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MAJOR IN PHYSICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements, including the following courses each with a mark of at least 60%:
(Physics 1301A/B or 1401A/B or 1501A/B) and (Physics 1302A/B or 1402A/B or 1502A/B), or Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B with a minimum 80% average, or the former Physics 1020 or 1024 or 1026;
(Calculus 1000A/B or 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B (preferred) or Calculus 1301A/B), or Applied Mathematics 1413.
Students must complete Mathematics 1600A/B (or the former 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: Applied Mathematics 2402A or the former 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 2110A/B and 2910F/G (or the former 2900E), Physics 3200A/B.
1.0 course from: Astronomy 2201A/B, 2801A/B, Physics 2600A/B, 2700A/B, 2810A/B, the former Physics 2800, the former Materials Science 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: Students can progress to Physics 2128A/B, 2129A/B or Medical Biophysics 2128A/B, 2129A/B only if they have taken Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B.
Academic Calendar 2011 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY MAJOR IN PHYSICS
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