Department of Physics and Astronomy

Program Offerings

http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/#undergrads
Faculty as of January 15, 2019

CHAIR

Graeme M. Luke

ASSOCIATE CHAIR (GRADUATE)

Maikel Rheinstädter

ASSOCIATE CHAIR (UNDERGRADUATE)

Cécile Fradin

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

Bruce D. Gaulin/B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (McMaster), Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials
Christine D. Wilson/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology)

UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR

Maikel Rheinstädter

PROFESSORS

Cliff Burgess/B.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Texas), F.R.S.C.
Soo Hyun Byun/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Seoul National University)
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)
Harold K. Haugen/(Engineering Physics) 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
Sung-Sik Lee/B.Sc. (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pohang)
Graeme M. Luke/B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Fiona E. McNeill/B.Sc. (Edinburgh), Ph.D. (Birmingham)
Duncan O’Dell/B.Sc. (Imperial), Ph.D. (Bristol)
Ralph E. Pudritz/B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Maikel Rheinstädter/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Universität des Saarlandes)
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

James Forrest/ B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Glen Paquette/B.A. (St. Olaf College), Ph.D. (Illinois)
Wytse Van Dijk/B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Christopher R. Wiebe/B.Sc. (Winnipeg), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Laura C. Parker/B.Sc. (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Waterloo)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Janos Juhasz/B.Sc. (Babes-Bolyai), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Reza Nejat/B.Sc. (Tehran), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Missouri-Rolla)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Jovica Atanackovic/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Davide Gaiotto/Laurea (Pisa), Ph.D. (Princeton)
Andrei R. Hanu/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jeroen Thompson/B.Sc. (Michigan), M.Sc. (Connecticut), Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Jeffrey J. Hoyt/(Materials Science and Engineering) B.Sc. (Cornell), M.Sc., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
Michael Farquharson/(Interdisciplinary Science) B.Sc.(Sussex), M.Sc. (Surrey), Ph.D. (University College, London)
Adam Hitchcock/(Chemistry and Chemical Biology) B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
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)
Sarah Symons/(Interdisciplinary Science) B.Sc., Ph.D. (Leicester)

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

The Department offers the following programs:
- Honours Astrophysics
- Honours Medical and Biological Physics
- 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, Medical Physics or Biophysics.
Transfer between options may be possible at any time, subject to satisfying the admission requirements.
Admission to Honours Biophysics Co-op (last entry in September 2017), Honours Medical and Biological Physics Co-op and Honours Physics Co-op is in Level III.
A Minor in Astronomy is not permitted in the Honours Biophysics, Honours Medical and Biological Physics 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(s):