The University of Western Ontario : HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS




Academic Calendar 2009 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS

HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS

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 1020 or 1024 or 1026, or Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B;
(Calculus 1000A/B or 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B (or Calculus 1301A/B with a mark of at least 85%)), or Applied Mathematics 1413;
1.0 additional course.

Students must complete Linear Algebra 1600A/B with a minimum mark of 55% by the end of term one in year 2.

Module

9.0 courses:

2.5 courses: Astronomy 2201A/B, 2801A/B, 3302A/B, 4101A/B, 4602A/B, or the former Astronomy 221a/b, 222a/b.
1.0 course: Calculus 2302A/B or 2502A/B, 2303A/B or 2503A/B.
0.5 course: Differential Equations 2402A.
4.0 courses: Physics 2101A/B, 2102A/B, 2900E, 3151A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B.
1.0 course from: Applied Mathematics 2813B, Physics 3900F/G/Z, 3926F/G.

Students must also complete Physics 2950Y, 3950Y and 4950Y (non-credit seminar courses).

Academic Calendar 2009 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS