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Applied Mathematics

Specializations

Physics Specialization

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*Courses used to satisfy this requirement cannot be used to satisfy the 300- and 400-level AMATH requirements of the Honours Applied Mathematics plan.

**PHYS 121 course is a requirement for the Honours Applied Mathematics plan and cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.


This plan has the same course requirements as Honours Applied Mathematics with the following additional constraints on course selection:

4.0 units, at least 2.0 units of which are at the 300- or 400-level, from the following list*:
AMATH 271 Introduction to Theoretical Mechanics
AMATH 361 Continuum Mechanics
AMATH 373 Quantum Theory 1
AMATH 463 Fluid Mechanics
AMATH 473/PHYS 454 Quantum Theory 2
AMATH 475/PHYS 476 Introduction to General Relativity
ECE 403 Thermal Physics or PHYS 358 Thermal Physics
Any PHYS course**

Some suggested courses are listed below:

PHYS 122 Waves, Electricity and Magnetism
PHYS 124 Modern Physics
PHYS 175 Introduction to the Universe
PHYS 225 Modeling Life Physics
PHYS 234 Quantum Physics 1
PHYS 242 Electricity and Magnetism 1
PHYS 335 Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS 359 Statistical Mechanics

Note

PHYS courses can be used to fulfil the subject concentration requirement of the AMATH plan.

 


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