Physics and Geophysics Major (B.Sc.)
69 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Program Prerequisites
Required Courses (57 Credits)
- EPSC 231 Field School 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
- EPSC 240 Geology in the Field (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- EPSC 303 Structural Geology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- EPSC 320 Elementary Earth Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 223 Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 314 Advanced Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 315 Ordinary Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PHYS 230 Dynamics of Simple Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 232 Heat and Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 241 Signal Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 257 Experimental Methods 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 258 Experimental Methods 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 331 Topics in Classical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 333 Thermal and Statistical Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 340 Majors Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 342 Majors Electromagnetic Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 346 Majors Quantum Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 432 Physics of Fluids (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Complementary Courses (12 Credits)
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.
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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
6-12 credits from the following: (6–12 credits)
6-12 credits from the following:
- EPSC 350 Tectonics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- EPSC 425 Sediments to Sequences (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- EPSC 482 Research in Earth and Planetary Sciences (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- EPSC 510 Climate and Geodynamics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- EPSC 520 Earthquake Physics and Geology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- EPSC 549 Hydrogeology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 319 Partial Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 320 Introductory Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 321 Data Science and Observational Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 339 Measurements Laboratory in General Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 404 Climate Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
0-6 credits from the following: (0–6 credits)
0-6 credits from the following:
- EPSC 482 Research in Earth and Planetary Sciences (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHYS 449 Majors Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 512 Computational Physics with Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 521 Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
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