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I want to study both chemistry and physics at imperial college london

They don't offer any kind of natural sciences course/ course that allows me to study both physics and chemistry. They have chemistry with molecular physics and other courses that have some kind of intersection between the two, but I want actual chemistry and actual physics - the whole point is I don't want to narrow it down to one in any way until I decide and I believe that chemistry and physics work very well together. Although I believe it is unlikely, I want to contact imperial and ask them if I can study chemistry and physics together by combining modules from each - kind of like building my own natural sciences course. Does anyone have any ideas of what I should say in my email/ how exactly I should convince them/ what exactly I should ask for to convey that I am serious about this. And does anyone who may have studied at imperial know which professor I should email? (Probably a professor that has lots of knowledge in both fields and understands the benefit of cross-disciplinary science). Thank you so much. I am very serious about this as I love the research opportunities at imperial but I really just wish they did natural sciences. Any help would be much appreciated, and I already understand it's likely to be a no.
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Original post by rebecca9801
They don't offer any kind of natural sciences course/ course that allows me to study both physics and chemistry. They have chemistry with molecular physics and other courses that have some kind of intersection between the two, but I want actual chemistry and actual physics - the whole point is I don't want to narrow it down to one in any way until I decide and I believe that chemistry and physics work very well together. Although I believe it is unlikely, I want to contact imperial and ask them if I can study chemistry and physics together by combining modules from each - kind of like building my own natural sciences course. Does anyone have any ideas of what I should say in my email/ how exactly I should convince them/ what exactly I should ask for to convey that I am serious about this. And does anyone who may have studied at imperial know which professor I should email? (Probably a professor that has lots of knowledge in both fields and understands the benefit of cross-disciplinary science). Thank you so much. I am very serious about this as I love the research opportunities at imperial but I really just wish they did natural sciences. Any help would be much appreciated, and I already understand it's likely to be a no.

I got accepted into Chemistry, but at the same time, I am so interested in math and physics, so I am planning to transfer to CwMP, but I’m not sure if the course will give me a solid theoretical understanding of maths and physics.
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Original post by spaghettisauce
I got accepted into Chemistry, but at the same time, I am so interested in math and physics, so I am planning to transfer to CwMP, but I’m not sure if the course will give me a solid theoretical understanding of maths and physics.


Chemistry has a physics subsidiary
Original post by Sakai04
Chemistry has a physics subsidiary

Can you elaborate?
Reply 5
Original post by spaghettisauce
Can you elaborate?


You can study something like a physics minor in the chemistry course
Reply 6
They're not going to let you build your own course.

Every chemistry student I've known (at any uni) gets surprised when there's so much physics (particularly quantum mechanics) in the course. If you do chemistry but specialise in the physical topics then there will be a lot of physics there.
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Original post by Sakai04
You can study something like a physics minor in the chemistry course

You mean optional modules? You can’t have real minors at Imperial like you can at American universities
Reply 8
It's called a subsidiary at imperial, but sorta like that
Original post by Sakai04
It's called a subsidiary at imperial, but sorta like that

So to clarify, is a subsidiary an optional module? Is Mathematics and Physics 1 one, for example?
Original post by spaghettisauce
So to clarify, is a subsidiary an optional module? Is Mathematics and Physics 1 one, for example?


Yes, optional modules account for part of ur final grade as well

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