MPhys Astrophysics with a Year Abroad (4 years)

University of Southampton

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Our distinctive MPhys Astrophysics with a Year Abroad is available to our first-class MPhys students who will be given the opportunity to spend their final year immersed in research at the world-renowned Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Boston, USA.
Why not find out more about this degree from a current student.
You’ll be studying within a leading Physics and Astronomy department; we've been top in the Russell Group for student satisfaction for the past three years (National Student Survey).

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics
  • GCSE Physics

Course programme

Year 1

ModulesCoreMATH1006 Mathematical Methods for Physical Scientists 1a MATH1007 Mathematical Methods For Physical Scientists 1b PHYS1005 Introduction to Astronomy and Space Science PHYS1011 Waves, Light and Quanta PHYS1013 Energy and Matter PHYS1015 Motion and Relativity PHYS1017 Physics Skills 1 PHYS1019 Physics Skills 2 PHYS1022 Electricity and Magnetism OptionalMATH1048 Linear Algebra I PHYS1004 Introduction to Photonics PHYS1201 Physics Skills - Programming and Data Analysis

Year 2

ModulesCorePHYS2001 Electromagnetism PHYS2003 Quantum Physics PHYS2006 Classical Mechanics PHYS2013 Galaxies PHYS2022 Physics from Evidence I PHYS2023 Wave Physics PHYS2024 Quantum Physics of Matter CompulsoryPHYS0000 Week 0 Induction PHYS2011 Design and Observation in Astronomy

Year 3

ModulesCorePHYS3002 Nuclei and Particles PHYS3004 Crystalline Solids PHYS3007 Theories of Matter, Space and Time PHYS3008 Atomic Physics PHYS3010 Stellar Evolution PHYS3011 Photons in Astrophysics PHYS6005 Cosmology and the Early Universe PHYS6017 Computer Techniques in Physics

Year 4

ModulesCorePHYS6013 Research Thesis - Astrophysics

Additional optional modules

Year 1ARCH1001 Human Origins ARCH1057 The development of Archaeological and Anthropological Thought CHEM1012 Introduction to Chemistry CRIM1003 Introduction to Criminology HUMA2013 How the Arts Work PHIL1016 Reason and Argument UOSM2013 Pathological Mechanisms of Disease UOSM2020 Economics with Experiments UOSM2022 Social Enterprise UOSM2030 Body and Society

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Study Locations: , Highfield Campus

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