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From exploring the foundations of Chemistry in your first year to participating in research-based courses in your fourth year, a degree in Chemistry at Queen's University will equip you with a strong foundation for continuing academic studies or a career in the field.
Get started thinking about the future now – where do you want to go after your degree? Having tentative goals (like careers or grad school) while working through your degree can help with short-term decisions about courses and experiences, but also help you keep motivated for success. Queen’s provides you with a broad range of support services, with many offices dedicated to helping you learn, think and do.
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First Year Courses
In first year you will have the chance to explore the foundations of Chemistry in biology, chemistry, geography and geology along with some electives.
CHEM 112
Lab Safety
In order to attend labs, all CHEM112 students are required to complete Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and Safety Training. Training sessions are arranged specifically for CHEM112 students at the beginning of term.
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
CHEM 110
Lab Safety
In order to attend labs, all CHEM110 students are required to complete Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and Safety Training. Training sessions are arranged specifically for CHEM110 students at the beginning of term.
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
Second Year Courses
Start diving deeper into the discipline of Chemistry, while considering a minor and/or certificate program.
CHEM 211 ENCH 211
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
CHEM 212 ENCH 212
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Registration in SOLUS will remain unchanged as you will still be required to attend tutorials.
CHEM 213 ENCH 213
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
CHEM 221
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
CHEM 223
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
ENCH 245
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ. Exemptions are not available for tutorial components.
CHEM 282
Lab Exemption
Are you retaking this course and have already completed all the in-person/wet labs? If so you may qualify for a lab exemption. If you would like to request a lab exemption, email ugadm@chem.queensu.ca and include your full name, student number, course, year and term taken. Please note that you must have successfully completed all in-person/wet labs from the course within the last 3 years with a lab mark of at least 65% for an exemption to be granted. Once the exemption is entered it will be confirmed by email and will appear on onQ.
Third Year Courses
This is your chance to start grouping courses in areas of interest, or to keep it more general and explore many areas of Chemistry.
Fourth Year Courses
In fourth year you will have the chance to participate in research-based courses that can lead to Graduate School or to your future career path.
Arts and Science Online Courses in Chemistry
Arts and Science Online offers courses through an online learning platform called OnQ. It works much like a web forum where courses are chronologically organized to lay out assignments, readings, videos, discussion forums, quizzes, group work, and tutorials, all of which are available 24/7.
There are four online Chemistry courses offered by Arts and Science Online at Queen’s University in the spring/summer terms:
- CHEM 113 – General Chemistry I: From Atoms to Matter, 3.0
Course Dates: May 5 - June 16, 2025
View Course Description and Details - CHEM 114 – General Chemistry II: Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 3.0
Course Dates: July 2 - August 13, 2025
View Course Description and Details - CHEM 281 – General Organic Chemistry I (with Virtual Laboratory), 3.0
Course Dates: May 5 - June 16, 2025
View Course Description and Details - CHEM 285 – General Organic Chemistry II (with Virtual Laboratory), 3.0
Course Dates: July 2 - August 13, 2025
View Course Description and Details
These courses are primarily for students who are NOT in degree programs at Queen’s University, as CHEM 113, 114, and 285 do not, at present, have a lab component. If, however, you have taken CHEM 112 or 282 previously, and failed the lecture component, but completed the wet lab component above the required threshold, you may use CHEM 113 + CHEM 114 to repeat CHEM 112 (with your lab exemption) and use CHEM 285 to repeat CHEM 282 (with your lab exemption). The online version of CHEM 281 is identical to the on-campus version of the course and may be taken as part of degree plans in Biology or Life Sciences at Queen’s University. Students in Chemistry or Biochemistry degree plans should NOT take CHEM 281 or CHEM 282 (285).
For more information or to ask questions about the courses and their use in degree plans or certificates, contact either:
- Meredith Richards, Undergraduate Assistant in Chemistry: ugadm@chem.queensu.ca
- Diane Beauchemin, Chair of Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry: ugchair@chem.queensu.ca