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Major Programme Requirement (Applicable to students admitted in 2015-16)

Chemistry

Students are required to complete a minimum of 58 units of courses as follows:

  Units
1. Faculty Package (for Major, Enrichment Stream, and Testing and Accreditation Stream): 9
  Group B: CHEM1070
Group C: MATH1520 (preferred) or 1010 or 1550
A course from the following
Group A: LSCI1000 or 1001 or 1002
Group D[a]: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111
Group E: STAT1011 or 1012		  
2. Required Courses:
CHEM2120, 2200[c], 2270, 2300[c], 2310[c], 2320, 2400, 2408, 2820, 2830, 2850, 3130[c], 3220, 3320[c], 3410[c], 3810, 3830, 3860, 3870		 37
3. Elective Courses: 12
(a) One combination from CHEM3230/3820 or CHEM3330/3840  
(b) One combination from: CHEM4030/4040 or CHEM4980/4990 (with approval from the Department)  
(c) Two courses from the following lists, but no more than one non-CHEM course:  
Undergraduate electives:
CHEM4100, 4200, 4302, 4400, 4430, 4440, 4630, 4640, 4710, 4720, 4730, 4780, 4781, 4784, 4785, 4788 		 
CHEM courses at 5000 levellevel (with approval from the Department):
CHEM5080, 5301, 5302, 5530, 5540, 5550, 5560, 5620, 5630, 5642, 5660, 5680, 5780, 5781, 5782, 5783, 5784, 5910, 5930		  
Non-CHEM courses:
BCHE4010#, CMBI4002#, ENSC4525#, 4535#, ESSC3220#, PHYS3021#, 3022#, 4031#		  
  Total:
58
Explanatory Notes:
1. CHEM courses at 2000 and above level as well as those labeled as # will be included in the calculation of Major GPA for honours classification.
2. Potential students majoring in Chemistry are strongly recommended to take CHEM1870 as basic training to prepare for laboratory classes in upper years.
3. A student in the final year of attendance may, under special circumstances and with written approval from the Department, select CHEM4480 and/or 4490 to substitute up to two units of any lecture or laboratory courses in the Chemistry Programme.
[a] Students majoring in Chemistry who have not taken one course from either PHYS1001, 1002 or 1111 in the Faculty Package will have to take and pass one of them before graduation. This course will be used to substitute one elective course in the graduation requirement.
[b] Students who have taken both CHEM4780 and 4784 can use one of the courses to fulfill the Elective Courses requirement as prescribed in 3(c).
[c] Course units of the following CHEM courses will be revised from 2 to 3 units with effect from the academic year listed below. Students admitted before 2019-20 should have already taken these courses before the revision.

 

Courses Effective year
CHEM2200, 2300 and 2310 2020-21
CHEM3130, 3320 and 3410 2021-22
@Students may take CHEM4030 / 4040 or CHEM4980 / 4990 as a substitute for STAR4000.