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HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS
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, 1401A/B, 1501A/B or 80% in Physics 1028A/B and Physics 1302A/B, 1402A/B, 1502A/B or 80% in Physics 1029A/B; or the former Physics 1020 or 1024 or 1026
Calculus 1000A/B, 1500A/B or the former 1100A/B and Calculus 1501A/B (recommended) or Calculus 1301A/B (with a mark of at least 85%); or Applied Mathematics 1413
1.0 additional course

Students must complete Mathematics 1600A/B or the former Linear Algebra 1600A/B with a minimum mark of 55% by the end of term one in year 2.

Module
9.0 courses:

2.5 courses: Astronomy 2201A/B, 2801A/B, 3302A/B, 4101A/B, 4602A/B.
1.0 course: Calculus 2502A/B, 2503A/B.
0.5 course: Applied Mathematics 2402A or the former Differential Equations 2402A.
4.0 courses: Physics 2101A/B, 2102A/B, 2110A/B and 2910F/G (or the former Physics 2900E), Physics 3151A/B, 3200A/B, 3300A/B, 3400A/B.
1.0 course from: Applied Mathematics 2813B, Physics 3900F/G/Z, 3926F/G.

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

Academic Calendar 2013 FACULTIES FACULTY OF SCIENCE, including BMSc PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY HONORS SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS
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