Honours Courses

The Department offers three Honours programmes, namely Physics, Electronics and a joint combination of Physics and Electronics. The Physics and Electronics programmes may be used as components in Joint Honours programmes.

The Honours year is very intensive and you should expect to spend the university vacations on your work. You will need the extra time to catch up on course work, and to complete projects, assignments and practicals.

The class goes to Hartebeesthoek for a Radio Astronomy practical in the second week of September.

Course Structure

The Honours course has 3 distinct components. These are

• lecture courses (called theory modules, or just modules)
• practicals
• literature survey research project

You have some choice in the construction of your curriculum, details of which vary between programmes.

Each theory module is worth 300 marks, each practical 200 marks and the literature survey project 300 marks. An exception is the radio astronomy prac which is worth 400 marks. A full programme totals to ~ 4200 marks.

The honours course brochure can be found here:  Honours Brochure 2011
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