This four-year program is ideal for those students interested in an Honours (120-credit) degree and wishing to develop a Major in Chemistry but with less specialization than in the Specialized Honours program, and without needing to match it with a Major or a Minor in another subject. This provides a student with the opportunity to take Chemistry with the flexibility to add several courses from another discipline or from a combination of disciplines, for instance to prepare for medicine and other health professions or to develop several subjects for a teaching career.
This degree program may be suitable for graduate studies in Chemistry or in an interdisciplinary area, depending on course selections. [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: CHEM 3030 3.0 or 3050 3.0 or 3080 4.0, and at least 12 other CHEM credits at the 4000 level (which will require at least two 3-credit courses) (see Note 3)
- 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 4); PHYS 1011 3.0 & 1012 3.0 or PHYS 1411 3.0 & 1412 3.0 or PHYS 1421 3.0 & 1422 3.0 (see Note 5); 9 other non-CHEM science credits to include at least 3 above the 1000 level (see Note 6)
- 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 42 total credits at the 3000 or 4000 levels, and at least 120 credits in total
- A cumulated grade point average of 5.0 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.
- Depending on 4000-level course selections, some additional 3000-level prerequisites may be needed above the minimum requirement; those taken in excess of the minimum will usefully contribute toward the total upper-year credits required. CHEM 4100 6.0 will not count towards the 4000 - level degree requirement.
- 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 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 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 (i.e. those that are course credit exclusions with required courses) and all NATS courses.