Graduate Courses

Graduate course offerings for the 2022/23 academic year are posted on the Course Timetable.  For the detailed course syllabus, click the course code to view it.  

 

Students must enroll in courses on-line through ACORN/ROSI . When completing on-line enrollment for courses, please note the following:

CHM1102H, CHM1420H and CHM1290Y are the course numbers.
Suffixes "F", "S" and "Y" represent the course sections.

Courses with suffix "F" will run during the Fall term (September to December).
Courses with suffix "S" will run during the Second term (January to May).
Courses with suffix "Y" will run the entire year (September to May).

Information regarding registration and enrollment.

Students must also complete the Departmental Course Enrollment Form.

Course enrollment form for Incoming Students
Course enrollment form for Continuing Students

The enrollment form should be completed in consultation with the research supervisor. Students may begin requesting courses August 12. The completed/signed enrollment form must then be submitted to the Chemistry Graduate Office by September 16; new students may submit until September 19. January registrants submit by January 16This does not apply to non-degree Special Student or exchange students.

To cancel or add a course after submitting the course enrollment form to Chemistry Graduate Office prior to SGS deadlines, add or cancel the course on ACORN/ROSI and send an e-mail to the Graduate Office copying your research advisor and course instructor. This does not apply to non-degree Special Student or exchange students.  The final date to drop Fall session courses without academic penalty (ie. a permanent WDR on your transcript) is on October 31; February 27 to drop full year and Winter session courses.  These are strict deadlines by SGS. 

If you have questions about course requirements, please contact the Graduate Office. Alternatively, you can also speak with Graduate Studies Committee field representatives. They are listed here:

Research Area Contact #1 Contact #2
Analytical Chemistry Prof. Alana Ogata
alana.ogata@utoronto.ca
 
Environmental Chemistry Prof. Hui Peng
hui.peng@utoronto.ca
416-978-3696
LM 321A
 
Inorganic Chemistry Prof. Maciej Korzynski
maciej.korzynski@utoronto.ca
905-828-5355
DV 4039 (UTM)
 
Organic & Biological Chemistry Prof. Mark Taylor (Associate Chair, Grad Grad Studies)
marks.taylor@utoronto.ca
416-946-0571
LM 622A
Prof. Haissi Cui (Biological)
haissi.cui@utoronto.ca
416-946-8271
LM 443
Physical Chemistry Prof. Gilbert Walker
gilbert.walker@utoronto.ca
416-946-8401
LM 145

Prof. Xiang Li (Experimental Physical)

xianglll.li@utoronto.ca

 

Theoretical Chemistry Prof. Anatole von Lilienfeld
anatole.vonlilienfeld@utoronto.ca
TBD 
Myhal Room 714, 55 St. George Str. Toronto, ON
 
Polymers & Material Chemistry Prof. Oleksandr (Alex) Voznyy
o.voznyy@utoronto.ca
647-470-0092
EV 564 (UTSC)
Prof. Helen Tran
tran@utoronto.ca
416-946-5763
LM 514
Mississauga Campus Grad Faculty Liaison Prof. Scott Prosser
scott.prosser@utoronto.ca
905-828-3802
DV4052
 
Scarborough Campus Grad Faculty Liaison

Prof. Frank Wania
frank.wania@utoronto.ca
416-287-7225
EV 448, (UTSC)

 

Last updated: Monday, January 23, 2023 11:28

Analytical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic & Biological Chemistry
Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics
Polymers & Materials Chemistry

Scheduling

"F" suffix: course will run during the Fall term (September to December). 
"S" suffix: course will run during the Spring term (January to May). 
"Y" suffix: course will run the entire year (September to May).

