CHEM 302Innovation and Project Management
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Science
- Subject
- Chemistry
Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Examples drawn from the chemical industry are used to expose students to a methodology for developing an innovative idea into a well-defined working plan. Students will use the methodology to develop ideas for their fourth-year projects.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 2B or higher
- Enrolled in H-Biochemistry, H-Biochemistry - Biotechnology Specialization, H-Chemistry, JH-Chemistry, H-Chemistry - Computational Specialization, or H-Medicinal Chemistry
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
13 posts and comments in 10 threads mention CHEM 302, August 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2021
[deleted by user] 16 points, 9 comments
u/pennypacker420: “Chem 302”
Spring 2021
how is chem 302? is it an easy course? 3 points, 1 comment
CHEM 302 0 points, 0 comments
u/Nice_Raccoon_4753: “Has anyone taken CHEM 302? How was it? What is the content like?”
Fall 2020
Best professor you have had? 29 points, 62 comments
“Who is your best professor so far and why? My favourite prof is Barbara Moffatt because she didn't make me memorize content but instead made me think.”
u/michaelscott158: “Dave Tompkins, Keith Delaney, Eric Prouzet (chem 302), Rick Marta”
Winter 2020
electives 1 point, 3 comments
“for my degree I have to take 4.0 credits from any lecture course. I’m in chemistry. does anyone have any course recommendations for me?? so far I’ve taken 1.0 credits — philosophy and french lul. …”
u/cmm557: “… If you are looking for easy electives, Chem 302 is very easy. I took typical bird courses such as econ 101, econ 102, and geog 101 and found that even though they were easy I had not interest in them which made me not do so well. …”
Chem 217 and Chem 302 Online 2 points, 4 comments
u/curryfishballz: “are they bird courses? how easy are they”
u/why_you_ya: “They r doable. Easy ya up to the midterm after becomes hell”
u/why_you_ya: “Chem 217 not sure about chem 302”
u/cmm557: “I know this is kinda late, but chem 302 is very easy. I took it last term and did very well on it. It was also a really nice break from typical chemistry courses”
Spring 2019
good 300/400 level courses 6 points, 8 comments
“So i am looking for fair, and pretty laidback 300/400 level courses to take in the fall. I want to use the term bird, but people tend to not taking a post serious when you mention it. …”
u/sparklesmarkles: “If you have experience with differential equations, CHEM 356 is a fun time and Nooijen is a wonderful prof. If not, CHEM 302?”
u/XxUzumakixX: “what's chem 302 about? It seems pretty unique, but unfortunately there's barely any info on it”
Fall 2018
need an easy course to catch up on and eventually do well in (serious and urgent) 8 points, 16 comments
“Add period has passed but if a course is still open I may be able to get in. I need one last elective and I was wondering which course would be the easiest to catch up on. …”
u/DueGoose: “chem 302”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… 237L CHEM 240 CHEM 250L CHEM 254 CHEM 262 CHEM 262L CHEM 264 CHEM 266 CHEM 266L CHEM 267 CHEM 302 CHEM 310 CHEM 310L CHEM 323 CHEM 331 CHEM 333 CHEM 335L CHEM 339 CHEM 350L CHEM 356 CHEM 363 CHEM 370 CHEM 382L CHEM 383 CHEM 392A CHEM 392B CHEM 400 CHEM 430 CHEM 432 CHEM 464 CHEM …”
Spring 2017
Should I take CHEM302? 0 points, 1 comment
u/IcyTarget: “I'm a SciBus student, The course description for this course kind of hints that this course is for the people doing 4th year projects. The course itself seems pretty interesting and I was wondering if there is anyone here who did this course out of interest. …”
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