Honours BSc in Biochemistry (biotechnology) / BASc in Chemical Engineering (biotechnology) |
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Co-operative education is available with this program.
The extended French stream is available with this program.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2015-2016 calendars for the previous requirements.
Compulsory First-year Courses:
| BIO1130 | Introduction to Organismal Biology | 3 |
| BIO1140 | Introduction to Cell Biology | 3 |
| CHG1125 | Chemical Engineering Fundamentals1 | 3 |
| CHM1311 | Principles of Chemistry | 3 |
| CHM1321 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| MAT1320 | Calculus I | 3 |
| MAT1322 | Calculus II | 3 |
| MAT1341 | Introduction to Linear Algebra | 3 |
| PHY1121 | Fundamentals of Physics I | 3 |
| PHY1122 | Fundamentals of Physics II | 3 |
Compulsory Second-year Courses:
| ENG1112 | Technical Report Writing | 3 |
| GNG1106 | Fundamentals of Engineering Computation2 | 3 |
3 credits from:
| ECO1192 | Engineering Economics | 3 |
| GNG2101 | Introduction to product development and management for engineers and computer scientists | 3 |
| BCH2333 | Introduction to Biochemistry | 3 |
| BIO2133 | Genetics | 3 |
| CHM2120 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHM2123 | Laboratory of Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHM2330 | Physical Chemistry: Introduction to the Molecular Properties of Matter | 3 |
| CHM2354 | Analytical Chemistry | 3 |
| MAT2377 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | 3 |
| MAT2384 | Ordinary Differential Equations and Numerical Methods | 3 |
3 course credits of complementary studies electives3
Compulsory Third-year Courses:
| CHG2312 | Fluid Flow | 3 |
| CHG2314 | Heat Transfer Operations | 3 |
| CHG2317 | Introduction to Chemical Process Analysis and Design | 3 |
| MAT2322 | Calculus III for Engineers | 3 |
3 course credits from:
| HIS2129 | Technology, Society and Environment since 1800 | 3 |
| PHI2394 | Scientific Thought and Social Values | 3 |
| BCH3120 | General Intermediary Metabolism | 3 |
| BCH3125 | Protein Structure and Function | 3 |
| BCH3170 | Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BCH3346 | Biochemistry Laboratory II | 3 |
| BCH3356 | Molecular Biology Laboratory | 3 |
| BIO3124 | General Microbiology | 3 |
| BIO3153 | Cell Biology | 3 |
Compulsory Fourth-year Courses:
| CHG3111 | Unit Operations | 3 |
| CHG3112 | Process Synthesis, Design and Economics | 3 |
| CHG3122 | Chemical Engineering Practice | 3 |
| CHG3127 | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 3 |
| CHG3316 | Transport Phenomena | 3 |
| CHG3324 | Fundamentals and Applications of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | 3 |
| CHG3326 | Principles of Phase Equilibria and Chemical Reaction Equilibria | 3 |
| CHG3331 | Application of Mathematical Methods to Chemical Engineering | 3 |
| CHG3335 | Process Control | 3 |
| BCH4040 | Projet de recherche - biochimie / Honours Research - Biochemistry4 | 9 |
| BCH4172 | Topics in Biotechnology | 3 |
| BCH4932 | Séminaire de Biochimie / Biochemistry Seminar5 | 3 |
3 course credits of complementary studies electives3
6 course credits from:
| BPS3101 | Genomics | 3 |
or
| BCH4101 | Human Genome Structure and Function | 3 |
or
| BCH4125 | Cellular Regulation and Control | 3 |
| BCH4116 | Analytical Biochemistry | 3 |
| BCH4122 | Structural Biology of Proteins6 | 3 |
| BCH4123 | Pathological Biochemistry | 3 |
| BCH4124 | Carbohydrates and Glycobiology | 3 |
| BCH4188 | Nucleic Acids - Structure and Functions6 | 3 |
| BCH4300 | Selected topics in Biochemistry | 3 |
| BPS4121 | Biosynthesis and Natural Product Derived Medicines | 3 |
| BPS4129 | Advanced Chemical Biology | 3 |
| CHM4139 | Enzyme Chemistry and Biocatalysis | 3 |
Compulsory Fifth-year Courses:
| CHG3337 | Data Collection and Interpretation | 3 |
| CHG4116 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory | 3 |
| CHG4244 | Plant Design Project | 6 |
| CHG4305 | Advanced Materials in Chemical Engineering | 3 |
| CHG4307 | Clean Processes and Sustainable Development | 3 |
| CHG4343 | Computer-Aided Design in Chemical Engineering | 3 |
| CHG4381 | Biochemical Engineering | 3 |
| GNG4170 | Engineering Law | 3 |
3 course credits of technical electives7
Note(s)
| 1 | CHG1125 must be taken during the first two years; it is recommended that this course be taken the first year. |
| 2 | It is recommended that GNG1106 be taken in first or second year. |
| 3 | For a complete list of course credits of complementary studies electives, consult the Faculty of Engineering's website. |
| 4 | During the fourth year, the students must either do a research project (BCH4040), or take nine additional course credits among the 3000 or 4000 level courses in biochemistry (BCH), biology (BIO), biopharmaceutical sciences (BPS), cellular and molecular medicine (CMM), chemistry (CHM), pharmacology (PHA), physiology (PHS), microbiology (CMM) or immunology (IMM). The research project is highly recommended for students who intend to pursue a career in research, but a CGPA of 6.5 or greater or with a GPA of 6.5 or greater calculated from the two most recent years of full-time study in the Honours in Biochemistry program (minimum of 54 credits including all compulsory 3000 level courses). This course runs from September to April. |
| 5 | This course runs from September to April. |
| 6 | This course may not be available every year. |
| 7 | Consult the list of technical electives in the regular Chemical Engineering program. |