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Undergraduate Subjects

By definition, a course is a degree (such as Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry), and a subject is a unit of study within a course, usually taken over a single semester.

Chemistry Subjects


Chemistry subject codes have a general format of CHEnABC, where CHE1 subjects are first-year subjects, CHE2 are second year subjects and so on. The ABC is a 3-letter code to identify the subject topic.

Subjects are organised so that a student may major solely in chemistry, jointly in chemistry and another discipline from either the Departments or Schools within the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering. For example, subjects such as mathematics, physics, biochemistry, botany, economics, genetics, microbiology or philosophy.

For more information on each chemistry subject, select one of the following.

The number in parentheses indicates the semester in which the course is delivered.

Chemistry 1

  • CHE1GEN  General Chemistry (1)
  • CHE1BAS  Basic Chemistry (1)
  • CHE1APL  Applications of Chemistry (2)

Chemistry 2

  • CHE2FND  Fundamentals of Chemistry (1)
  • CHE2DEV  Developments in Chemistry (2)
  • CHE2RWD Chemistry in the Real World (2)
  • CHE2MEC  Medicinal Chemistry (2)
  • CHE2NAN  Nanochemistry (2)
  • CHE2CWQ  Chemistry of Water Quality (2)

Chemistry 3

  • CHE3ADA  Topics for Chem Majors (1)
  • CHE3ADB  Materials and Methods (2)
  • CHE3SPA  Topics for Pure Chem Majors (1)
  • CHE3SPB  Structures and Reactions (2)
  • CHE3EAA  Adv Env Analytical Chem A (1)
  • CHE3EAB  Adv Env Analytical Chem B (2)
  • CHE3MCC  Medicinal Chemistry C (1)
  • CHE3MCD  Medicinal Chemistry D (2)
  • CHE3SEN  Sensors and Devices (2)

Chemistry 4

  • CHE4HNA  Honours in Chemistry A (1)
  • CHE4HNB  Honours in Chemistry B (2)

The following table illustrates the subjects that would be taken by a student completing a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) with a full major in chemistry.

  Semester 1 Semester 2
Year 1 CHE1GEN ELECTIVE ELECTIVE ELECTIVE CHE1APL ELECTIVE ELECTIVE ELECTIVE
Year 2 CHE2FND ELECTIVE ELECTIVE CHE2DEV CHE2RWD ELECTIVE
Year 3 CHE3ADA CHE3SPA CHE3ADB CHE3SPB
Year 4 Honours in Chemistry