Physics, Medical Physics

Program Overview & Highlights

Co-op Available
Honours 4-Year Program
Thesis Available
BSc

While the study of physics allows us to understand how the universe works, medical physics emphasizes the application of physics ideas and technology to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the human body, particularly cancer, as well as the visualization of these diseases via modern medical imaging techniques. Specialize in the areas of medical imaging and radiation therapy. You’ll take courses with hands-on laboratory components and be able to tailor your degree by choosing options that match your interests. You can start your career upon graduation or go on to grad or professional schools.

Limited class size with access to professors who know your name

Research and work experience available as early as 1st year

Collaboration with local health-care institutions (Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Henry Ford Hospital, and University of Windsor Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research)

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1:20

Faculty to student ratio - the best in Ontario and one of the best in Canada.

>85%

Employment rate in field of study 6 months after graduation.

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Physics/SPH4U, English/ENG4U
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Recommended: Chemistry/SCH4U
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average of all attempted science and math courses)
Mean Average: 88%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Career Tracks

Professional schools (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy)
Medical physicist
Government/clinical lab tech
Industrial/medical research scientist
Radiation therapist
Radiation safety officer

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

All students using this page should attend Head Start or make an appointment with an academic advisor in their program area if desired.
Email physics@uwindsor.ca or visit Physics Program Details if you have specific course selection questions.
For some courses there are often specific lab or tutorial sections you must be in. Please consult the timetable and plan carefully.
The lab and the lecture sections are not “separate.” You are not officially enrolled in either of them until you are in a section of each that doesn’t conflict with anything else in your schedule.

Required Course Notes

Major Courses

CHEM 1100*
COMP 1400*
PHYS 1400* (medical physics majors must enroll in section -01)
MATH 1250 or MATH 1260¹
MATH 1720 or MATH 1760¹

* Course with lab

¹ Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors should register in MATH 1250 and MATH 1720; those who do not have this credit should register in MATH 1260 and MATH 1760.

Pre-professional counselling is available from advisors across campus in each of the program areas. Students interested in a professional program following their undergraduate degree can also be advised, or directed to an appropriate advisor, though the Head Start Program, the Centre for Student Success, or from the Faculty of Science.

Required Courses

COMP 1400: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1260: Vectors and Linear Algebra

This course is for students without Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). The course MATH- 1250 is for students with MCV4U. This course will cover vectors, three-dimensional geometry, linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n- dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. The course is equivalent to MATH-1250 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisites: MATH-1250, MATH-1270.) (4 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

MATH 1250: Linear Algebra I

This course will cover linear systems, matrix algebra, determinants, n-dimensional vectors, dot product, cross product, orthogonalization, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization and vector spaces. (Prerequisites: Both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1280.) (Antirequisites: MATH-1260, MATH-1270.) (3 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours per week.)

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I

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