Physics and Chemistry Honours (B.Sc.)

80–83 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Program Prerequisites

Required Courses (68 credits)

  • CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • CHEM 213 Introductory Physical Chemistry 1: Thermodynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 273 Introductory Physical Chemistry 2: Kinetics and Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 281 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 355 Applications of Quantum Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 365 Statistical Thermodynamics (2 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 493 Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • CHEM 556 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEM 574 Introductory Polymer Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 208 Computer Programming for Physical Sciences and Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • 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 350 Honours Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 352 Honours Electromagnetic Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 357 Honours Quantum Physics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 457 Honours Quantum Physics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 558 Solid State Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Complementary Courses (12-15 credits)

(with at least 3 credits in Chemistry and 3 credits in Physics)

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

3 credits from: (3 credits)

3 credits from:

  • BIOL 111 Principles: Organismal Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

7-8 credits from: (7–8 credits)

7-8 credits from:

  • 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

0-3 credits from: (0–3 credits)

0-3 credits from:

  • MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter

3 credits selected from: (3 credits)

3 credits selected from:

  • CHEM 593 Statistical Mechanics and Machine Learning for Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 559 Advanced Statistical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

9 credits selected from the list below: Note: PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis. and PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis. are taken together. (9 credits)

9 credits selected from the list below: Note: PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis. and PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis. are taken together.

  • CHEM 480D1 Undergraduate Research Project 2 (1.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 480D2 Undergraduate Research Project 2 (1.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 505 Computer Modeling of Molecules and Materials (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEM 531 Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 575 Chemical Kinetics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEM 585 Colloid Chemistry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHYS 351 Honours Classical Mechanics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 359 Advanced Physics Laboratory 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 404 Climate Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 434 Optics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 469 Advanced Physics Laboratory 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 479 Physics Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 512 Computational Physics with Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 562 Electromagnetic Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

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