MAJOR PROGRAM IN PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS (SCIENCE)

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Program Requirements
This program requires 8.5 credits as follows:

First Year
PHYA10H3 Physics I for the Physical Sciences
PHYA21H3 Physics II for the Physical Sciences
[MATA30H3 Calculus I for Physical Sciences or MATA31H3 Calculus I for Mathematical Sciences]
[MATA22H3 Linear Algebra I for Mathematical Sciences or MATA23H3 Linear Algebra I]
[MATA36H3 Calculus II for Physical Sciences or MATA37H3 Calculus II for Mathematical Sciences]

Second and Later Years

ASTB23H3 Astrophysics of Stars, Galaxies and the Universe
MATB41H3 Techniques of the Calculus of Several Variables I
MATB42H3 Techniques of the Calculus of Several Variables II
MATB44H3 Differential Equations I
PHYB10H3 Intermediate Physics Laboratory I
and
1.5 credits from the following:
PHYB56H3 Introduction to Quantum Physics
PHYB21H3 Electricity and Magnetism
PHYB52H3 Thermal Physics
PHYB54H3 Mechanics: From Oscillations to Chaos
and
2.0 credits from the following:
ASTC25H3 Astrophysics of Planetary Systems
MATC34H3 Complex Variables
MATC46H3 Differential Equations II
PHYC50H3 Electromagnetic Theory
PHYC56H3 Quantum Mechanics I
PHYC11H3 Intermediate Physics Laboratory II
PHYC14H3 Introduction to Atmospheric Physics
PHYC54H3 Classical Mechanics
PHYD26H3 Planetary Geophysics
PHYD37H3 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
PHYD38H3 Nonlinear Systems and Chaos
PHYB57H3 Introduction to Scientific Computing
PSCD02H3 Current Questions in Mathematics and Science
PSCD50H3 Advanced Topics in Quantum Mechanics
[PHYD01H3 Research Project in Physics and Astrophysics or *PHYD02Y3 Extended Research Project in Physics and Astrophysics or PHYD72H3 Supervised Reading in Physics and Astrophysics]

*Note: A maximum of 0.5 credit from PHYD02Y3 will count for this requirement. The remaining 0.5 credit can be used to satisfy the overall degree-level requirements.