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Winter 2009 Undergraduate Calendar
PHYSICS
Honours Physics and High Technology: Co-op Option
The Co-operative Education Program offers students the opportunity to combine their classroom experiences with related work experiences. Students who apply and are accepted to the Co-operative Education Program must successfully complete three paid work experiences interspersed throughout the four-year Honours program. The experience gained while participating in theses structured and supervised work placements is viewed as an integral component of the student's educational program.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Physics and High Technology Co-op students must maintain full-time academic status and satisfy the following:
(a) Must maintain a minimum cumulative average of 6.0, and;
(b) Must maintain a minimum major average of 8.0, and;
(c) Must not have more than one outstanding F on their transcript.
WORK-STUDY SEQUENCE
Year of Study
Fall Semester
Winter Semester
Summer Semester
Year 1
Study
Study
Study/Off
Year 2
Study
Study
Work
Year 3
Study
Work
Study
Year 4
Work
Study
Study/Off
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Total courses:
forty-three courses
Major requirements:
sixteen courses,
including 64-140, 64-141, 64-151, 64-220, 64-222, 64-250, 64-310, 64-311, 64-320, 64-323, 64-350, 64-431, 64-450, 64-460, 64-484, and 64-496.
Other requirements:
(a) 59-140, 59-141, 59-240, 60-140 (or 60-106), 60-141 (or 60-205), 62-120, 62-140, 62-141, 62-215, 62-216, 62-318, 62-360, 70-151, 71-140, 85-130, 85-214, 88-217
(b) three co-op terms: 64-298, 64-398, 64-498, (oral and written reports required), plus an optional work term following the second semester of the first year. Students must maintain an honours average (G.P.A. 8.0 or greater) to qualify for co-op placements.
(c) five additional B.Sc., B.A.Sc., or B.Comm. credit courses at the 200 level or higher in Science, Engineering, or Business Administration that are approved by the Physics Head or delegate.
(d) two of Arts (01-), Social Sciences (02-), and/or Business Administration (04).
RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCE
First Year:
ten courses, including 59-140, 59-141, 62-120, 62-140, 62-141, 64-140, 64-141, 64-151, 85-130, and 71-140, followed by an optional summer work term.
Second Year:
ten courses, including, 62-215, 62-216, 62-318, 64-220, 64-222, 64-250, 64-320, 85-214, 88-217, and one option, followed by a summer Co-op work term.
Third Year:
five fall courses, including 59-240, 62-360, 64-323, 64-350, and one option, Winter co-op work term; five summer courses, including 60-140 or 60-106, 60-141 or 60-205, 64-310, 70-151 and one option.
Fourth Year:
fall co-op work term; five winter courses, including 64-311, 64-431, 64-460, 64-496, and one option; five summer courses, including 60-450, 64-484, and three options.
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