Physics and Computer Science Major (B.Sc.)

66 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Program Prerequisites

U1 Required Courses (21 credits)

  • COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 223 Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 240 Discrete Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 230 Dynamics of Simple Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 257 Experimental Methods 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 258 Experimental Methods 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

U2 Required Courses (24 credits)

  • COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 251 Algorithms and Data Structures (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 314 Advanced Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 232 Heat and Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 241 Signal Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

U3 Required Courses (21 credits)

  • COMP 360 Algorithm Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 323 Probability (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 331 Topics in Classical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 339 Measurements Laboratory in General Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 340 Majors Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 346 Majors Quantum Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 489 Special Project (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

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

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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

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