Classification of instructional programs (CIP) Canada 2000
40.0810 - Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific and mathematical formulation and evaluation of the physical laws governing, and models describing, matter-energy phenomena, and the analysis of related experimental designs and results. These programs include courses in classical and quantum theory, relativity theory, field theory, mathematics of infinite series, vector and coordinate analysis, wave and particle theory, advanced applied calculus and geometry, analyses of continuum, cosmology, and statistical theory and analysis.
Example Program Names:
- Computational physics
- Mathematical physics
- Quantum mechanics
- Theoretical physics
Exclusion
- Mathematics(27.0101)
- Physical chemistry(40.0506)
- Theoretical chemistry(40.0506)
- Computational geophysics(40.0603)
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