Minor in Sustainable Chemistry

Notes

1. Students who wish to pursue a Minor in Sustainable Chemistry are encouraged to select courses in consultation with the Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (email: advisor@chemistry.mcmaster.ca).
2. ISCI 1A24 A/B  is a substitution for CHEM 1A03  and 1AA3  .
3. ISCI 2A18 A/B  may be used as a substitution for 3 units of Level II Chemistry toward the Minor in Sustainable Chemistry, except for students in Honours Integrated Science with a concentration in Chemistry or Chemical Biology.
4. In order to declare a Minor in Sustainable Chemistry, at least 12 units (above Level I) must be elective to degree.

Course List 1

• BIOLOGY 3EI3 - Ecological Indicators
• 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
• STATS 2D03 - Introduction to Probability
• SUSTAIN 2S03 - Evaluating Problems & Sustainable Solutions
• SUSTAIN 3S03 - Implementing Sustainable Change

Requirements

24 units total