Key to Locations (Click "Key" for maps!)
BA = Bahen Centre, 40 St. George Street 
BL = Claude T. Bissell Building, 140 St. George Street 
BV = Bladen Wing, Scarborough Campus (UTSC)
DB = Davenport Wing, 3rd & 4th Floors, 80 St. George Street
DBEast = Davenport East Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, 80 St. George Street
DBWest = Davenport West Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, 80 St. George Street (far end of Atrium)
DV = Davis (South) Building, Mississauga Campus (UTM)
FG = FitzGerald Building, 150 College Street
HW = Humanities Wing, Scarborough Campus (UTSC)
IB = Instructional Building, Mississauga Campus (UTM)
LA = Gerald Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place
LM = Lash Miller Chemical Labs, 80 St. George Street
MP = McLennan Physical Laboratories, 255 Huron Street
MW = Social Sciences Building, Scarborough Campus (UTSC)
RW = Ramsay Wright Laboratories, 25 Harbord Street
SS = Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street
SY = Science Research Building, Scarborough Campus (UTSC)
SW = Science Wing, Scarborough Campus (UTSC)
UC = University College, 15 King's College Circle
WE = Wetmore Hall, New College, 300 Huron Street

On-line Enrollment

When completing on-line enrollment for CHM1102HF, for example:

  • Course Number = CHM1102H
  • Course Section = F

Seminar and research courses are not applicable to non-degree special students/exchange students. 

 

NOTE:  Unless specified, assume courses will NOT be transmitted via video-link.  To make the request, please consult with the instructor. 


Analytical Chemistry


Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1102HF (CHM414HF)
Biosensors and Chemical Sensors
 
Michael Thompson
416-978-3575, LM 139
m.thompson@utoronto.ca
Start Date:
Sept. 9, 2022

Day/Time:
Monday & Wednesday 3-4pm

In-person

Room: LM 158

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1103HS
Advanced Topics in Analytical Chemistry
Alana Ogata
905-569-4385, DV4044, UTM
alana.ogata@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
January 9, 2023

Day/Time:
Lectures: Monday & Wednesday 12-1pm           
Seminar Session: Friday 11am-12pm

In-person

Room: MN3140 (UTM) Maanjiwe Nendamowinan Building,1535 Outer Circle

 

 

Winter
rse Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1104HF
(CHM416HF)
Separation Science
 
Aaron Wheeler
416-946-3864, LM 629A
aaron.wheeler@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
September 8, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday & Thursday 3-4pm

In-person

Room: LM 157

 

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1106HS                                                                           (CHM417HS)                                                

 

Aaron Wheeler
416-946-3864, LM 629A
aaron.wheeler@utoronto.ca

Start Date: January 10, 2023      

Day/Time:
Tuesday & Thursday 3-4pm
 

 

In-person

Room:  LM 157                

 

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1190Y
Analytical Chemistry Seminar

Fall:                                                            
Kegan Kerman                                   
416-287-7249, SW533, UTSC
kegan.kerman@utoronto.ca

Winter:     
Alana Ogata
905-569-4385, DV4044, UTM
alana.ogata@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
September 15, 2022

Day/Time:                                                
Thursday 11am-12:30pm

 

Online

 

Year-long
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM2014 HF, HS
Research in Analytical Chemistry
Supervisor     Fall and Winter

 


Environmental Chemistry


Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1401HF 
Transport and Fate of Chemical Species in the Environment

Jon Abbatt (Coordinator)
416-946-7358, LM 324
jonathan.abbatt@utoronto.ca

Hui Peng
Phone: 416-978-3596, LM 321A
hui.peng@utoronto.ca

Derek Muir
derek.muir@ec.gc.ca

Frank Wania
Phone: 416-287-7225, EV 448 (UTSC)
frank.wania@utoronto.ca

Daniel Newman (guest)
daniel.newman@utoronto.ca

 

 

Start Date:
Sept. 13, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday, 9am-12pm

In-person

Room: SS1080
Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto 

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1410HF
(CHM410HF)
Analytical Environmental Chemistry

Non CHM students: Please contact
the Chemistry Graduate Office
(chem.gradcoord@utoronto.ca)
to enquire about enrolment.

Jessica D'eon
416-978-7283, LM 119
jessica.deon@utoronto.ca

 

 

Start Date:

Sept. 12, 2022

Day/Time:
Lecture:                                                Monday, 10:00am-11am, LM 155
Wednesday, 10:00am-11am, SS1070

Practical:
Friday: 1:00pm-4:30pm

In-person

Room:                                    LM 155, Lash Miller, 80 St. George St. (Mon)            SS1070 Sidney Smith Hall, (Wed)100 St. George St.

