Yan Jici Talent Class in Applied Physics (Master degree, Master degree)
Ssouth China University of Technology Applied Physics began in 1952 when the school was founded as the university Physics Teaching and Research Department. In 1958, the Department of Engineering Physics was established, which was rebuilt and renamed the Department of Applied Physics in 1979, and the College of Physics and Optoelectronics was established in 2014. The discipline of physics entered the top 1% of the international ESI global ranking in 2011 and became a key discipline of Guangzhou City in 2018. The undergraduate program of Applied Physics in South China University of Technology was founded in 1986 and has achieved a leapfrog development in recent years. In 2016, it entered the ranks of key professional construction in Guangdong Province; In 2017, Yan Jici Talent Class of Applied Physics was opened (master's degree, Master's degree); In 2018, it was included in the construction of characteristic majors in universities in Guangdong Province. In 2019, it was selected as the first national first-class professional construction site.
There are 103 students in this major. The College of Physics and Optoelectronics, which is supported by this major, has the authorization of doctoral and master's degree in first-level disciplines of physics, and a Physics postdoctoral mobile station has been set up since 2019. This major is a key discipline in Guangzhou, and has gathered high-level professional teachers such as Changjiang Scholars and National Jieqing. In the past 20 years, the major has laid a profound foundation for running a school and jointly created an engineering major with distinctive characteristics and strong strength.
First, professional positioning
Based on the School of Physics and Optoelectronics, the major of Applied Physics attaches great importance to the training of solid physical foundation, especially the core courses such as consolidating basic physics and four major mechanics. In order to achieve personalized training needs, professional courses adopt modular form. The major of Applied Physics has a strong faculty and rich teaching and scientific research resources. It relies on the four second-level discipline teams of theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, optics and acoustics under the first-level discipline of physics of the School of Physics and Optoelectronics, and the research teams of physical electronics, materials physics and chemistry and other interdisciplinary disciplines of physics to conduct personalized training for students. In order to meet the needs of China's social and economic construction, especially the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, to cultivate senior talents in applied physics with solid professional foundation, scientific and rigorous learning attitude, good industry ethics, innovative spirit and ability.
2. Training objectives
As a combined master's and master's degree major, the Yan Jici Class of Applied Physics takes the Party's educational policy as the criterion, takes moral education as the guidance, and is based on the national strategic emerging industries and the major strategic needs of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Cultivate the three creative (innovation, creation, entrepreneurship) talents who have both national feelings and global vision, excellent three forces (learning, thinking, action), and all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, the United States and labor. Cultivate a deep mathematical foundation and understanding of the frontier of the subject; Have good scientific literacy and strong awareness and ability of scientific research innovation; Possess competitive and team spirit, active scientific thinking, broad international vision, and have the potential to gradually become a world-class team of scientists.
Three, training specifications
Length of study: 4 years (undergraduate), 3+1+3 years (master's degree), 3+1+5 years (Master's degree)
Credit table
Course Category Course requirements Credit Hours Note
Public basic courses are required 64 1268
General Studies 10 160
Professional basic courses are required to take 49.5880
Electives 18 288
Total 141.5 2596
Intensive practical teaching session (week) 30 35 weeks
171.5 credits required for graduation
The requirements of this major in terms of knowledge, ability and quality are as follows: (1) Be able to apply the basic principles of professional knowledge of mathematics, natural science and physics to identify, express and analyze complex problems in applied physics through literature research to obtain effective conclusions. The ability to develop, select and use appropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering tools and information technology tools for complex problems in applied physics, including prediction and simulation of complex scientific or engineering problems, and to understand their limitations. (3) Have humanities and social science literacy, social responsibility, can understand and abide by scientific professional ethics and norms in applied physics practice, and fulfill their responsibilities. (4) Be able to assume the role of individual, team member and leader in a team in the context of applied physics and its interdisciplinarity. (5) Be able to effectively communicate and exchange with industry peers and the public on complex science and engineering issues in applied physics, have a certain international perspective, and be able to communicate and exchange in a cross-cultural context. Have the consciousness of independent learning and lifelong learning, have the ability to continue to learn and adapt to development.
