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Undergraduate Advising:
For Chemistry Students

Programs

Physics and Chemistry Joint Honours Program

Note: The program is administered by the Department of Physics.
For more information, please contact:

Department of Physics: Prof. F. Buchinger, tel. 398-6486, fritz.buchinger@mcgill.ca
Department of Chemistry: Prof. D. Ronis, tel. 398-5099, ronis@onsager.chem.mcgill.ca


Courses

U1 Required Courses

CHEM 223 Introductory Physical Chemistry 1 2 Credits
CHEM 243 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2 2 Credits
CHEM 253 Introductory Physical Chemistry 1 Laboratory 1 Credits
CHEM 263 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2 Laboratory 1 Credits
PHYS 241 Signal Processing 3 Credits
PHYS 251 Classical Mechanics 1 3 Credits
PHYS 257 Experimental Methods 1 3 Credits
PHYS 258 Experimental Methods 2 3 Credits
MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra 3 Credits
MATH 248 Honours Advanced Calculus 3 Credits
MATH 249 Honours Complex Variables 3 Credits
MATH 325 Honours Ordinary Differential Equations 3 Credits
 
Total Credits:
30 Credits


U2 Required Courses

CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits
CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 3 Credits
CHEM 355 Molecular Properties and Structure 2 3 Credits
CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics 2 Credits
COMP 208 Computers in Engineering 3 Credits
PHYS 350 Electromagnetism 3 Credits
PHYS 357 Quantum Physics 1 3 Credits
PHYS 457 Quantum Physics 2 3 Credits
 
Total Credits:
24

U3 Required Courses

CHEM 393 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 2 2 Credits
CHEM 455 Introductory Polymer Chemistry 3 Credits
CHEM 556 Advanced Quantum Mechanics 3 Credits
PHYS 352 Electromagnetic Waves 3 Credits
PHYS 558 Solid State Physics 3 Credits
 
Total Credits:
14


U3 Complimentary Courses

12 credits (with at least 3 in chemistry and 3 in physics).

3 credits selected from:    
CHEM 593 Statistical Mechanics 3 Credits
PHYS 559 Advanced Statistical Mechanics 3 Credits
9 credits selected from:    
CHEM 470 Research Project 6 Credits
CHEM 531 Chemistry of Inorganic Materials 3 Credits
CHEM 575 Chemical Kinetics 3 Credits
CHEM 585 Colloid Chemistry 3 Credits
MATH 375 Honours Partial Differential Equations 3 Credits
PHYS 434 Optics 3 Credits
PHYS 451 Classical Mechanics 3 Credits
PHYS 469 Laboratory in Modern Physics 2 3 Credits
PHYS 479 Honours Research Project 3 Credits
PHYS 562 Electromagnetic Theory 3 Credits

Program totals: 80 credits (68 specified, 12 complementary)

 

 

   
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