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2008-2009

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Academic Plans - Non-Departmental

Computational Science

Honours Computational Science/Physics

Core Courses (5.5 course units + 0.25 lab units)

PHYS 234 Quantum Physics 1
PHYS 239 Scientific Computation 1
PHYS 241/241L Electricity and Magnetism/Lab
PHYS 263 Classical Mechanics 1
PHYS 334 Quantum Physics 2
PHYS 339 Scientific Computation 2
PHYS 258 Thermal Physics
PHYS 359 Statistical Mechanics
PHYS 363 Classical Mechanics 2
PHYS 364 Mathematical Physics 1
PHYS 365 Mathematical Physics 2

Specialization Electives (2.5 course units)

Five of:

PHYS 256/256L Geometrical and Physical Optics/Lab
PHYS 275 Astrophysics 1. The Solar System
PHYS 335 Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS 352/352L Analogue Electronics/Lab
PHYS 353/353L Digital Electronics/Lab
PHYS 356/356L Intro to Communications & Optical Communications Physics/Lab
PHYS 375 Astrophysics 2. Stars and Stellar Evolution
PHYS 380 Molecular Biophysics
PHYS 432 Physics of Solid State Devices
PHYS 434 Quantum Physics 3
PHYS 435 Solid State Physics
PHYS 441A Electromagnetic Theory 1
PHYS 441B Electromagnetic Theory 2
PHYS 444 Modern Particle Physics
PHYS 445 Modern Optics
PHYS 454 Quantum Physics 4
PHYS 467 Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
PHYS 475 Galaxies and Cosmology

Free Electives (2.5 units)


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