Physics Honours (B.Sc.)
78–81 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Program Prerequisites
Required Courses (51 credits)
- 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
- MATH 475 Honours Partial Differential Equations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- 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 260 Modern Physics and Relativity (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 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 (27-30 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.
- CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
7-8 credits from: (7–8 credits)
7-8 credits from:
0-3 credits from: (0–3 credits)
0-3 credits from:
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
3 credits from: (3 credits)
3 credits from:
6 credits selected from: Note: If chosen, PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis. and PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis. are taken together. (6 credits)
6 credits selected from: Note: If chosen, PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis. and PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis. are taken together.
- PHYS 359 Advanced Physics Laboratory 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- 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
18 credits selected from the list below (students may substitute one or more courses with any 3-credit course approved by the Department of Physics): (18 credits)
18 credits selected from the list below (students may substitute one or more courses with any 3-credit course approved by the Department of Physics):
- 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 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 534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (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
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