Planning your Physics Degree

The following chart shows the availability of papers in Physics with the prerequisites and required papers shown. This will assist you to plan your order of study of Physics papers.

Physics major requirements for a BSc degree are 124.101 or 124.111, 124.102, 160.101, 119.155, 124.226, 124.228, 124.229, 124.233,160.203 and four papers from 124.316, 124.325, 124.327, 124.328, 124.344 or 124.345.

T = Turitea (Palmerston North)
E = Extramural
A = Albany (Auckland)

1 = Semester 1
2 = Semester 2
3 = Semester 3
12 = Double semester

= prerequisite
= "or" prerequisite
= "any 2" prerequisite
= recommended

Physics papers:

124.100 Foundations of Physics
124.101 Physics I (a)
124.102 Physics I (b)
124.111 Physics for Life Sciences
124.226 Quantum and Statistical Physics
124.228 Physics of Waves and Vibrations
124.229 Special Relativity and Cosmology
124.233 Classical Mechanics, Chaos and Fluids
124.241 Analogue Electronics
124.242 Digital Electronics
124.316 Advanced Experimental Physics
124.325 Advanced Quantum Physics
124.327 Modern Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
124.328 Applied Electromagnetism
124.344 Signals and Information
124.345 Microelectronic Circuits
160.317 Methods of Mathematical Physics

For personal help with planning your study in Physics contact Bill Williams, Subject leader for Physics, or .

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