Department of Physics and Astronomy

Program Offerings

http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/#undergrads
Faculty as of January 15, 2016

CHAIR

D.E. Venus

ASSOCIATE CHAIR (GRADUATE)

Alison Sills

ASSOCIATE CHAIR (UNDERGRADUATE)

Erik Sorensen

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

Christine D. Wilson/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology)

PROFESSORS

Cliff Burgess/B.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Texas), F.R.S.C.
Alan A. Chen/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Yale)
David R. Chettle/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Birmingham)
Hugh M. Couchman/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Kari Dalnoki-Veress/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Cécile Fradin/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ecole Normale Supérieure), Ph.D. (Paris VI)
Bruce D. Gaulin/B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (McMaster), Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials
Harold K. Haugen/B.Sc. (Acadia), M.Eng. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Aarhus)
Paul G. Higgs/B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cambridge), Senior Canada Research Chair
Takashi Imai/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Tokyo)
Catherine Kallin/B.Sc. (British Columbia), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard), Senior Canada Research Chair
Graeme M. Luke/B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Fiona E. McNeill/B.Sc. (Edinburgh), Ph.D. (Birmingham)
Ralph E. Pudritz/B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
An-Chang Shi/B.Sc. (Fudan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Illinois)
Alison Sills/B.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Yale)
Erik S. Sorensen/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Århus), Ph.D. (California-Santa Cruz)
David E. Venus/B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Toronto)
James Wadsley/B.Sc. (Monash), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Douglas L. Welch/B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

Davide Gaiotto/ Ph.D. (Princeton)
Nikolas Provatas/ M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
Wytse Van Dijk/B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Soo Hyun Byun/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Seoul National University)
Sung-Sik Lee/B.Sc. (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pohang)
Duncan O’Dell/B.Sc. (Imperial), Ph.D. (Bristol)
Laura C. Parker/B.Sc. (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Maikel Rheinstädter/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Universität des Saarlandes)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Reza Nejat/B.Sc. (Tehran), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Missouri-Rolla)
Itay Yavin/B.Sc. (York), Ph.D. (Princeton)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Christopher R. Wiebe/B.Sc. (Winnipeg), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Jeffrey J. Hoyt/(Materials Science and Engineering) B.Sc. (Cornell), M.Sc., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
Jose M. Moran-Mirabel/(Chemistry and Chemical Biology) B.Sc., M.Sc. (ITESM-Monterrey, Mexico), Ph.D. (Cornell)
John S. Preston/(Engineering Physics) B.Eng. (McMaster), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) P.Eng
Sumanth Shankar/(Mechanical Engineering) B.Tech., Ph.D. (Worchester Polytechnic Institute)

Notes Applicable to all Programs Offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Department offers the following programs:
- Honours Astrophysics
- Honours Biophysics
- Honours Physics
These programs consist of a speciﬁed set of basic requirements and a wide choice of electives (including those from outside the Faculty of Science), allowing for interdisciplinary studies or the opportunity to complete a Minor in another subject. Students are encouraged to read the Program Notes of each program for a list of additional sets of courses which are appropriate preparation for graduate studies in Physics, Astronomy, or Biophysics.
Transfer between options may be possible at any time, subject to satisfying the admission requirements.
Admission to Honours Biophysics Co-op and Honours Physics Co-op is in Level III.
A Minor in Astronomy is not permitted in the Honours Biophysics or Honours Physics program.
Students wishing to take additional Level III, IV Mathematics courses should consider MATH 2XX3 .

B.Sc. Three-Level Degree

A three-level program with a Physics orientation is available through the B.Sc. in Chemical and Physical Sciences .

Programs

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Bachelor of Science

Chemical and Physical Sciences (B.Sc.)

Minor