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Offered By:	ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment and ANU College of Pysical Sciences
Academic Contact:	Dr Nick Rawlinson
Areas of Interest:	Earth and Marine Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics

The aim of this major is to expose students from several disciplines (physics, mathematics, earth science) to the computational geophysics inherent in the earth sciences.

Requirements

This major consists of a minimum of 42 units consisting of:

(a)  PHYS1101 Advanced Physics I and PHYS1201 Advanced Physics II. These courses have a co-requisite of mathematics (either MATH1013 or MATH1115, then MATH1014 or MATH1116).

(b)  MATH2305 Differential equations and Applications or MATH2405 Maths Methods 1 Honours: Ordinary Differential Equations and Advanced Vector Calculus and PHYS2020 Thermal and Statistical Physics

(c)  PHYS3070 Physics of the Earth and PHYS3034 Physics of Fluid Flows

plus any one of:

• PHYS3001 Theoretical Physics
• PHYS3032/52 Condensed Matter Physics
• PHYS3033/3031 Nuclear and Atomic Physics

Suggested Elective Courses

First year:

ENGN1215 Introduction to Materials

EMSC1006 The Blue Planet

ENVS1004 Australia's Environment

Second Year:

PHYS2013 Quantum Physics

PHYS2016 Electromagnetism

PHYS2017 Waves and Optics

MATH3511 Scientific Computing

STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics

EMSC2018 Geophysics

EMSC2015 Chemistry of The Earth and Oceans

Third Year:

MATH3501 Scientific and Industrial Modelling

PHYS3029/EMSC3029 Ocean and Atmosphere Modelling

Any of the other physics courses in 3rd year