Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics

(81 credits)

This is a specialized and demanding program intended for students who wish to develop a strong basis in both Mathematics and Physics in preparation for graduate work and a professional or academic career. Although the program is optimized for theoretical physics, it is broad enough and strong enough to prepare students for further study in either experimental physics or mathematics.

The minimum requirement for entry into the program is completion with high standing of the usual CEGEP courses in physics and in mathematics, or the Physics Pre-Program Requirements as explained above. In addition, a student who has not completed the equivalent of MATH 222 must take it in the first term without receiving credits toward the 81 credits required in the Joint Honours program. If this is the case for you, do not hesitate to consult with the Undergraduate Advisor. In Joint Programs, if you seek advice, you should discuss with the Program Advisors rom both departments.

A student whose average in the required and complementary courses in any year falls below a GPA of 3.00, or whose grade in any individual required or complementary course falls below a C (in both the final examination and supplemental examination if taken), may not register in this Joint Honours program the following year, or graduate with the Joint Honours degree, except with permission of both Departments. The student will have two advisers, one from Mathematics and the other from Physics.

Joint Math Physics Map

A program flowchart can be found here.

U1 Required Courses (27 credits)

MATH 235 (3) Algebra 1

MATH 248 (3) Honours Advanced Calculus

MATH 249 (3) Honours Complex Variables

MATH 325 (3) Honours Ordinary Differential Equations

PHYS 241 (3) Signal Processing

PHYS 251 (3) Honours Classical Mechanics 1

PHYS 257 (3) Experimental Methods 1

PHYS 258 (3) Experimental Methods 2

PHYS 260 (3) Modern Physics and Relativity

U1 Complementary Courses (3 credits)

3 credits selected from

MATH 247 (3) Honours Applied Linear Algebra

MATH 251 (3) Honours Algebra 2

U2 Required Courses (24 credits)

MATH 255 (3) Honours Analysis 2

MATH 475 (3) Honours Partial Differential Equations

PHYS 253 (3) Thermal Physics

PHYS 350 (3) Honours Electricity and Magnetism

PHYS 351 (3) Honours Classical Mechanics 2

PHYS 357 (3) Honours Quantum Physics 1

PHYS 362 (3) Statistical Mechanics

PHYS 457 (3) Honours Quantum Physics 2

U2 Complementary Courses (3 credits)

MATH 242(3) Analysis 1

MATH 254 (3) Honours Analysis 1 *

* It is strongly recommended that students take MATH 254.

U3 Required Courses (12 credits)

MATH 454 (3) Honours Analysis 3

MATH 458 (3) Honours Differential Geometry

PHYS 352 (3) Honours Electromagnetic Waves **

PHYS 359 (3) Honours Laboratory in Modern Physics 1

** PHYS 342 Majors Electromagnetic Waves may be substituted for PHYS 352 Honours Electromagnetic Waves with written permission of an advisor.

U3 Complementary Courses (12 credits)

3 credits selected from

MATH 455 (3) Honours Analysis 4

MATH 456 (3) Honours Algebra 3

6 credits selected from

PHYS 404 (3) Climate Physics

PHYS 432 (3) Physics of Fluids

PHYS 459D1 (3) Honours Research Thesis

and PHYS 459D2 (3) Honours Research Thesis

PHYS 479 (3) Honours Research Project

PHYS 512 (3) Computational Physics with Applications

PHYS 514 (3) General Relativity

PHYS 519 (3) Advanced Biophysics

PHYS 521 (3) Astrophysics

PHYS 551 (3) Quantum Theory

PHYS 557 (3) Nuclear Physics

PHYS 558 (3) Solid State Physics

PHYS 559 (3) Advanced Statistical Mechanics

PHYS 562 (3) Electromagnetic Theory

PHYS 567 (3) Particle Physics

3 credits in Honours Mathematics