Courses

Department - Graduate Courses

The Department of Chemistry offers a wide variety of graduate courses that are available to all graduate students; however, these are sometimes offered on a biannual basis and forward planning is needed. Graduate students may also enroll in undergraduate courses for credit, with some limitations, and at their supervisor's discretion.

The organic division offers both ½ (12 weeks or 1 term) courses and ¼ (6 weeks or one-half term) courses. The six-week-long courses give students a broad and wide-ranging exposure to important contemporary, leading-edge research areas as well as more fundamental topics.

There are essentially two types of courses during your graduate studies, those that are mandatory and those that are optional, see "requirements" below.


Department- Undergraduate Courses

The Department of Chemistry offers a range of degree programs in Chemistry and joint programs ranging in specialization from the Honors degree through Major to Minor degrees. All Chemistry undergraduate courses are listed in the Department of Chemistry.


Course Requirement for Graduate Studies

Definitions

A full-course equivalent is equal to a course weight of 1.0 (approximately 24 weeks of class, or 2 terms). A half-course is equal to a course weight of 0.5 (12 weeks or 1 term) and a quarter-course is equal to a course weight of 0.25 (6 weeks of class). Students must maintain at least a B standing averaged over all courses of the degree program.

M.Sc. Candidates

Students in the Master's program are required to participate in the Graduate Seminars, that is, attend at least 65% of seminars and present once. In addition, M.Sc. candidates must complete one full-course.

  • Chemistry 9657y (seminar), milestone course that must be completed to graduate.
  • 1 Graduate Full-Course Equivalent (any combination of ½ and ¼ courses that adds to 1.0)

Ph.D. Candidates

The total course requirements for Ph.D. candidates are:

  • Chemistry 9658y (seminar), milestone course that must be completed to graduate.
  • 2.0 Graduate Full-Course Equivalents (any combination of ½ and ¼ courses that adds to 2.0)

For students proceeding directly from the UWO Chemistry M.Sc. program to the Ph.D. program without completing the requirements for the Master's degree, course credits obtained during M.Sc. registration will normally count towards this total.

After consultation with their supervisor, students directly entering the UWO Chemistry Ph.D. program after completing the requirements for the M.Sc. degree at an accredited university may apply in writing to the Chair, Graduate Education Committee, for transfer of course credits, limits apply.

A Graduate Course is:

(a) Any Chemistry course at the 500 or 600 level.
(b) With the approval of the Supervisor, a Chemistry 400-level course.
(c) With the approval of the Supervisor, a 300 or higher-level course offered outside the Chemistry Department.

For M.Sc. candidates, at least one half-course equivalent must be from category (a) above, not including Chemistry 9657y. For Ph.D. candidates, at least three half-course equivalents must be from category (a) above, not including Chemistry 9658y

Hudson - Graduate Courses

At various times, Professor Hudson offers:

  • 9553: Advanced Organic Chemistry
  • 9533: Nucleic Acids Chemistry 
  • 9502: Advanced Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Hudson - Undergraduate Courses

Professor Hudson is teaching: