Physics Major (B.Sc.)
60–63 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Program Prerequisites
Required Courses (45 credits)
- COMP 208 Computer Programming for Physical Sciences and Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: 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 339 Measurements Laboratory in General 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 447 Majors Quantum Physics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Complementary Courses (15-18 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
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0-3 credits from: (0–3 credits)
0-3 credits from:
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
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12 credits from: (12 credits)
12 credits from:
- PHYS 319 Introduction to Biophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 320 Introductory Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 321 Data Science and Observational Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 328 Electronics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- 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 449 Majors Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PHYS 459D1 Research Thesis. 1,2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHYS 459D2 Research Thesis. 1,2 (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 519 Advanced Biophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHYS 521 Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
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