Who got offer for Adv Sience @ USyd? (1 Viewer)

[LoneShadow]

yes... and choosnig the subjects, and payin the fees, ~~~ sigh ~~~ *reminiscing...

lol...it doesnt look I'm gonna get dat laptop I have wanted for the past year

 

[LoneShadow]

btw...what units of study are you guys choosing?

I have chosen:
PHYS 1901 Physics 1A (Advanced) - 6 CP
MATH 1901 Differential Calculus (Advanced) - 3 CP
MATH 1902 Linear Algebra (Advanced) - 3 CP
CHEM 1901 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) - 6 CP
Total = 18 CP



I need 6 more CPs, but I don't know what else to choose. Minding the fact that I'd like to specialise in Quantum and Nuclear area of physics, which other course do you think is useful for me?

and also I'm not very sure about CHEM 1901. Any suggestions for an alternative?...or that's a good unit of study for my future goals?


PHYS 1901 is the main unit of study for me here; and 2 of it's Co-requisites are MATH 1903 Integral Calculus and Modelling (Advanced) and MATH 1905 Statistics (Advanced); but those 2 units of study are tought in semester 2 while PHYS 1901 is studied in semester 1. I'm confused here. I would've liked to do MATH 1903 Integral Calculus and Modelling (Advanced) in semester 1.

as you can see, I'm confused to hell and also can't find (a) unit(s) of study to make up those 6 CPs that I'm short in order to make 24 CPs per semester. So please help. Anything useful is greatly apretiated.

Thanks in Advance

 

[withoutaface]

I don't understand the structure of the third year. We have to select a major worth 12 cp and then 3 other areas worth 4 cp, however, I want to major in medicinal chemistry and all of the areas are worth 3 cp, except pharmacology. How does that work?

You need to do 24cp's in one area to qualify a major, then you can either fill the rest up with electives or another 24cp's from another specific science area to make a second major.

 

[tennille]

You need to do 24cp's in one area to qualify a major, then you can either fill the rest up with electives or another 24cp's from another specific science area to make a second major.

So for medicinal chemistry, I can do forensics (3cp), pharmacology (12cp), biological and medical chemistry (3cp), and 2 other subjects worth 3cp, and I qualify for a major?

 

[withoutaface]

So for medicinal chemistry, I can do forensics (3cp), pharmacology (12cp), biological and medical chemistry (3cp), and 2 other subjects worth 3cp, and I qualify for a major?

So long as they're within that field, yes.

 

[tennille]

So long as they're within that field, yes.

Yeah,, they're all under medicinal chemistry.

 

[withoutaface]

Yeah,, they're all under medicinal chemistry.

Then you'll be sweet.

 

[tennille]

Would 2 majors be an overload?

 

[Super Pig]

2 majors require 24 x 2 = 48cp of senior subjects. So not an overload at all. Quite a normal plan.

 

[tennille]

Because im interested in doing physics and medicinal chem. A lot of the majors I cant do because i didnt do HSC biology, but im doing concepts in biology in my junior year, then pharmacology in my intermediate year, which will alow me to do pharmacology in medicinal chem. Thanks.

 

[xiao1985]

@ lonely shadow:
chem1901 is a must do... it's quite fundamental, and really basic... if u really feel unsure, maybe do some computerised course, like java or c or matlab... tho from all those i met who did java or c, they nag me 24 7 abt how"omg i am dying xiao!!! "

sem 2 u r prolly looking at astronomy... a healthy choice if u want to do continuing on physics as ur senior study... tho i do recommend u make ur options open...

 

[Super Pig]

Yes you do need some programming skills if you wanna get into quantum and nuclear physics, since a whole lot of the stuff involves computer simulations (unless you wanna be a pure theorist). At least do the sem 2 computational science units even if you know nothing about programming.

 

[lukebennett]

@ lonely shadow:
chem1901 is a must do... it's quite fundamental, and really basic... if u really feel unsure, maybe do some computerised course, like java or c or matlab... tho from all those i met who did java or c, they nag me 24 7 abt how"omg i am dying xiao!!! "

sem 2 u r prolly looking at astronomy... a healthy choice if u want to do continuing on physics as ur senior study... tho i do recommend u make ur options open...

hey is adv chem actually that hard? does it just move faster? it will obviously be harder than school but i found that chem moved to slowly at school. school kinda just covered a few points each lesson cause no one understood enough.

