Timetables Honours Chemistry (Biological)

Recommended timetables for the Honours Degree in Chemistry (Biological)

Honours students are encouraged to consult the Academic Program Officer (chemapo@mun.ca), especially if they choose to take courses in an order different from these examples.

YearFall SemesterWinter Semester
1st Year CHEM 1050
BIOL 1001
PHYS 1050 (or 1020)
MATH 1000
CRW**
CHEM 1051
BIOL 1002
PHYS 1051 (or 1021)
MATH 1001
CRW**
2nd Year CHEM 2210
CHEM 2301
CHEM 2400
BIOL 2250
1 elective
CHEM 2100
CHEM 2302
CHEM 2401
HUBI 2001 (NO LAB)
BIOL 2060
3rd Year CHEM 3110
BIOL 3050
3 electives*

CHEM 3211

HUBI 2901 (LAB)
3 electives*

4th Year CHEM 490A
CHEM 4410
3 electives*
CHEM 490B
4 electives*


*At least 6 of the 14 electives must be chosen from:
a)At least three credit hours from chemistry (3210, 3303, 3411 or other 4XXX not previously taken from b).
b) At least three credit hours from: Chemistry 4151*(Mass Spec), 4201(Coord. Chem. in Bio. Molecules), 4206 (Green), 4305 (Adv. Statistical Thermodynamics), 4701 (Pharmaceutical).
c) At least six credit hours from: Biology 3530 (Mol. and Developmental Bio.), 3950(Res. Meth. Genetic. Biotech), 3951(Bioinformatics), 4200 (Immunology), 4245(Biophysics), 4050(Adv. Top. Microbio.), 4251 (Genomics), 4010(Virology), 4404(Microbial Physiology), 4605 (Quantitative Methods), Ocean Sciences 3002 (Aquaculture and Fisheries Biotechnology) and Ocean Sciences 3600 (Marine Microbiology).
d) At least six credit hours from Human Biosciences 2003 (Metabolism), 3105 (Physical),  3207 (Nucleic Acid Biochemistry Molecular Biology), Biochemistry 4101(Proteins), or 4201(Membranes)..

**Critical Reading and Writing Courses.  At least one of these courses must be in English.

Students wishing to pursue medicine have ample elective room to take courses such as physiology, psychology, and sociology to give them a better background for that profession and for the MCAT.

Students wishing to enter a BEd program in the Intermediate and Senior division at MUN have a first and second teachable in chemistry and biology, respectively.