Physics BSc (Hons) or MPhys – 2020 entry
Bachelor's degree
In Guildford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Guildford
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Duration
3 Years
On our BSc and MPhys Physics courses, you’ll study both core topics (for example, particle, nuclear and atomic physics) and optional modules. During your first year, you can switch between any of our specialist physics courses.
The option to take an integrated research year or Professional Training placement will also give you invaluable hands-on experience to enhance your employability.
You can apply to study for either a BSc or an MPhys (Master of Physics), a direct route to a masters qualification. Studying for an MPhys, you’ll spend a year doing research before returning for a final year of masters-level modules. Depending on your progress, you may have the option to switch to a BSc or MPhys during your studies.
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About this course
Home to superb research facilities and partnered with the National Physical Laboratory, Surrey offers distinctive physics courses that are among the very best in the UK and reflect the diversity and exciting nature of the subject.
Our BSc and MPhys Physics courses offer you a flexible choice of modules across many different topics, covering both theoretical and applied areas of physics. Our teaching builds on the vast range of expertise among the academics in Surrey’s Department of Physics.
A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.
The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.
BSc (Hons):
ABB
Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.
MPhys (Hons):
AAA - AAB
Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.
BSc (Hons) with foundation year:
CCC - (including Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry).
Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass
BSc (Hons) - Institute of Physics (IOP)
Accredited by the Institute of Physics (IOP) for the purpose of partially meeting the educational requirement for Chartered Physicist.
MPhys - Institute of Physics (IOP)
Accredited by the Institute of Physics (IOP) for the purpose of fully meeting the educational requirement for Chartered Physicist.
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Subjects
- Astronomy
- Quantum Physics
- Astrophysics
- Computational
- GCSE Physics
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Waves
- Oscillations
- Scientific
- Investigation
Course programme
Year 1
Module
- ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS
- FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS
- OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
- SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION SKILLS
- ATOMS AND QUANTA
- MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
- PROPERTIES OF MATTER
- THE UNIVERSE
Module
- ELECTROMAGNETISM, SCALAR AND VECTOR FIELDS
- ENERGY, ENTROPY AND NUMERICAL PHYSICS
- QUANTUM PHYSICS
- SOLID STATE PHYSICS
- ANALYTICAL MECHANICS AND MODELLING
- ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
- FROM ATOMS TO LASERS
- INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
- INVISCID FLUID DYNAMICS
- LIGHT LABOptional2
- NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
- Choose 1 of the 4 optional modules in Semester 2
Module
- ADVANCED QUANTUM PHYSICS
- COSMOLOGY AND GALAXY FORMATION
- LIGHT AND MATTER
- MODERN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
- MODERN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
- NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
- RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ASTRONOMY
- SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOFT MATTER AND BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
- SPECIAL RELATIVITY
- ADVANCED NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
- APPLIED MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
- FINAL YEAR PROJECT
- FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
- MEDICAL IMAGING
- NANOPHOTONICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
- PHYSICS IN EDUCATION
- Choose 4 in Semester 1, choose 2 in Semester 2
Year 1
Module
- ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS
- FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS
- OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
- SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION SKILLS
- ATOMS AND QUANTA
- MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
- PROPERTIES OF MATTER
- THE UNIVERSE
Module
- ELECTROMAGNETISM, SCALAR AND VECTOR FIELDS
- ENERGY, ENTROPY AND NUMERICAL PHYSICS
- QUANTUM PHYSICS
- SOLID STATE PHYSICS
- ANALYTICAL MECHANICS AND MODELLING
- ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
- FROM ATOMS TO LASERS
- INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
- INVISCID FLUID DYNAMICS
- LIGHT LAB
- NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
- Choose 1 of the 4 optional modules in Semester 2
Module
- ADVANCED QUANTUM PHYSICS
- COSMOLOGY AND GALAXY FORMATION
- LIGHT AND MATTER
- MODERN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
- MODERN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
- NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS
- RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN ASTRONOMY
- SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOFT MATTER AND BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
- SPECIAL RELATIVITY
- Choose 4 of the 10 optional modules in Semester 1
Module
- LITERATURE REVIEW AND INTERIM REPORT
- RESEARCH YEAR SKILLS (DISTANCE LEARNING)
Module
- RESEARCH YEAR DISSERTATION
Module
- RESEARCH YEAR DISSERTATION
- ADVANCES IN NANOPHOTONICS
- ASTROPHYSICAL DYNAMICS
- EXPLOSIVE STELLAR PHENOMENA
- GENERAL RELATIVITY
- NON-LINEAR PHYSICS
- QUANTUM MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
- TOPICS IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS
- Students choose four of the Semester 2 options
Physics BSc (Hons) or MPhys – 2020 entry