 

[LoneShadow]

*Lonely Shadow salutes duckie and mr ham*

@ lonely shadow:
chem1901 is a must do... it's quite fundamental, and really basic... if u really feel unsure, maybe do some computerised course, like java or c or matlab... tho from all those i met who did java or c, they nag me 24 7 abt how"omg i am dying xiao!!! "

sem 2 u r prolly looking at astronomy... a healthy choice if u want to do continuing on physics as ur senior study... tho i do recommend u make ur options open...

yeah...I like chem a lot...and I never found it hard in HSC years [except the part which dealt with history and other non-scientific crap]. I agree with you on the fact that I will be needing chem in my future years. So, I will keep it. Also when it comes to programming, I have a pretty good mind for it. Specially in the area of algorithm design and analysis. So I will not find it that hard if I do it.

I agree on the fact that Super Pig said that I need some programming and computational skills in the future. [btw...I am not planning on becoming a theoritical physicist ].

I truely do apretiate your replies Xiaoie and Mr Super Ham. Youz reminded me of stuff I had missed to think about. Thnx.

.......Now that we have come to some prelimenary conclusion on what I might be doing for that 6 extra CPs I need; Do you guys have any specific unit of study(ies) that think will prove helpful? Apretiate it d00ds!

As you can see, I have chosen all my units of study at adv level. Will that prove hard [I mean lots of pressure] for me?
[& will there be anyone to help us choose out units of study on the day we enrol?]

 

[withoutaface]

Yes you do need some programming skills if you wanna get into quantum and nuclear physics, since a whole lot of the stuff involves computer simulations (unless you wanna be a pure theorist). At least do the sem 2 computational science units even if you know nothing about programming.

Hmm will the programming I'd encounter in a mechatronics degree prepare me sufficiently for quantum physics stuff?

 

[LoneShadow]

Yes you do need some programming skills if you wanna get into quantum and nuclear physics, since a whole lot of the stuff involves computer simulations (unless you wanna be a pure theorist). At least do the sem 2 computational science units even if you know nothing about programming.

I did SDD in HSC. I coded my major project in VB. I know VB is easy and "basic"....but the algorithm I created using it was pretty complex. I reduced the length of the code of the project that should've been 200+ pages of code with size 10 font to 86 pages. But the final algortihm was a bit too complicated for the poor teacher of mine. She just gave me 100%. No questions asked. She took off me 2 marks on System Flowchart and Data Flow diagrams ... Grrrrrrrr....... otherwise ..... 100% for the major project.

.....enough braggin.........so yeah........I will enjoy programming.

 

[Super Pig]

You may look at the SOFT units offered by the school of IT on Java programming. In sem 2 there are two computational science units (3cp each) offered by the School of Physics, one on Matlab, one on C. The 1st year electrical engineering units are rather hardward oriented (painful for me), so I wouldn't recommend you to look into that if you are doing a single science degree.

However, if you are doing BSc/BE, the engineering part does provide substantial programming courses in 2nd year and beyond, especially in Matlab and C. So it should be more than sufficient for physics. Afterall, the coursework only teaches you the basics, you got to learn the advanced features yourself. And the more practical work you do, the more confortable and skillful you'll be.

 

[LoneShadow]

You may look at the SOFT units offered by the school of IT on Java programming. In sem 2 there are two computational science units (3cp each) offered by the School of Physics, one on Matlab, one on C. The 1st year electrical engineering units are rather hardward oriented (painful for me), so I wouldn't recommend you to look into that if you are doing a single science degree.

However, if you are doing BSc/BE, the engineering part does provide substantial programming courses in 2nd year and beyond, especially in Matlab and C. So it should be more than sufficient for physics. Afterall, the coursework only teaches you the basics, you got to learn the advanced features yourself. And the more practical work you do, the more confortable and skillful you'll be.

yeah agree with you on that. one more thing. You said about double degrees. Will it be too much pressure if I do a degree in Physics and also in Chem? 2 science degrees. As they both require the same type of mathemtics......there's only 1 unit of study for each. Do you think it's possible, and if so, a good idea to persue this path of double degree in science?

 

[Super Pig]

Are you talking about double major in physics and chemistry? That's entirely possible. In fact many ppl are doing exactly that. You won't have a heavier load at all. Many ppl think it's a little bit thin to have only one major on their portfolio.

 

[SeDaTeD]

Would it be crazy to try and do a double major major in maths + a single major in physics? It seems possible to me if I overload and do 30cp per semester. I'll do 24cp for this semester and see how I handle it.