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Major Programme Requirement (admitted in 2017-18 or thereafter)

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, 2270, 2300, 2310, 2320, 2400, 2408, 2820,

2830, 2850, 3130, 3220, 3320, 3410, 3810, 3830, 3860, 3870
37
3. Elective Courses: 12
(a) One combination from CHEM3230/3820 and CHEM3330/3840  
(b) One combination from CHEM4030/4040 and CHEM4980/4990 (with Department approval)  
(c) Two courses from the following lists, but no more than one non-CHEM course:  
(i) Undergraduate electives: BCHE4010#, CHEM4100, 4200, 4302, 4400, 4430, 4440, 4630, 4640, 4710, 4720, 4730, 4780, 4781, 4784, 4785, 4788 , CMBI4002#, ENSC4525#, 4535#, ESSC3220#, PHYS3021#, 3022#, 4031#
or
 
(ii) Graduate electives (with Department approval): CHEM5080, 5302, 5530, 5540, 5550, 5620, 5630, 5642, 5660, 5680, 5780, 5781, 5782, 5783, 5784, 5910, 5930  
  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] All Chemistry students are required to take at least one course from PHYS1001, 1002 and 1111 including the ones listed under the Faculty Package.