主教大學

Physics encompasses a diverse range of disciplines including electronics, astrophysics, particle physics, and solid state physics. The Honours degree is an intensive programme of advanced study that prepares students for direct entry into graduate school in physics at the Master’s or Doctoral degree level. Almost all honours graduates (and some majors) enrol in graduate school and a list of recent honours graduates can be found on the Students page. The Major programme entails a rigorous and comprehensive approach to the study of physics and prepares students for industry, education and, on completion of a qualifying year, graduate work in physics. The Major programme has sufficient electives to allow a substantial number of courses to be taken in another discipline (minor programme), or even a second Major programme in a related discipline. A Science Teaching major programme with a specialization in physics and any one other science discipline (e.g., chemistry or mathematics) is also offered.

Careers & Graduates

If you very much enjoy thinking about problems related to nature (e.g., what are the smallest particles, how old is the Universe, how do semiconductors work), then physics is the subject for you. Physics as intellectually stimulating subject that will provide you with some of the answers to your most profound questions while at the same time making you a critical thinker with highly developed numeracy skills. But where will studying physics take you in terms of a career?

It turns out that physics graduates are highly sought after employees. A physics education emphasizes problem solving skills and abstract thinking. It is this training that makes physics graduates highly desired personnel in the job market. Our graduates are pursuing careers in pure research, industrial applications, education, finance, and technical writing. These foundational skills as well as training in practical subjects such as electronics, optics, lasers, numerical (computer) analysis also make them very desirable employees in the high-tech sector.

COURSE GROUPINGS

Elective Courses

These courses are open to any students with little or no scientific background (some restrictions apply).

PHY111 Physics of Everyday Phenomena

PHY112 Introduction to Holography

PHY113 Introduction to Astronomy

Physics Major Courses

Four-year program (BSc)

1st year: Courses have numbers that start with 100 to 199.

2nd year: Courses have numbers that start with 200 to 299.

3rd year: Courses have numbers that start with 300 and end at 399.

4th year: Courses have numbers that start with 300 and end at 399.

Three-year program (BSc)

1st year: Courses have numbers that start with 200 to 299.

2nd year: Courses have numbers that start with 300 and end at 399.

3rd year: Courses have numbers that start with 300 and end at 399.

Physics Honors Courses

Final year Honors physics courses have numbers that start with 400 and end at 480.

Graduate Courses

All graduate MSc courses have numbers that start with 500 or above.