Physics Liberal Program - Core Science Component (B.Sc.) at McGill University

Entry requirements

Students entering Physics programs from the Foundation program must have successfully completed the courses below or their equivalents. Quebec students must have completed the DEC with appropriate science and mathematics courses. A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table. The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics. The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics. An introduction to the phylogeny, structure, function and adaptation of unicellular organisms, plants and animals in the biosphere. The cell: ultrastructure, division, chemical constituents and reactions. Bioenergetics: photosynthesis and respiration. Principles of genetics, the molecular basis of inheritance and biotechnology. MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry. and either MATH 140 Calculus 1./MATH 141 Calculus 2. or MATH 150 Calculus A./MATH 151 Calculus B. Systems of linear equations, matrices, inverses, determinants; geometric vectors in three dimensions, dot product, cross product, lines and planes; introduction to vector spaces, linear dependence and independence, bases. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and diagonalization. Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications. The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series. Functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, L'Hospital's rule, applications, Taylor polynomials, parametric curves, functions of several variables. Integration, methods and applications, infinite sequences and series, power series, arc length and curvature, multiple integration. Prerequisite courses: CHEM 110G eneral Chemistry 1; CHEM 120G eneral Chemistry 2; PHYS 131M echanics and Waves; PHYS 142E lectromagnetism and Optics; BIOL 111P rinciples: Organismal Biology; BIOL 112C ell and Molecular Biology; MATH 133L inear Algebra and Geometry; MATH 140C alculus 1; MATH 141C alculus 2; MATH 150C alculus A; MATH 151C alculus B.