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HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE


Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses: Physics 020 or 024 or 026; Calculus 050a/b and 051a/b (or 081a/b) or Applied Mathematics 026; plus 1.0 additional course, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.

0.5 to 1.0 course from: Earth Sciences 022a/b, 023a/b, 081a/b, 083F/G, or the former Earth Sciences 020. If taken in first year, the course(s) will count as a principal course(s). Earth Sciences 281b may be substituted if Earth Sciences 022a/b, 023a/b, 081a/b, or the former Earth Sciences 020 is not taken in first year.

Computer Science 025a/b or 026a/b is recommended.


Module

10.0 courses:

0.5 course: Astronomy 201a/b
0.5 course: Physics 203a/b
1.0 course: Earth Sciences 230b; 123a/b (if Earth Sciences 023a/b has not been taken), or a 200-level Earth Sciences half-course with permission of the department (if Earth Sciences 023a/b has been taken).
1.5 courses: Planetary Science 380a/b, 490
6.5 additional courses from: Astronomy 202a/b 301a/b, Physics 201a/b, 202a/b, 208, 326F/G, 343a/b, 350a/b, 351a/b, 365a/b, Earth Sciences 201a, 206a/b, 240a/b, 260a/b, 322a, 369a/b, 421a/b, 424a/b, or the former 205b, 221a, 312a, 324a/b.


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