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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, 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 or Calculus 1301A/B), 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
10.0 courses:
0.5 course: Astronomy 2201A/B.
0.5 course: Physics 2700A/B.
1.0 course: Earth Sciences 2200A/B, Earth Sciences 2206A/B.
1.5 courses: Planetary Science 3380A/B, 4490E.
6.5 additional courses from: Astronomy 2801A/B, Physics 2101A/B, 2102A/B, 2110A/B, 2128A/B, 2129A/B, 2810A/B, 2910F/G, 3151A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B, 3926F/G, the former Physics 2900E, Earth Sciences 2123A/B (if Earth Sciences 1023A/B has not been taken), any Earth Sciences course in the range 2200-2299 not already taken, Earth Sciences 3310A/B, 3313A/B, 3314A/B, 3315A/B, 3321A/B, 3369A/B, 4400A/B, 4421A/B, 4424A/B, 4431A/B, Planetary Science 4830A/B.
Note: The above courses may have prerequisites that are not included in the module.
Academic Calendar 2012 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY SPECIALIZATION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE
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