Joint Major in Physics and Geophysics

(69 credits)

Program Requirements

This joint program in Physics and Geophysics provides a firm basis for graduate work in geophysics and related fields as well as a sound preparation for those who wish to embark on a career directly after the B.Sc.

Please see the specific requirements for all Physics programs.

Required Courses (57 credits)

EPSC 231 (3) Field School 1

EPSC 240 (3) Geology in the Field

EPSC 303 (3) Structural Geology

EPSC 320 (3) Elementary Earth Physics

MATH 222 (3) Calculus 3

MATH 223 (3) Linear Algebra

MATH 314 (3) Advanced Calculus

MATH 315 (3) Ordinary Differential Equations

PHYS 230 (3) Dynamics of Simple Systems

PHYS 232 (3) Heat and Waves

PHYS 241 (3) Signal Processing

PHYS 257 (3) Experimental Methods 1

PHYS 258 (3) Experimental Methods 2

PHYS 331 (3) Topics in Classical Mechanics

PHYS 333 (3) Thermal and Statistical Physics

PHYS 340 (3) Majors Electricity and Magnetism

PHYS 342 (3) Majors Electromagnetic Waves

PHYS 346 (3) Majors Quantum Physics

PHYS 432 (3) Physics of Fluids

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

EPSC 350 (3) Tectonics

EPSC 425 (3) Sediments to Sequences

EPSC 435 (3) Applied Geophysics

EPSC 482 (3) Research in Earth and Planetary Sciences

EPSC 510 (3) Geodynamics

EPSC 520 (3) Earthquake Physics and Geology

EPSC 549 (3) Hydrogeology

MATH 319 (3) Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

PHYS 339 (3) Measurements Laboratory in General Physics

PHYS 404 (3) Climate Physics

PHYS 449 (3) Majors Research Project

PHYS 512 (3) Computational Physics with Applications