Hello everyone
I'm halfway through my second year of undergraduate Sociology and Political Theory. They're fairly interesting, however I really want to study reality and understand how the universe works. I've been inspired by several people and this has magnified my curiosity about the universe. Such people who have inspired me include: Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stephen Hawking, Edward Witten, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss.
I really love Science and want to learn everything I can about it, in particular Astrophysics. I'm amazed at the scope of the universe and the beauty of it's laws. I can't stress enough, how much I want to become an astrophysicist and learn more about the cosmos.
However, I live in Scotland, where we get our tuition fees paid for us for only one course as I understand it. So I may not be able to afford to just drop my degree and go straight into undergraduate Physics.
Could I finish my degree and then go on towards a masters in astrophysics or something of that sort?
I've heard rumours of bridging courses and so on.
Any comments and information would be appreciated and give me a broader scope with which to view this predicament.