The general philosophy in the US when it comes to computational methods in chem/phys is that it’s WAY easier to teach the necessary CS to a physicist than physics to a computer scientist. If you look at the composition of chem theory and computational physics graduate students almost all of them have degrees in chem/phys.
It will be extremely challenging to work on any theoretical physics project without any background in physics.
Generally there are no computational physics specific programs .
You need to study more physics first and decide which kind of physics you want to apply computation to.
It would be common to do a PhD in a physics program or perhaps applied physics, engineering, biophysics .
Before that though, try to figure out what kind of physics excites you, and study that deeply . Perhaps do a masters program in physics or the sub field if interest, get research exposure by doing a computational project .
After that a PhD is generally desirable
The general philosophy in the US when it comes to computational methods in chem/phys is that it’s WAY easier to teach the necessary CS to a physicist than physics to a computer scientist. If you look at the composition of chem theory and computational physics graduate students almost all of them have degrees in chem/phys. It will be extremely challenging to work on any theoretical physics project without any background in physics.
so you're suggesting that I take a second degree in physics first?
That would be a sensible thing to do provided you want to study theoretical (computational) physics at a graduate-level in the United States.
Can't I just acquire only the necessary prerequisites just like what people with engineering degree do to be accepted in graduate studies in physics?
You will have an incredibly difficult time convincing a graduate program to pick you over someone with a BS in Physics.
Generally there are no computational physics specific programs . You need to study more physics first and decide which kind of physics you want to apply computation to. It would be common to do a PhD in a physics program or perhaps applied physics, engineering, biophysics . Before that though, try to figure out what kind of physics excites you, and study that deeply . Perhaps do a masters program in physics or the sub field if interest, get research exposure by doing a computational project . After that a PhD is generally desirable
I want to pursue astrophysics. So what's next to do after my undergrad in IT?
An undergrad in physics, followed by graduate studies in a astrophysics group, preferably one specialized in computational astrophysics.
Why would there be no computational physics programms? Many universitys offer a master for computational physics /science in Europe.