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Astrophysics

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 14 January 2025.
View details of the changes below.

Astrophysics program

A program in Astrophysics requires 60 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 2000-level program core units
(ii) 48 credit point major in Physics
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

2000-level units of study

Program core
PHYS2013
Astrophysics and Relativity

6 A (MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906 or MATH1011) and (MATH1X02) and (MATH1X23 or MATH1933 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907 or MATH1013) and (MATH1X04 or MATH1X05)
P (PHYS1003 or PHYS1004 or PHYS1902 or PHYS1904) and (PHYS1001 or PHYS1002 or PHYS1901 or PHYS1903 or PHYS2011 or PHYS2911 or PHYS2921)
N PHYS2923 or PHYS2913
PHYS2913
Astrophysics and Relativity (Advanced)

6 A (MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906 or MATH1011) and (MATH1X02) and (MATH1X23 or MATH1933 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907 or MATH1013) and (MATH1X04 or MATH1X05)
P 65 or above in (PHYS1003 or PHYS1004 or PHYS1902 or PHYS1904) and 65 or above in (PHYS1001 or PHYS1002 or PHYS1901 or PHYS1903 or PHYS2011 or PHYS2911 or PHYS2921)
N PHYS2013 or PHYS2923
PHYS2923
Astrophysics and Relativity (SSP)

6 A (MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906) and (MATH1X02) and (MATH1X23 or MATH1933 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907) and (MATH1X05)
P (80 or above in PHYS291X) or (an average mark of 80 from Physics 1000-level units)
N PHYS2013 or PHYS2913
PHYS2014
Data Science in Astronomy

6 P (PHYS1003 or PHYS1004 or PHYS1902 or PHYS1904) and (PHYS1001 or PHYS1002 or PHYS1901 or PHYS1903)
A ((MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906 or MATH1011) and (MATH1X02) and (MATH1X23 or MATH1933 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907 or MATH1013) and (MATH1X04 or MATH1X05)) or ((MATH1061 or MATH1961 or MATH1971) and (MATH1062 or MATH1962 or MATH1972))
N PHYS2914
PHYS2914
Data Science in Astronomy (Advanced)

6 P 65 or above in (PHYS1003 or PHYS1004 or PHYS1902 or PHYS1904) and 65 or above in (PHYS1001 or PHYS1002 or PHYS1901 or PHYS1903)
A ((MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906 or MATH1011) and (MATH1X02) and (MATH1X23 or MATH1933 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907 or MATH1013) and (MATH1X04 or MATH1X05)) or ((MATH1061 or MATH1961 or MATH1971) and (MATH1062 or MATH1962 or MATH1972))
N PHYS2014

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
14/01/2025 Prerequisites (P) for PHYS2923 published as:
"75 or above in (PHYS1003 or PHYS1004 or PHYS1902 or PHYS1904) and 75 or above in (PHYS1001 or PHYS1002 or PHYS1901 or PHYS1903 or PHYS2011 or PHYS2911 or PHYS2921)"
Prerequisites (P) for PHYS2923 amended to:
"(80 or above in PHYS291X) or (an average mark of 80 from Physics 1000-level units)"