BSc Astrophysics with a Professional Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (Maths and Physics)
About this course
BSc in Physics with Astrophysics. Core topics include Programming, Statistics, and Mathematical Modelling. The course includes a professional placement year in industry and a final-year Astrophysics Project using real-world research data. Students may switch to an MPhys before the end of the second year.
Modules
- Mathematical Methods for Physicists 1
- Mechanics and Relativity
- Introduction to Quantum Physics and Materials
- Experimental Physics
- Electricity, Magnetism and Waves
- Computational Skills for Problem Solving
- Introduction to Astrophysics
- Mathematical Methods for Physicists 2
- The Physics of Fields and Flows
- The Stars and their Planets
- Quantum Mechanics
- Scientific Programming
- Observational Techniques in Astronomy
- Thermal and Statistical Physics
- Optics
- Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics
- Astrophysics in Action: Real-World Problem Solving
- Placement
- Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics and Special Relativity
- Astrophysics Project
- Solid State Physics
- Computational Physics
- Environmental Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- Science Communication
- Commercialising Innovation
- Formation and Evolution of Stars
- Galaxies and Galaxy Evolution
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Cosmology