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Academic Calendar 2009 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY MAJOR IN PHYSICS
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GLOSSARY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MAJOR IN PHYSICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including the following courses each with a mark of at least 60%:
Students must complete Linear Algebra 1600A/B with a minimum mark of 55% by the end of term one in year 2.

Module
6.0 courses:

1.0 course: Calculus 2502A/B (preferred) or Calculus 2302A/B, 2503A/B (preferred) or Calculus 2303A/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.
1.5 courses: Physics 2900E, 3200A/B.
1.0 course from: Astronomy 2201A/B, 2801A/B, or the former Astronomy 221a/b, 222a/b, Physics 2600A/B, 2700A/B, 2800.
1.0 course from: Applied Mathematics 2813B, Physics 3900F/G/Z, 3926F/G.

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

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites not included in the module. A minimum mark of 85% is required in Calculus 1301A/B to take Calculus 2502A/B.

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

Note: Students cannot progress from Physics 1020, 1024, 1026 to Physics 2128A/B, 2129A/B or Medical Biophysics 2128A/B, 2129A/B.
 
Academic Calendar 2009 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY MAJOR IN PHYSICS
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