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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Science and Business - BSc&Bus3925 - Science and Business
Bachelor of Science - BSc3970 - Science
Bachelor of Science (International) - BSc(International)3987 - Science (International)

Specialisation Structure
78 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 78 UOC.

Level 1 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

Level 2 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

PHYS2111
6 UOC
Quantum Physics
PHYS2114
6 UOC
Electromagnetism
MATH2069
6 UOC
Mathematics 2A
MATH2089
6 UOC
Numerical Methods and Statistics

Level 3 Core Courses

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

PHYS3111
6 UOC
Quantum Mechanics
PHYS3112
6 UOC
Experimental and Computational Physics
PHYS3113
6 UOC
Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics

Electives

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

Note: Students who wish to take honours in Physics must take PHYS3114 Electrodynamics as one of their Physics electives.

PHYS2113
6 UOC
Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity
PHYS3114
6 UOC
Electrodynamics
PHYS3115
6 UOC
Particle Physics and the Early Universe
PHYS3116
6 UOC
Astrophysics
PHYS3117
6 UOC
Physics Laboratory
PHYS3118
6 UOC
Quantum Physics of Solids and Devices

Double Major: Mathematics and Physics

Students who are contemplating a double major in Mathematics and Physics should substitute MATH2011 or MATH2111 (Higher) Several Variable Calculus and MATH2521 or MATH2621 (Higher) Complex Analysis for MATH2069 Mathematics 2A; and MATH2301 Mathematical Computing and MATH2801 or MATH2091 (Higher) Theory of Statistics for MATH2089 Numerical methods and Statistics.

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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Honours

For further information on Honours in Physics, please see the Physics Honours entry in this Handbook

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