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Distinguishing features of physics at Mount Allison include a challenging and innovative curriculum taught within a supportive, personal atmosphere.

Many of our courses, including the first year courses, are taught using an experiential physics approach (learn physics by experiencing physics.) In these courses you will spend most of your time in collaborative student groups, discovering and applying physics directly in a hands-on and minds-on fashion.


Programs 

We offer:

  • major and honours programs in physics
  • combined honours in mathematics and physics
  • combined honours in computer science and physics
  • minors in physics and astronomy

Please consult the for program requirements. Flow-charts on program specific courses are below.

Honours

University regulations require that you apply for honours by December of your third year by filling out the declaration to pursue honours form.

In order to apply for honours:

  • your current cumulative GPA must be at the minimum standard required for honours (see for details.)
  • you must also arrange for a supervisor — you should talk to potential faculty supervisors in research area(s) of interest to you (see the undergraduate research section of the opportunities for students page for more information on faculty research interests)

Courses

While all courses specifically required on degree programs are offered every year, elective courses are usually offered once every second year.

One feature of our Department is that many courses, including Physics 1041 and 1051, are taught by an experiential physics approach, which means you learn physics through collaborative, experiential learning activities.

You can check out a recommended course sequence on the flow and outline charts below. Please e-mail any potential conflicts/comments you may have to physics@mta.ca.

Please consult the for a full list of courses and their descriptions.

 


Program advisor

A program advisor provides information and advice on your selection of courses and degree requirements.

The program advisor for physics is Dr. Ralf Bruening


Graduate studies advisor

For current Mount Allison undergraduate students: advice and information on applying to graduate school, graduate scholarships, the GRE, etc., please contact David Fleming.


Program Maps

Please note that MATH 1111 is no longer offered.

Disciplinary Physics programs

 

Interdisciplinary Physics Programs

Coming soon

 


Course rotation

CORE COURSES

FALL   

1051 General Physics I

2251 Classical Waves

2801 Data Acquisition & Analysis

3101 Electricity and Magnetism

3361 Digital Signal Processing & Electronics

3821 Quantum Mechanics

WINTER

1041 Physics for the Life Sciences

1551 General Physics II

2811 Modern Physics

3451 Methods of Mathematical Physics

2811 Modern Physics

ROTATIONAL COURSES

Fall even

1031 Stars, Galaxies and the Universe

3581 Medical Physics

3701 Thermodynamics

Fall odd

1021 Solar System Astronomy

3411 Numerical Analysis

4201 Solid State Physics

 

Winter odd

1401 The Physics of Music and Sounds

3001 Astrophysics

3751 Energy & the Environment

4101 Electromagnetic Theory

4851 Fundamental Particles

Winter even

3021 Life in the Universe

3201 Statistical Mechanics

4311 Modern Optics

4411 Classical Mechanics & Relativity (currently changing)

4831 Advanced Quantum Mechanics

 

Physics/Chemistry 3231- Physical Chemistry II: Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy offered at the discretion of the Dept. of Chemistry