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Objectives
Our BSc Physics course provides a broad-based and intellectually demanding education across the whole spectrum of modern physics. It includes all the fundamental knowledge essential to the professional physicist, and will help you to develop the qualities and abilities physicists rely on. The three-year BSc is strongly focused on core physics knowledge and skills, but by providing a wide selection of options the course also offers you the opportunity both to add breadth to your studies and to deepen your knowledge in particular areas. Distance learning option: This is a new pathway on to our Physics degrees, run in conjunction with The Open University. For the first two years, you'll study in your own time on an Open University distance learning course, allowing you to combine work with study. Successful completion of this component allows direct entry on to the second year of our full-time Physics degrees. Entry requirements are flexible. See our department website for further details.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB + BB Scottish Highers - AAAB + AB in Advanced Highers Irish Leaving Cert. - AABBB International Baccalaureate - 33 points Core Requirements - GCE A Level Physics and Maths. GCE AS Level Maths cannot replace GCE A Level Maths
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Academic title
BSc Physics
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Course description
Our students usually select from a range of compulsory and optional modules to add up to 120 credits.
Some departments offer courses that don't feature optional modules whereas other courses are fully flexible.
Important notice :
This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
This information is provided for illustration only and you should check with the department directly when applying to confirm module options.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Fields, Waves and Quanta 20
Mechanics, Heat and Matter 20
Mathematics for Physicists 10
Introductory Mathematics for Physicists and Astronomers 20
Differential and Difference Equations 10
Further Subsidiary Mathematics 10
Mathematics with Maple 10
Matrices and Geometry 10
Mechanics in Action 10
Practical Calculus 10
Probability, Sets and Complex Numbers 10
Vectors and Motion 10
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Atomic Spectra and Relativity 10
Electromagnetism 10
Experimental Physics 2 10
Experimental Physics I 10
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Astronomy 10
Optics 10
Quantum Mechanics 10
Solids 10
Thermal Physics 10
Topics In Classical Physics 10
Aspects of Medical Imaging and Technology 10
Extra-Solar Planets and Astrobiology 10
Galaxies 10
Introduction to Astrophysics 10
Numerical and Computational Physics 10
Programming in C 10
Stellar Structure and Evolution 10
The Dynamic Interstellar Medium 10
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit Credits
Advanced Electrodynamics and Magnetism 10
Atomic and Laser Physics 10
Group Project in Physics 10
Metals, Semi-conductors and Insulators 10
Nuclear Physics 10
Particle Physics 10
Physics Level 3 Project 1 10
Techniques of Problem Solving in Physics 10
Aspects of Modern Physics (Full Module) 20
Advanced Radiation Physics 10
Aspects of Modern Physics (Half Module) 10
Dark Matter and the Universe 10
Further Quantum Mechanics 10
History of Astronomy 10
Introduction to Cosmology 10
Mathematical Physics 10
Nuclear Astrophysics 10
Numerical and Computational Physics 10
Physics in an Enterprise Culture 10
Physics of Semiconductors 10
Programming in C 10
Relativity and Cosmology 10
Statistical Physics 10
