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Overview

Want to explore a discipline that will let you unlock the secrets of the small and invisible? Study physics at La Trobe alongside excellent research teams in exciting laboratories. You’ll become part of our proud history of materials and optical physics and join a collegial and warm environment.

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Office of the Provost

School

Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

Academic contact

David Hoxley

Location(s)

Bendigo, Melbourne (Bundoora)

Open to all courses

No

Structure

Where one or more subjects are shared between this minor and another component (course, major or minor) the subject/s will be replaced with an elective at the level of the common subject. Where a combination of this minor and another component (course, major or minor) exceeds 2 common subjects this combination will become incompatible. This minor must be undertaken with a Mathematics minor.

60 credit points

Level one30 credit points
Level two30 credit points

Available in courses

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Science - Bendigo

Bachelor of Science - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Bachelor of Science - Bendigo

Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Science - Melbourne (Bundoora)

Career opportunities

The skills you build when you study physics prepare you for a range of careers, including:

  • Research scientist
  • Medical physicist
  • Meteorologist