Physics, 2nd level, Università degli Studi di Catania
Place: Catania
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Lauguage: English
Online: Yes (for academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21)
Link: https://www.dfa.unict.it/courses/LM-17
COURSE OUTLINE
The Master of Sciences in Physics, lasting two years, is divided into five tracks:
– Astrophysics
– Applied Physics
– Physics of Matter
– Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics
– Theoretical Physics
The Master of Sciences in Physics provides the student disciplinary insights that extend and reinforce the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor Course, in specific areas of physics, both basic and more specialized. Insights are also provided for similar activities such as mathematics and computing. The lectures will be delivered in English.
The Course consists of lectures, tutorials and practical laboratory work. The preparation of the thesis is a fundamental moment of the Master of Science in Physics, in which the student, through the guidance of one or more teachers, deepens in an original manner a topic of particular interest and relevance to physics or its applications. The preparation of the thesis may include a period in enterprises or external companies, University’s research groups and laboratories or research institutions, in Italy or abroad.
The course includes the double degree program with the Universities of Caen Basse-Normandie (France), Barcelona (Spain) and Sevilla (Spain).
EDUCATIONAL AIMS
The main goal of Master Degree in Physics at the University of Catania is the preparation of a high-level qualified student physics, who can validly be enrolled in scientific research, teaching, or into a workplace where one requires high skills for the understanding and development of the applications of physics in industry, in some areas of public administration or in public services.
The master degree course provides the student with disciplinary insights in specific areas of physics both basic and more specialized ones, that extend and reinforce the knowledge acquired in the three-year undergraduate course in physics. Specific insights are provided also for math and computer science topics.
The master degree requires that students acquire in-depth, knowledge and methodologies related to one or more specific areas of physics together with autonomy of study, through extensive work on the final exam preparation.
Several tools for the development of knowledge and skills of the student are adopted. The key instrument consists of lectures combined with practical exercises. The presence of laboratories, with the use of IT tools and scientific software will permit students to acquire specific skills and experience. The autonomous preparation of the final thesis is also a verification of the acquisition of these skills and mastery of the usual techniques of scientific communication in physics.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates in Physics can be employed at management level, in fundamental and applied research, development and use of energy resources, other productive activities and public utilities, such as, for example, production and study of the properties of new materials, prevention and control of environmental risks, analysis in the field of cultural heritage, analysis of seismic risk, design of detectors and sensors systems, radiation protection of people and the environment, control and detection of physical phenomena in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment, design of electronic devices and complex data acquisition and computational systems.
Graduates can be employed also in school teaching activities