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Honours Co-operative Life Physics (Medical Physics Specialization; Joint with Biology)
Advisors:  R. Jayasundera, B.-Y. Ha, M. Campbell

Consult your undergraduate advisor and the Life Physics website for suggested sequencing of the required courses. Besides the core courses, these students must also take:

PHYS 124 Modern Physics
PHYS 224L Electricity and Magnetism for Life and Medical Physics Laboratory
PHYS 233 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
PHYS 358 Thermal Physics
PHYS 383 Medical Physics
PHYS 483 Advanced Therapeutic Concepts in Oncology in Medical Physics
MATH 227 Calculus 3 for Honours Physics
MATH 228 Differential Equations for Physics and Chemistry
BIOL 373 Principles of Human Physiology 2

Suggested electives for this specialization are:

BIOL 301 Human Anatomy
CHEM 333 Metabolism 1
PHYS 236 Computational Physics 1
PHYS 239 Scientific Computation 1
PHYS 391/391L Electronics/Laboratory
PHYS 392/392L Scientific Measurement and Control/Laboratory
  or PHYS 353/353L Digital Electronics/Laboratory
PHYS 437A Research Project
PHYS 437B Research Project
STAT 202 Introductory Statistics for Scientists


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