*Room for Practical TBA

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1415HS
(CHM415HS)
Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry
Jonathan Abbatt
Phone: 416-946-7358, LM 324
jonathan.abbatt@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
January 10, 2023

Day/Time:
Tuesday & Thursday, 9-10am

In-person

Room: LM 158

 

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1425HF
(EES1121)
Modeling the Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Environment
Frank Wania
Phone: 416-287-7225, EV 448 (UTSC)
frank.wania@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
Sept. 07, 2022

Day/Time:
Wednesday, 9am-12pm

Room:
HL B108, Highland Hall (UTSC), 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1590Y
Environmental Chemistry Seminar

Jen Murphy (coordinator)
416-946-0260, LM 248
jen.murphy@utoronto.ca

Myrna Simpson
416-287-7234, SY322 (UTSC)
myrna.simpson@utoronto.ca

 

 

Start Date: November 15, 2022

Day/Time:

Fall: November 15, 2022

Winter: February 7, March 7, April 4, 2023

 

In-person: DB East StG & MW229 UTSC

Virtual Attendees: see Quercus for zoom link

Year
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM2533 HF, HS
Research in Environmental Chemistry
Supervisor     Fall and Winter

 


Inorganic Chemistry


Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1204HF

(CHM432)
Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

Datong Song
416-978-7014, DB 343
d.song@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
Sept. 8, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday & Thursday 11am-12pm

In-person

Room: LM123

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1206HF

(CHM455)
Advanced Materials Chemistry

Geoffrey Ozin
416-978-2082, LM 326
g.ozin@utoronto.ca'

Start Date:
Sept. 8, 2022

Day/Time:
Thursdays 4-6pm

In-person

Room: LM157

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1263HS
(CHM 437HS)
Bioinorganic Chemistry

 

Robert Morris
416-978-6962, LM 344
robert.morris@utoronto.ca

 

 

Start Date:
January 10, 2023

Day/Time:
Tuesday & Thursday 4-5pm

In-person

Room: LM157

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1268HS
X-ray Crystallography

Doug Stephan (coordinator)
416-946-3294, DB 465
douglas.stephan@utoronto.ca

Datong Song
416-978-7014, DB 343
d.song@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
January 10, 2023

Day/Time:
Tuesday 10am-12pm

Online

 

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1270HF
Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry

Doug Stephan (coordinator)
416-946-3294, DB 465
douglas.stephan@utoronto.ca

Datong Song
416-978-7014, DB 343
d.song@utoronto.ca

Ulrich Fekl
905 828 3806, DV4045 (UTM)
ulrich.fekl@utoronto.ca

Robert Morris
416-978-6962, DB 344
robert.morris@utoronto.ca

Geoffrey Ozin
416-978-2082, LM 326
g.ozin@utoronto.ca

Bernie Kraatz
416-287-7228, AA 427 (UTSC)
bernie.kraatz@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
Sept. 13, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday 2-4pm

Online synchronously

(See Quercus for details)

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1290Y

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Series

Datong Song
416-978-7014, DB 343
d.song@utoronto.ca 

 

 

Start Date: November 15, 2022

Day/Time: Thursday 2-3pm

Online
 

Year
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM2033 HF, HS
Research in Inorganic Chemistry
Supervisor     Fall and Winter

 


Organic & Biological Chemistry


Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1003HS
(CHM443HS)
Physical Organic Chemistry
Jik Chin
416-946-7335, DB 462
jik.chin@utoronto.ca
Start Date:
January 9, 2023

Day/Time:
Monday & Wednesday 4-5pm

In-person

Room: LM 157

 

Winter

 

Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1004HF
(CHM 440HF)
The Synthesis of Modern Pharmaceuticals Agents
Austin Marchese Start Date:
Sept. 8, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday & Thursday 3-4pm

In-person

Room: LM 155

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1005HF
(CHM 441HF)
Spectroscopic Analysis in Organic Chemistry

Mark Taylor
416-946-0571, LM 622A marks.taylor@utoronto.ca

Darcy Burns               darcy.burns@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
Sept. 8, 2022

Day/Time:
Tueday & Thursday 10-11am

 

In-person

Room: LM 157

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1006HS
(CHM447HS)
Bi-organic Chemistry

Jik Chin
416-946-7335, DB 462
jik.chin@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
January 10

Day/Time:
Tuesday 10am-12pm
 

In-person

Room: LM 155

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1008HS
(CHM479HS)
Biological Chemistry

