The University of Western Ontario : HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE

Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses:

Physics 1020 or 1024 or 1026;
(Calculus 1000A/B or 1100A/B) and (Calculus 1501A/B (preferred) or Calculus 1301A/B), or Applied Mathematics 1413;
plus 1.0 additional course, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.
0.5 to 1.0 course from: Earth Sciences 1022A/B, 1023A/B, 1081A/B, 1083F/G, or the former Earth Sciences 020.

If taken in first year, the course(s) will count as a principal course(s). Earth Sciences 2281A/B may be substituted if Earth Sciences 1022A/B, 1023A/B, 1081A/B, or the former Earth Sciences 020 is not taken in year 1.

Module

10.0 courses:

0.5 course: Astronomy 2201A/B or the former Astronomy 221a/b.
0.5 course: Physics 2700A/B.
1.0 course: Earth Sciences 2200A/B, 2123A/B (if Earth Sciences 1023A/B has not been taken), or a 2100-level Earth Sciences 0.5 course with permission of the department (if Earth Sciences 1023A/B has been taken).
1.5 courses: Planetary Science 3380A/B, 4490E.
6.5 additional courses from: Astronomy 2801A/B, 3501A/B, or the former Astronomy 222a/b, Physics 2101A/B, 2102A/B, 2800, 2900E, 3151A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B, 3926F/G, Earth Sciences 2206A/B, 2212A/B, 2230A/B, 2231A/B, 2240F/G, 2260A/B, 3321A/B, 3369A/B, 4421A/B, 4424A/B, or the former Earth Sciences 205a, 322a/b.




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