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HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICAL PHYSICS
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%:
(Physics 1301A/B or 1401A/B or 1501A/B) and (Physics 1302A/B or 1402A/B or 1502A/B), or Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B with a minimum 80% average, or the former 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;
1.0 additional course.
Students must complete Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B by the end of term one in year 2.


Module
9.0 courses:

1.0 course: Calculus 2502A/B (preferred) or Calculus 2302A/B, 2503A/B (preferred) or Calculus 2303A/B.
1.0 course from: Physics 2101A/B and 2102A/B, or Physics 2128A/B and 2129A/B, or Medical Biophysics 2128A/B and 2129A/B.*
4.5 courses: Physics 2110A/B and 2910F/G (or the former 2900E), Physics 2600A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B, 3926F/G, 4999E.
0.5 course from: Physics 4662A/B or 4672A/B.
2.0 courses from: Chemistry 2213A/B, 2223B; Medical Biophysics 4455A/B, 4467A/B; any 3000 or 4000 level Physics or Astronomy course; any Applied Mathematics course at the 2100 level or above.

Students must also complete Physics 2950Y, 3950Y, 4950Y (non-credit seminar courses).

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites that are not included in the module.

*Note: Students can progress to Physics 2128A/B, 2129A/B or Medical Biophysics 2128A/B, 2129A/B only if they have taken Physics 1028A/B and 1029A/B.

Academic Calendar 2011 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICAL PHYSICS
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