Environmental Chemistry Minor Program
Department of Chemistry | Faculty of Science
間眅埶AV Calendar 2012 Fall
Program Requirements
Students complete all of
- CHEM 121-4 General Chemistry I
- CHEM 122-2 General Chemistry II
- CHEM 126-2 General Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM 215-4 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
- CHEM 230-3 Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 236W -3 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 281-4 Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 316-4 Introductory Instrumental Analysis
- CHEM 317-2 Analytical Environmental Chemistry
- CHEM 371-3 Chemistry of the Aqueous Environment*
- CHEM 372-3 Chemistry of the Atmospheric Environment*
and at least one of
- CHEM 380-4 Chemical and Instrumental Methods of Identification of Organic Compounds
- CHEM 419-3 Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
- NUSC 341-3 Introduction to Radiochemistry
*CHEM 360 must be completed as a prerequisite
Students intending to specialize in Chemistry
The point at which a high school or regional college student enters the chemistry program is governed by the student's subject knowledge. CHEM 110 and 111 are not required for the BSc degree but are available as electives to those with no chemistry knowledge or who are starting from BC high school chemistry 11. Those with BC high school chemistry 12 (or equivalent) normally start with CHEM 121. Major and honours students must fulfil program requirements below. Whether majoring in chemistry or not, students may not enrol in any CHEM course for which a D grade was obtained in any prerequisite.
Students are encouraged to complete the Department of Physics' standard stream (PHYS 120, 121, 131) or advanced stream (PHYS 125, 126, 131). Students may also choose to complete the studio physics stream (PHYS 140, 141). Students who complete the life sciences stream (PHYS 101, 102, 130, with a minimum B grade), which has a BISC 100 or 101 or 102 corequisite, should have sufficient preparation for the major program.
The following statements clarify and standardize the minimum requirements that a student must fulfil to complete a chemistry course as well as those to pass a combination lecture/laboratory course.
Course non-completion
The following will constitute non-completion of the required material in a chemistry course.
- not writing the final examination or its equivalent
- not completing the required minimum number of experiments in a laboratory course or the laboratory component of a course
- not completing additional or alternative material specified by the instructor
The letter grade N will be awarded in these cases.
Students must pass both the lecture and laboratory components individually to obtain a passing grade in lecture/laboratory combination courses.
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