PROGRAM PLANNING

Where to Start?

Prospective students with BC high school chemistry 12 (or equivalent) normally start with CHEM 121.

Prospective students with no chemistry knowledge, or who are starting from BC high school chemistry 11, start with CHEM 110 or 111. Students wishing to continue on in Chemistry must complete CHEM 111.

Regional college students enter the chemistry program according to the student's subject knowledge. College chemistry course content can be compared to SFU chemistry courses thereby determining what other courses are required.

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Breadth Electives

Chemistry students must complete 24 units of breadth courses, including:

• 6 units of Social Science (B-Soc)
• 6 units of Humanities (B-Hum)
• 6 units of Sciences (B-Sci)   *This is normally satisfied by PHYS 120 and 121. Please speak with the Advisor if you are unsure.
  
• 6 units of undesignated breadth (i.e., any subject besides CHEM) 

A list of all Designated Breadth courses can be found on SFU's website <https://www.sfu.ca/ugcr/for_faculty/certified_wqb_courses/certified_designated_breadth_courses.html>. Courses with multiple breadth designations only count once. That is, if a course is both B-Hum/B-Soc, it will count as either B-Hum or B-Soc but not both. This does not apply to courses that are both breadth and quantitative (B-Sci/Q) or breadth and writing (B-Hum/W).

Students may select any of the upper division breadth courses linked below to satisfy both their upper division unit requirement and breadth requirement.

Upper Division Breadth Designated Elective Courses for Science Students

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