Physics and Computer Science Honours (B.Sc.)

81 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (63 credits)

  • COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 252 Honours Algorithms and Data Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 273 Introduction to Computer Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 302 Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 350 Numerical Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MATH 240 Discrete Structures (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 314 Advanced Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, 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 253 Thermal Physics (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 362 Statistical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 457 Honours Quantum Physics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

At least 6 of the 15 complementary credits must come from a course at the 400- or 500-level (excluding COMP 400 Project in Computer Science and PHYS 479 Physics Research Project. ), and of these at least 3 must be from a COMP course.

0-3 credits from: (0–3 credits)

0-3 credits from:

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

3-4 credits from: (3–4 credits)

3-4 credits from:

  • COMP 400 Project in Computer Science (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 479 Physics Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

6 or 7 credits selected from: (6–7 credits)

6 or 7 credits selected from:

  • COMP 303 Software Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 310 Operating Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 330 Theory of Computation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 362 Honours Algorithm Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

3-4 credits from: (3–4 credits)

3-4 credits from:

  • MATH 323 Probability (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 340 Discrete Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • 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 432 Physics of Fluids (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 434 Optics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 469 Advanced Physics Laboratory 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Remaining credits

Any number of PHYS courses at the 500 level (3 credits each) Any number of COMP courses at the 400 or 500-level (excluding COMP 400) (3 or 4 credits each)

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