CHEM 110. General Chemistry 1.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: High school mathematics and physics or permission of the instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Illustrative experiments. Laboratory section of CHEM 110. New students will be issued lab sections in OM 1 on the first day of classes.
- Fall
- Open only to entering students who have the lecture equivalent of CHEM 110
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 120. General Chemistry 2.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: High school level mathematics and physics, or permission of the instructor; CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 122. General Chemistry Laboratory 2.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Illustrative experiments. Laboratory section of CHEM 120.
- Winter
- Open only to entering students who have the lecture equivalent of CHEM 120
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 181. World of Chemistry: Food.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A series of lectures on the historical, practical, and simple chemical aspects of: food, food additives; vitamins; minerals, diet and cancer; dieting; food-borne illnesses, health food and cooking.
- Winter
- 3 lecture hours/week
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 150.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 183. World of Chemistry: Drugs.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Drug history and marketing, over the counter drugs (e.g. aspirin, cough and cold remedies, allergy preparations), street and heart drugs, mental illness, hormones, brain chemistry and diabetes.
- Fall
- 3 lecture hours/week
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 203. Survey of Physical Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics with applications to biomolecular systems. Thermodynamic and kinetic control of biological processes.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Intended for students in biological science programs requiring only one course in physical chemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 204 or CHEM 213 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 204. Physical Chemistry/Biological
Sciences 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent and one full course in calculus
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 203 or CHEM 213.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 211. Organic Chemistry 1 Lectures.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025
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Description
A survey of reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding, mechanisms, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 212 or equivalent. Permission of the Department of Chemistry is required.
- Note: Some CEGEP programs provide equivalency for this course. For more information, please see the Department of Chemistry's Web page (http://www.chemistry.mcgill.ca/advising/outside/equivalent.htm).
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 212. Introductory Organic Chemistry 1.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025
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Description
A fundamental study of aliphatic compounds and saturated functional groups including modern concepts of bonding, reaction mechanisms, conformational analysis, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
- Fall, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students registered in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 211, CHEM 242, 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 (https://www.mcgill.ca/transfercredit/prospective/cegep).
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 213. Introductory Physical Chemistry 1: Thermodynamics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Thermodynamics. Topics include gas laws, kinetic theory of collisions, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermochemistry, bond energies, the entropy and free energy functions, absolute entropies, Maxwell relations and chemical and thermodynamic equilibrium states, phase rule and phase diagrams, ideal solutions, colligative properties, solubility, electrochemistry, Debye-Hückel Theory.
- Corequisite(s): MATH 222
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent, PHYS 102 or PHYS 142, or permission of the instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 214. Physical Chemistry/Biological Sciences 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Emphasis is placed on the use of biological examples to illustrate the principles of physical chemistry. The relevance of physical chemistry to biology is stressed.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 204 or CHEM 223/CHEM 243.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 219. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
An introduction to the basic topics in atmospheric chemistry. The fundamentals of the chemical composition of the atmosphere and its chemical reactions. Selected topics such as; a smog chamber, acid rain, and the ozone hole, will be examined.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, and one of MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150, or a CEGEP DEC in Science, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ATOC 219, CHEM 419, or ATOC 419
- Offered in even years. Students should register in ATOC 219 in odd years
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 222. Introductory Organic Chemistry 2.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
- Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or CHEM 242 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to Chemistry or Biochemistry students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 234 or CHEM252.
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025
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Description
Illustrative experiments in organic chemistry. Laboratory section of CHEM 212.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Open only to students who have the lecture equivalent of CHEM 212
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 233. Topics in Physical Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
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.
- Winter
- Restriction: For Engineers only.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination. The chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, with special attention to mechanistic aspects. Special topics.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 212 or equivalent
- Restriction: For Chemical Engineers only or permission of department.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 242. Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A fundamental study of aliphatic compounds and saturated functional groups including modern concepts of bonding, reaction mechanisms, conformational analysis, spectroscopy, and stereochemistry.
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Open to students in Chemistry or Biochemistry or by permission of the department. Not open to students who are taking or have taken CHEM 211, CHEM 212, or equivalent.
