CHEM 3410U – Chemistry Laboratory Techniques

This course involves carrying out research work in a chemistry research laboratory under the supervision of a faculty member. The course will provide hands-on laboratory research experience and exposure to a particular chemistry discipline (organic, bio-organic, materials, organometallic, physical and analytical chemistry). The student will participate in the formulation of the hypothesis and the experimental design used to corroborate the hypothesis, and write a comprehensive report at the end of the course. Students must have written approval of the prospective supervisor to enrol in the course. Enrollment in this course is generally restricted to students in the Chemistry Comprehensive, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Chemical Biology specializations, but students from other Faculty of Science programs can also apply. The expected learning outcome will be defined by the supervisor and included in the acceptance letter. If the student is working in the capacity of a work-study student or a thesis student in the supervisor’s laboratory, the research project of the laboratory course cannot be on the same topic.
Credit hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 6
Other hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2120U and CHEM 2040U and CHEM 2220U
Experiential learning: Yes