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Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) Pre-2021 - Physics Major

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Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 218KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1 - Semester 1
Course Code & Title Requirements
SCIE1100 Advanced Theory and Practice in Science Compulsory
PHYS1001 Mechanics & Thermal Physics Prerequisite for major
[ MATH1051 Calculus and Linear Algebra I1
OR
MATH1071 Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra I2 ]		 Prerequisite for major
Elective Elective

Year 1 - Semester 2
Course Code & Title Requirements
[ SCIE1200 Introduction to Science Research
OR
SCIE2011 Perspectives in Science3 ]		 Compulsory
[ STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data4
OR
STAT1301 Advanced Analysis of Scientific Data4 ]		 Compulsory
[ MATH1052 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations
OR
MATH1072 Advanced Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations2 ]		 Prerequisite for major
PHYS1002 Electromagnetism and Modern Physics Prerequisite for major
  1. Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  2. Students with a high achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1071, MATH1072 and MATH2401. Students with a sound achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1051, MATH1052 and MATH2400.
  3. Entry is by application and is restricted to 40 places.
  4. Students who intend to major in Mathematics should take STAT1301.  Other students with an interest in advanced mathematics and at least a high achievement in Maths C or a 6 in MATH1050 are encouraged to take STAT1301.

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 PHYS2020 Thermodynamics & Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS2055 Introduction to Fields in Physics		 MATH2001 Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra II
MATH2301 Linear & Abstract Algebra & Number Theory
PHYS2810 Electronics & Circuit Theory
[ MATH2400 Mathematical Analysis
OR
2 PHYS2041 Quantum Physics
PHYS2101 Advanced Dynamics and Special Relativity		 MATH2401 Mathematical Analysis & Advanced Topics ]
BIPH2000 Foundations of Biophysics
COSC2500 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
MATH2100 Applied Mathematical Analysis
PHYS2082 Space Science & Stellar Astrophysics
PHIL2011 Philosophy of Modern Physics

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 MATH4105 General Relativity3
PHYS3040 Quantum Physics
PHYS3051 Fields in Physics

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ SCIE3250 Introduction to Research in Mathematics/ Physics4
PHYS3080 Extragalactic Astrophysics & Cosmology

 MATH3101 Bifurcation and Chaos
MATH3201 Scientific Computing: Advanced Techniques & Applications
MATH3303 Abstract Algebra & Number Theory
MATH3401 Complex Analysis
COSC3000 Visualisation & Data Analysis
2

PHYS3071 Computational Physics
PHYS3825 Advanced Experimental Skills ]


PHYS3020 Statistical Mechanics
PHYS3901 Perspectives in Physics Research		 MATH3102 Methods & Models of Applied Mathematics
MATH3103 Algebraic Methods of Mathematical Physics
MATH3403 Partial Differential Equations
COSC3500 High-Performance Computing
  1. Students must take PHYS2100 or PHYS2101 before they take MATH4105
  2. SCIE3250 / SCIE3251 can be taken in semester 1, semester 2 or summer semester.

Year 4
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 PHYS6487 Physics Honours Research Project5
Choose at least 6 units from:

[ PHYS4030 Condensed Matter Physics: Electronic properties of crystals
PHYS4070 Advanced Computational Physics

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2

MATH4104 Advanced Hamiltonian Dynamics & Chaos6
PHYS4055 Laser Physics & Quantum Optics
PHYS4040 Advanced Quantum Theory
PHYS4045 Quantum Technologies
PHYS4080 Frontiers in Astrophysics ]


PHYS6487 Physics Honours Research Project5
PHYS6500 Advanced Research Literature Review		  
  1. Year-long course. Students must enrol in the same code for both semesters of study. Students can also undertake the Physics Honours Research Project commencing in semester 2 and continuing in the following semester 1. Students following this plan should enrol in PHYS6488.
  2. This course is offered in odd years only.