640-310 Physics - Undergraduate Seminar#

All students specialising in physics must enrol in this subject.

This weekly seminar series is presented by speakers including professional physicists working in industrial or government research, those who have physics qualifications who have made careers outside mainstream physics and staff within the School of Physics discussing their own research and recent advances in physics. This subject provides an opportunity for students to broaden their outlook on physics and is invaluable for students undertaking a major in physics.

Students completing this subject will be able to:

• demonstrate an appreciation of the wide range of career options open to physicists;

• discuss the benefits of a physics education in a range of more general careers; and

• demonstrate an appreciation of the pivotal role that research plays in the School of Physics and the advancement of the discipline.