Honours BSc in Biochemistry | BASc in Chemical Engineering | 2019-2020 Course Sequence

1^st

(30 credits)

• BIO 1130 | Introduction to Organismal Biology
• CHG 1125 | Chemical Engineering Fundamentals
• CHM 1311 | Principles of Chemistry
• MAT 1320 | Calculus I
• PHY 1121 | Fundamentals of Physics I

• BIO 1140 | Introduction to Cell Biology
• CHG 1371 | Numerical Methods and Engineering Computation in Chemical Engineering
• CHM 1321 | Organic Chemistry I
• MAT 1322 | Calculus II
• MAT 1341 | Introduction to Linear Algebra
• PHY 1122 | Fundamentals of Physics II

2^nd

(36 credits)

• CHM 2120 | Organic Chemistry II
• CHM 2123 | Laboratory of Organic Chemistry II
• ENG 1112 | Technical Report Writing
• GNG 1103 | Engineering Design
• MAT 2384 | Ordinary Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
• Either:
  • ECO 1192 | Engineering Economics
  • GNG 2101 | Introduction to product development and Management for Engineers and Computer Scientists

• BCH 2333 | Introduction to Biochemistry
• BIO 2133 | Genetics
• CHM 2330 | Physical Chemistry: Introduction to the Molecular Properties of Matter
• CHM 2354 | Analytical Chemistry
• Complementary elective

3^rd

(39 credits)

• BCH 3170 | Molecular Biology
• BCH 3356 | Molecular Biology Laboratory
• BIO 3124 | General Microbiology
• CHG 2312 | Fluid Flow
• CHG 2317 | Introduction to Chemical Process Analysis and Design
• BIO 3153 | Cell Biology
• Either:
  • HIS 2129 | Technology, Society and Environment since 1800
  • PHI 2394 | Scientific Thought and Social Values

• BCH 3120 | General Intermediary Metabolism
• BCH 3125 | Protein Structure and Function
• BCH 3346 | Biochemistry Laboratory II
• CHG 2314 | Heat Transfer Operations
• CHG 2324 | Fundamentals and Applications of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 
• MAT 2322 | Calculus III for Engineers
• Either:
  • HIS 2129 (Fall)
  • PHI 2394 (Fall)

4^th

(48 credits)

• BCH 4040¹ | Honours Research – Biochemistry (9 Credits)
• BCH 4172 | Topics in Biotechnology
• BCH 4932¹ | Biochemistry Seminar
• CHG 3127 | Chemical Reaction Engineering
• CHG 3305 | Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering
• CHG 3316 | Transport Phenomena
• CHG 3335 | Process control

• BCH 4040¹ | Honours Research – Biochemistry (9 Credits)
• BCH 4932¹ | Biochemistry Seminar
• Either
  • BPS 3101 | Genomics
  • BCH 4101 | Human Genome Structure and Function
  • BCH 4125 | Cellular Regulation and Control
• Either
  • BCH 4116 | Analytical Biochemistry
  • BCH 4122 | Structural Biology of Proteins
  • BCH 4123 | Pathological Chemistry
  • BCH 4124 | Carbohydrates and Glycobiology
  • BCH 4188 | Nucleic Acids – Structure and Functions
  • BCH 4300 | Selected Topics in Biochemistry
  • BPS 4121 | Biosynthesis and Natural Product Derived Medicines
  • BPS 4129 | Advanced Chemical Biology
  • CHM 4139 | Enzyme Chemistry and Biocatalysis

• CHG 3111 | Unit Operations
• CHG 3122 | Chemical Engineering Practice
• CHG 3112 | Process Synthesis, Design and Economics
• CHG 3326 | Principles of Phase Equilibria and Chemical Reaction Equilibria
• Complementary elective

5^th

(36 credits)

• CHG 3337 | Data Collection and Interpretation
• CHG 4116 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory
• CHG 4343 | Computer-Aided Design in Chemical Engineering
• CHG 4381 | Biochemical Engineering
• Either:
  • CHG 4900 | Thesis and Seminars
  • 2 Technical electives

• CHG 4250 | Plant design Project (9 Credits)
• CHG 4307 | Process Risk Management and Sustainability
• GNG 4170 | Engineering Law
• Technical elective