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Level 1 Outlines

Course Code
Course Title
Instructor
Term
Original Outline
COVID-19 Course Plan
Course Code
ASTRON 1F03
Course Title
Astronomy
Instructor
J. Wadsley
Term
Fall 2019
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Outline
Course Code
BIOPHYS 1S03
Course Title
Biophysics of Movement and the Senses
Instructor
M. Rheinstadter
Term
Fall 2019
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Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 1A03-T2
Course Title
Introductory Physics
Instructor
B. Davis-Purcell
Term
Winter 2020
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Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 1AA3
Course Title
Introduction to Modern Physics
Instructor
R. Nezat
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 1C03
Course Title
Physics for the Chemical and Physical Sciences
Instructor
K. Hughes
Term
Fall 2019
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Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 1CC3
Course Title
Physics for the Chemical and Physical Sciences
Instructor
Term
Winter 2020
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Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 1D03
Course Title
Introductory Mechanics
Instructor
R. Nejat, W. Okon
Term
Fall 2019
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Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 1E03
Course Title
Introduction to Electromagnetism and Waves
Instructor
R. Nejat, P. Clancy, D. Venus
Term
Winter 2019
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Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 1S03
Course Title
Biophysics
Instructor
M. Rheinstadter
Term
Fall 2019
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Level 2 Outlines

Course Code
Course Title
Instructor
Term
Original Outline
COVID-19 Course Plan
Course Code
ARTSSCI 2D06
Course Title
Physics
Instructor
A. Chen
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
ASTRON 2B03
Course Title
The Big Questions
Instructor
L. Parker
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
ASTRON 2E03
Course Title
Planteary Astronomy
Instructor
R. Pudritz
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
BIOPHYS 2A03
Course Title
Biophysics of the Cell and Living Organisms
Instructor
P. Higgs
Term
Fall 2019
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Outline
Course Code
BIOPHYS 2S03
Course Title
Explorations in Medical and Biological Physics
Instructor
C. Fradin
Term
Winter 2020
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Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 2B03
Course Title
Electricity and Magnetism 1
Instructor
D. Venus
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 2BB3
Course Title
Electricity and Magnetism II
Instructor
T. Imai
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 2C03
Course Title
Modern Physics
Instructor
G. Luke
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 2E03
Course Title
Mechanics
Instructor
H. Haugen
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 2G03
Course Title
Scientific Computing
Instructor
J. Wadsley
Term
Fall 2019
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Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 2H04
Course Title
Statistical Thermodynamics
Instructor
A. Buijs
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 2NM3
Course Title
Media Numeracy
Instructor
D. Venus
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 2X00
Course Title
Instructor
G. Luke
Term
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan

Level 3 Outlines

Course Code
Course Title
Instructor
Term
Original Outline
COVID-19 Course Plan
Course Code
ASTRON 3X03
Course Title
Galaxies and Cosmology
Instructor
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
BIOPHYS 3D03
Course Title
Origin of Life
Instructor
R. Pudritz
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
BIOPHYS 3G03
Course Title
Modelling Life
Instructor
P. Higgs
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
BIOPHYS 3S03
Course Title
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Instructor
K. Dalnoki-Veress
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
ENGPHYS 3E03
Course Title
Fundamentals of Physics Optics/Physical Optics
Instructor
H. Haugen
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
MEDPHYS 3C03
Course Title
Operational Health Physics: Laboratory and Communication
Instructor
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 3C03
Course Title
Analytical Mechanics
Instructor
E. Sorensen
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 3D03
Course Title
Inquiry in Physics
Instructor
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 3DB2
Course Title
Inquiry in Physics II
Instructor
M. Schmidt
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 3H03-3HC1-3HD2
Course Title
Intermediate Laboratory
Instructor
D. FitzGreen
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 3K03
Course Title
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Instructor
A. Shi
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 3MM3
Course Title
Quantum Mechanics
Instructor
R. Pudritz
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 3N03
Course Title
Fundamentals of Physics Optics/Physical Optics
Instructor
H. Haugen
Term
Fall 2018/Winter 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 3N03
Course Title
Fundamentals of Physics Optics/Physical Optics
Instructor
H. Haugen
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 3QI3
Course Title
Introduction to Quantum Information
Instructor
D. O'Dell
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan

Level 4 Outlines

Course Code
Course Title
Instructor
Term
Original Outline
COVID-19 Course Plan
Course Code
BIOPHYS 4P06
Course Title
Instructor
Alison Sills
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
BIOPHYS 4S03
Course Title
Introduction to Molecular Biophysics
Instructor
C. Fradin
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4B03-6B03
Course Title
Radioactivity and Radiation Interactions
Instructor
D. Chettle
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4D03
Course Title
Imaging in Medicine and Biology
Instructor
J. Juhasz
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4F03
Course Title
Fundamentals of Health Physics
Instructor
J. Zic
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4RA3-4RB3-6R03
Course Title
Radioation and Radioisotope Methodology I,II
Instructor
S. Hyun Byun
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4T03
Course Title
Instructor
F. Mcneill
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4U03
Course Title
Instructor
Term
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
MEDPHYS 4Y06
Course Title
Instructor
Alison Sills
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 4B03-6B03
Course Title
Electromagnetic Theory
Instructor
S. Lee
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 4F03
Course Title
Quantum Mechanics II
Instructor
D. O'Dell
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 4G03
Course Title
Computational Physics
Instructor
E. Sorensen
Term
Fall 2019
Original Outline
Outline
Course Code
PHYSICS 4K03
Course Title
Solid State Physics
Instructor
T. Imai
Term
Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 4P06
Course Title
Senior Research Project
Instructor
Alison Sills
Term
Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Original Outline
Outline
Plan
Plan
Course Code
PHYSICS 4Q03
Course Title
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Instructor
C. Burgess
Term
Winter 2019
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Outline
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McMaster University
ABB-241
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
L8S 4M1

Contact Information

Telephone Inquiries:
+1 (905) 525-9140 ext.24559
Fax:
(905) 546-1252
Email Inquiries:
physics@mcmaster.ca

McMaster University - Faculty of Science | Physics & Astronomy

Mailing Address

Department of Physics & Astronomy
McMaster University
ABB-241
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
L8S 4M1

Contact Information

Telephone Inquiries:
+1 (905) 525-9140 ext.24559
Fax:
(905) 546-1252
Email Inquiries:
physics@mcmaster.ca

McMaster University - Faculty of Science | Physics & Astronomy