Course Descriptions

Attendance at departmental seminar sessions throughout the academic year is required by students in the final year of a Four-year or Honours program. Consists of presentations by departmental visitors, faculty and students, followed by discussions.

Weekly hours: 1 Seminar/Discussion hours

This course covers advanced techniques in chemical analysis. Topics will include analytical methods not covered in CHEM 221.3 or CHEM 322.3, more detailed discussion of fundamental concepts, and the applications of analytical chemistry in various disciplines.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 322.
Note: Students may take this course more than once for credit, provided the topics covered in each offering differ substantially. In such cases, students must consult the Department to ensure that the topics covered are different.

Selected topics that are not dealt with or are covered only at an elementary level in other inorganic chemistry courses offered by the department. Possible topics include crystallographic and spectroscopic methods of structure determination, organometallic chemistry, cluster compounds, catalysis, nonaqueous solution chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, structure and bonding, and excited state processes.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 332.
Note: Students in programs other than Chemistry who have credit for CHEM 231 or its equivalent may seek permission from the department. Students may take this course more than once for credit, provided the topic covered in each offering differs substantially. Students must consult the Department to ensure that the topics covered are different.

Understanding the connection between symmetry and electronic and spectroscopic properties of molecules is the main objective of this course. A systematic introduction of point-group symmetries and group theory is provided.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 332.
Note: CHEM 344 (formerly CHEM 243) recommended. Students in programs other than Chemistry who have credit for CHEM 231 or its equivalent may seek permission from the department.

A detailed look at both main group and transition metal organometallic chemistry. Emphasis will be on basic mechanisms, structure-reactivity relationships and applications in organic synthesis and catalysis.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours and 3.5 Practicum/Lab hours
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 332.
Note: Students in programs other than Chemistry who have credit for CHEM 231 or its equivalent may seek permission from the department.

Selected topics that are not dealt with or are covered only at an elementary level in other physical chemistry courses offered by the department. Possible topics include advanced spectroscopy, nuclear chemistry, photochemistry, polymers, radiation chemistry, solid-state chemistry, structural techniques, surface and colloid chemistry.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 242 and permission of the instructor.
Note: Students may take this course more than once for credit, provided the topic covered in each offering differs substantially. Students must consult the Department to ensure that the topics covered are different.

Selected topics that are not dealt with or are covered only at an elementary level in other organic chemistry courses offered by the department. Possible topics include organic synthesis, organic reaction mechanisms, natural products, organometallic chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry and organic photochemistry.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Permission of the department required.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 255.
Note: Students may take this course more than once for credit, provided the topic covered in each offering differs substantially. Students must consult the Department to ensure that the topics covered are different.

This course explores the field of polymer chemistry. Synthetic methods for polymer preparation will be discussed, including condensation, radical, ionic, and ring-opening approaches. The solid-state structure, phase behavior, and mechanical properties of polymers will be covered, as well as current topics of interest in the literature.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 242 and CHEM 255.
Note: Students can receive credit for only one CHEM 879 or CHEM 479.

A laboratory, library, theoretical or computer study under the supervision of a member of the Department. Project is intended to be carried out during the final year of the program. At the end of the project the student will present both an oral and a written report summarizing the results.

Weekly hours: 6 Practicum/Lab hours
Permission of the department required.
Prerequisite(s): 30 credit units in CHEM.
Note: Students who have credit for both CHEM 380 and CHEM 483 may not take this course for credit.

A laboratory, library, theoretical or computer study under the supervision of a member of the Department. Project will be carried out throughout the final year of the program. At the end of the project the student will present both an oral and a written report summarizing the results.

Weekly hours: 6 Practicum/Lab hours
Permission of the department required.
Prerequisite(s): 30 credit units of CHEM.
Note: Students who have credit for both CHEM 380 and CHEM 482 may not take this course for credit.

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours