Minor in Physics

(18 credits)

The 18-credit Minor permits no overlap with any other programs. It contains no Mathematics courses, although many of the courses in it have Math pre- or corequisites. It will, therefore, be particularly appropriate to students in Mathematics, but it is also available to any Science student with the appropriate mathematical background.

Students in certain programs (e.g., the Major in Chemistry) will find that there are courses in the Minor that are already part of their program, or that they may not take for credit because of a substantial overlap of material with a course or courses in their program. After consultation with an advisor, such students may complete the Minor by substituting any other physics course(s) from the Major or Honours Physics programs.

Required Course (3 credits)

PHYS 257 (3) Experimental Methods 1

Complementary Courses (15 credits)

15 credits to be selected as follows:

PHYS 230 (3) Dynamics of Simple Systems

or PHYS 251 (3) Honours Classical Mechanics 1

PHYS 232 (3) Heat and Waves

or PHYS 253 (3) Thermal Physics

PHYS 241 (3) Signal Processing

or PHYS 258 (3) Experimental Methods 2

PHYS 224 (3) Physics of Music

or PHYS 228 (3) Energy and the Environment

or PHYS 260 (3) Modern Physics and Relativity

or PHYS 320 (3) Introductory Astrophysics (formerly PHYS 214)

or PHYS 346 (3) Majors Quantum Physics (formerly PHYS 446)

PHYS 340 (3) Majors Electricity and Magnetism

or PHYS 350 (3) Honours Electricity and Magnetism