Applied Physics is the basis of modern technology, including modern telecommunications, photonics, computer technology, medical imaging and cancer therapies.
Our Honours Applied Physics program combines studies in modern physics, optics and electronics, math and computer science. As part of your credits for this program, you may opt to take courses in finance, organizational management and entrepreneurship and earn a minor in Business in addition to your degree in Applied Physics.
Carleton University’s Department of Physics is engaged in intensive research in particle physics and medical physics.
Theoretical particle physics research includes work on electroweak models, quantum chromodynamics, string theory and other extensions to the standard model of particle physics.
Internationally recognized physicists from Carleton helped direct the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and led the development of the facility to a new extraordinary laboratory for astro-particle physics research. The group is exploring a follow-up experiment which aims to detect neutrino-less double beta decay in xenon thus elucidating further properties of the neutrino, which could be of great cosmological significance.
The ATLAS detector at CERN, (the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva), is taking data with the highest-energy accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The unique expertise and facilities at Carleton have helped construct the complex detectors for ATLAS that are used to decipher the particle collisions at the LHC.
Medical physics is the innovative, relevant and practical application of physics to improve health care. Medical physics researchers develop new technologies for the diagnosis, treatment and understanding of disease. Current work at Carleton includes x-ray imaging, computer simulations for radiotherapy dosimetry and treatment planning, and image guiding techniques for accurate delivery of radiotherapy and surgery.
University faculty and students work closely with physicists at centres such as the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, the National Research Council of Canada, the Ottawa Heart Institute, Health Canada, CERN, SNOLAB and TRIUMF.
In recognition of the value of hands-on experience in today’s competitive job market, Carleton’s Department of Physics offers a co-op option.
Through a sequence of four- or eight-month work terms, qualified full-time Honours students have an excellent opportunity to apply academic studies to a real work environment as well as to explore various career possibilities. Placements are available at local high tech companies, government laboratories or health care institutions in the Ottawa region and beyond.
All of the department’s programs emphasize problem-solving techniques and the development of critical-thinking skills. Computation skills are also developed as a tool for applying physics in the modern world.In the fourth year of all of our Honours programs, you will undertake a major individual project, done under the supervision of a faculty member.
This degree enhances your physics education with additional courses in computing and electronics. Education in applied physics hones your ability to solve analytic problems and to work quantitatively. The program has also been designed to make it possible to complete a minor in Business without taking additional credits. The available courses include finance, organizational management and entrepreneurship.
Carleton introduces you to issues of contemporary science in a first-year seminar, Seminar in Science (NSCI 1000). If you choose this elective, you will attend six special lectures given by prominent Canadian researchers, as well as small group seminars led by a professor who acts as both your mentor and teacher. Through assignments, presentations and discussions, you will develop the analytical and communication skills needed for success in the world of science.
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