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Minor Chemistry (25 credits)

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Offered by: Chemistry     Degree: Bachelor of Engineering

Program Requirements

Minor Adviser (program coordinator): Dr. Samuel Sewall (Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemistry)

Program credit weight: 25 credits

A passing grade for courses in the Minor is a C.

Required Courses

10 credits

  • CHEE 310 Physical Chemistry for Engineers (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemical Engineering : Introduction to chemical kinetics, adsorption, surface tension, and electrochemistry. Topics emphasize applications of physical chemistry for chemical engineers.

    Terms: Winter 2021

    Instructors: Omanovic, Sasha (Winter)

    • (3-1-5)

    • Corequisite: CHEE 220

    • Restriction: Not open to students having taken CHEM 233.

  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.

    Terms: Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2021

    Instructors: Vlaho, Danielle; Pavelka, Laura; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Fall) Vlaho, Danielle; Luedtke, Nathan; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Winter) Vlaho, Danielle; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Summer)

    • Fall, Winter, Summer

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.

    • Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211 or equivalent

    • Each lab section is limited enrolment

    • Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page ().

    • **Although this course follows a Tuesday/Thursday class schedule, the last class will be held on Friday, June 25 due to the statutory holiday on Thursday, June 24.

  • CHEM 233 Topics in Physical Chemistry (3 credits) *

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Introduction to chemical kinetics, surface and colloid chemistry and electrochemistry. The topics to be discussed will be of particular interest to students in chemical engineering.

    Terms: Winter 2021

    Instructors: van de Ven, Theo; Reven, Linda (Winter)

    • Winter

    • Restriction: For Engineers only.

  • CHEM 234 Topics in Organic Chemistry (3 credits) **

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Engineering)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.

    Terms: Fall 2020, Winter 2021

    Instructors: Auclair, Karine; Vlaho, Danielle; Pavelka, Laura (Fall) Sirjoosingh, Pallavi; Vlaho, Danielle (Winter)

    • Fall, Winter, Summer

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent

    • Restriction: For Chemical Engineers only or permission of department.

* Students choose either CHEM 233 or CHEE 310
** or CEGEP equivalent

Complementary Courses

15 credits from the following lists, two courses of which must be laboratory courses (* indicates lab).

Note that CHEM 212 is a prerequisite for most of the courses listed below, and CHEM 213 (Introductory Physical Chemistry 1) and CHEM 273 (Introductory Physical Chemistry 2) or their equivalents are prerequisites for the Physical Chemistry courses. If students take CHEM 222 (Introductory Organic Chemistry 2), which includes a lab, instead of CHEM 234, they will receive credit for one of the two required laboratory courses, but they must complete a total of 25 credits in chemistry for the Minor.

Inorganic Chemistry

  • CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Basic concepts of electronic structure and molecular bonding will be developed and applied to the understanding of common materials. Acid-base chemistry. Survey of the chemistry of the main group elements. Introduction to coordination and organometallic chemistry.

    Terms: Winter 2021

    Instructors: Butler, Ian Sydney (Winter)

  • CHEM 371 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits) *

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Modular format incorporating self-paced and self-guided instructions. In consultation with the instructors, a program of experimental modules is chosen covering projects related to theoretical principles, synthetic techniques and those instrumental methods used in modern inorganic and organometallic chemistry.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2020-2021 academic year.

    • Fall, Winter

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 362; prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 381.

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 392

  • CHEM 381 Inorganic Chemistry 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Introduction to transition metal chemistry, coordination numbers and geometry, and nomenclature will be followed by a discussion of crystal field theory and its applications to problems in spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics and kinetics. Several aspects related to applications of organometallic compounds in catalysis and bioinorganic systems will be discussed.

    Terms: Fall 2020

    Instructors: Butler, Ian Sydney (Fall)

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 281.

    • Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students

  • CHEM 591 Bioinorganic Chemistry (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : The roles of transition and main group elements in biology and medicine will be examined with an emphasis on using tools for structure and genome searching as well as becoming acquainted with experimental spectroscopic methods useful for bioinorganic chemistry such as macromolecular X-ray diffraction, EPR and EXAFS.

    Terms: Fall 2020

    Instructors: Bohle, Scott (Fall)

    • Winter

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 381

    • Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students or with permission

Analytical Chemistry

  • CHEM 267 Introductory Chemical Analysis (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Qualitative and quantitative analysis. A survey of methods of analysis including theory and practice of semimicro qualitative analysis and representative gravimetric, volumetric and instrumental methods. The laboratory component includes introductory experiments in analytical chemistry emphasizing classical and instrumental methods of quantitative analysis.

    Terms: Fall 2020

    Instructors: Mauzeroll, Janine; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi (Fall)

  • CHEM 367 Instrumental Analysis 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : An introduction to modern instrumental analysis emphasizing chromatography, electrochemical methods and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and advanced electro-analysis techniques

    Terms: Fall 2020

    Instructors: Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Thibodeaux, Christopher (Fall)

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite(s): CHEM 267.

    • Each lab section is limited enrolment

  • CHEM 377 Instrumental Analysis 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Spectroscopic methods of analysis will be studied with respect to fundamentals, operational aspects and instrument design. Topics will range from UV-visible to x-ray spectrometry. Methodologies will be evaluated with respect to their application in spectrometric systems. Laboratory automation will be studied and applied in the laboratory.

    Terms: Winter 2021

    Instructors: Preston, Thomas; Sirjoosingh, Pallavi; Sewall, Samuel Lewis (Winter)

    • Winter

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 367

    • Each lab section is limited enrolment

Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 302 Introductory Organic Chemistry 3 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Topics covered may include the following: Aromatic compounds, heterocyclic chemistry, sulfur and phosphorus chemistry, organosulfur and organophosphorus compounds, and biomolecules such as lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids, polypeptides, DNA and RNA.

    Terms: Fall 2020, Winter 2021

    Instructors: Damha, Masad J (Fall)

    • Fall, Winter

    • Prerequisites: BIOL 112, CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.

  • CHEM 362 Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits) *

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : An advanced laboratory with experiments related to the theoretical principles and synthetic methods of modern organic chemistry.

    Terms: Winter 2021

    Instructors: Vlaho, Danielle; Huot, Mitchell (Winter)

    • Fall, Winter

    • Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 302. Not open to Honours or Majors in Chemistry

  • CHEM 482 Organic Chemistry: Natural Products (3 credits)

    Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)

    Overview

    Chemistry : Structure, synthesis, stereochemistry and biosynthesis of terpenes, alkaloids, antibiotics and selected molecules of medicinal interest.

    Terms: Winter 2021

    Instructors: Tsantrizos, Youla S (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: CHEM 302

    • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 382.

    • Winter

Physical Chemistry

Faculty of Engineering—2020-2021 (last updated Mar. 27, 2020) (disclaimer)
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