First Year Semester 1 11/12
First Year - Semester 1
MPhys/BSc programmes (These are the same in Y1 and Y2).
Students take 60 credits per semester [1] as specified below. All courses are 10 credits unless otherwise indicated.
Courses marked with (M) require a higher than average aptitude for maths.
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Physics |
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See List |
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Physics with Astrophysics |
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See List |
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Physics with Study in Europe |
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Language Course[2] |
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Physics with Theoretical Physics |
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√ not 10180E |
PHYS10471(M) |
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Physics with Philosophy |
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√ not 10180E, incl 10181L |
PHIL10021 (20 credits) |
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Mathematics and Physics |
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√ not 10180E/F, incl 10181L |
MATH10111 (15 credits) MATH10121 (20 credits) |
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Physics Core Courses |
Additional Core |
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PHYS10071 Mathematics 1 |
PHYS10471(M) Random Processes in Physics |
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PHYS10101 Dynamics |
MATH10111 Sets, Numbers & Functions (15 credits) |
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PHYS10121 Quantum Physics and Relativity |
MATH10121 Calculus and Vectors (20 credits) |
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PHYS10191 Introduction to Astrophysics and Cosmology |
PHIL10021 Values We Live By (20 credits) |
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PHYS10180 First Year Laboratory (Double unit S1 & S2, 20 credits): |
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PHYS10280 First Year Laboratory |
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including: |
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PHYS10181B Computing and Data Analysis |
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PHYS10180E Digital Electronics |
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PHYS10181F Special Topics in Physics |
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PHYS10181L Light and Optics (Philosophy and Mathematics and Physics) |
Additional Programme Information
1. Mathematics and Physics: Students take 65 credits in semester 1 and 55 credits in semester 2.
2. Physics with Study in Europe: Students take a language course appropriate in level to their initial knowledge of the language. LEAP courses (see section 6.5) are 10 credits in S1 and 10 credits in S2. Students in Physics with Study in Europe who begin with limited language skills may have to do extra work to reach the appropriate level by the end of first year. Students who have already reached the appropriate standard will be excused the language course and will be required to choose alternative course units.
S1 Options List
Students with an option choose 1 course from the following and are responsible for checking that they fulfil any course pre-requisites.
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PHYS10461 Physics in Everyday Life |
BMAN10011 Fundamentals of Management |
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PHYS10471(M) Random Processes in Physics |
EART10111 Planet Earth |
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ECON10041 Microeconomic Principles |
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ECON10081 The UK Economy: Microeconomics |
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HSTM10221 Science and the Modern World |
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Study of a foreign language as a double option (studied in semester 1 and 2) (LEAP - see section 6.5) may be taken by first year students not enrolled on the Physics with Study in Europe programme.
Tutorials and Workshops
All students (except Mathematics and Physics) have 2 tutorials, plus a 2 hour workshop, each week in both semesters. Physics with Philosophy students will be told about tutorial arrangements in Philosophy by the School of Social Sciences. Mathematics and Physics students attend 1 physics tutorial each week, and 1 hour of workshop in semester 2.