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Physics
Minor
Physics
物理學
Offering Academic Unit
Department of Physics
Exclusive Majors
(Students who study the following majors are not allowed to choose this minor)
Applied Physics
Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

Aims of Minor

This minor aims to increase the student’s understandings of physics beyond the secondary school level, to a level that would prepare them well for further studies in a science or engineering discipline other than physics. On completing of the minor programme, student will have learned modern physics and quantum physics. They will also learn several areas of physics of their choice. They will learn these subjects to a level that they can be able to describe the key areas under these topics, able to explain all the technical terms and their significances, able to apply key concepts and principles quantitative to simple cases and qualitatively in more complicated cases. Students will be confident to apply physics principles to open-end situations.


Intended Learning Outcomes of Minor (MINILOs)

Upon successful completion of this minor, students should be able to:

  1. appreciate the impact of physics to engineering applications in a global and societal context.
  2. appreciate basic laws and principles of physics and to use this knowledge to explain everyday life examples and phenomena, to explain science to people not in the science and engineering discipline, and to educate the public in physics.

Minor Requirements (15 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25



(a)   At least 15 credit units must be taken from the courses shown in the following table.  It includes 6 credit units of the required courses and 9 credit units of electives.

(b)   An average GPA of 1.7 or above for these courses is required for the award.

(c)   To Opt for this minor, students should have some backgrounds in physics or engineering. Some knowledge in mathematics is also required.


1. Core Courses (6 credit units)
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit Units
PHY3202Modern Physics3
PHY3251Quantum Mechanics3

2. Electives (9 credit units)
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit Units
PHY2100Mathematical Methods in Physics3
PHY2191Electricity and Magnetism3
PHY2212Measurement and Instrumentation3
PHY2213Advanced Measurement and Instrumentation3
PHY3115Introduction to Computational Physics3
PHY3116Introduction to Soft Matter Physics3
PHY3204Waves and Optics3
PHY3205Electrodynamics3
PHY3220Financial Engineering from a Scientist’s Perspective3
PHY3231Advanced Instrumentation Lab3
PHY3272Introduction to Solid State Physics3
PHY3290Thermodynamics3
PHY4172Computational Physics3
PHY4254Fundamentals of Laser Optics3
PHY4265Semiconductor Physics and Devices3
PHY4273Special Topics in Physics3