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Laboratory section of CHEM 222.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 234 or equivalent
- Open only to students who have the lecture equivalent of CHEM 222.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 252. Organic Chemistry 2 for Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A fundamental study of aromatic and polar unsaturated functional groups including reaction mechanisms, multi-step synthesis, regioselectivity, and modern spectroscopic techniques for structure determination.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 212 or CHEM 242 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Restriction: Open to students in Chemistry and Biochemistry or by permission of the department. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 234 or CHEM 222.
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Credits: 1
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Illustrative experiments in physical chemistry.
- Prerequisite: CHEM 110, CHEM 120 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: CHEM 204 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Only open to B.A. & Sc.; Major Concentration in Chemistry students. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 273.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
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.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 110 and CHEM 120, or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 287 or CHEM 297
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 273. Introductory Physical Chemistry 2: Kinetics and Methods.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Kinetics: Transition State Theory, complex reactions, free-radical reactions, chain reactions, catalysis, reactions at surfaces, ionic effects of reactions in solution, photochemistry. Methods: physical chemistry laboratory, differential equations and linear algebra applied to physical chemistry, computation methods for data analysis and modeling
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and MATH 222 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 253.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
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.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110 and CHEM 120 or equivalent.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
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.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 222, or permission of the instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 332. Biological Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
An introduction to biological chemistry. Topics will include chemistry and structure of proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids; protein and nucleic acid biosynthesis; enzyme kinetics and mechanisms; membranes and membrane transport; bioenergetics; redox reactions in biological chemistry; gene expression; cloning, RNA and
antibody technologies; genomics and proteomics.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 222 and CHEM 273.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 302
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Chemistry Majors/Honours only except by permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or have taken BIOL 200 or BIOL 201.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Survey of the physical and chemical structure-function relationships defining advanced materials, including an introduction to basic materials science and characterization. Topics include supramolecular polymers, self-healing materials, advanced surfaces and adhesives, bio-inspired materials, shape memory materials, sensors and actuators, and photonic materials.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 110/CHEM 120 and PHYS101/PHYS 102 or PHYS 131/PHYS 142, or CEGEP Physics and Chemistry, or equivalent. Prerequisite or Corequisite: one of CHEM 203, CHEM 204, CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or equivalent; or one of PHYS 230 and PHYS 232, or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 345. Introduction to Quantum Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An introduction to quantum chemistry covering the historical development, wave theory, methods of quantum mechanics, and applications of quantum chemistry.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, and PHYS 142, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A survey of the principles of electronic, vibrational and rotational spectroscopy. Magnetic resonance and computational methods.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 345, PHYS 242, or permission of instructor
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 362. Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
An advanced laboratory with experiments related to the theoretical principles and synthetic methods of modern organic chemistry.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 302. Not open to Honours or Majors in Chemistry
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 365. Statistical Thermodynamics.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Molecular basis of thermodynamics with applications to ideal gases and simple solids. Topics to be covered will include: calculation of thermodynamic functions, chemical equilibrium constants, Einstein and Debye models of solids, absolute reaction rate theory, Debye-Hückel theory of strong electrolytes.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 345
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 367. Instrumental Analysis 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An introduction to modern instrumental analysis emphasizing chromatography, atomic spectroscopy and computational data analysis. Analytical methods to be examined in detail include gas-liquid and high performance liquid chromatography, LC mass spectrometry, and common methods of atomic determinations using flames/furnaces/plasma sources.
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 267.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 377. Instrumental Analysis 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
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.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 367
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
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.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: CHEM 281.
- Restriction: For Honours and Major Chemistry students
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 392. Experimental Chemistry 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Experiments related to the theoretical principles, synthetic techniques and instrumental methods used in modern experimental chemistry, including aspects of green chemistry and nanochemistry.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite/corequisites: CHEM 381 and CHEM 302. Advanced laboratory for Chemistry Honours and Majors students.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 362.
- 2 hours Drop-in lab
- 4 hours laboratory
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 396. Undergraduate Research Project.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Independent research project with a final written report.
