Program Code: 070202     Duration：4 years

Educational Objectives:

We will cultivate scientific research leaders with a deep mathematical and physical foundation, excellent comprehensive quality, the feelings of homeland and global vision, outstanding innovation and practice ability, and good potential in research and creation. Students will become master of the basic theories of physics, and be familiar with the basic methods of physics research and applications. They will know the frontiers and development trends of the discipline. They are able to engage in scientific research, technology development, teaching and management in physics and related disciplines.

The educational objectives are divided into the following three sub-objectives:

(1)Scientific Literacy: Have scientific thinking methods and ways of thinking; Have solid scientific literacy and correct academic style; Have a sense of innovation, technology application, investigation and research literacy and objective evaluation ability.

(2)Professional Knowledge: Systematically master the theoretical and experimental skills in the field of physics, proficient in applying basic knowledge such as mathematics and computer; Deeply understand the historical evolution and development trend of physics; Be good at grasping the important value of science and engineering integration to scientific and technological innovation and industrial development; Be able to engage in scientific research and technological development in physics and related disciplines.

(3)Development Ability: Have lofty ideals and beliefs, strong feelings of homeland, broad global vision, profound humanistic heritage, healthy physical and mental quality; Have a sense of competition and team spirit; Have the ability to obtain information, foreign language application, professional writing ability, technical application ability; Understand and be able to apply personnel and project management methods.

Student Outcomes:

№1.Fundamental Knowledge: Have the ability to apply mathematics, natural science, computer science, and physics fundamentals to solve complex problems in physics and related subjective areas.

№2.Problem Analysis: Have the ability to use the fundamental principles of mathematics, natural sciences and applied physics to identify, formulate and analyze complex problems, and finally obtain effective conclusions.

№3.Design/Development of Solutions: Have the ability to design creative solutions for complex physics problems, and to design systems, components or processes to meet identified needs; Have the sense of innovation in design, and comprehensively consider social, cultural, legal, health, safety, resources and environmental factors.

№4.Research: Have the ability to conduct investigations of complex physical and technical problems, and to adopt scientific methods in designing experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, and obtaining reasonable and effective conclusions through information synthesis.

№5.Use of Modern Tools: Have the ability to develop, select and use appropriate technologies, resources, modern engineering and information technology tools for complex problems in physics and related disciplines; Predict and simulate complex problems, and understand limitations of tools.

№6.Science and Society: Have the ability to conduct reasonable analysis based on background knowledge related to physics, and to evaluate the social, health, safety, legal and cultural impact of solutions to complex scientific and engineering problems; Understand the responsibilities to be assumed.

№7.Environment and Sustainable Development: Have the ability to understand and evaluate the impact of practices on complex issues on the environment and social sustainability.

№8.Professional Norms: Have humanities and social science literacy, sense of social responsibility; Have the ability to understand and abide by scientific professional ethics and norms in practical work, and fulfill responsibilities.

№9.Individual and Teams: Have the ability to assume the roles of individuals, team members, and leaders in a team in a multidisciplinary context.

№10.Communication: Have the ability to effectively communicate with industry peers and the public on complex scientific and engineering issues, including writing reports and designing manuscripts, making statements, clearly expressing or responding to instructions; Have a certain international perspective, and be able to communicate in a cross-cultural context.

№11.Lifelong Learning: Have the awareness of independent learning and lifelong learning, and have the ability to continuously learn, and to adapt to development.

Relationship Matrix between Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes：

Program Profile：

The Applied Physics undergraduate program was founded in 1986. It was renamed as Applied Physics (Optical Information Science and Technology) in 1996. It was restored as Applied Physics in 2003 under the approval of the university. The Applied Physics (Yan Jici Innovation Class) was founded in 2017.

Teachers in our program have good teacher’s morality, and have background and research directions covering condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, and acoustics, as well as physical electronics, materials physics and chemistry. Our research fields follow the development of physics, and have distinctive features and strong expansion.

Our program has an undergraduate major lab with an area bigger than 300 square meters, and the instruments and equipment have a value larger than 6 million yuan. Furthermore, we have three related labs in acoustic crystal, high pressure physics, and condensed matter physics. We also have supports from Institute of Physics (IOP) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) for both teachers and instruments.

Program Features:

1.Collaborative Education for Science and Education: This major is an innovative collaborative education class jointly established by South China University of Technology, the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Dongguan Neutron Science Center. It integrates the superior scientific and educational resources of the three parties to provide students with opportunities to engage in cutting-edge physical research.

2.Interdisciplinary Integration: In the first year, students are uniformly managed by the Baibuti Innovation College, implementing general education, strengthening core courses in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence, and laying a solid disciplinary foundation. From the second year onwards, professional education and personalized training in applied physics are carried out.

3.Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Training: Adopting the 1+3+X (Bachelor-Master: X≥2, Bachelor-Doctor: X≥4) training model, undergraduate courses are connected with graduate courses, and each student is assigned an academic tutor. Students clarify their research directions during the undergraduate stage and enter the graduate learning stage in advance.

Degree Conferred:

Bachelor of Natural Sciences

Core Courses: 

Fundamental Physics (1), Fundamental Physics (2)，Fundamental Physics (3), Theoretical Mechanics, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Electrodynamics, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, Computational Physics.

Featured Courses:

Freshmen Seminars: Frontiers of Physics, Frontiers of Optics

Special Topics: Advances in Physics

Courses Taught in English: Semiconductor Physics，Academic English and Technological Communication（Ⅰ），Academic English and Technological Communication（Ⅱ）

Subject Frontiers Courses: Advances in Physics

Interdisciplinary Courses: Methodology and Practice in Computational Physics, Quantum Mechanics, General Relativity and Cosmology, Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics

Baccalaureate-Master’s Sharing Courses: Solid State Theory II, Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Advances in Physics, Advances in Acoustics, Experiment Methods in Condensed Matter Physics, General Relativity and Cosmology, Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Introduction to Quantum Information

Cooperative Courses with Enterprises: Practice on Diploma Project

Innovation Practice: Scientific Research Enhancement Comprehensive Innovation Practice Course (Three Ones Course), Innovative Research Training: Innovative Research Practice I, Innovative Research Practice II, Entrepreneurship Practice, Electronic Technology and Innovation Experiment II

Special Designs: Course Design for Computational Physics, Course Design of Solid State Physics

Education on The Hard-Working Spirit: Practice on Diploma Project

Practical Study: Practice on Diploma Project

Science and Education Integration Deep Learning Class: Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics, Introduction to Quantum Information, General Relativity and Cosmology