Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)

Students can specialise in areas such as Astrophysics. For example, one student completed an Honours thesis specialising in optical astronomy, studying a close contact binary star system called OY Carinae using the University's Greenhill Observatory.

Physics students have access to the University of Tasmania's Greenhill Observatory, located north of Hobart, which houses 50cm and 1.3m optical telescopes used for observational astronomy research.

Yes. Because UTas is located in the southern hemisphere, its observatories can observe stellar objects near the south celestial pole that are impossible or very difficult to observe from most of the northern hemisphere, giving researchers a unique scientific advantage.

Yes. Students who complete their Honours degree can go on to pursue a PhD. For instance, one Honours student planned to continue studying her thesis subject, OY Carinae, as part of a future PhD within the University of Tasmania's physics department.

Students in the Physics department at the University of Tasmania receive support from mentors and teachers, and benefit from an enthusiastic academic community where there is always new research being published and discussed.