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What AQA Physics option should I choose for Computer Science (Software Engineering)

The title pretty much sums it up. I want to get a (Master's) degree in a Computer Science course, ideally "Computer Science (Software Engineering)".

I chosen relevant A Level subject, but as apart of my AQA Physics subject, AQA offers the students the choice a final topic to learn, there's 5 to chose from:
- Astrophysics
- Medical physics
- Engineering physics
- Turning points in physics
- Electronics

Now, obviously Astrophysics and Medical physics can pretty much be ignored. But the other three may be useful for a Computer Science course ("Turning points in physics" is unrelated but I heard it's the easiest).
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Reply 1

The physics option you do will really have no bearing on a computer science degree. I guess electronics would be the most relevant but you really should just pick which one you are most interested in

Reply 2

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by grhas98
The physics option you do will really have no bearing on a computer science degree. I guess electronics would be the most relevant but you really should just pick which one you are most interested in


I'm not interested in any of them...

Reply 3

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by Tim...
I'm not interested in any of them...

No offense but if you aren’t interested in any of them why are you doing physics

Reply 4

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by Tim...
The title pretty much sums it up. I want to get a (Master's) degree in a Computer Science course, ideally "Computer Science (Software Engineering)".

I chosen relevant A Level subject, but as apart of my AQA Physics subject, AQA offers the students the choice a final topic to learn, there's 5 to chose from:
- Astrophysics
- Medical physics
- Engineering physics
- Turning points in physics
- Electronics

Now, obviously Astrophysics and Medical physics can pretty much be ignored. But the other three may be useful for a Computer Science course ("Turning points in physics" is unrelated but I heard it's the easiest).


Yo I'm in the same position as you but I wanted to do Engineering Physics purely 'cause it looked interesting, albeit a little difficult. My class is doing Astrophysics now lol (well there are 2 other people in the class anyway so it didn't take too long to decide). I would recommend electronics (although it doesn't give you much of an advantage nor a disadvantage), it goes over concepts such as logic and Boolean algebra which you may have studied in your CompSci A Level (if you are doing CompSci at A Level).

Also ignore the fella who asked why the heck you're doing physics. It's applications of academic rigour and mathematical ability are super useful when applying to a CS degree so play that to your advantage!

Which unis are you looking at, by the way?

Reply 5

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by Tim...
The title pretty much sums it up. I want to get a (Master's) degree in a Computer Science course, ideally "Computer Science (Software Engineering)".

I chosen relevant A Level subject, but as apart of my AQA Physics subject, AQA offers the students the choice a final topic to learn, there's 5 to chose from:
- Astrophysics
- Medical physics
- Engineering physics
- Turning points in physics
- Electronics

Now, obviously Astrophysics and Medical physics can pretty much be ignored. But the other three may be useful for a Computer Science course ("Turning points in physics" is unrelated but I heard it's the easiest).

by the way, if you decide against electronics, your next best option is turning points in physics - it sort of stems from your particle physics module and teaches about things like relativity, millikan's oil drop experiment, etc. The deeply mathematical foundations would be perfect preparation for a CompSci degree.

Reply 6

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by Al_the_Pal
Yo I'm in the same position as you but I wanted to do Engineering Physics purely 'cause it looked interesting, albeit a little difficult. My class is doing Astrophysics now lol (well there are 2 other people in the class anyway so it didn't take too long to decide). I would recommend electronics (although it doesn't give you much of an advantage nor a disadvantage), it goes over concepts such as logic and Boolean algebra which you may have studied in your CompSci A Level (if you are doing CompSci at A Level).

Also ignore the fella who asked why the heck you're doing physics. It's applications of academic rigour and mathematical ability are super useful when applying to a CS degree so play that to your advantage!

Which unis are you looking at, by the way?

yo do u have any resource for electronics a level physics because my school is not teaching it and i have to do it myself ( i also wanna do cs in uni)

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by Piog2
yo do u have any resource for electronics a level physics because my school is not teaching it and i have to do it myself ( i also wanna do cs in uni)


hi, sorry for replying late. I've been snooping online and I can't seem to find anything and I couldn't find it in my textbook. if you have to self study it, i wouldn't bother much about it as it doesn't give as much of an advantage as extra maths or working on GitHub or whatever

Reply 8

yo no one do electronics its impossible unless electronics is your thing

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