Mark Nitz
416-946-0640, LM462
mark.nitz@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
January 12, 2023

Day/Time: Thursday 10am-12pm

In-person

Room: LM 157

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1040HS
Modern Organic Synthesis

Mark Taylor (Coordinator)
416-946-0571, LM 622A
marks.taylor@utoronto.ca

Rob Batey
416-978-5059/416-978-3566, DB365, LM151
rob.batey@utoronto.ca

Start Date: January 12, 2023

Day/Time: Thursday 9am-11am

In-person

Room: SS2125, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., Toronto

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1045HF
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry

Ronald Kluger (coordinator)
416-978-3582, DB 444
r.kluger@utoronto.ca

Jik Chin
416-946-7335, DB 462
jik.chin@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
September 14, 2022

Day/Time:
Wednesday 10am-12pm

Room:
WE76, Wetmore Hall, New College, 300 Huron St.,Toronto

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1051HS
Current Topics in Chemical Biology

Andrew Beharry (coordinator)
905-569-4675, DV4043 (UTM)
andrew.beharry@utoronto.ca

Andrew Woolley
416-978-0675, LM 526
Andrew.woolley@utoronto.ca

 

Start Date:
January 9, 2023

Day/Time:
Mondays, 10am-12pm

 

Online Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1056HF
Techniques for Studying the Chemical, Structural and Dynamic Properties of Biomolecules
Voula Kanelis (coordinator)
905-569-4542, DV4042 (UTM)
voula.kanelis@utoronto.ca
Scott Prosser
905-828-3802, DV4052 (UTM)
scott.prosser@utoronto.ca
Andrew Woolley
416-978-0675, LM 526
Andrew.woolley@utoronto.ca
Mark Nitz
416-946-0640, LM 462
mark.nitz@utoronto.ca
Jumi Shin
905-828-5355, DV4039 (UTM)
jumi.shin@utoronto.ca
Ronald Kluger 
416-978-3582, DB 444
r.kluger@utoronto.ca
Rebecca Jockusch
416-976-7198, LM 253
rebecca.jockusch@utoronto.ca
Haissi Cui
416-946-8271, LM 443
haissi.cui@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
Sept. 13, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday, 10am-12pm

In-person & Online (see course syllabus and Quercus)

Room:
UTM: MN2140
Maanjiwe nendamowinan building,1535 Outer Circle

St. George: SS2104
Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St. Toronto

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1090Y
Organic and

Biological Chemistry Seminar

Biological:
Andrew Woolley
416-978-0675, LM526
andrew.woolley@utoronto.ca

Haissi Cui
haissi.cui@utoronto.ca

Organic:
Mark Lautens (Fall)
416-978-6083, DB 359
mark.lautens@utoronto.ca

Andrei Yudin (Winter)
416-946-5042, DB362
andrei.yudin@utoronto.ca

 

 

Biological:

February 15  & Wednesday April 12 (see Quercus for times of speakers)

Organic: April 20 from 10 am to 4 pm (see Quercus for more information)

 

 

 

Davenport East, Lash Miller

 

 

Davenport East, Lash Miller

 

 

 

Year-long

 

 

Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM2043 HF, HS
Research in Organic/Biological Chemistry
Supervisor     Fall and Winter

 


Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics


Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1448HF

Modelling of Biochemical Systems

David McMillen
905-828-5353, DV4056 (UTM)
david.mcmillen@utoronto.ca

 

Start Date: 
Sept. 15, 2022

Day/Time:
Thursday 11am-1pm

 

Online

 

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1453HF

Density Functional Theory

Oleksandr Voznyy
647-470-0092 EV564 (UTSC)
o.voznyy@utoronto.ca

 

Start Date:
September 14, 2022

Day/Time:
Wednesday 12-2pm
 

 

In-person & online

Room: SS2111
Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto
 

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1478HF

Quantum Mechanics for Physical Chemists

 

Paul Brumer
416-978-3569 LM 421B paul.brumer@utoronto.ca

Start Date: Sept. 14, 2022

Day/Time:
Wednesday 2-4pm

 

 

Online Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1480HS
(CHM427HS)

Statistical Mechanics

 

