Physics Minor (B.Sc.)

18 credits · Faculty of Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Course (3 credits)

  • PHYS 257 Experimental Methods 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

15 credits to be selected as follows:

One of: (3 credits)

One of:

  • PHYS 230 Dynamics of Simple Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 251 Honours Classical Mechanics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

One of: (3 credits)

One of:

  • PHYS 232 Heat and Waves (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 253 Thermal Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

One of: (3 credits)

One of:

  • PHYS 241 Signal Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 258 Experimental Methods 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

One of: (3 credits)

One of:

  • PHYS 224 Physics of Music (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 228 Energy and the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 260 Modern Physics and Relativity (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 320 Introductory Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 346 Majors Quantum Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

One of: (3 credits)

One of:

  • PHYS 340 Majors Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 350 Honours Electricity and Magnetism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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