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Physics
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Physics major

This section specifies the Physics major discipline requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Science section for information on additional requirements.

Lower-level requirements

Course Title Credits
PHYS 111 Mechanics (or PHYS 101 with a B+ or better) 5
PHYS 112 Electricity and Magnetism 5
PHYS 221 Intermediate Mechanics 4
PHYS 222 Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism 4
MATH 111 Calculus I 4
MATH 112 Calculus II 4
MATH 211 Calculus III 3

Upper-level requirements

Course Title Credits
PHYS 381 Mathematical Physics 3
PHYS 27 upper-level physics credits 27
  or PHYS 21 upper-level physics credits and a Mathematics major 21

Students may transfer up to 15 upper-level physics credits from approved courses taken outside UFV.

Physics minor

This section specifies the physics minor requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Science section for information on additional requirements. In addition to the general BSc requirements, students must complete a minimum of 14 credits from physics courses numbered 300 and above. Students need to combine these physics minor requirements with the credits from another science minor or major.

Note: Students must be aware that upper-level physics courses require lower-level physics and math prerequisites. Students are advised to take these lower-level prerequisites in their first two years of full-time study.

Upper-level requirements

Course Title Credits
PHYS Upper-level physics courses 14

Course listings

For complete details on courses see the course descriptions section.