VCE Physics?

[joshpk]

Hey ATAR Notes,

I’m very indecisive about my VCE subject selection, which will be taking place soon.

I’ve considered a wide range of subjects in the past, but for the last year or so, I’ve been throwing around a combination of subjects that I’m absolutely *certain* on, but I wasn’t.

I want to go into web development, but I’m happy with a lot of career options, so I’m leaving it quite broad.

I’m interested in economics and computer science, might I add, as well as many (but not all) topics discussed in the natural sciences.

I’ll be doing 3/4 psychology next year, having done 1/2 this year.

I’m also going to do English language and mathematical methods.

I’m thinking of doing biology and chemistry. I think that rote learning fits me and it’s more the approach to these subjects than the content that I think will make it easier for me to do well in.

However, I’m curious as to what the VCE curriculum is like for physics.

When I look at past exams, I absolutely hate the approach to learning that is involved.

I wouldn’t want to be crunching numbers all the way through, though I’m aware that maths is an important aspect of physics.

I really enjoy many parts of physics, but I like the kind of physics that’s concerned with the ‘laws of the universe’ or the ‘fundamental truth or nature’, like the Big Bang, some kinematics, gravity, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, relativity etc.

I am, however, not interested in Ohm’s law, voltage, amps, current, motors, circuits, masses, springs ect.

What are your personal thoughts on the VCE physics curriculum (not other people’s reviews)

Thanks!

I feel like the sciences would be a good backup for if I changed my mind. I think that, if anything, specialist maths would be more related to computer science than the sciences.

I don’t think I’d people able to do that, though, and it might not even run given not enough people apply for it.

I’ve heard there’s some physics and Boolean algebra in specialist, which would teach both my interest in physics and computer science without the electricity topic.

However, the maths involved would probably be too hard and it’s unrealistic for me.

Anyway, are these subjects a good choice and would physics be a good subject to do?

P.S. If I can do well in physics, I wouldn’t mind learning about electricity, I’m just curious as to how, if it’s all about crunching numbers, somebody can do well (or better than anybody else) in physics when it comes to study scores?

Anyway, thanks for reading.