Mathematical Physics

Major/Minor/Specialisation !R01-AA-MAJ+1020 (2015)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2015.

Year and Campus: 2015

Coordinator

A/Professor Harry Quiney (School of Physics)

Professor Omar Foda (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)

Contact

Email: quiney@unimelb.edu.au

Email: omar.foda@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

This major combines the overviews of the Physics and the Mathematics and Statistics majors.

Learning Outcomes:

Mathematical Physics Major Graduates should demonstrate:

  • mastery of a broad spectrum of mathematical methods and ability to use these methods to solve diverse problems in the physical as well as the engineering sciences;
  • appreciation of the distinction between mathematics which is a science based on rigorous proofs and physics which is a science based on experimental results;
  • ability to move back and forth between abstract mathematical concepts and concrete physical results, transferring ideas from one subject to the other;
  • aptitude at modelling physical phenomena in mathematical terms, as well proposing physical realizations of mathematical results;
  • ability to communicate abstract mathematical ideas to an audience with a heterogeneous background in the physical and engineering sciences as well as communicating real-life experimental results to mathematicians;
  • intuition into applicability of mathematics in the real world and ability to extract a physical significance of mathematical facts;
  • facility in successfully joining groups of researchers from diverse backgrounds including mathematicians as well as physicists and engineers.
Structure & Available Subjects:

Completion of 50 points of study at Level 3.

Subject Options:

Both of

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

Plus one of

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50

Plus one of

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Science

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