Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) (Physics)
Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) (Physics)
This course enables you to better tailor your study to suit your specific interests in science and gives you access to advanced-level units relevant to an honours degree. You will learn core science units and choose a science major in which to specialise. From your second year you’ll benefit from…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course enables you to better tailor your study to suit your specific interests in science and gives you access to advanced-level units relevant to an honours degree.
You will learn core science units and choose a science major in which to specialise. From your second year you’ll benefit from work-integrated learning opportunities that give you practical experience and skills before you graduate – an attribute that is highly valued by employers.
You’ll also undertake internal and external research experiences, and in your final year you may conduct a self-directed honours project that adds to the scientific knowledge of your field.
This science degree is unique in Western Australia in that you will also study scientific professional practice, entrepreneurship and leadership. It is designed to ensure you graduate as a resourceful and creative professional who can respond innovatively to changing industry and employment landscapes.
What you’ll learn
Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the nature of science, its methods and processes, and an advanced knowledge in one or more disciplinary areas enabling the ability to contribute new knowledge to a field of study.
Critically analyse challenging and multi-faceted problems, address them by applying practical and theoretical tools and critically evaluate findings within the current body of disciplinary knowledge.
Access and make judgements on the value of available knowledge using a variety of tools, and incorporate them into the planning, conduct and communication of their own work.
Communicate approaches and solutions, ideas and findings to informed professional scientific and industry audiences.
Use established and emerging technologies in their chosen discipline and apply them within the context of their profession.
The Physics major (BAdvSci) (Honours) provides a flexible and personalised approach to studying Physics with students able to explore the field through for-credit immersive research experiences, industry placement and/or interdisciplinary team-based projects.
Those who study physics are fascinated by fundamental questions about the origin, nature and function of our Universe. Physics seeks to explain relationships involving the smallest and the largest structures, utilising the four known forces: strong, weak, electromagnetic and gravitational.
The flexible and personalised approach to studying physics enables you to explore the field through for-credit immersive research experiences, industry placement and/or interdisciplinary team-based projects. It provides opportunities for you to source and undertake internal and external internships and immersive work experiences, which can be used for course credit.
Your capstone experience offers you the opportunity to pursue physics projects that may be based anywhere from pure research right through to translational (entrepreneurial) science.
You can gain considerable knowledge and skills, while conducting physics experiments and solving real-world problems mathematically or computationally, which find application in a wide range of careers.
The high-level mathematics and computer science in this course aligns it with high-profile international projects such as the Square Kilometre Array.
What jobs can the Physics (Advanced) lead to?
Careers
- Astrophysicist
- Computational physicist
- Environmental physicist
- Finance analysts
- Materials analyst
- Medical Physicists
- Meteorologist
- Satellite remote-sensing scientist
REQUIREMENTS
You’re considered a high school leaver if you: Completed year 12 in Australia or overseas in the past two years, or Completed TAFE or VET studies in the past two years.
IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System): Writing: 7.0; Speaking: 7.0; Reading: 7.0; Listening: 7.0; Overall band score: 7.0
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Curtin University is Western Australia’s largest and most culturally diverse university with Australia’s third largest international student population. Around 60,000 students from more than 130 countries study a Curtin degree, at locations including Perth, Margaret River, Kalgoorlie, Sydney, Malaysia and Singapore. Our cultural diversity adds a rich and valuable dimension to the campus atmosphere, preparing all graduates to live and work effectively in an increasingly global environment. We offer a range of industry-aligned undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, humanities, health, engineering and related sciences. We also have a long-standing focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and culture, supported by our Centre for Aboriginal Studies.Curtin is widely recognised for its practical research that is focused on solving timely, real-world problems. In recent years our research activity has grown significantly, driving our rapid rise up the international university rankings.As a university that never settles, we will continue to develop existing partnerships and establish new ones in areas relevant to our research and teaching.
