What is the scope in each subject? Can one transition from a Bachelors in astrophysics to a masters in applied physics and vice versa? What are career prospects in each? Are the curriculums and syllabus for each degree similar?|||I did a general BSc (Hons) in Physics and Astro was just a module. We had a very strong postgrad Astro section* but at undergrad level it was all pretty much pari passu with the solid state and QM and numerical methods stuff. Put it this way: after I graduated (magna) in physics I moved to a Masters in RF and microwave telecomms engineering, which I gained handily. If you're smart enough to be doing undergrad physics of any stripe, you're probably smart enough to move between sub-disciplines.
Will you become rich thereby? No, probably not. Will you be tolerably well-remunerated? Odds-on. We're in a knowledge-based economy, and in that environment merely knowing the difference between a kilowatt and a kilowatt hour marks you as superior to 99.9% of the human race.
* a certain guitarist finally got his PhD - in re Zodiacal dust - from my alma mater
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