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Academic Calendar 2008 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY SPECIALIZATION IN PHYSICS
INTRODUCTION
UNDERGRADUATE SESSIONAL DATES
STUDENT SERVICES
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES
FACULTIES
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE INFORMATION
FACULTY MEMBERS
AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGES
GLOSSARY
NEW MODULES/PROGRAMS
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SPECIALIZATION IN PHYSICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including the following 3.0 courses, each with a minimum mark of 60%:
Students must complete Linear Algebra 1600A/B with a minimum mark of 55% by the end of term one in year 2.
Module
9.0 courses:

1.0 course: Calculus 2302A/B or 2502A/B, 2303A/B or 2503A/B.
0.5 course: Differential Equations 2402A.
1.0 course from: Physics 2101A/B and 2102A/B, or Physics 2128A/B and 2129A/B, or Medical Biophysics 2128A/B and 2129A/B.
3.5 courses: Physics 2900E, 3151A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B, 4251A/B.
2.0 courses from: Any courses not yet taken numbered 2100 or higher in Physics and Astronomy.
1.0 course from: Applied Mathematics 2813B, Physics 3900F/G/Z, 3926F/G.

Students must also complete Physics 2950Y, 3950Y, 4950Y (non-credit seminar courses).

Note: To progress into Physics 2101A/B, 2102A/B or 2900E, the combination of Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B, or the former 022, will be acceptable, provided a minimum average of 80% is achieved in Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B, or a minimum mark of 85% was achieved for the former Physics 022.

Note: Students cannot progress from Physics 1020, 1024, 1026 to Physics 2128A/B, 2129A/B or Medical Biophysics 2128A/B, 2129A/B.

Academic Calendar 2008 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY SPECIALIZATION IN PHYSICS
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