- Fall, Winter
- Restrictions: This course cannot be taken under the S/U option. Departmental permission required. Students cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses. Open to students in programs offered by the Faculty of Science only. This course must be taken as an elective, and cannot be used to fulfill program requirements.
- Note: Enrolment may be limited. Students are advised to start the application process well before the start of the term and to plan for an alternative course in the case that no suitable project is available. Individual projects may be suggested each term which may have project-specific prerequisites. Students may also approach professors to devise their own projects. Some projects may be accessible to students in other disciplines. See https://www.mcgill.ca/science/research/undergraduate-research/science-re... for more information about available projects and application forms and procedures.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 400. Independent Study in Chemistry.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Supervised research.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 243, CHEM 222, CHEM 287, CHEM 281, plus at least one course in Chemistry at 300 level or higher.
- Restrictions: Registration is restricted to Honours and Major students in Chemistry and requires the approval of the Course Instructor.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 6th and withdrawal is August 3rd.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 429. Chemistry of Energy, Storage and Utilization.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Energy consumption and human development; green house gases; primary and secondary sources of energy, fuels vs. electricity; energy transport and storage; fossil fuels; nuclear energy; fusion and fission; bioenergetics, natural and artificial
photosynthesis; novel materials; nanocomposites; photochemistry; electrochemistry; photovoltaics and batteries; fuel cells; catalysis and biomass.
- Prerequisites: CHEM 212; CHEM 223 and CHEM 243; or CHEM 213 and CHEM 273; or CHEM 204 or CHEM 203; or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 319.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
New reactions and methods which can be used for the production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks; the use of new environmentally benign solvents, catalysts and reagents; organic reactions in aqueous media and in supercritical carbon dioxide; bio-catalysis and bio-processes.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 381
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 470D1. Research Project 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A course designed to give students research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental and/or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
- Fall, Winter
- Students must register for both CHEM 470D1 and CHEM 470D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CHEM 470D1 and CHEM 470D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- CHEM 470D1 and CHEM 470D2 together are equivalent to CHEM 470
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
See CHEM 470D1 for course description.
- Fall, Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 470D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CHEM 470D1 and CHEM 470D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- CHEM 470D1 and CHEM 470D2 together are equivalent to CHEM 470
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 480. Undergraduate Research Project 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- **Although this is a research course from May 3rd until August 31st, it does not follow the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines. Therefore, add/drop is July 1st and withdrawal is July 22nd.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 480D1. Undergraduate Research Project 2.
Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Students must register for both CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 together are equivalent to CHEM 480
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 396 or CHEM 470. Registration by Departmental permission only.
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Credits: 1.5
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A course designed to give students additional research experience. The student will be assigned a project supervisor and a research project at the beginning of the session. The project will consist of a literature survey, experimental or theoretical work, a written research report and an oral examination.
- Fall, Winter, Summer
- Prerequisite: CHEM 396 or CHEM 470 and CHEM 480D1. Registration by Departmental permission only.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- CHEM 480D1 and CHEM 480D2 together are equivalent to CHEM 480
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 482. Organic Chemistry: Natural Products.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Structure, synthesis, stereochemistry and biosynthesis of terpenes, alkaloids, antibiotics and selected molecules of medicinal interest.
- Prerequisite: CHEM 302
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 382.
- Winter
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 493. Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Selected experiments to illustrate more advanced physico-chemical principles.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 273 and CHEM 345 or permission of the instructor.
- Corequisite(s): CHEM 355
- Fall, Winter
- Each lab section has limited enrolment.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 502. Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
This course will cover biologically relevant molecules, particularly nucleic acids, proteins, and their building blocks. In each case, synthesis and biological functions will be discussed. The topics include synthesis of oligonucleotides and peptides; chemistry of phosphates; enzyme structure and function; coenzymes, and enzyme catalysis; polyketides; antiviral and anticancer agents.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 302
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 402.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 503. Drug Discovery.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the overall drug discovery process. The main focus of the course will be on medicinal chemistry, synthesis and
catalysis, as they relate to large-scale production of pharmaceutical agents. However, other aspects of drug discovery, including structural research (e.g. NMR, X-ray), biochemistry, drug metabolism and bioavailability will also be included.
