Program Requirements
See <www.phys.uvic.ca/grad/grad.html>.
Graduate students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 5.0 (B), with no individual grade below B-, for all required course work. Grades of C+ or lower are considered as failures of required courses. Such grades shall be reviewed by the student’s supervisory committee, and a recommendation made to the department Graduate Committee.
(Note: Required courses are those specified by the supervisory committee for the student’s program. The student may elect to take additional courses, and these will be identified on the student’s transcript as electives.)
A student registered in a graduate program in the department is normally required to work as a laboratory instructor and/or a research assistant as an integral part of a degree program.
The candidacy exam (PHYS 693) is required of all PhD students and is normally taken within the first 18 months of, and no later than two years after, a student’s first registration in the PhD program.
The thesis requirement for advanced degrees (PHYS 599 or PHYS 699) applies to all students, independent of program concentration. All registrations in PHYS 699 must be accompanied by registration in PHYS 693 until 693 is passed.
MSc in Physics 
Program Requirements
| PHYS 500A, 500B and 502A plus an additional 1.5 units chosen from the PHYS graduate course list |
6.0 |
| Additional courses as required |
3.0 |
| Colloquium PHYS 560 |
0.0 |
| Thesis (normally 6.0 units) PHYS 599 |
6.0 |
| Final oral examination |
| Total (minimum) |
15.0 |
MSc in Physics — Concentration in Astronomy
Program Requirements
| ASTR 561 |
1.5 |
| A minimum of 4.5 units chosen from Physics and/or Astronomy graduate courses |
4.5 |
| A minimum 3 additional units, as required |
3.0 |
| Colloquium ASTR 560 |
0.0 |
| Thesis (normally 6.0 units) PHYS 599 |
6.0 |
| Final oral examination |
| Total (minimum) |
15.0 |
MSc in Physics — Concentration in Ocean Physics
Program Requirements
| Normally a minimum of 6 graduate course units (at least 3 units chosen from PHYS 500A, 500B, 502A, 502B, 505, 510) |
6.0 |
| Additional undergraduate or graduate courses as required (minimum) |
3.0 |
| (A student who has not previously taken PHYS 426 or its equivalent would normally take it as part of this requirement.) |
| Students (admitted to the master’s program) not having at least one 1.5 unit senior undergraduate course in each of Electromagnetic Theory and Modern Physics are normally required to complete these courses in addition to the above requirement. |
| Colloquium PHYS 560 |
0.0 |
| Thesis (normally 6.0 units) PHYS 599 |
6.0 |
| Final oral -examination |
| Total (minimum) |
15.0 |
MSc in Physics — Concentration in Medical Physics
Program Requirements
| PHYS 534, 539, 540, 544, 545, 546 |
7.0 |
| Additional courses, normally at the graduate level |
3.0 |
| Colloquium PHYS 560 |
0.0 |
| Thesis (normally 6.0 units) PHYS 599 |
6.0 |
| Final oral examination |
| Total (minimum) |
16.0 |
PhD in Physics
Program Requirements
- Such other courses as required by the supervisory committee, with the total number of course units beyond the BSc level being normally at least 12.0 (of which at least 9.0 must be graduate) and including at least 4.5 units of the core courses (PHYS 500A, 500B, 502A), or their equivalent.
- Colloquium PHYS 560 (0.0 units)
- Satisfactory completion of a candidacy examination, PHYS 693 (3.0 units).
- Dissertation, PHYS 699 (normally 30 units).
- Final oral examination.
PhD in Physics — Concentration in Astronomy
Program Requirements
- Such other courses as required by the supervisory committee, with the total number of course units beyond the BSc level being normally at least 10.5 (of which at least 7.5 must be graduate).
- Colloquium ASTR 560 (0.0 units).
- ASTR 661 (1.5).
- Satisfactory completion of a candidacy examination, PHYS 693 (3.0 units).
- Dissertation (normally 30 units) PHYS 699.
- Final oral examination.
PhD in Physics — Concentration in Medical Physics
Program Requirements
- Such other courses as required by the supervisory committee, with the total number of course units beyond the BSc level being normally at least 13 and including at least 3 units from PHYS 500A, 500B, 502A, 502B or their equivalent.
- Colloquium PHYS 560 (0.0 units).
- Satisfactory completion of a candidacy examination, PHYS 693 (3.0 units).
- Dissertation (normally 30 units) PHYS 699.
- Final oral examination.
PhD in Physics — Concentration in Ocean Physics
Program Requirements
- Such other courses as required by the supervisory committee to bring the total of graduate course units beyond the BSc level to at least 12, of which at least 9 units must be graduate.
- Colloquium PHYS 560 (0.0 units).
- Satisfactory completion of the Candidacy examination, PHYS 693 (3.0 units).
- Dissertation (normally 30 units) PHYS 699.
- Final oral examination.
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