PhD Course Selection Guidelines

· Normally, a PhD student completes all academic courses within the first year of study; this is at the discretion of your supervisor and also depends on course availability

· Courses are normally taken from Engineering or Physical Science departments – check the courses section of the Chem Eng website for course suggestions

· A maximum of 1 half-credit (H) Faculty of Management Studies or Engineering Management (ELITE) courses may be taken

· Students in a collaborative program must normally satisfy the requirements of that program in addition to this Department’s requirements

Course Requirements

Academic Courses

If you have:

You need to take:

Previously completed an MASc degree

At least 4 half-credit (H) courses

Started in the MASc program, by-passed to the PhD

At least 3 half-credit (H) courses

Started in the MASc program, by-passed to the PhD and

already have a Master’s degree from a non-North American university

At least 1 half-credit (H) course

Previously completed a Bachelor’s degree and entered the PhD program directly

At least 6 half-credit (H) courses

Seminar Courses

Attending Seminars:
Seminars in Chemical Engineering

Successful completion of seminar course in each Fall and Winter session; the code for Fall 2010 is CHE3004H (F)

Presenting Seminars:
Graduate Student Seminar

The Seminar will depend on the degree program you are registered in:

CHE 2011H: students not in a collaborative program or in the Pulp and Paper field of study

- Twice; once in year 1 and once in year 3 of study

CHE 1211H: students in the Pulp and Paper field of study

- Once a year, either Fall (F) or Winter (S) session

BME 1011H: students in the Biomedical Collaborative Program (IBBME)

- Once a year, either Fall (F) or Winter (S) session

EDE3000H: students in the Environmental Engineering Collaborative Program (CEEP)

- Twice in total over your degree

Additional Required Courses:

The courses below are to be taken once throughout your graduate studies at the University of Toronto. If you have taken the course, you do not need to take the course again as part of your PhD.

CHE2222H
(Safety Training Workshop)

Successful completion of CHE2222H before embarking on research or teaching in the undergraduate laboratories.

How to become an Outstanding Graduate Student

Attend in the first year of study; no enrolment in ROSI is required for this course. See courses page on the Chem Eng website for meeting schedule

JDE1000H
(Ethics in Research)

Successful completion of JDE 1000H; enroll in either the F or S section of the course.

NOTE: ROSI requires full information about a course when a request is being made.

Be sure to enter:

Course number: e.g. CHE1142H

Section Code: F, S or Y: this indicates whether the course is offered in the fall session (F), the winter session (S) or over both (Y).

Teaching Method: All graduate courses have a teaching method of LEC (lecture).

Teaching Section: Most graduate courses only have one teaching session (0101). Although there may be only one teaching section the information must still be entered on the system.