Iv. Curriculum system
The graduation credits of this major require 171.5 credits, including 35 weeks of concentrated practical teaching (30 credits). Upon graduation, students must complete the credits stipulated in the professional teaching plan, and obtain 3 credits of humanities quality education in the second class and 4 credits of innovation ability cultivation. According to the training objectives and graduation requirements, the total number of class hours is 2596, including compulsory class hours of 2148, experimental teaching hours of 530, including: public basic courses, professional basic courses, professional elective courses, module elective courses, concentrated practice teaching links and second class. The core courses of this major include: mathematical physical methods, mechanics, heat, electromagnetism, optics, atomic physics, theoretical mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamic and statistical physics, quantum mechanics, solid state physics, numerical methods in physics, computational physics methods and practices.
Basic physics courses include: Mechanics (3 credits), Heat (2 credits), Electromagnetism (3 credits), Optics (2 credits), Basic Physics Experiment (1 credit), Basic Physics Experiment (2) (1.5 credits), Basic Physics Experiment (3) (1.5 credits), Evolution of the Universe (1 credit), Evolution of Physics (1 credit), Theoretical Mechanics IV (4 credits), Methods of Mathematical Physics (4 credits), Numerical Methods in Physics (2.5 credits), Methods and Practices of Computational Physics (2.5 credits), Atomic Physics (4 credits), Electrodynamics II (4 credits), Quantum Mechanics II (4 credits), Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics II (4 credits), Solid State Physics (4 credits), Experiments in Modern Physics (2 credits), Applied Physics Major Experiment (2 credits), Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3 credits), Group Theory (3 credits), Circuit II (4 credits), Circuit Experiment (0.5 credits).
5. Teaching staff
There are 38 full-time teachers, including 19 professors and 12 associate professors. The faculty includes 1 special professor of Changjiang Scholars, 2 winners of the National Outstanding Young Science Fund, 1 leading scientific and technological innovation talent of the National Ten Thousand People Plan, 2 winners of the National Outstanding Young Science Fund, 1 overseas high-level talent, 1 selected of the National Major Talent Project, 1 selected of the National Young Talent. This discipline attaches great importance to the training of young teachers' reserve force, with 42% of teachers under the age of 45 and 8% of young teachers under the age of 35. This major includes theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, acoustics and other three main research directions. The faculty has a reasonable structure, good development potential, and high teaching and academic level.
6. Teaching conditions
At present, the College of Physics and Optoelectronics has a teaching and research building (No.18 Building of Wushan Campus), with an area of 1400 square meters for undergraduate teaching experiments and equipment assets of about 51 million yuan for undergraduate experimental teaching. It has undergraduate professional laboratory, physical experiment center (Building 31, Wushan Campus, University City campus), electronic technology teaching practice Center (Building 31, Wushan Campus), artificial photoacoustic microstructure physics and materials Laboratory (Liwu Science and Technology Building), high voltage science Laboratory, Guangdong Optoelectronic Engineering Center (Building 23, Wushan Campus). This major relies on the State Key Laboratory of Luminous Materials and Devices, Guangdong third generation Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering Laboratory, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Application Technology, Guangdong Special Fiber Materials and devices Engineering Research and Development Center, Guangdong Optoelectronic Engineering Technology Research and Development Center, Guangdong University Semiconductor Lighting Technology Engineering and Technology Research Center The Key Laboratory of Wide Band Gap semi-conductor Chip and Application System, the Experimental teaching Center of Electronic Technology (Guangdong Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center) and other 14 off-campus practice teaching bases for college students are a number of national and provincial practical teaching and scientific research bases. Maintain close cooperation with domestic research institutes to provide students with quality internship bases, including: Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan Neutron Science Center, Electronic Five Institute, Hikvision, Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Earth Station, Foshan Guo-star Electrical Technology Co., LTD., Guangzhou Optomechanical Technology Research Institute, Guangzhou Yuexian Optical Instrument Co., LTD.
Vii. Quality assurance and training effectiveness.
This major has a perfect two-level teaching quality assurance organization, including the school-level teaching steering committee and teaching supervision system; The teaching Steering Committee of the College and the teaching supervision of the college. The regular monitoring mechanism of the teaching process of this major, regular evaluation of the rationality of the course system, professional discussion, soliciting opinions of graduate representatives and employers and revision. The training program is revised every two years and overhauled every four years. This major has established a tracking feedback system for graduates, and regularly holds feedback meetings for graduates and employers.
Yan Jici Talent Class of Applied Physics began to enroll students in 2017, and the graduate retention rate has been maintained at 80%. Students' further study units include Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Physics of South China University of Technology, School of Telecommunications, School of Materials, etc.
