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Program Requirements

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 (59 credits)

The required courses in this program consist of 59 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.

• 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 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

  Instructors: Sirjoosingh, Pallavi; Lumb, Jean-Philip; Vlaho, Danielle (Fall) Vlaho, Danielle; Pavelka, Laura; Luedtke, Nathan (Winter) Vlaho, Danielle; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi; Pavelka, Laura (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 2021

  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 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 2021, Winter 2022

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

  • Fall, Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent.

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken an equivalent Organic 2 at CEGEP (see Æ»¹ûÒùÔº 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 2021

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Mauzeroll, Janine; 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 2022

  Instructors: Gauthier, Jean-Marc; McCalla, Eric Russell (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 2022

  Instructors: Légaré, Marc-Andre (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 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 2022

  Instructors: Auclair, Karine (Winter)

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 222 and CHEM 273.

  • Corequisite(s): CHEM 302

  • Restriction(s): Restricted to Chemistry Majors/Honours 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 : Survey of the physical and chemical structure-function relationships defining advanced materials, including an introduction to basic materials science and characterization. Topics include supramolecular polymers, self-healing materials, advanced surfaces and adhesives, bio-inspired materials, shape memory materials, sensors and actuators, and photonic materials.

  Terms: Winter 2022

  Instructors: Harrington, Matthew (Winter)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 110/CHEM 120 and PHYS101/PHYS 102 or PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or CEGEP Physics and Chemistry, or equivalent. Prerequisite or Corequisite: one of CHEM 203, CHEM 204, CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or equivalent; or one of PHYS 230 and PHYS 232, or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.

• 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 2021

  Instructors: Reven, Linda (Fall)

  • Fall

  • Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, 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 2022

  Instructors: Reven, Linda (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 2022

  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, atomic spectroscopy and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and common methods of atomic determinations using flames/furnaces/plasma sources.

  Terms: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Thibodeaux, Christopher; Sewall, Samuel Lewis (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 2022

  Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (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 2021

  Instructors: Bohle, Scott (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: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

  Instructors: Vlaho, Danielle; Huot, Mitchell (Fall) 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 493 Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)

  Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

  Overview

  Chemistry : Selected experiments to illustrate more advanced physico-chemical principles.

  Terms: Fall 2021, Winter 2022

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

  • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 273 and CHEM 345 or permission of the instructor.

  • Corequisite(s): CHEM 355

  • 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 2022

  Instructors: Kakkar, Ashok K; 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 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

  Instructors: Allen, Patrick; Lumley, Allysa (Fall) Trudeau, Sidney (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.

• 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 2021

  Instructors: Chiang, Hsin Cynthia (Fall)

  • Fall

  • 2 hours lectures

  • Prerequisites: CEGEP Physics, MATH 222

Complementary Course (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

• 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: Winter 2022

  Instructors: Andrews, Mark P (Winter)

  • Winter

  • Prerequisite: CHEM 381

• 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: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Andrews, Mark P (Fall)

  • Fall

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

  • Corequisites: one of CHEM 345, PHYS 357, or PHYS 346 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: Fall 2021

  Instructors: Kakkar, Ashok K (Fall)

  • Fall

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

• 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 2022

  Instructors: van de Ven, Theo (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 2021, Winter 2022, Summer 2022

  Instructors: Paquette, Courtney (Fall) Bélanger-Rioux, Rosalie (Winter) Roth, Charles (Summer)

  • Prerequisite: MATH 222.

  • Corequisite: MATH 133.

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