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 302 and one of BIOL 200 or CHEM 332, or permission of instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 505. Computer Modeling of Molecules and Materials.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A comprehensive introduction to computational methods and software for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The main focus of the course is on important practical aspects of chemistry-related computer modeling: how to perform simulations reliably and efficiently, and how to interpret simulation results. Two main classes of computer simulations--electronic structure methods and statistical mechanics methods--will be discussed in detail together with a wide range of chemical examples.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 345 or equivalent and CHEM 365 or PHYS 329 or equivalent, and COMP 202 or COMP 208 or equivalent.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 512. Catalysis, Concepts and Applications.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
General concepts governing catalysis and practical aspects of its implementation including its most important applications. A global perspective on industrial catalysis. A general introduction about catalysis including homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, organocatalysis, and biocatalysis. A select number of reactions will be studied in detail, based on the most recent research efforts made in the field of catalysis.
- Prerequisites: CHEM 381, CHEM 302, CHEM 243
- Restriction: Course open to U3 undergraduate students and graduate students
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 514. Biophysical Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Physical chemistry concepts needed to understand the function of biological systems at the molecular level, including the structure, stability, transport, and interactions of biological macromolecules.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 203 or CHEM 204 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 404.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 519. Advances in Chemistry of Atmosphere.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
Exploration of the field of atmospheric chemistry that is identified as the significant driver of climate change and the cause of millions of premature death every year. Discussion of cutting-edge novel technologies for observing and quantifying pollutants (from ground to satellite) using artificial intelligence, the fate of
emerging contaminants (e.g., nano/microplastics, trace metals, persistent
organic), and modelling of atmospheric and interfacial processes. Examination of topics like atmospheric gaseous and multiphase components like bioaerosols. Study of photochemical, photophysical, and aerosol nucleation processes that affect air quality, climate change, and ecosystem health.
- Prerequisites: CHEM 213, CHEM 273, MATH 222, MATH 315 or equivalents, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ATOC 519.
- 3 lectures
- Cross Linked courses: ATOC 519
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 520. Methods in Chemical Biology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An overview of advanced techniques at the leading edge of Chemical Biology, including some or all of: biological imaging, kinetics of enzyme inhibition, combinatorial synthesis, atomic force microscopy of biological molecules, self assembling biomimetic structures, oligonucleotide therapeutics, biomolecular X-ray crystallography, computational methods, and nuclear magnetic resonance applied to protein interactions.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200 and CHEM 345 and CHEM 302, or permission of instructor
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 522. Stereochemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Stereoisomers, their nomenclature and configuration. Conformational analysis, separation of stereoisomers, and stereocontrol in organic synthesis.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 302
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 623
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 531. Chemistry of Inorganic Materials.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Structure, bonding, synthesis, properties and applications of covalent, ionic, metallic crystals, and amorphous solids. Defect structures and their use in synthesis of specialty materials such as electronic conductors, semiconductors, and superconductors, and solid electrolytes. Basic principles of composite materials and applications of chemistry to materials processing.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 381
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 532. Structural Organic Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A practical course on the application of modern spectroscopic methods for the determination of structures of complex organic and organometallic compounds.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 302
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 352
- 3 hours lecture
- 1 hour Drop-in lab
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 533. Small Molecule Crystallography.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Fundamentals of x-ray diffraction related to small molecule structure resolution, space groups, diffraction theory, strategies for structure solution, and refinement will be covered.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 355 or permission of instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 534. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Topics discussed include scanning probe microscopy, chemical self-assembly, computer modelling, and microfabrication/micromachining.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 434 or PHYS 334 or permission of instructor
- Corequisites: one of CHEM 345, PHYS 357, or PHYS 346 or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 534
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 520. Methods in Chemical Biology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An overview of advanced techniques at the leading edge of Chemical Biology, including some or all of: biological imaging, kinetics of enzyme inhibition, combinatorial synthesis, atomic force microscopy of biological molecules, self assembling biomimetic structures, oligonucleotide therapeutics, biomolecular X-ray crystallography, computational methods, and nuclear magnetic resonance applied to protein interactions.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200 and CHEM 345 and CHEM 302, or permission of instructor
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 540. Advances in Industrial Biotechnology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Introduction to emerging technologies and research advances in biotechnologies. Topics include semisynthetic production of drugs and drug candidates through large-scale fermentation, next generation synthesis of DNA and whole genes, green toxicology, single-molecule diagnostics, orphan-drug re-purposing,
and next- generation genomic analyses in drug development. Translational research, issues of entrepreneurship, sustainability, and ethics are also covered.
