Consult Professor J. Murphy, Department of Chemistry
Environmental chemistry is the study of the chemical impacts of humankind’s activities on the soil, air, and water. This program focuses on the development of fundamental skills in instrumental and mechanistic chemical analysis that are required to understand the sources, fate, and impacts of both organic and inorganic contaminants in soil, air, water, and biological tissues. It involves a solid foundation in chemistry with specialized courses in environmental and analytical chemistry and contains flexibility for students to select additional courses in areas of study of most interest to them. Students may be interested in combining an Environmental Chemistry Major with other major programs such as Environmental Science, or programs in the life sciences offered by departments including Cell & Systems Biology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. Minimum grades in required courses or their equivalents are needed for entry, and these minimums change each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:
(CHM135H1, CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1)
To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a final grade lower than 63% in any of the required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining the minimum final grades does not guarantee admission to the program.
(8.0 credits)
First Year:
1. ( CHM135H1, CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1
2. ( MAT135H1, MAT136H1)/ MAT137Y1/ MAT157Y1
Second Year:
3. CHM210H1, CHM217H1
4. ( CHM249H1 strongly recommended)/ CHM247H1
( CHM220H1/ CHM222H1 is strongly recommended.)
Third Year:
5. CHM310H1
6. At least 1.0 credit from: CHM317H1, CHM327H1, CHM338H1, CHM343H1, CHM348H1, CHM379H1
Fourth Year:
7. CHM410H1 and CHM415H1
8. Additional 200/300/400-level CHM courses to a total of 7.0 CHM credits ( CHM299H1, CHM299Y1, CHM396Y0, CHM397H0, CHM398H0, CHM398Y0, CHM399H1, CHM399Y1 excluded)