, corrosion, friction, wear; fabrication and joining methods; principles of materials selection.

  Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018

  Instructors: Gauvin, Raynald; Paray, Florence (Fall) Yue, Stephen; Paray, Florence (Winter)

  • (2-2-5)

• MIME 542 Transmission Electron Microscopy (3 credits) *

  Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Mining & Materials Engineering : Comprehensive study of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Theory, principles and practical application of imaging, analysis and advanced sample preparation relevant to biological and non-biological materials.

  Terms: Winter 2018

  Instructors: Gauvin, Raynald (Winter)

  • (2-2-4)

  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor