At Flinders, students may specialise in experimental, theoretical or computational physics or may use physics to support their studies in other areas of science, engineering or health sciences. Introductory topics are offered for students who have not studied to Year 12 level, or did so some time ago and require a refresher course. Special topics are available for students looking to pursue careers in the life sciences. Physics also offers exciting general interest topics which look at modern ideas on the structure of the universe at both the atomic and the cosmological scales. Advanced students can choose to do research in computational physics, plasma physics, particle and nuclear physics, atomic, or molecular and solid state physics using electron scattering technology, A Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics satisfies the academic requirements for membership of the Australian Institute of Physics.
Programs are available to provide joint majors with mathematics, computer science or chemistry.
The program in Chemical Physics also leads to membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Career opportunities All indications are that the current push for technological development in Australia will create a continuing demand for physicists. They find careers in areas as diverse as technical management, communications technology, meteorology, materials technology, industrial instrumentation, geophysical exploration, defence science, computational modelling, remote sensing, biophyscial technology or environmental monitoring. Other physics graduates work as teachers, administrators, policy advisers or in science journalism. A Physics specialisation within a BSc involves at least 63 units of Physics and Mathematics topics and at least 72 units of science topics in total.