Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Physical and Engineering Science.

Major (Honours Program)

The major will require the completion of at least 20.25 credits as indicated below:

Semester 1

BIOL*1030 [0.50] Biology I

CHEM*1040 [0.50] General Chemistry I

MATH*1200 [0.50] Calculus I

PHYS*1000 [0.50] An Introduction to Mechanics

0.50 Arts or Social Science elective

Semester 2

BIOL*1040 [0.50] Biology II

CHEM*1050 [0.50] General Chemistry II

MATH*1210 [0.50] Calculus II

PHYS*1010 [0.50] Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

One of:

CIS*1500 [0.50] Introduction to Programming

CIS*1650 [0.50] Programming I

Semester 3

CHEM*2060 [0.50] Structure and Bonding

CHEM*2480 [0.50] Analytical Chemistry I

CHEM*2580 [0.50] Introductory Biochemistry

CHEM*2880 [0.50] Physical Chemistry

MBG*2000 [0.50] Introductory Genetics

Semester 4

BIOL*2210 [0.50] Introductory Cell Biology

CHEM*2700 [0.50] Organic Chemistry I

CHEM*3560 [0.50] Structure and Function in Biochemistry

MBG*2020 [0.50] Introductory Molecular Biology

0.50 elective

Semester 5

CHEM*3570 [0.50] Analytical Biochemistry

CHEM*3750 [0.50] Organic Chemistry II

MICR*2030 [0.50] Microbial Growth

STAT*2040 [0.50] Statistics I

0.50 elective

Semester 6

MBG*3350 [0.75] Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology I

PHYS*2030 [0.50] Biophysics of Excitable Cells

1.50 elective

Semester 7

CHEM*4520 [0.50] Metabolic Processes

MICR*3230 [0.50] Immunology I

1.00 electives

One of:

MBG*3070 [0.50] Bacterial Genetics

MBG*3080 [0.50] Bacterial Genetics

MBG*4080 [0.50] Molecular Genetics

Semester 8

CHEM*4540 [0.50] Enzymology

CHEM*4580 [0.50] Membrane Biochemistry

1.50 electives

Electives

Selection of electives is subject to the following rules:

1. At least 1.00 credits in the program must be in the Arts and Social Sciences.

2. One of CHEM*4570 and MICR*4260 must be taken during the program.

3. One of CHEM*4550, MBG*4350, TOX*4590 must be taken during the program.

4. One of the following courses (0.50 credits) must be taken during the program: BIOM*3100, MICR*4230, PBIO*3110, PBIO*4750.

Minor (Honours Program)

A minor in Biochemistry consists of at least 5.00 course credits. The following courses are required:

CHEM*2580 [0.50] Introductory Biochemistry

CHEM*2700 [0.50] Organic Chemistry I

CHEM*3560 [0.50] Structure and Function in Biochemistry

CHEM*3570 [0.50] Analytical Biochemistry

CHEM*4540 [0.50] Enzymology

One of:

MBG*2020 [0.50] Introductory Molecular Biology

MICR*2030 [0.50] Microbial Growth

In addition, at least 2.00 credits must be chosen from the following courses, with at least 1.00 credits from the first four courses listed:

CHEM*4520 [0.50] Metabolic Processes

CHEM*4570 [0.50] Applied Biochemistry

CHEM*4580 [0.50] Membrane Biochemistry

MBG*3350 [0.75] Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology I

MICR*3230 [0.50] Immunology I

MICR*4260 [0.50] Microbial Technology

TOX*4590 [0.50] Biochemical Toxicology