{"id":6468,"date":"2021-11-18T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T02:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/student-essentials\/managing-your-course\/course-information\/physics-course-structure\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T02:20:06","slug":"physics-course-structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/essentials\/managing-your-course\/course-information\/physics-course-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics course structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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See our recommended course structures and required units below to ensure you get the most out of your Physics degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n\n

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Physics course graduates have some of the most exciting and engaging jobs throughout their careers. Their real-life problem-solving skills, enhanced by the study of theoretical and practical physics, together with great strengths in mathematics and computing, makes them highly sought after by many employers. Following the award of the low-frequency part of the Square Kilometre Array to Western Australia, the Physics team has grown rapidly with new research and teaching staff from the world’s best universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Caltech. The course below has been designed to enable successful students to compete favourably with their peers not only in Western Australia or Australia, but also on the world stage.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Physics Major course structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Physics Major course leads to the degree BSc (Physics). Formal prerequisites are Mathematics Methods ATAR and Physics ATAR, or equivalent. Additionally, strong performance in these subjects as well as Mathematics Specialist ATAR and Chemistry ATAR is highly advantageous. A full description of all Units and options is available in the handbook.<\/a> The recommended choices are included below. Please check the prerequisites for every Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advanced Physics Major (Honours) course structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Advanced Physics Major<\/a> course has embedded Honours (fourth year) and leads to the BAdvSci (Honours)<\/a>. Formal prerequisites are Mathematics Methods ATAR, Mathematics Specialist ATAR and Physics ATAR, or equivalent. Additionally, strong performance in these subjects as well as Chemistry ATAR is highly advantageous. A full description of all Units and options is available in the handbook<\/a>. The recommended choices are included below. Please check the prerequisites for every unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Physics (including Advanced) Major (1st Year)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n \n\n
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