Dvira Segal
416-946-0559, LM 420D
dvira.segal@utoronto.ca

Start Date: 
January 12, 2023

Day/Time:
Thursday 4-6pm

In-person

Room: LM 123

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1488HS

Current Directions in Experimental Physical Chemistry

Al-Amin Dhirani (coordinator)
416-946-5789, LM 254
a.dhirani@utoronto.ca

Cynthia Goh
416-978-6254, LM 522
cynthia.goh@utoronto.ca
 

Start Date:
January 11, 2023
 

Day/Time:
Wednesday 1-3pm

 

Room: LM128

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1490Y
Physical Chemistry Seminar Series

 

Gilbert Walker
416-946-8401, LM 145
gilbert.walker@utoronto.ca

 

 

 

Start Date:
TBA

Day/Time:
Tuesday 11am-12pm

TBA

 

Year-long
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM2023 HF, HS
Research in Physical Chemistry
Supervisor     Fall and Winter

 


Polymers and Materials Chemistry


Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1300HF
(CHM 457HF)
Polymer Chemistry

Eugenia Kumacheva (coordinator)
416-978-3576, LM 627
eugenia.kumacheva@utoronto.ca

Mitchell Winnik
416-978-6495, LM 520
m.winnik@utoronto.ca

 

Start Date:
Sept. 13, 2022

Day/Time:
Tuesday 5-7pm

 

In-person

Room: SS 1088, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1302HS
Polymer Physical Chemistry

Eugenia Kumacheva (coordinator)
416-978-3576, LM 627
eugenia.kumacheva@utoronto.ca

Mitchell Winnik
416-978-6495, LM 520
m.winnik@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
January 11, 2023

Day/Time:
Wednesday 5-7pm

In-person

LM 155 (new room as of Jan. 18)

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1304HF
(CHM456H)

Organic Materials Chemistry

Dwight Seferos
416-946-0285, LM 616
dwight.seferos@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
Sept, 8, 2022

Day/Time:
Thursday 1-3pm

 

In-person

Room: LM 157

Fall
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session

CHM1307HS
(CHM458H)                                                

Soft Materials for Life, Energy, and the Environment

Helen Tran
416-946-5763, LM 514
tran@utoronto.ca

Jon Babi (coordinator)
jon,babi@mail.toronto.ca
Office TBA

 

Start Date:
January 10, 2023
 
Tuesday 10am-12pm

In-person

Room: BA 2185, Bahen Centre Information Tech, 40 St. George St.,Toronto, ON

Winter
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM1390Y
Polymers & Materials Chemistry Seminar Series
Dwight Seferos
416-946-0285, LM 616
dwight.seferos@utoronto.ca

Start Date:
WInter Term February 21 & 22, 2023

Day/Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pm

DB East Year-long
Course Designation Instructor(s) Day and Time Location Session
CHM2306 HF, HS
Research in Polymers & Materials Chemistry
Supervisor     Fall and Winter

 

The Ontario Visiting Graduate Student Agreement (OVGS) permits a registered student in good academic standing to take a limited number of degree program course requirements at an Ontario university without completing further admission formalities. Graduate course(s) taken through OVGS are subject to the regulations and deadlines of the host institution.These course(s) must be requirements of the U of T degree program, and must not be available at U of T. Normally graduate students should not participate in OVGS in their final year unless the official grade will be received by the SGS final grade and degree recommendation submission deadlines. The graduate student pays tuition fees at U of T as per normal and is classified as a non-degree student at the host university. No tuition fees will be assessed by the host institution; however, applicable incidental fees will be charged. For more information, visit the SGS website.

With the approval by the Graduate Department of Chemistry and the School of Graduate Studies, a student may be exempt from a specific course requirement (generally in this case a core-course) permitting the substitution of another course to meet degree requirements. Overall course credit requirements for the degree are not reduced.

Doctoral students who completed their undergraduate degrees at UoT and who have taken cross-listed courses are eligible to apply for course exemption, if applicable.

To apply for a course exemption, forward the SGS Transfer Credit and/or Exemption form to the Chemistry Graduate Office along with a brief letter of rationale, copies of the course syllabi (the core-course to be exempted and substituting course), confirmation of approval from the supervisor and Grad Studies Representatitve. In the case of substituting a core course, the letter should demonstrate that the substituting course is more appropriate for the research. Student submits the form after the successful completion of the substituting course.