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Need advice about my Physics and Astronomy degree at Southampton

I will be joining in September and was interested in an astronomy course but just thinking about the Physics which is obviously a major part of astronomy makes me feel a bit regretful. I didnt really understand physics at A Level and I think on results day Ill get a B maybe an A if Im lucky. Im just wondering on advice on the similarity to A Level Physics and also about the jobs and fields I can go into if I follow through with this degree. Thanks

Reply 1

Sinnoh

For me, physics at uni felt more like a continuation of A-level maths than physics. There's also much more emphasis on how things are derived. Nobody on my course seemed to like A-level physics.

As for careers - pretty common routes are finance, software development, IT, consultancy. There's also a lot of demand for physics teachers.

Reply 2

fakeaccount145

Original post by Sinnoh

For me, physics at uni felt more like a continuation of A-level maths than physics. There's also much more emphasis on how things are derived. Nobody on my course seemed to like A-level physics.
As for careers - pretty common routes are finance, software development, IT, consultancy. There's also a lot of demand for physics teachers.

surely itd be better if i went into an economics degree or computer science related for those fields. i wouldnt want to be a teacher

Reply 3

Sinnoh

Original post by fakeaccount145

surely itd be better if i went into an economics degree or computer science related for those fields. i wouldnt want to be a teacher

It wouldn't matter. Most graduate jobs just ask for a 2:i in anything, but physics is quite desirable. You get good at problem solving and data analysis and coding. Sure it's roughly the same sorts of jobs that a maths/computing/economics/whatever graduate could apply to, but you may as well do the degree in a subject you actually like and care about. Engineering might be an option too.