Course structure

Year 1
The main subjects studied are:
Mechanics
Electricity and Magnetism
Atomic and Thermal Physics
Astronomy
Information Skills
Mathematics
Laboratories
Computing
Mechanics of Materials

Year 2
This year includes modules in:
Quantum Mechanics
Fields
Waves
Solid State Physics
Nuclear Physics
Thermal Physics
Electronics
Mathematics
Laboratories
plus a range of options

Years 3 and 4
In the third year of study, the MPhys and BSc Physics and Engineering
Physics courses diverge. In the third (and final) year of study in the BSc
Physics course you undertake a major experimental or theoretical
project, which is an opportunity to get to grips with a substantial real
problem.
The optional modules currently include:
General Relativity and Cosmology
Statistical and Low Temperature Physics
Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum
Quantum Computing
Elementary Particle Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Modern Optics
Quantum Physics
Fundamentals of Quantum Information
Climate Physics

Studies in Science and Mathematics Education, Introduction to

Forensic Science and a wide range of other modules.

The third and fourth years of the MPhys Physics course give a thorough
preparation for research work in industry or on a PhD course. The
coverage of physics is both broader and deeper than in the BSc course
and includes a wider range of options.
There is training in advanced laboratory techniques with a full-time
research project occupying half of the final year. The project can be
experimental or theoretical.
Please note that optional modules are subject to availability and
timetable permitting.