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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 (63 credits)

The required courses in this program consist of 63 credits in chemistry 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 and MATH 315 during U1 is also strongly recommended.

* Denotes courses with CEGEP equivalents.
** Students who have successfully completed MATH 150 and MATH 151 are not required to take MATH 222.

• 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 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021

  Instructors: Vlaho, Danielle; Pavelka, Laura; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Fall) Vlaho, Danielle; Luedtke, Nathan; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Winter) Vlaho, Danielle; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (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 ().

  • **Although this course follows a Tuesday/Thursday class schedule, the last class will be held on Friday, June 25 due to the statutory holiday on Thursday, June 24.

• CHEM 213 Introductory Physical Chemistry 1: Thermodynamics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Thermodynamics. Topics include gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies, the entropy and free energy functions, absolute entropies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states, phase rule and phase diagrams, ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility, electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory.

  Terms: Fall 2020

  Instructors: Blum, Amy (Fall)

  • Corequisite(s): MATH 222

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

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 223.

• CHEM 219 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as; a smog chamber, acid rain, and the ozone hole, will be examined.

  Terms: Winter 2021

  Instructors: Preston, Thomas (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, and one of MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150, or a CEGEP DEC in Science, or permission of instructor.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 219, CHEM 419, or ATOC 419

  • Offered in even years. Students should register in ATOC 219 in odd years

• 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 2020, Winter 2021

  Instructors: Auclair, Karine; Vlaho, Danielle; Pavelka, Laura (Fall) Vlaho, Danielle; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Winter)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken an equivalent Organic 2 at CEGEP (see 91ÉçÇø Basic Math and Sciences Equivalence Table at ) or who have or are taking CHEM 234.

• 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 2020

  Instructors: Mauzeroll, Janine; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (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 273 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2: Kinetics and Methods (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Kinetics: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry. Methods: physical chemistry laboratory, differential equations and linear algebra applied to physical chemistry, computation methods for data analysis and modeling

  Terms: Winter 2021

  Instructors: McCalla, Eric Russell; Ronis, David M; Gauthier, Jean-Marc (Winter)

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and MATH 222

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 243 and CHEM 283.

• 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 2021

  Instructors: Butler, Ian Sydney (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.

• 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 2020, Winter 2021

  Instructors: 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 2021

  Instructors: Auclair, Karine (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 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 2020

  Instructors: Reven, Linda (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 2021

  Instructors: Siwick, Bradley (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 2021

  Instructors: Simine, Yelena (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 2020

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Thibodeaux, Christopher (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 2021

  Instructors: Preston, Thomas; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi; Sewall, Samuel Lewis (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 2020

  Instructors: Butler, Ian Sydney (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 281.

  • Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students

• CHEM 392 Experimental Chemistry 1 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Experiments related to the theoretical principles, synthetic techniques and instrumental methods used in modern experimental chemistry, including aspects of green chemistry and nanochemistry.

  Terms: Winter 2021

  Instructors: Vlaho, Danielle; Huot, Mitchell (Winter)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite/corequisites: CHEM 381 and CHEM 302. Advanced laboratory for Chemistry Honours and Majors students.

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

  • 2 hours Drop-in lab

  • 4 hours laboratory

• 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 2020

  Instructors: Moores, Audrey (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 381

• 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 283.

  Terms: Fall 2020, Winter 2021

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Mittermaier, Anthony (Fall) Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Mittermaier, Anthony (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 283 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 519 Advances in Chemistry of Atmosphere (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Selected areas of atmospheric chemistry from field and laboratory to theoretical modelling are examined. The principles of atmospheric reactions (gas, liquid and heterogeneous phases in aerosols and clouds) and issues related to chemical global change will be explored.

  Terms: Winter 2021

  Instructors: Ariya, Parisa A (Winter)

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 243, CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, MATH 222 and MATH 315 (or equivalents) or permission of instructor.

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 419, CHEM 619, ATOC 419, ATOC 519 or ATOC 619.

  • Winter

  • 3 lectures

  • Offered in even years. Students should register in ATOC 519 in odd years.

• 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 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021

  Instructors: Fortier, Jérôme; Kelome, Djivede (Fall) Vetois, Jerome (Winter) Trudeau, Sidney (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 262.

