Mathematics and Physics Honours (B.Sc.)

81 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Program Prerequisites

U1 Required Courses (27 credits)

  • MATH 235 Algebra 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 248 Honours Vector Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 249 Honours Complex Variables (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 325 Honours Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 241 Signal Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 251 Honours Classical Mechanics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 257 Experimental Methods 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 258 Experimental Methods 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 260 Modern Physics and Relativity (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

U2 Required Courses (24 credits)

  • MATH 255 Honours Analysis 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 475 Honours Partial Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 253 Thermal Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 350 Honours Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 351 Honours Classical Mechanics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 357 Honours Quantum Physics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 362 Statistical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 457 Honours Quantum Physics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

U3 Required Courses (12 credits)

  • MATH 454 Honours Analysis 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 458 Honours Differential Geometry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHYS 352 Honours Electromagnetic Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 359 Advanced Physics Laboratory 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

U1 Complementary Course (3 credits)

  • MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 251 Honours Algebra 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

U2 Complementary Courses (3 credits)

  • MATH 242 Analysis 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 254 Honours Analysis 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

U3 Complementary Courses (12 credits)

12 credits are selected as follows:

Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses.

Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses.

  • CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter

One of: (3 credits)

One of:

  • BIOL 111 Principles: Organismal Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

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  • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 150 Calculus A (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MATH 151 Calculus B (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • MATH 455 Honours Analysis 4 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 456 Honours Algebra 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

6 credits selected from: (6 credits)

6 credits selected from:

  • PHYS 404 Climate Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 432 Physics of Fluids (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 479 Physics Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 512 Computational Physics with Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 514 General Relativity (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 519 Advanced Biophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 521 Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 551 Quantum Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 557 Nuclear Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 558 Solid State Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 559 Advanced Statistical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 562 Electromagnetic Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 567 Particle Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Remaining credits (3 credits)

3 credits in Honours Mathematics.

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