University of New South Wales

 

1st year subjects:

 

subjects

offered

mainstream

PHYS1000 Physics Thinking

S2

PHYS1111 Fundamentals of Physics

S1, S2

 

PHYS1121 Physics 1A

S1, S2

PHYS1221 Physics 1B

S1, SS

PHYS1131 Higher Physics 1A

S1,S2

PHYS1231 Higher Physics 1B

S2, SS

PHYS1241 Higher Physics 1B (Special)

S2

PHYS1249 Physics 1 (Aviation)

S1, S2

 

PHYS1169 Engineering Physics 1 (Chem & Mech)

S1

 

PHYS1189 Physics 1 (Geomatic Eng)

S1, S2

 

PHYS1199 Physics 1 (Optometry)

S1

 

PHYS1211 Energy and Environmental Physics

S2

 

PHYS1250 Physics 1 (Building)

 

 

PHYS1259 Physics 1 (Industrial Design)

 

 

PHYS1279 Physics 1 (Civil Eng)

S2

 

PHYS1601 Computer Application in Exp Science

S1, S2

 

 

S1: Session 1, 14 wks Mar-June, S2: Session 2: 14 wks Aug- Nov, SS: Summer Session, 9 wks Dec-Feb

Physics majors study Physics 1A/1B or Higher Physics 1A/1B. 

Advanced Science Physics students take Higher  Physics 1A in S1 and Higher Physics 1B (Special) in S2.

 

2nd year subjects:

 

subjects

offered

mainstream

PHYS2010 Mechanics

PHYS2020 Computational Physics

PHYS2030 Laboratory

PHYS2040 Quantum Physics

PHYS2050 Electromagnetism

PHYS2060 Thermal Physics

PHYS2160 Astronomy

 

PHYS2170 The Search for Life in the Universe

 

PHYS2410 Introductory Biophysics

 

PHYS2601 Computer Applications in Experimental Physics

PHYS630 Electronics

PHYS2801 Atmospheric Science

PHYS2810 Atmospheric Physics

PHYS2939 Physics 2 (Electrical Eng)

 

PHYS2969 Physics of Measurement (Geomatic Eng)

 

 

 

3rd year subjects:

 

subjects

offered

mainstream

PHYS3010 Quantum Mechanics (Advanced)

PHYS3020 Statistical Physics

PHYS3030 Electromagnetism (Advanced)

PHYS3040, 3070, 3110 and 3120 Experimental Physics A1, A2, B1 and B2

PHYS3050 Nuclear Physics

PHYS3060 Advanced Optics

PHYS3080 Solid State Physics

PHYS3160 Astrophysics

PHYS3310 Physics of Solid State Devices

PHYS3410 Biophysics

PHYS3510 Advanced Mechanics, Fields and Chaos

PHYS3550 General Relativity

PHYS3610 Computational Physics

PHYS3630 Electronics

PHYS3710 Lasers and Applications

PHYS3720 Optoelectronics

PHYS3770 Laser and Spectroscopy Laboratory

PHYS3780 Photonics Laboratory

PHYS3210 Quantum Mechanics

PHYS3780 Electromagnetism

 

Honours year subjects:

 

subjects

offered

mainstream

UNIT A Quantum Mechanics

UNIT B Statistical Mechanics

UNIT C Solid State Physics

UNIT D Electromagnetism and the Standard Model

UNIT E Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

UNIT F Astrophysics

UNIT G Quantum Field Theory

UNIT H Atomic and Molecular Physics