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MINOR IN PHYSICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%:
Physics 1301A/B, 1401A/B, 1501A/B or 80% in Physics 1028A/B and Physics 1302A/B, 1402A/B, 1502A/B or 80% in Physics 1029A/B; or the former Physics 1020 or 1024 or 1026
Calculus 1000A/B, 1100A/B or 1500A/B and Calculus 1501A/B (recommended) or Calculus 1301A/B (with a mark of at least 85%); or Applied Mathematics 1413
1.0 additional course
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
4.0 courses:

1.0 course from: Calculus 2302A/B, Calculus 2303A/B, Calculus 2502A/B or Calculus 2503A/B.
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.*
1.0 course: Physics 2110A/B and 2910F/G, or the former Physics 2900E.
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.

Students must also complete Physics 2950Y (non-credit seminar course).

*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 2012 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY MINOR IN PHYSICS
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