Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
40.0801 - Physics, general
This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behaviour of the matter-energy continuum. These programs include courses in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanics, wave properties, nuclear processes, relativity and quantum theory, quantitative methods, and laboratory methods.
Illustrative example(s)
- experimental physics
- physics
Exclusion(s)
- astrophysics(40.0202)
- biophysics(26.0203)
- engineering physics(14.1201)
- physics teacher education(13.1329)
- soil physics(01.1202)
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