Welcome to the Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry and the University of Saskatchewan offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate student programs, coupled with research opportunities spanning all the major sub-disciplines of chemistry as well as a number of emerging interdisciplinary areas. We invite you to browse our website and welcome inquires for further information.

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Chemistry Updates 

Undergraduate Awards
The Department of Chemistry is seeking applications for the following undergraduate awards. Application deadline: September 28, 2023


2023 Newsletter
Check out our Department's 2023 Newsletter!

Graduate Program - for inquiries on registration in the Chemistry graduate program, contact Amber Bornhorst by email (chem.grad.program@usask.ca) or leave a voicemail at 306-966-4720.

Undergraduate Program - for inquiries about overrides, prerequisite waivers, department approval, and general registration in Chemistry courses, contact Erin Wasylow by email (erin.wasylow@usask.ca) or phone 306-966-4655.

Academic Advising - for assistance in choosing appropriate Chemistry courses or general questions about Chemistry programs, email chem.dept@usask.ca to request a meeting with a faculty advisor.

Chemistry 112/115/250 Registration Problems?

The Department of Chemistry, including all instructors and staff, does not process overrides for lecture and lab spots. All registrations must be done through available lecture and lab spots on PAWS. Due to safety regulations, there are a fixed number of lab spots for each chemistry course. A chemistry course has reached maximum capacity when all lab spots have been filled, even though there may be available lectures spots listed on PAWS. Once a chemistry course has reached maximum capacity, no overrides can be given for either a lab or a lecture spot since this will result in breaking safety regulations.

If you qualify for a lab exemption, please contact the appropriate lab manager for the course (Chem 112/115 - firstyear.chem@usask.ca) and Chem 250/255 (marcelo.sales@usask.ca).

Students wishing to register must check PAWS regularly to see if any spots open up. It is common that other students decide to switch labs and/or drop the course in the first few weeks, and you are advised to continue checking PAWS in order to find a spot that may become available.

If your schedule is more flexible, you may try to register for either Term 1 or 2 or spring/summer offerings (summer offerings usually become available in February).

The deadlines for students to add classes are September 19, 2023 (Term 1) and January 16, 2024 (Term 2), so there is plenty of time to register if spaces become available. Remember to check PAWS often!

Prerequisites for Chemistry 112

The prerequisites for Chemistry 112 are Chemistry 30 or Chemistry 90 or Chemistry 100 and (Mathematics B30 or Foundations of Mathematics 30 or Pre-Calculus 30). Prerequisites and corequisites have been established by the college after thorough examination of courses and programs. Therefore, a prerequisite will normally be waived only if an equivalent alternative learning experience can be identified. Please see the following sites for information about taking Chemistry 30 by night classes or cyber school:

If you have an identifiable equivalent learning experience that you would like to have considered by the course coordinator, please submit a prerequisite waiver request here.

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