Advanced Science Students As you should be aware, new and revised plans for the Advanced Science degrees were introduced in 2008. See the UNSW Handbook (www.handbook.unsw.edu.au) for details. Make sure you are following the plan for the year when you first enrolled in the degree – past editions of the Handbook are also available online.

Combined degree students check the Handbook for the requirements of your degree! Completing a physics major is usually not sufficient to complete the science component of your program. Make sure you have completed enough units of credit of science courses.

Engineering/Science students There are specific second year maths courses for engineering students. However, if you are doing a physics major it is highly recommended that you do the ordinary maths courses instead. So, for example, a Mechanical Engineering/Physics student would need to take MATH2011, MATH2120, MATH2089 and an Electrical Engineering/Physics student MATH2011, MATH2120, MATH2520, MATH2099. See the School of Mathematics, the School of Physics or your Engineering School for advice regarding which Maths courses you should study.

Honours Students can’t enrol themselves using MyUNSW. You will need to contact the Science Student Office for an enrolment form. We will be sending letters of invitation to new honours students shortly after Session 2 results are released.

General Education Requirements
The General Education Program at UNSW intends to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the environment in which they live and work and to enhance their skills of critical analysis. Students must satisfactorily complete 12 units of credit in General Education courses or their equivalent (unless otherwise entitled to exemption). Combined undergraduate degrees offered with another faculty and leading to the award of two degrees satisfy the requirements for General Education within the program.
 
Students can select general education courses from either:

It is essential that you read and understand the General Education requirements for your degree. Students will not be allowed to progress into honours, or to graduate, if they have not completed the GE requirements for their degree. The most up to date information about General Education requirements is available from the UNSW Handbook,
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/generaleducation/2009/generaleducation.html?StudyLevel=Undergraduate

To summarise these Rules: Science students must do 12 UOC General Education, or courses substituted for General Education, from any faculty or faculties other than Science. You do not need permission to substitute 'mainstream' (ie not GEN) courses but you must make sure they do not come from our Faculty.  If you enrolled before 2008 you can do a maximum of 3 UOC of GENS courses (the 'S' in GENS means that it is run by Science and this last letter always indicates which faculty is offering the GE course).

If in you are unsure about any of this please check with the Science Student Centre (sso@unsw.edu.au, Room 128 Robert Webster Building).

Need more help? If you are having trouble enrolling, need permission for a clash, the computer thinks you haven’t completed prerequisites, or you just want to check that you’re doing the right courses for a physics major, contact Sue Hagon (s.hagon@unsw.edu.au)