- Prerequisite: CHEM 222 (or equivalent) and BIOL 200 or CHEM 332
- Restriction: U3 Students or higher. Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHAR 540.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 542. Advanced Nucleic Acid Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Advanced-level chemical reactivity and metal binding properties, advanced methods for synthesis, purification and characterization of DNA/RNA, non-canonical DNA/RNA structures and functions, self-assembly of functional nucleic acid-based materials, chemical and fluorescence-based methods for probing nucleic acids in vitro and in vivo, in vitro evolution of functional nucleic acids for biotechnology, and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of modified nucleic acids.
- Prerequisites: CHEM 302 CHEM 332 or BIOL 200 BIOL 201 or permission of the instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 552. Physical Organic Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The correlation of theory with physical measurements on organic systems; an introduction to photochemistry; solvent and substituent effects on organic reaction rates, etc.; reaction mechanisms.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 302
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 555. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The fundamental principles underlying Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Electron Paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) will be covered and applied to biomolecules and materials chemistry. Topics include multidimensional spectra, molecular dynamics, the density matrix, and the product operator formalism.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 355 or equivalent
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 556. Advanced Quantum Mechanics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Quantum mechanical treatment of species of chemical interest. Introduction to perturbation theory, both time-dependent and time-independent. Treatment of the variational principle. Introduction to atomic spectra. Chemical bonding in terms of both the valence bond and molecular orbital theory. Elementary collision theory. Interaction of radiation with molecules.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: CHEM 345 and PHYS 242
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 572. Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Synthetic methods in organic chemistry and their application to the synthesis of complex molecules.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: CHEM 382
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 574. Introductory Polymer Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A survey course on the structure of polymers, kinetics and mechanisms of polymer and copolymer synthesis; characterization and molecular weight distributions; polymer microstructure, the thermodynamics of polymer solutions; the crystalline and amorphous states, rubber elasticity and structure-property relationships.
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 or CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or CHEM 233 (for engineering students only), or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 455 or CHEM 674.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 575. Chemical Kinetics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Kinetic laws, measurement of reaction rates, transition state and collision theory, experimental techniques in reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms, RRKM theory, Marcus theory of electron transfer, photochemistry and catalysis. Recent developments and their application to chemical and biological problems. Elementary reactions in gas, solution and solid phases and on surfaces.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 273 and CHEM 223/CHEM 243 (formerly CHEM 213).
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 577. Electrochemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Fundamentals of electrochemistry and the application of electrochemical methods to chemical and biochemical problems. Emphasis is given to the study of electrode reaction mechanisms and the interpretation of electrochemical results for organic and inorganic systems. Voltammetric and coulometric methods are rigorously discussed. Several topics of interest in electrochemistry will be covered as time permits.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEM 243 or CHEM 203/CHEM 204, CHEM 367 and CHEM 377
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 585. Colloid Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Principles of the physical chemistry of phase boundaries. Electrical double layer theory; van der Waals forces; Brownian motion; kinetics of coagulation; electrokinetics; light scattering; solid/liquid interactions; adsorption; surfactants; hydrodynamic interactions; rheology of dispersions.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: CHEM 345, MATH 233 and MATH 315, PHYS 241 and PHYS 242. Students who haven't taken CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 must have taken CHEM 273 or permission of instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCHEM 593. Statistical Mechanics and Machine Learning for Chemistry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Intermediate topics in statistical mechanics and related machine learning: ensemble theory, critical phenomena, static and time-dependent phenomena, linear response and fluctuations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation methods, data driven simulation methods: MaxEnt modeling, generative machine learning, active learning.
- Winter
- Term paper
- Recommended: CHEM 345 and CHEM 365
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