PHYS3116: Astrophysics

2x Assignment (questions) 20% (10% each). 1x mid-term (20%), Final exam (60%)

None, really.

As a physics elective, if you want a really easy, but interesting course, this is the course for you. This is by far the easiest elective out there.

That being said, the whole course is really underwhelming. The lectures themselves were alright (albeit the bland nature of the lecturers), but the slides made it almost impossible to study on for exams, and with no supporting material, it made the whole studying really difficult. This is really a textbook focused course. The whole of the first assignment was just questions picked out of the textbook.

This course could be way harder, with integrals, however (luckily for us) the majority of the questions are simply 'plug and chug', a real positive. There really isn't much more to say apart from don't expect much effort from the course coordinators, just stick to the textbook and it'll be pretty easy

1x 2 hr lecture, 2x 1 hr lecture, 1x 1 hr tutorial a week

3.0/5

A given yes due to covid.

A/Prof Kim-Vy Tran (1st half), Prof. Prof Sarah Brough (2nd half)

None. (lecture slides are given)

2.3/5

“An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics” by Carroll and Ostlie, 2nd Edition

2020 T3

76 DN