FACULTY OF SCIENCE


FOUR-YEAR GENERAL BSc GEOPHYSICS

Admission Requirements

Completion of a first year program including: Earth Sciences 020 or equivalent (see note) with a mark of at least 60%; Calculus 050a/b plus one of 051a/b or 081a/b, or Applied Mathematics 026, or the former Applied Mathematics 020, or 023a/b plus 024a/b, or the former Mathematics 027. Physics 020, 022, 024, or 025 is strongly recommended and must be completed before third year.

Note: Courses equivalent to Earth Sciences 020 are any two of: Earth Sciences 081a/b, 082a/b, 083F, 085a/b, 281b; the recommended combination most closely approximating the content of Earth Sciences 020 is Earth Sciences 082a/b and 085a/b.

Second Year

Earth Sciences 200a, 201a
Earth Sciences 206b, 220b, 250y, 260a/b
Calculus 280a, 281b
Chemistry 024a/b
One full-course option, to attain a total of five and one-half courses.

Note

A first year Physics course (excluding Physics 021) must be completed prior to entry into third year.

Computer Science 026a/b is a strongly recommended option.

Earth Sciences 280 is not acceptable for credit in this program.

Third Year

Earth Sciences 320a, 321a, 322a
Earth Sciences 300b, 314b, 350y
Differential Equations 215a
Physics 243b
Linear Algebra 040a/b
One senior-level full-course equivalent option, to attain a total of five and one-half courses.

Fourth Year

Earth Sciences 420a/b, 421a/b, 422a/b, 424a/b, 440a/b
Two and one-half senior Science full-course equivalent options numbered 200 or above, to attain a total of five courses.

The Area of Concentration will consist of the 8.5 senior-level Earth Science courses which are specified in second, third, and fourth year, plus Calculus 280a and 281b.


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