• 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 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021

  Instructors: Paquette, Courtney (Fall) Shirazi, Mohammad (Winter) Roth, Charles (Summer)

  • Prerequisite: MATH 222.

  • Corequisite: MATH 133.

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

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

6 credits of research*:
* Students may take up to 12 Research Project credits but only 6 of these may be used to fulfil the program requirement.

• 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 2021, Fall 2020, Winter 2021

  Instructors: Légaré, Marc-Andre (Summer) Luedtke, Nathan (Fall) Luedtke, Nathan (Winter)

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite: registration by Departmental permission only

  • **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.

• CHEM 480 Undergraduate Research Project 2 (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A course designed to give students additional 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 or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.

  Terms: Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis (Fall) Sewall, Samuel Lewis (Winter) Sewall, Samuel Lewis (Summer)

  • Fall, Winter, Summer

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.

  • **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.

3 credits, one of:

• ATOC 214 Introduction: Physics of the Atmosphere (3 credits)

  Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences : An introduction to physical meteorology designed for students in the physical sciences. Topics include: composition of the atmosphere; heat transfer; the upper atmosphere; atmospheric optics; formation of clouds and precipitation; instability; adiabatic charts.

  Terms: Fall 2020, Winter 2021

  Instructors: Zuend, Andreas (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lecture

  • Prerequisite: CEGEP Physics, or the combination of PHYS 131 and PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.

• CHEM 532 Structural Organic Chemistry (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : A practical course on the application of modern spectroscopic methods for the determination of structures of complex organic and organometallic compounds.

  Terms: Fall 2020

  Instructors: Gleason, James L; Wahba, Alexander; Stein, Robin Stephanie (Fall)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 302

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 352

  • 3 hours lecture

  • 1 hour Drop-in lab

• MATH 317 Numerical Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Error analysis. Numerical solutions of equations by iteration. Interpolation. Numerical differentiation and integration. Introduction to numerical solutions of differential equations.

  Terms: Fall 2020

  Instructors: Bartello, Peter (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: MATH 315 or MATH 325 or MATH 263, and COMP 202 or permission of instructor.

  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken COMP 350

3 credits, one of:

• ATOC 315 Thermodynamics and Convection (3 credits)

  Offered by: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences : Buoyancy, stability, and vertical oscillations. Dry and moist adiabatic processes. Resulting dry and precipitating convective circulations from the small scale to the global scale. Mesoscale precipitation systems from the cell to convective complexes. Severe convection, downbursts, mesocyclones.

  Terms: Fall 2020

  Instructors: Ioannidou, Evangelia (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lecture

  • Prerequisites: ATOC 214 and MATH 222

• CHEM 567 Chemometrics: Data Analysis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Topics covered include; factorial analysis of chemical spectra, pattern recognition from multisensor data, linear and nonlinear optimization for the determination of optimal reaction conditions, molecular modelling, multisensor calibration, etc.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year.

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: Linear Algebra and experience in some computer programming language

• CHEM 575 Chemical Kinetics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Kinetic laws, measurement of reaction rates, transition state and collision theory, experimental techniques in reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms, RRKM theory, Marcus theory of electron transfer, photochemistry and catalysis. Recent developments and their application to chemical and biological problems. Elementary reactions in gas, solution and solid phases and on surfaces.

  Terms: Winter 2021

  Instructors: Cosa, Gonzalo (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 273 and CHEM 223/CHEM 243 (formerly CHEM 213).

• CHEM 597 Analytical Spectroscopy (3 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : The design and analytical use of spectroscopic instrumentation with respect to fundamental and practical limitations. Classical emission, fluorescence, absorption and chemical luminescence. Topics may include photo-acoustic spectroscopy, multielement analysis, X-ray fluorescence and modern multiwavelength detector systems.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year.

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 367 and CHEM 377

• EPSC 542 Chemical Oceanography (3 credits)

  Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Earth & Planetary Sciences : History of chemical oceanography. Seawater composition and definition of salinity/chlorinity. Minor and trace-element distribution in the ocean. Geochemical mass balance. Dissolved gases in sea water. CO2 and the carbonate system. Chemical speciation. Physical chemistry of seawater. Organic matter and the carbon cycle in the marine environment. Sediment geochemistry.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year.

  • Fall

  • 3 hours lectures

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 213, CHEM 257 or equivalents, or registration in the Graduate Program in Oceanography.