BSc Physics with a Professional Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: AAB (B in Maths and Physics)
About this course
BSc in Physics, spanning from quantum mechanics to astrophysics. Core topics include programming, microelectronics, statistics, and mathematical modelling. The third year includes a paid professional placement in industry, with previous hosts including Rolls-Royce and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. A physics project is completed in the final year, and there is an option to transfer to the MPhys pathway 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
- Mathematical Methods for Physicists 2
- Introduction to Astrophysics
- Introduction to Medical Physics
- The Physics of Fields and Flows
- Quantum Mechanics
- Scientific Programming
- Intermediate Practical Physics
- Thermal and Statistical Physics
- Optics
- Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics
- Physics in Action: Real-World Problem Solving
- The Stars and their Planets
- Pathways to Success in the Physics Workplace
- Biophysics
- Placement
- Solid State Physics
- Atomic and Nuclear Physics
- Particle Physics and Special Relativity
- Physics Project
- Computational Physics
- Environmental Physics
- Theoretical Physics
- Science Communication
- Formation and Evolution of Stars
- Galaxies and Galaxy Evolution
- Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Radiation Protection and Diagnostic Radiology Physics
- Semiconductor Devices and Applications
- Laser Physics and Non-Linear Optics
- Commercialising Innovation
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Cosmology
- Non-Ionising Radiation in Medicine
- Radiotherapy