The University of Western Ontario : MAJOR IN PLANETARY SCIENCE

Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements, including the following courses each with a mark of at least 60%:

Physics 1020 or 1024 or 1026;
(Calculus 1000A/B or 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1301A/B or 1501A/B), or Applied Mathematics 1413;
1.0 course from: Earth Sciences 1022A/B, 1023A/B, 1081A/B, 1083F/G, or the former Earth Sciences 020.

Earth Sciences 2281A/B may be substituted, if Earth Sciences 1022A/B, 1023A/B, 1081A/B, or the former Earth Sciences 020 is not taken in Year 1.

Module
6.0 courses:

0.5 course: Astronomy 2201A/B or the former Astronomy 221a/b.
0.5 course: Physics 2700A/B.
1.0 course: Earth Sciences 2200A/B, 2123A/B (if Earth Sciences 1023A/B has not been taken), or a 2100-level Earth Sciences 0.5 course with the permission of the department (if Earth Sciences 1023A/B has been taken).
0.5 course: Planetary Science 3380A/B.
3.5 courses from: Astronomy 2801A/B, 3501A/B, or the former Astronomy 222a/b, Physics 2101A/B, 2102A/B, 2800, 2900E, 3151A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B, 3926F/G, Earth Sciences 2200A/B, 2206A/B, 2212A/B, 2230A/B, 2231A/B, 2240F/G, 2260A/B, 3321A/B, 3369A/B, 4421A/B, 4424A/B, or the former Earth Sciences 205a, 322a/b.




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