Honours Sustainable Chemistry (B.A.Sc.)

Admission Note

Students intending to complete CHEM 3PA3  are required to complete one of PHYSICS 1A03  or 1C03  in Level I. Completion of PHYSICS 1AA3  or 1CC3  is recommended.

Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including:

Program Notes

1. In some cases there are Level II and III prerequisites for Level III and IV courses. The prerequisites should be considered when choosing your Level II and III courses.
2. Students are encouraged to seek academic advising from the Departmental Undergraduate Advisor (email: advisor@chemistry.mcmaster.ca).
3. Certain Level IV courses are offered in alternate years. Students are advised to consider course offerings carefully in planning their course selection for Levels III and IV.

Course List 1

• CHEM 2A03 - Quantitative Chemical Analysis
• CHEM 2II3 - Introductory Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Bonding
• CHEM 2LB3 - Tools for Chemical Discovery
• CHEM 2OD3 - Synthesis and Function of Organic Molecules
• CHEM 2OG3 - Structure and Reactivity of Organic Molecules
• CHEM 2P03 - Applications of Physical Chemistry
• CHEM 2Q03 - Inquiry for Chemistry
• CHEM 3AA3 - Instrumental Analysis
• CHEM 3EP3 A/B S - Advanced Chemistry Placement
• CHEM 3I03 - Industrial Chemistry
• CHEM 3II3 - Introduction to Transition Metal Chemistry
• CHEM 3LA3 - Strategies for Chemical Discovery
• CHEM 3OA3 - Organic Synthesis
• CHEM 3PA3 - Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
• CHEM 3PC3 - Mathematical Tools for Chemical Problems
• CHEM 3RC3 - Radioisotopes in Medicine
• CHEM 3RP3 - Research Practicum in Chemistry
• CHEM 4AA3 - Recent Advances in Analytical Chemistry
• CHEM 4D03 - Organic Structure and Synthesis
• CHEM 4G12 A/B - Senior Thesis
• CHEM 4IA3 - Physical Methods of Inorganic Structure Determination
• CHEM 4IB3 - Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 4IC3 - Solid State Inorganic Materials: Structures, Properties, Characterization and Applications
• CHEM 4II3 - Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
• CHEM 4OA3 - Natural Products
• CHEM 4OB3 - Polymers and Organic Materials
• CHEM 4PB3 - Computational Models for Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding
• CHEM 4Q03 - Peer Tutoring in Chemistry
• CHEM 4RP6 A/B S - Research Project in Chemistry
• CHEM 4W03 - Natural and Synthetic Materials
• CHEMBIO 3BM3 - Implanted Biomaterials
• CHEMBIO 3OA3 - Organic Mechanistic Tools for Chemical Biology
• CHEMBIO 3OB3 - Structural Elucidation of Natural Products and Small Molecules
• CHEMBIO 3P03 - Biomolecular Interactions and Kinetics
• CHEMBIO 4A03 - Bio-Analytical Chemistry and Assay Development
• CHEMBIO 4OA3 - Natural Products
• CHEMBIO 4OB3 - Medicinal Chemistry: Drug Design and Development
• CHEMBIO 4Q03 - Peer Tutoring in Chemical Biology

Course List 2

• BIOLOGY 3ET3 - Ecotoxicology
• EARTHSC 2GG3 - Natural Disasters
• EARTHSC 3CC3 - Earth’s Changing Climate
• EARTHSC 4CC3 - Stable Isotopes in Earth and Environmental Systems
• ENVIRSC 2B03 - Soils and the Environment
• ENVIRSC 2C03 - Surface Climate Processes and Environmental Interactions
• ENVIRSC 2Q03 - Introduction to Environmental Geochemistry
• ENVIRSC 2WW3 - Water and the Environment
• ENVIRSC 3O03 - Contaminant Fate and Transport
• ENVIRSC 4EA3 - Environmental Assessment
• ENVIRSC 4N03 - Global Biogeochemical Cycles
• ENVSOCTY 2EI3 - Environment & Society: Challenges and Solutions
• ENVSOCTY 3EC3 - Environmental Catastrophes
• ENVSOCTY 3EE3 - Energy and Society
• ENVSOCTY 3ER3 - Sustainability and the Economy
• ENVSOCTY 4HH3 - Environment and Health
• HTHSCI 4MS3 - The Social Lives of Molecules
• LIFESCI 2X03 - Environmental Change and Human Health
• POLSCI 3GC3 - Politics of a Dying Planet
• STATS 2B03 - Statistical Methods for Science
• SUSTAIN 2S03 - Evaluating Problems & Sustainable Solutions
• SUSTAIN 3S03 - Implementing Sustainable Change

Requirements

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which no more than 48 units may be Level I