• Question: What A levels would be good for a career in Astrophysics?

    Asked by astroaaron to Ben, Jony, Mark on 24 Nov 2011.
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      Mark Basham answered on 24 Nov 2011:

      hi astroaaron,

      I would definably recommend Maths and Physics, as those are the key things you will need, but after that I’m not sure, and don’t think it would matter a lot. Possibly something like Chemistry might be useful (I always regretted not taking it) but i would probably pick something you enjoy as Maths and Physics is a fair bit of work 🙂

      The key thing though is to make sure you check out what university’s want as entry requirements, that’s the most important thing.

      Hope this helped

    • Photo: Ben Still

      Ben Still answered on 24 Nov 2011:

      Physics and Maths – this will get you onto an undergraduate degree and the rest will be learnt at Uni.

    • Photo: Jony Hudson

      Jony Hudson answered on 24 Nov 2011:

      Yeah, Maths and Physics are the essential ones. Further Maths is good if you want to get in to physics too.

      In particular, astrophysics often involves a lot of statistics and computer programming, so doing stats modules in maths, and maybe an IT course are also good.

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