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Physics & Astronomy Major Degree Program
The Major degree program
(program chart, program information)
offers a significant degree
of specialization in Physics & Astronomy,
while leaving considerable flexibility for you to pursue additional areas of interest
during your course of study. This program incorporates the first three years of the Honours
degree requirements, which are scheduled at a less intense pace over a 4 year time period.
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Physics & Astronomy Honours Degree Program
The Honours degree programs
(program chart, program information)
are designed to offer students the highest degree of
specialization in Physics & Astronomy at the undergraduate level, with the goal of
preparing them to enter graduate school in these or closely related scientific or
engineering areas. An optional path with increased emphasis on Astronomy is included. Students are encouraged to choose additional optional courses from the Physics & Astronomy,
Computer Science, Chemistry or Geophysics calendar to enhance their program.
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Honours Biological & Medical Physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy,
although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare. A medical physics department may be based in either
a hospital or a university and its work is likely to include research, technical development, and clinical healthcare.
The new Honours degree stream focuses on Medical and Biological Physics
(see Honours option C).
The purpose of this degree stream is to enable students to be ideally prepared for the Medical Physics Graduate degree
program at the University of Manitoba. This Graduate program has been accredited recently by the highly regarded
Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP), and is one of the few such accredited programs in Canada.
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Physics & Chemistry Joint Honours Degree Program
An exceptional interdisciplinary program that incorporates courses from
Physics and Chemistry.
This program
(details)
consists of 120 credit hours of study spread over four years in these two fields.
It is geared towards students who wish to work in the fascinating research areas of the material sciences.
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Physics & Biochemistry Double Honours Degree Program
This program combines courses from Physics, Biochemistry and Microbiology to provide a unique
interdisciplinary program. It is ideally suited for those students who are interested in
working in the exciting research areas currently opening up at the confluence of Physics,
Chemistry and Biology.
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Physics & Math Joint Honours Degree Program
The joint program
(details)
features a greater degree of
specialization in mathematics, with less emphasis on experimental training, than the
Physics & Astronomy Honours program. This challenging program, which is ideally suited
for students interested in a career in theoretical physics, features 132 credit hours
of study, of which all but 6 are from Mathematics and Physics & Astronomy. Students
graduating from this program are well prepared to enter graduate school in these and
closely related fields.
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Physics & Computer Science Joint Honours Degree Program (with co-op option)
The joint Physics & Astronomy/ Computer Science Honours program
(details)
combines core elements of
the undergraduate Honours program in Physics & Astronomy with key courses from the Honours
degree in Computer Science. Students will benefit from exposure to practical problem
solving in physical science using computational methods as well as by gaining specific
expertise in computer operating systems, data structures and scientific computing.
Of 120 credit hours required for the program, 108 credit hours are taken from the
departments of Physics & Astronomy, Computer Science and Mathematics.
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Other Options
Programs of study for the Three Year General Degree
with a specialization in Physics & Astronomy, as well as a Minor
in Physics & Astronomy are also available
(program chart, program information).
These programs are well suited to students who seek a diversified training in science with some advanced
training in Physics & Astronomy. Both of these options incorporate a minimum of 12 credit hours selected from Physics & Astronomy courses at the 2nd and 3rd year level.
The three year general program is sufficiently flexible that students can, with permission of the department, transfer to a four year Major program provided that the Majors
course requirements are also met.
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