Physics (Minor)
Minors allow you to customize your degree by combining disciplines and connecting your studies more broadly.
Why choose this minor?
Dalhousie's Physics and Atmospheric Science Department offers one of the best university-based research centres in Canada. Our professors are not only driven to succeed in their own research careers, they also want to ensure their students achieve academic success and are willing to share their expertise both inside and outside the classroom.
Careers
Physicists are employed in many areas in universities, government departments and industry and are valued for their ability to discover and apply fundamental insights to a variety of situations.
This intellectual rigor can be applied in many fields beyond physics including meteorology, engineering, education, law, medicine, dentistry, health sciences, and business.
What you will learn
How does the world work? What are the rules that govern how things happen? These are the questions that intrigue physicists who try to explain the great diversity of nature with the fewest and simplest hypotheses.
Join a community of passionate problem solvers at Dalhousie’s Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science.
Eligibility
Who can take this minor?
This minor is available to students registered in one of the following 120 credit hour programs: