The three-year BSc degree in Chemistry is composed of courses predominantly in Chemistry but also including requirements in computer science, mathematics, physics, and other science courses of your choice, as well as general education requirements in Humanities and/or Social Sciences.
The first two years of this program are identical to those of the Honours degrees, for easy transferability.
The program is not suitable for those wishing to enter into a post-graduate degree program in Chemistry. [More on suitability for graduate studies]
Degree Requirements
- Required CHEM Courses: CHEM 1000 3.0, CHEM 1001 3.0, CHEM 2000 3.0 (see Note 1), CHEM 2011 3.0, CHEM 2020 3.0, CHEM 2021 3.0, CHEM 2030 3.0, CHEM 2050 4.0 (see Note 2), CHEM 2080 4.0, CHEM 3000 3.0, CHEM 3001 3.0
- Recommended Additional Courses: CHEM 3080 4.0 (especially for students contemplating industrial careers)
- Upper-level CHEM Courses: at least 15 other CHEM credits at the 3000 or 4000 levels
- Science Breadth Courses: LE/EECS 1020 3.0 or 1520 3.0 or 1530 3.0 or 1540 3.0; MATH 1013 3.0 and MATH 1014 3.0 (see Note 3); PHYS 1011 3.0 & 1012 3.0 or 1411 3.0 & 1412 3.0 or 1421 3.0 & 1422 3.0 (see Note 4); 9 other non-CHEM science credits to include at least 3 above the 1000 level (see Note 5)
- Non-Science Breadth Courses: 12 credits in eligible non-science General Education courses in at least two subjects
- Additional electives in any subject and at any level to achieve at least 90 credits in total
- A cumulated grade point average of 4.0 over all courses
Notes:
- CHEM 2000 3.0 is a required course for students who entered the Faculty of Science as of Fall 2021 or later.
- Students transferring from another program with credit in both BCHM/BIOL 2020 3.0 and BIOL 2070 3.0 are exempted from taking CHEM 2050 4.0. Students with credit in one but not the other should consult the Undergraduate Program Director on how to proceed. Except for one degree program, Chemistry majors are not normally permitted to take those courses.
- Students transferring from another program with credit in other MATH courses may be wholly or partially exempted. For instance, transferring students with credit in MATH 1505 6.0, MATH 1506 3.0 and MATH 1507 3.0 may be exempted from MATH 1013 3.0 or from both MATH 1013 3.0 and MATH 1014 3.0, depending on the grade earned. Chemistry majors are not normally permitted to take MATH 1505 6.0, MATH 1506 3.0 and MATH 1507 3.0 and should in general not take MATH courses that are course credit exclusions of MATH 1013 3.0 or MATH 1014 3.0 except by permission from the Undergraduate Program Director.
- PHYS 1010 6.0, PHYS 1410 6.0 AND PHYS 1420 6.0 are also suitable Science Breadth Courses
- With the exceptions below, eligible non-major science courses are those in BCHM, BIOL, BPHS, EATS, EECS (formerly CSE), ENVB, GEOG, MATH and PHYS that are not cross-listed with a CHEM course, nor a course credit exclusion with a CHEM course. Also eligible are designated science courses in PSYC and KINE, as well as STS courses that are not cross-listed with a non-science course.
Ineligible are BIOL 1500 3.0, MATH 1510 3.0, MATH 1515 3.0, MATH 1520 3.0, PHYS 1510 4.0, most ISCI courses and all NATS courses.