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Bachelor of Science Astrophysics Subject Area

General Information

The subject area requirements listed on this page are part of the Bachelor of Science (Major and Honors)  program offered by the Faculty of Science. Students must ensure they are familiar with and follow all program requirements in addition to the subject area requirements outlined below.

To find a description about this area of study, please visit Our Degrees of the Faculty of Science webpage.

Subject Area Courses

Astrophysics subject area courses include all courses at the 200-level or higher that satisfy specific requirements or options in the respective Honors or Major requirements, as listed below, and all courses at the 200-level or above with course designators ASTRO, BIOPH, GEOPH, MA PH, and PHYS.

There are minimum subject area GPA requirements for graduation (see Academic Standing and Graduation ).

Subject Area Requirements

Note: Students registered in the Bachelor of Science (Major and Honors) program also need to satisfy Common Course Requirements , Major/Honors/Minor Requirements , and Science and Senior Course Level Requirements .

Honors in Astrophysics Requirements

Foundation Courses

3 units from:

Senior Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

6 units from:

  • any 400-level ASTRO course

9 units from:

  • any 400-level ASTRO course

Notes:

  1. This requirement may also be fulfilled by completing one of MATH 334  or MATH 336  and MATH 337 .
  2. This requirement may also be fulfilled by completing both MATH 315  and MATH 311 .
  3. ASTRO 120  and ASTRO 122  are recommended as Science options.
  4. Not all 200-, 300-, and 400-level Physics courses are offered every year so students should plan accordingly.
  5. Students without a background in computer programming are strongly encouraged to take CMPUT 174  as one of their Science options in their first year.

Major in Astrophysics Requirements

Foundation Courses

3 units from:

Senior Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

3 units from:

6 units from:

3 units from:

3 units from:

  • any 400-level ASTRO course

Notes:

  1. This requirement may also be fulfilled by completing both MATH 334  and MATH 337 .
  2. This requirement may also be fulfilled by completing both MATH 315  and MATH 311 .
  3. Some courses appear in more than one requirement. Students may not use the same course to satisfy more than one requirement.
  4. ASTRO 120  and ASTRO 122  are recommended as Science options.
  5. Not all 200-, 300-, and 400-level Physics courses are offered every year so students should plan accordingly.
  6. Students without a background in computer programming are strongly encouraged to take CMPUT 174  as one of their Science options in their first year.

Minor in Astrophysics Requirements

Foundation Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

3 units from:

Senior Courses

3 units from:

3 units from:

Notes:

  1. Upper level ASTRO and PHYS courses may require specific MATH courses as prerequisites. These prerequisites must be considered when choosing Science options.