Materials Science program requirements
What the Materials Science Specialist requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.
Materials Science Specialist
- Science program
- 14.0 credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASSPE2424
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirement listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(14.0 credits, including 1.0 credit from 400-level courses)
First Year:
1BIO120H1
2CHM151Y1 (strongly recommended)/ (CHM135H1, CHM136H1)
3(MAT130H1/ MAT135H1, MAT136H1)/ (MAT148H1, MAT149H1/ MAT137Y1)/ (MAT158H1, MAT159H1/ MAT157Y1)
4MSE120H1
First or Second Year:
1BIO130H1/ BIO220H1
2(PHY131H1, PHY132H1)/ (PHY151H1, PHY152H1)
Second Year and Higher Years:
1CHM220H1/ CHM222H1/ MSE202H1, CHM223H1, (CHM236H1, CHM237H1)/ CHM238Y1, CHM247H1/ CHM249H1
2MSE219H1, (MSE218H1/ MSE318H1), MSE335H1
3CHM327H1, CHM338H1, CHM343H1/ CHM348H1, CHM325H1/ CHM355H1, CHM434H1/ CHM455H1, CHM426H1/ CHM457H1
4At least 1.5 credits from the following, of which 0.5 credit must be at the 400-level: MSE302H1, MSE343H1, CHM446H1/ CHM456H1, CHM458H1, MSE403H1, MSE415H1, MSE419H1, MSE430H1, MSE431H1, MSE440H1, MSE459H1, MSE461H1, MSE465H1, MSE540H1
5CHM499Y1/ MSE491Y1
Students in this program have the option to complete the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream.
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- CHM151Y1Chemistry: The Molecular Science
- CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
- CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
- MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
- MAT135H1Calculus I
- MAT136H1Calculus II
- MAT148H1Calculus I with Proofs
- MAT149H1Calculus II with Proofs
- MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MAT158H1Analysis 1A
- MAT159H1Analysis 1B
- MAT157Y1Analysis I last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MSE120H1Materials Engineering, Processing and Application
- BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- PHY131H1Introduction to Physics I
- PHY132H1Introduction to Physics II
- PHY151H1Foundations of Physics I
- PHY152H1Foundations of Physics II
- CHM220H1Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences
- CHM222H1Introduction to Physical Chemistry
- MSE202H1
- CHM223H1Physical Chemistry: The Molecular Viewpoint
- CHM236H1Introductory Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHM237H1Introductory Inorganic Chemistry II
- CHM238Y1Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- CHM247H1Introductory Organic Chemistry II
- CHM249H1Organic Chemistry
- MSE219H1Structure and Characterization of Materials
- MSE218H1Phase Transformations last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MSE318H1Phase Transformations
- MSE335H1Materials Physics
- CHM327H1Experimental Physical Chemistry
- CHM338H1Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM343H1Organic Synthesis Techniques
- CHM348H1Organic Reaction Mechanisms
- CHM325H1
- CHM355H1Introduction to Inorganic and Polymer Materials Chemistry
- CHM434H1
- CHM455H1Advanced Materials Chemistry
- CHM426H1
- CHM457H1Polymer Chemistry
- MSE302H1
- MSE343H1Biomaterials
- CHM446H1
- CHM456H1Organic Materials Chemistry
- CHM458H1Soft Materials for Life, Energy, and the Environment
- MSE403H1
- MSE415H1
- MSE419H1
- MSE430H1Electronic Materials
- MSE431H1
- MSE440H1Emerging Applications in Biomaterials
- MSE459H1Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials
- MSE461H1Engineered Ceramics
- MSE465H1
- MSE540H1
- CHM499Y1Introduction to Chemistry Research
- MSE491Y1
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