<p>I'm planning on going into physics, and am thus required to take:</p>
<p>PHYS 131 (Mechanics and Waves) - 4 credits
PHYS 142 (Electromagnetism and Optics) - 4 credits
MATH 140 (Calculus 1) - 3 credits
MATH 141 (Calculus 2) - 4 credits
MATH 133 (Vectors, Matrices and Geometry) - 3 credits
BIOL 111 (Organismal Biology) - 3 credits
CHEM 110 (General Chemistry 1) - 4 credits
CHEM 120 (General Chemistry 2) - 4 credits</p>
<p>This adds up to 29 credits. In the Welcome to McGill book, it says "Students normally complete 30 credits". Does this mean that 30 credits are required? I ask because taking the above courses meets the Physics Pre-Program requirements and am wondering if I will have to take another class to exceed 30 credits.</p>
<p>sorry to high-jack, but do you need to take physics in high school to get into the physics program?</p>
<p>You need 120 credits to graduate, assuming your not getting APs, IBs, A-Levels, etc... if you have 29 in your first year it will be hard to get 120 in four years. Mainly because courses after first year are usually 3 credits, and you may have physics courses that are only worth 2. After 1st year you normally take 5 courses, 3 credits each, making 15 credits per semester. 5 courses is stressful enough during midterm season, 6 would be painful. My suggestion is to take a less intensive class( no labs, assignments, quizzes ) like ECON so your above 30 for the year, and you can knock off an elective. Another option is stay with 29 credits for fall/winter and take a class during the summer(may or june).</p>
<p>To the other person, I dont think you have to, I a couple people who didn't...minerva(the couse selection thing) doesn't really check. But for the phys program you have to take 131/142, almost everyone in that class took phys in gr 12 and 80% of the stuff covered is review for them.</p>